Daily Archives: February 21, 2023
Cohen: US must immediately issue credible military threat against Iran
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Tuesday called on the United States to issue a credible military threat against Iran, after International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors found uranium enriched to near weapons-grade in the...
Shin Bet chief warns top officials of potential for violence over judicial reforms
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar has warned top government officials that the risk of violence over the government’s judicial reform plan is rising, according to Israeli media reports.
Bar spoke with Israeli...
Netanyahu: The opposition has gone off the rails over judicial reforms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized the opposition on Monday night, just before the Knesset passed in first reading of one of the key bills in the government’s judicial reform package.
“The opposition has gone off...
Judicial reform bills pass first Knesset vote after raucous debate
The Knesset on Tuesday passed in first reading two pieces of legislation related to the government’s judicial reform plan following a noisy six-hour-plus debate that ended after midnight.
Both bills passed by a vote of...
6.4-magnitude quake leaves several dead, hundreds injured in Turkey
Several people were killed and hundreds injured in Turkey on Monday by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake centered in the country’s Hatay province that was felt in Lebanon and Israel.
The country is still reeling from a...