Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the far-right Religious Zionist Party, was shouted off the stage on Tuesday at an annual conference held in Ashkelon by the right-wing newspaper Yisrael Hayom. The incident was an indication of the lack of support for Smotrich in the right-wing camp. Smotrich, whose party currently has seven Knesset … Read more
The Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee approved on Wednesday a first reading of the proposed changes to the Youth Law 2023, which MK Yitzhak Kreuzer initiated with the help of a group of MKs, according to a Knesset press statement. The committee approved the proposed changes in the wording order that came into … Read more
MK Meir Cohen from Yesh Atid, former welfare and social services minister, was interviewed recently by Anat Davidov and Udi Segal on 103FM radio about the war in Gaza, about the departure of New Hope chairman Gideon Sa’ar from the coalition with Benny Gantz Gantz, and on whether Yesh Atid would join the current … Read more
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
“Major pressure” is being applied on outgoing Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi to join national politics, he said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post last week. The pressure is not new and has accompanied Revivi during the past five rounds of elections since 2019, he said. But now that Revivi is on his way … Read more
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel presented in the Knesset plenary last week an unprecedented bill proposal meant to address the obstacles of the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal would permit the purchase of identification documents online, including passports, without the need to visit any offices in person. The stipulation is that these papers will be valid … Read more
A confrontation developed at the Knesset plenum between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Arab MKs over the far-right minister’s support of a Border Police officer who shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian at the Shuafat refugee camp after firing fireworks at Israeli forces operating in the field. Ben-Gvir shouted at Joint List MK … Read more
National Unity chairman and Minister-without-portfolio MK Benny Gantz acknowledged in a press conference on Wednesday that there were “challenges in the government’s conduct”, and that “real operational needs and correct priorities were being harmed as a result of political conduct,” but said that “now was not the time for politics.” Gantz’s comments were … 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
Days after the February 27 municipal elections, we checked in with three key players. The post of mayor and 30 city council seats were at stake in determining Jerusalem’s future. Moshe Lion Less than 24 hours after the publication of the first results, victorious mayoral incumbent Moshe Lion packed up his family and his … Read more
