'I call on all the demonstrators, on the right and the left, to behave responsibly and not to act violently. We are brothers,' the prime minister said.
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid signed a coalition agreement with several parties, including the right-wing Yemina and Arab Ra'am parties. The coalition must be finalized in a Knesset vote.
Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu will serve as prime minister for 18 months before handing the premiership as part of a rotation to Blue and White challenger Benny Gantz. By Dov Lipman, JNS After nearly a year of political paralysis, Israel is finally on its way towards a national unity government as the nation battles against the... Read more »
Gantz and Netanyahu reportedly agreed on a coalition in which Netanyahu will remain PM and Gantz will be foreign minister. In September 2021, they will swap posts.
After the elections, the cabinet slots in the Knesset have changed, and it might give organizations like Return to the Mount a fair chance to play their game.
Netanyahu's government has dodged another bullet and will maintain a slim coalition after Bennett backed down from his demand to become defense minister.
Israel's 'solidarity' remains 'the foundation of its success,' declared Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on the anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination.
Some Israeli Arab leaders want Israel to give up its identity as a Jewish homeland because they hope that one day Jews will become a minority in their country.
'A person is a murderer even if he committed murder just once in his life, so that's what we can call the army, which murders occasionally and not every day of its life,' Zoabi said.
As Avigdor Liberman, Israel's new defense minister, was appointed and sworn in, the US State Department decided to intervene in internal Israeli politics and use the moment to attack Israel and the Israeli government.
While its political system may be in turmoil, Israel remains the only real democracy in the Middle East. Currently, the nation appears to be on its way to elections.
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