Posts Tagged: Israeli government
Israeli Government Sends 2026 Budget to Parliament, Approval at Risk From Rifts
Israel's Finance Ministry said on Monday it delivered the 2026 state budget draft to parliament ahead of a preliminary vote on Wednesday, though the plan's prospects are clouded by political fractures...
Netanyahu Coalition Partners Green-Light Possible Emergency Government
All partners in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition approved on Tuesday a proposed expansion of the government to include politicians now in the opposition,...
Levin: ‘US Government Interfering in Reform Debate’
JNS.org - Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin accused the US government of helping opponents of judicial reform, speaking in a video obtained by the Walla! website...
Israeli Arab Activists, Officials Pushing for Joint List to Save Government: Report
As Israel lurches into another political crisis with the defection of MK Idit Silman on Wednesday, robbing the ruling coalition of its Knesset majority, observers...
Israeli Lawmaker Quits, Threatening Bennett’s Hold on Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his razor-thin parliamentary majority on Wednesday after a lawmaker from his nationalist party quit, leaving his government with a...
Israel’s Leaders Need to Listen to the Music of the Latest US Election Results
JNS.org - Israel’s new something-for-everyone coalition government prides itself on its emphasis on restoring bilateral political support for Israel in the United States. Of course, this...
Israel’s Coalition Government Has Turned Into a National Wound
The relationship between the Blue and White and Likud parties is dysfunctional. Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday that he will support...
Is COVID-19 the Only Thing Holding Israel’s Government Together?
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have aspired to limit anti-government protests during the pandemic, but the bill seeking to curtail the demonstrations has...
Netanyahu, Another Election Will Smash What Little Faith We Have Left
JNS.org – Prime Minister Netanyahu, don’t take us there, to a fourth election in under two years. Don’t drag all of us — only three...
Israeli Cabinet Meeting Cancelled Amid Ongoing State Budget Dispute
JNS.org - In the most blatant sign so far of confrontation within the current Israeli government, differences between the two major coalition partners have caused...
A World in Chaos
When my last op-ed was published at the end of March, the coronavirus appeared to be under control in Israel and a national unity government...
Gantz’s Challenges and Strategy as the Newly Installed Defense Minister
JNS.org - Newly appointed Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz officially took up his position on Monday, delivering a speech at a modest ceremony at the...
‘Bloat’ Is the Least of the New Israeli Government’s Problems
JNS.org - Public criticism of the new Israeli government has focused on how “bloated” it is. Prior to and since the swearing-in on Sunday of...
Israel’s New Government: Bloated and Wasteful, but Necessary at the Moment
Criticizing the government is the Israeli national pastime, and the newly sworn-in unity coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister Benny...
