Tag: Ayelet Shaked
Ayelet Shaked visits Ben & Jerry’s Israel factory in show of support
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday visited the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Israel in a show of support of its CEO, Avi Zinger, who is fighting the parent company’s recent decision to...
Knesset rejects bill to strip terrorists of citizenship
A bill to revoke the citizenship and residency of terrorists receiving stipends from the Palestinian Authority failed to pass a preliminary reading in the Knesset on Wednesday.
The bill, which was introduced by Religious Zionist...
Israel’s Interior Minister: ‘It will be easier for our government to work with the...
The past three months have been the stormiest of Ayelet Shaked’s political life. She broke promises, bucked norms, was protested against, shifted allegiances and sparked antagonism that only time and action might allay.
At the...
Israel’s interior minister signs off on revocation of Hamas terrorist’s citizenship
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked signed off Tuesday on the denaturalization of Ashraf Hassan, a member of Hamas.
Shaked based her decision on information she received from military officials, who told her Hassan had orchestrated...
Why the Shin Bet chief isn’t so hush-hush anymore
Enemies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were relieved, if not thrilled, when Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman broke his organization’s customary silence to bemoan the behavior of those virulently opposing the makeup of the coalition-in-formation.
“We...
Leading Religious Zionist figure threatens to sever ties with Bennett, Shaked for siding with...
Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, one of the most prominent figures in Israel’s religious Zionist movement, threatened on Sunday to sever ties with Yamina politicians Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked if the two form...
Meretz leader justifies ICC probe of alleged Israeli war crimes
Nitzan Horowitz, head of left-wing Israeli party Meretz, said on Saturday night that there “was room” for the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate Israel for war crimes.
In an interview with Channel 13‘s Ayala Hasson, Horowitz said,...
Yamina proposes bill to protect sitting prime ministers from prosecution
Israel’s right-wing Yamina Party announced on Monday that it had submitted a bill aimed at preventing the criminal prosecution of a sitting prime minister.
In a statement released to the press, Yamina leader Naftali Bennett,...
Yamina alliance dissolves hours after polls close
The right-wing Yamina alliance announced shortly after polls closed on Tuesday night that it is breaking break into three separate parties. Yamina leader Ayelet Shaked announced the move in a letter delivered to Knesset...
Shaked rejects Gantz’s offer for unity government
Yamina Party head Ayelet Shaked turned down an offer by Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, who invited both her and fellow Yamina candidate Naftali Bennett to join his government, though not Bezalel...