Tag: Likud
Israel’s government collapses, forcing fourth elections in two years
Israel’s government collapsed on Tuesday, forcing the Jewish state into yet another election—the fourth in the last two years.
The government automatically dissolved on Tuesday at midnight after it failed to pass a budget for...
Netanyahu calls for new way of selecting judges in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for reforming the way that judges are selected with Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin of the Likud Party proposing a new way to do so.
“It is necessary...
Knesset edges closer to dissolution as Gantz sides with opposition
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that his Blue and White faction will side with the opposition on Wednesday when its motion to dissolve the Knesset comes up for a vote in...
Israel delays budget deadline, preventing election (for now)
Israel’s Knesset on Monday passed a final version of a bill to extend the deadline for parliament to pass a state budget.
The new date is Dec. 23, said the Knesset in a statement. If a budget...
Knesset to approve budget deadline extension, averting government collapse
Israel’s Knesset Finance Committee on Monday morning approved a final version of a bill to extend the deadline for parliament to pass a state budget. The new date is Dec. 23, the Knesset said in a...
Likud minister threatens to block all non-coronavirus-related legislation
Israeli Cyber and National Digital Matters Minister David Amsalem of the Likud Party said on Friday that no laws would be passed in the Knesset this week other than those urgently needed to help...
Netanyahu faces major challenge to leadership in upcoming Likud party primary
Over 110,000 members of the Likud Party will vote on Thursday to select a party chairman prior to Israel’s March 2 elections—the country’s third national vote in under 12 months. The incumbent, Prime Minister...
Netanyahu Likud challenger Gideon Sa’ar: Two-state solution is an ‘illusion’
The two-state solution is an “illusion” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has perpetuated, Likud Knesset member and Netanyahu rival Gideon Sa’ar said on Sunday.
Speaking at a conference in Jerusalem, Sa’ar said, “Throughout the...
Barkat proposes primary for deputy Likud leadership, ‘inspired by US model’
Likud MK and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat suggested a plan on Sunday to hold elections for a Likud Party “deputy leader,” who would automatically assume the “most senior post in the government or...
Bennett to be sworn in as Israel’s new defense minister
New Right Party leader Naftali Bennett will be sworn in as Israel’s 20th Defense Minister on Tuesday at 11 a.m., at which point the resignation of the current defense minister—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—will...