Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Coalition heads: Supreme Court cannot strike down Basic Laws
Israel's Supreme Court has no authority to strike down semi-constitutional Basic Laws or force a prime minister to recuse himself, coalition party heads proclaimed on Sunday.
"The court does not have the authority to annul...
No normalization at any price
U.S. President Joe Biden is attempting to negotiate a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. However, he may also be negotiating an unwritten understanding with Iran that enriches the clerical regime without meaningful...
Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence.
“There won’t be civil war. I guarantee you that,”...
In first, all 15 justices to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’
All 15 justices of Israel's Supreme Court will hear the petitions asking them to cancel the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset passed last week, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut announced on Monday.
The hearing is...
Netanyahu to Fox News: ‘Everyone has an opinion on Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a shot at foreign interventions into Israeli democracy during an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday.
“I’ve been elected six times democratically for a total of 16 years, and...
Likud says no to Lapid demand for 18-month freeze of judicial reform
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud will not agree to freeze all judicial reform legislation until 2025 as demanded by the head of the opposition, the party said on Sunday afternoon.
"The only possible solution and...
Chinese president ‘looking forward’ to Netanyahu meeting
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted China's Ambassador to Israel Cai Run at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The ambassador delivered a message from Xi Jinping that the Chinese president is “looking forward” to their...
Netanyahu’s brother casts doubt on Biden’s mental fitness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s physician brother on Tuesday questioned the mental state of U.S. President Joe Biden.
In an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, 71, said he does not believe that Biden...
Israeli labor court orders doctors to end strike
An Israeli labor court on Tuesday afternoon ordered the Israeli Medical Association to end its day-long strike over the judicial reform law passed the previous day.
Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel had filed an injunction...
Netanyahu’s next US challenge: Trump
Less than a week had passed since Thomas Friedman's dramatic column about the United States beginning to "reassess" its relationship with Israel when the phone rang at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in...