Tag: Coalition
Iranian aggression and Israelās fragile coalition
At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the countryās security situation.
Referring to the Israel Defense Forces attack onĀ Hamas targetsĀ in Gaza following the latest wave of...
Comic relief from a serious Israeli drama
The sight on Sunday night of the trendy Tel Aviv set celebrating the new IsraeliĀ governmentĀ with great fanfareāflags and allāwas nothing short of hilarious. After all, one would have been hard-pressed to locate a single...
Can a Bennett-Lapid government rise to the challenges facing the Jewish state?
A nervous Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett struggled for nearly an hour to deliver what was supposed to be a 10-minute address at one of the most contentious gatherings of Israelās Knesset in modern history....
Naftali Bennett sworn in as head of 36th Israeli government
Israelās 36th government passed a vote of confidence at a special Knesset session on Sunday night with Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett sworn in as the countryās 13th prime minister.
Bennett has replaced now-former Prime...
Why the Shin Bet chief isnāt so hush-hush anymore
Enemies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were relieved, if not thrilled, when Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman broke his organizationās customary silence toĀ bemoanĀ the behavior of those virulently opposing the makeup of the coalition-in-formation.
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Netanyahu: New Israeli government more dangerous than Oslo, Gaza disengagement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized his political rival, Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett, on Sunday, calling him a āhabitual liarā and saying that the government he is forming together with Yesh Atid...
Israelās āchangeā bloc attempts hasty move to replace Knesset speaker
Israelās āchangeā bloc, headed by Yesh Atid Party chairman Yair Lapid, initiated a move to replace Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.
The move followed LapidāsĀ announcementĀ to Israelās President Reuven Rivlin on...
What does a Bennett-Lapid government mean?
Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid and Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that they have secured an agreement to form Israelās next government, thereby likely ending the 12-year consecutive term of...
Israelās 24th Knesset sworn in under cloud of coalition crisis
Israelās 24th Knesset wasĀ sworn inĀ on Tuesday with less than the customary fanfare due to coronavirus restrictions on the number of attendees and the political crisis that is threatening to lead to a fifth round...
Raāam official: Party wonāt support Netanyahu coalition āfrom outsideā
Knesset member Mansour Abbasās Raāam Party has decided in principle to back a coalition under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while remaining outside it, a senior party official toldĀ Israel Hayom.
According to the official, the...