Tag: Gideon Sa’ar
Israeli interior minister opposes ‘anti-Netanyahu law’
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Wednesday that she opposes newly proposed legislation that would prevent those under indictment from serving as prime minister.
“I don’t think that the attorney-general should determine who is...
Israeli education minister’s Arab affairs adviser shot dead in car
Israeli Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton’s Arab affairs adviser was gunned down in his car on Sunday outside his home in the Galilee village of Rameh.
Sahar Ismail, 50, a member of the Druze community, also...
Israeli government approves appointment of permanent state prosecutor
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Sunday that the government had approved the permanent appointment of Amit Aisman to the role of State Attorney.
Aisman, a former Haifa District prosecutor whose two-month term as acting state...
Likud MK compares Bennett, Sa’ar to ‘suicide bombers’
A Likud lawmaker on Sunday compared the leaders of Israel’s Yamina and New Hope parties to suicide bombers, saying that the fact they had burned their political bridges in the effort to oust Israeli...
Is Netanyahu responsible for this latest conflict?
As far as the many critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are concerned, there’s very little that goes wrong that can’t be attributed to what they consider to be his malevolent influence. Even...
With Israeli coalition efforts underway, Likud sets sights on Gideon Sa’ar
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party efforts to cobble together a coalition so far coming up empty, party officials say that they plan to do everything they can to convince New Hope...
‘I believe in our path and I’m fighting to the very end’
New Hope Party leader Gideon Sa’ar comes to Tuesday’s general election far from the position he’d hoped. He has dropped from second place in the polls at the start of the campaign, with nearly...
The differences between Israel’s 2020 and 2021 elections
Israelis will head to the polls next week for the fourth parliamentary elections in two years. The voters will determine which of the 13 parties polling near the electoral threshold will enter the 120-member...
Bennett nixes joining coalition led by Netanyahu or Lapid
Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett on Wednesday reiterated that he will not back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or join the center-left bloc of Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid after the March 23 elections.
With...
Netanyahu’s challenger Gideon Sa’ar may cut Lincoln Project consultants loose
Israeli prime minister candidate Gideon Sa’ar and his New Hope Party, which hired four of the founders of the Lincoln Project as campaign consultants a month ago, says the consultants’ further employment with the party is...