Israel’s ministerial committee on legislation approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to continue legislating an ultra-Orthodox (haredi) IDF conscription bill from where it was left off in 2022, ignoring a legal opinion by the Attorney General that the proposal was irrelevant and, therefore, “not legally justifiable.” The decision by committee chair Justice Minister Yariv … Read more
Likud MK Amit Halevi was interviewed Monday morning on Udi Segal and Anat Davidov’s program on 103FM radio and commented on the current haredi draft law drama. Halevi hurled harsh criticism at the Supreme Court and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, claiming that this is an issue that these two bodies should not be dealing with … Read more
United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar was visibly exhausted when he walked into his office on Wednesday for an interview with The Jerusalem Post. The exhaustion was understandable given the political roller-coaster that the former minister experienced during the past two weeks. Sa’ar entered the eye of the political storm on March 12, when … Read more
Knesset member Hanoch Milwidsky (Likud) was interviewed on Monday on 103FM and said that the haredi draft law as currently written won’t be able to pass a vote in the Knesset. “I do not believe that the government’s current [version of the law] as published is the law that will ultimately pass. I didn’t … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed between meetings with government officials and coalition members on Tuesday to reach agreements concerning a new law on the conscription of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) young men as a deadline set by the High Court of Justice was set to end on Wednesday. Originally, the government was set to vote on … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is causing the country to crumble, attorney Gonen Ben Yitzhak, from the “Crime Minister” movement told 103FM following protests outside Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea. After the demonstration and the arson that took place Saturday night at the entrance to the Prime Minister’s Residence in Caesarea, attorney Ben Yitzhak, clarified: “No … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced to his party, the Likud, that he would not renege on passing the ultra-Orthodox draft bill and that without the bill, the government would not remain in place, KAN Reshet B reported on Monday morning. Netanyahu’s announcement came in the wake of minister-without-portfolio and National Unity chair Benny Gantz’s … Read more
As commander of the IDF’s 98th Division, IDF Brig.-Gen. Dan Goldfus effectively commands a full division of commandos. He was entrusted with the role of taking down Hamas’s Khan Yunis brigade – considered the toughest of them all, as it is home to the largest and most byzantine tunnel network in Gaza. In two … Read more
“New groups” of Israeli citizens should be required to serve in the IDF, Likud Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli and MKs Moshe Saada and Dan Illouz wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. Chikli, Illouz, and Saada’s letter indicated their support for the recruitment of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) … Read more
