Posts Tagged: likud
Sa’ar Urges Diaspora Jews to Move to Israel Amid Rising Anti-Semitism
i24 News - Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar delivered a sharply worded address on Sunday evening at a Hanukkah candle-lighting conference in Rishon Lezion, using the...
Netanyahu’s Coalition Skips Parliamentary Vote Backing Trump’s Gaza Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition skipped a parliamentary vote on Wednesday endorsing US President Donald Trump's plan to end the two-year war in Gaza. The vote, proposed by opposition leader Yair Lapid, was largely symbolic as...
Israel’s Netanyahu Seeks Pardon in Years-Long Corruption Trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country's president on Sunday for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering...
Israeli Education Minister Unexpectedly Praises Columbia University for Response to Campus Antisemitism
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch met with higher education leaders in the New York City area on Tuesday and used the opportunity to comment on...
Biden Pressure on Israel Partly Due to Concerns Over 2024 Election, Says Israeli Lawmaker, Former UN Ambassador
Israeli politician and former Ambassador Danny Danon attributed US President Joe Biden's increasingly critical posture toward Israel's war on the Hamas terrorist group to domestic...
Israeli Deputy Says Normalization with Saudis Does Not Appear Imminent
A top Israeli lawmaker said on Sunday that any forging of relations with Saudi Arabia did not appear imminent, citing what he described as sticking...
Israel Opposition Demands 18 Month Freeze in Judicial Overhaul
The leader of Israel's parliamentary opposition on Sunday demanded that the government freeze its judicial overhaul for 18 months if it wants to resume negotiations...
Israel’s Netanyahu Hospitalized but Okay, his Office Says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing medical checks in an Israeli hospital on Saturday but was in good condition, his office said, with no indications...
Israel Could Accept US-Iran Nuclear ‘Understanding’, Senior Lawmaker Says
Israel could find acceptable an understanding between its arch-foe Iran and the United States if it includes rigorous supervision of Tehran's nuclear program, a senior...
Israeli Government Approves Establishment of Ben Gvir’s National Guard
i24 News - Israel's government on Sunday officially approved the establishment of a new "national guard" led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, after...
Party Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Pause Judicial Overhaul
A top lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party echoed on Sunday a call by the defense chief to pause a contested judicial...
Can US Jews Love the Real Israel—Or Only the Fantasy Version?
JNS.org - The Israeli government that was sworn in on Thursday brings with it new challenges for those who care about the Jewish state. The...
Netanyahu Hands Over Control of Construction in the West Bank to Smotrich
i24 News - Israel's incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to hand far-right leader Betzalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party significant control over the...
Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu Set to Announce New Government this Week
i24 News - Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce that he has formed a coalition government this week as the extension given...
