In an interview with KAN11 on Thursday the former head of Mossad Yossi Cohen said that whether to assassinate Hamas leadership abroad is a question of politics not a question of capability. During the interview, Cohen was asked, “Why haven’t they [the Hamas leadership] been eliminated?” Answering, he said, “It’s a political decision, every … Read more
Major Jewish organizations in the US, including liberal and democratic-leaning ones, are receptive to the claim that the outcome of the current war between Israel and Hamas should not be a two-state solution, Religious Zionist Party MK and Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC) Ohad Tal said in an interview with The Jerusalem … Read more
National Unity Party MK Matan Kahana urged opposition leader Yair Lapid and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman to join the government during an interview with Radio 103FM. In addition, the former religious services minister called for new elections; and discussed some of the disagreements between members of the emergency government and the war cabinet, … Read more
In a letter sent last week to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel, a group of 17 MEPs have petitioned for the EU to oppose Hadash MK Ofer Cassif’s expulsion from the Knesset. Cassif’s expulsion is being pursued by … Read more
The opposition party Yesh Atid announced on Sunday that it would move forward on Monday with a motion of no-confidence in Israel’s government, due to what it claimed was the government’s decision to advance a new proposal for Israel’s 2024 budget that was “political, irresponsible, and shameless.” “We call on all factions in the … Read more
The Knesset House Committee on Monday deliberated whether to expel Hadash-Ta’al MK Ofer Cassif over his support of South Africa’s accusation in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Committee chairman Ofir Katz (Likud) convened the session after a petition to expel Cassif spearheaded by Yisrael Beytenu MK … Read more
The Likud party, from the “top of the pyramid down to the last MKs,” bears “heavy responsibility” for the party’s poor performance in the polls, and must make a collective decision on how to improve the situation, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein said during an interview on Channel 12 on … Read more
Pnina Lahav’s book The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power tells Golda’s story through “the lens of gender.” When Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed, only two of the 37 signatories were women – Rachel Kagan and Golda Meir. This is symbolic of the profound difficulty that women … Read more
National Unity MK Matan Kahana discussed the contentious issue of admitting Palestinian laborers from Judea and Samaria in an interview on 103FM Tuesday morning. Kahana acknowledged the complexity of the matter, stating, “It is clear that in times of war, our priority is to protect ourselves as effectively as possible.” He also expressed the … Read more
