Three political parties called on Wednesday on leaders of Israel’s coalition to cancel a planned spring recess, which is scheduled to run between April 8 and May 19. Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman was the first to raise the matter a few weeks ago. On Wednesday, both Yesh Atid, led by MK Yair … Read more
Senior members of both parties in the US House of Representatives and Senate are certain that a $14.1 billion aid package for Israel’s war effort will arrive quickly, despite it being a part of a wider US foreign aid bill currently stuck in Congress, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (Likud) said to The Jerusalem Post … Read more
Due to several leaks from cabinet meetings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for criminal prosecutions of those who publish cabinet meeting leaks, according to Israeli media. Netanyahu has asked that all elements of cabinet meetings stay private and that publishing any of the details of the meetings, even those that are not defined … Read more
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, marked its 75th birthday in a somber ceremony on the plenum floor on Wednesday morning, with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid, interim Supreme Court Chief Justice Uzi Fogelman, and dozens of foreign ambassadors and other dignitaries. Every year on the spring holiday of … Read more
