Amidst a public debate about the justification for the decades-long blanket exemption from IDF service for haredi men, the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC) debated on Monday a bill to lengthen the age of exemption for reservists by one year. The bill’s intent is to preserve the current array of reservists at … Read more
It was a more substantive debate—at least by the standard of the GOP donnybrooks we’ve seen so far this primary cycle. With only two candidates on stage, and neither of them being Vivek Ramaswamy, the actual issues—the economy, immigration, foreign policy, climate change—got some real airtime. Was the discussion of those issues mostly horrifying? Yes. … Read more
Republican candidates clash in heated presidential primary debate in Alabama – CBS News Watch CBS News With just 40 days until the Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump’s four chief rivals, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy, took the stage in the fourth primary debate in Alabama. CBS News’ Robert Costa reports … Read more
