Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed Coalition Whip MK Ofir Katz (Likud) on Tuesday to remove the controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) daycare bill from Wednesday’s Knesset plenum agenda after it became unclear on Tuesday whether or not he would have a majority for the bill to pass. United Torah Judaism, the party pushing the bill, reportedly … Read more
Israel’s parliament (Knesset) will convene on Monday and Thursday this week in order to amend the 2024 budget by increasing government spending by approximately NIS 3.4 billion. The increase in spending will go towards a number of war-related issues, including funding for evacuees and released hostages and their families until the end of 2024; … Read more
The far-right Otzma Yehudit party is negotiating with the two haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, in an attempt to cut a deal to pass a number of controversial bills and measures this week, before the Knesset sets out on its three-month summer recess on Sunday, an Otzma Yehudit spokesperson confirmed on Monday. … Read more
Far-right National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit chairman MK Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Monday that his party would no longer adhere to coalition discipline and would vote in the Knesset as it sees fit, after the two ultra-Orthodox (haredi) parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), refused to support a move that would give … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is continuing to regain some of the political ground it lost on October 7, according to a new Maariv poll, but National Unity party head Benny Gantz remains the frontrunner to form a new government if elections were held today. The poll, conducted April 10-11, saw Likud gain two … Read more
