Tag: Amir Ohana
President Rivlin calls for calm after violence at anti-government demonstrations
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday spoke out against the descent into violence the day before of demonstrations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana.
“I want to say clearly,...
Israeli public security minister to attorney general: ‘Take the threats against Netanyahu seriously’
Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana called on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit over the weekend to take seriously what Ohana described as a growing threat to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family.
In...
Netanyahu rival Gantz to get first chance to form a government
Despite the coronavirus pandemic firmly on most Israelis’ minds, the country’s political mayhem continued to unfold on Sunday as party leaders met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for consultations in the wake of the...
Netanyahu supporters denounce prosecutors
Amir Ohana is Israel’s Minister of Justice. Sort of. Sitting in an interim government, he is prevented from acting on all relevant matters.
But he can speak. And he did so shrilly, against what he...
Justice minister blasts leaks, bias in investigations against Netanyahu
Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana declared in a televised speech Tuesday evening that “almost no one” has made an effort to expose the “dangerous symbiosis” that exists between Israel Police officials, the state prosecution...
Netanyahu appoints Amir Ohana as Israel’s new justice minister
According to an announcement on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Knesset member Amir Ohana will serve as Israel’s justice minister until after the country’s Sept. 17 elections.
Elected to the Knesset in...