Protesters demonstrated against Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Tuesday morning in response to a recent threat of his that haredim would leave Israel if forced to draft into the IDF. As part of the protest, the demonstrators presented a “Dividing Israel” award, a reference to the Israel Prize that the rabbi is set … Read more
Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky addressed a range of matters on the political-public agenda in a recent interview on 103FM radio. Milwidsky responded to Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who claimed that “if the state forces us [the ultra-Orthodox] to go to the army, we will all go abroad,” by stating, “Rabbi Yosef does not consult … Read more
Israel’s Knesset on Tuesday began a marathon debate to approve a controversial updated version of the 2024 national budget. The national budget in effect is a package of bills that are passed together. The first is the actual budget of each government ministry for the year 2024; the second sets the government’s spending ceiling … Read more
Minister-without-portfolio MK Benny Gantz is the government’s “weak link,” and the US administration’s decision to host Gantz for meetings is an attempt to ‘drive a wedge’ within the government and the people of Israel, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a press conference on Monday after his party, the Religious Zionist Party (RZP), held … Read more
Benny Gantz’s National Unity party maintained its strong lead in new polls published on Sunday as the majority of the Israeli public expressed support for calling early elections. According to polls by both Channel 13 and N12, Gantz’s party would earn 37 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud would only earn 18 seats. According to … Read more
