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Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a memorial ceremony marking 26 years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli right blasts ‘anti-Netanyahu’ bill

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Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday released details of a bill that would ban anyone accused of crimes punishable by over three years in prison from forming a government. If passed, the proposed legislation,...
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked attends the Jerusalem Post Conference, in Jerusalem, Oct. 12, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli interior minister opposes ‘anti-Netanyahu law’

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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 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a Yesh Atid Party conference marking 100 days for the formation of the Israeli government, Sept. 22, 2021. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Expectations kept at a minimum for Lapid’s trip to Washington

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No major news is expected to come from a visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to the United States this week for a series of meetings with officials from the Biden administration. Lapid will...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, Sept. 27, 2021. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Israel’s opposition blasts Bennett’s ‘hollow, cliché-filled’ UNGA address

The Likud Party criticized Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, saying he had squandered an opportunity to make Israel’s case during his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the day. Bennett’s...
Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi at the Knesset, ahead of the opening parliament session of the new government, on April 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitousi/Flash90.

Meretz MK: Bennett knows his government will fall if he takes military action

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Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi said on Sunday that her party, Meretz, together with the Arab Ra’am Party, can prevent the government from taking military action, according to Israel’s Kan News. “It’s in the coalition agreements. The...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (center), Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (bottom right) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (second from right) at the Knesset,. July 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

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...
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks during a Yamina Party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s Interior Minister: ‘It will be easier for our government to work with the...

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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...
A plenum session in the Knesset on July 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

In a blow to Israel’s coalition, Knesset fails to pass citizenship bill

A bill seeking to extend a law regulating the status and residency of Palestinian spouses of Arab Israelis failed to pass a Knesset vote early Tuesday morning. The “family reunification law,” first passed as a...

Can Israel’s new government make up with Democrats?

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Like a student on the first day of a new school semester, the slate is clean for new governments seeking to improve relations with other countries. In such circumstances, hope and optimism are the...

Israel unveils composition of new diplomatic-security cabinet

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Three days after its inauguration, Israel’s new government on Wednesday approved the composition of its diplomatic-security cabinet. The government also approved the establishment of a ministerial committee on foreign service appointments. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...