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With no good options for ‘day after’ in Gaza Strip, Netanyahu playing for time

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Despite mounting pressure from coalition members, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced no plan for what comes next in the Gaza Strip once Hamas is defeated—and seemingly feels no need to do so,...
A vote on the "reasonableness bill" at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Knesset passes first judicial reform bill into law

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The Knesset passed a key piece of the coalition's judicial reform legislation into law on Monday. All 64 members of the coalition, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was released from hospital on Monday morning following a procedure to...
The first meeting between different political parties concerning judicial reform, led by Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center), took place at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on March 28, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel’s president expresses optimism on judicial reform compromise

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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in an interview published on Wednesday expressed optimism that a compromise on judicial reform was possible. Since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 27 announced a pause in the legislative process until...
Gadi Taub at the Makor Rishon conference, Dec. 8, 2019. Source: Facebook.

No, the ‘override clause’ won’t ‘crush’ Israeli democracy

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Israel’s outgoing interim prime minister, Yair Lapid, opened his Yesh Atid Party meeting on Monday by addressing the infamous “override clause.” “It will crush the court; it will crush Israeli democracy,” he said, referring to...
Meretz Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi arrives for an interview at Channel 12 News in Neve Ilan in the outskirts of Jerusalem, May 19, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Rescuing the coalition at Israel’s literal and figurative expense

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When Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi reversed her decision to quit the government, a sigh of relief was heard in the halls of half of the 120-seat Knesset. Had the Knesset member from the left-wing Meretz Party upheld...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 13, 2022. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Israeli interior minister says she will veto any attempt to amend the Nation-State Law

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Monday that she would veto any attempt by other parties in the coalition to amend the Nation-State Law. “I recommend that my friends in the coalition stop amusing...
Right-wing activists in Jerusalem call for the return of former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during a demonstration against the current government amid a recent wave in terror attacks, April 4, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Thousands attend right-wing rally in Jerusalem to protest current government

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Right-wing politicians and organizations held a rally in Jerusalem on Wednesday night to protest the current government and its perceived left-wing policies. The rally, which took place near the government compound at Cinema City, was...
Israeli Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli during the signing of an agreement for the operation of Dan electric buses in Tel Aviv, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo by Avshalom sassoni/Flash90.

Labor’s Meirav Michaeli ‘will break up the coalition,’ Gantz’s inner circle warns

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s threat to topple the coalition unless his bill to raise salaries for career soldiers is approved by the Knesset has put the government in crisis mode. Transportation Minister Merav...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sucks on a lollipop while talking to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid during a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 3, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Eating Knesset candy and drinking the Kool-Aid

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Photos that emerged last week of Israeli lawmakers munching on candy for two white nights in a row served as a perfect metaphor for the kindergarten-like atmosphere of the Knesset as a whole and...
Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas and party members at their headquarters in Tamra on election night, March 23, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Hamas widows, orphans and ties to the Israeli coalition

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Given the fact that the Arab-Israeli Ra’am Party is openly Islamist and associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, the revelation on Friday evening by Channel 13’s Ayala Hasson that it’s been funneling money into Gaza to finance Hamas...