Posts Tagged: Israel Government
Israeli Knesset Votes to Dissolve in Step Towards Snap Election
Israel moved closer on Wednesday to its fifth election in less than four years after lawmakers gave an initial nod to dissolve parliament, with a...
Netanyahu Faces End of Rule in Parliamentary Vote on New Government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an end to his long hold on power in Israel on Sunday when the country's legislature votes on approving an...
Knesset to Convene Monday to Announce New Goverment, Speaker Confirms
i24 News – Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin said on Friday that he will announce next week that Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid has succeeded in...
Israel: Rivlin Meets With Lapid, Bennett After Netanyahu Returns Mandate
i24 News - Israel's President Reuven Rivlin met with Yesh Atid party chief Yair Lapid and Yamina head Naftali Bennett on Wednesday for consultations over...
Netanyahu Officially Announces Formation of New Government
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially announced on Wednesday evening that he had succeeded in forming a new government, 18 months after the...
Netanyahu, Gantz Agree: New Government to Be Sworn in on May 13
JNS.org - Israel will swear in a national unity government on May 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny...
Lieberman: ‘No More Unity, We Will Form a Government Without Netanyahu’
JNS.org - Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman declared on Wednesday that following Israel’s March 2 election, the next government will be formed without Israeli Prime...
With Gantz Having Failed to Secure a Coalition, What’s Next for Israel?
JNS.org - Just hours before Wednesday’s midnight deadline, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form a government to Israeli President Reuven...
Lieberman Plan Calls for Netanyahu to Be First Premier, But Without Right-Wing Bloc
JNS.org - Yisrael Beiteinu Party head Avigdor Lieberman presented his plan on Wednesday evening for a government consisting of his own party added to the...
Israel’s New Government Considers Setting Up Bank for International Development
JNS.org - Israel’s new government is expected to increase international development activity and plans to establish a government bank dedicated to international development, the Prime Minister’s...
Aliyah Update: Ulpan, Bureaucracy, and Reacting to Jewish Terrorism
JNS.org - It has now been a whole month since my aliyah date, so I thought that this week I’d reflect on the process as a...
Israel’s New Government is Not ‘By’ or ‘For’ the People
The political horse-trading in Israel that was seen over the past eight weeks, which went down to the wire to form a new government, was,...
Report: Israel’s Yair Lapid Considering Leaving Coalition Government
Arutz Sheva - One of Finance Minister Yair Lapid's close associates has in recent days hinted to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's associates that Lapid is considering quitting the coalition and...
Boteach: I Challenge Roger Waters to a Debate on Israel
Last week I responded to former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters' abhorrent statements comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. My dispute with Waters was picked up...
