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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Movement for Quality Government says the prime minister violated a conflict of interest agreement by addressing judicial reform.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
It was a love-in for the State of Israel, and for Israel as the Jewish state.
“He might as well appoint who he sees fit,” said Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, of the vacant consul general role the Israeli prime minister aims to fill.
Ministers and MKs are dropping out of the ceremonies so the anarchists don't have an excuse to disrupt the events.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jewish Federations last week said it had decided not to boycott the prime minister as demanded by obscure and unnamed groups.
We all deserve to experience these days with the entire people of Israel standing united behind our heroes, without any argument.
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The letter, written in English, accuses the Religious Zionism Party leader of “intending to destroy Israel.”
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Justices and politicians would not sit directly on the committee.
Col. Avinoam Emunah met with Ben-Gvir to discuss the possibility of an appointment as commander of the new National Guard.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
While the prime minister violated the law, the conditions for holding him in contempt of court were not met, says Gali Baharav-Miara.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move comes just weeks after she denounced the government’s judicial reform program as a “coup.”
Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was a bit more blunt in his retort, "Israel is not another star on the American flag."
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a call to right-wing voters: "Come to Jerusalem, you must not surrender to violence."
Time to pull off the band-aid.
It is unclear if after last night's anarchist riots, if Netanyahu will allow the bill to go to vote.
Netanyahu is debating whether or not to cancel the judicial reform bills.
Just the latest attack by the Supreme Court against the elected prime minister of Israel.
The petitioners asserted that Israel's attorney general has a conflict of interest regarding the bill to place limits on her powers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Gali Baharav-Miara contends that the Israeli premier's decision to wade into the process of reforming the judiciary is “completely illegal.”
JDC program cancelled due to lack of proper filing, not ideology.
The bill grants an additional tax credit to parents of children aged 6 to 17.
No one is openly negotiating from the opposition, so the coalition are offering generous compromises with itself.
Some speculate that Bahrav-Miara wants to be fired so she can use it to launch her career as a leader of a leftwing party.
After the speech, police extricated the Minister to his car as the anarchists tried to block his way.
Ben-Gvir hopes to end the misassumptions about him, and explain his goals.
The anarchists stepped up their protests in Bnei Brak, but some Haredim used it as a Tefillin opportunity.
The president's proposal makes nearly everything the coalition is trying to fix even worse.
Ben-Gvir made it clear he doesn't trust the AG, and she's made it clear he's not allowed to have anyone else represent him.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"I no longer trust the attorney general," the national security minister, himself a lawyer, tells the judges.
“You chose to protest in front of the wrong person,” said Gafni. “You will not move me an inch from the full support for passing the legal reform.”
The bill is to prevent a legal coup by the attorney general.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli exports to Italy have doubled—now amounting to $1.5 billion by the end of 2022—in the past two years, added Netanyahu’s office.
Ben-Gvir's office released a statement that the move was planned in advance as was not to push anyway aside.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Now it depends on our national leadership, the coalition and the opposition, who need to rise to the occasion,” said the Israeli president.
Members of Gantz's party have reportedly been holding secret discussions on judicial reform with the coalition.
Porush said he could not carry out his responsibilities because of clashes with the Religious Affairs Ministry and the National Center for the Development of Holy Sites.
“I believe with all my heart that this moment of crisis can be turned into a defining constitutional moment."
Gantz said, "History won't forgive whoever didn't try to stop a civil war."
By Josh Hasten
Israeli brothers Hilel Menachem and Yagel Yaakov Yaniv were gunned down by a terrorist at point-blank range as they drove on Route 60 through the Arab village.
Finance Minister Smotrich, "The credit ratings prove that we are taking all the right steps to move the State of Israel forward."
The state budget for 2023 will amount to approximately NIS 484 billion and in 2024 to approximately NIS 513 billion.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led American lawmakers to the Jewish state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The biggest troubles for religious issues and the ultra-Orthodox public came from the Supreme Court. There is no area where it did not hurt us.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Amid U.S. pressure, Jerusalem reportedly will freeze for several months the legalization of additional young settlements in Judea and Samaria.
Netanyahu responsed to remarks by Hassan Nasrallah and Tom Nides.
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Jerusalem's top diplomat is on a solidarity visit to Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
The government denies the money came from funds frozen under the “anti-pay-for-slay law.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Defense Ministry body's responsibilities include approving construction in Area C of Judea and Samaria.
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The opposition demands a 60-day freeze of the entire program before negotiations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
While Washington's response is “understandable,” the Americans know that Israel’s government is “committed to the settlements,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Some of the details of the plan have been released.
Netanyahu asked permission to make a statement about the president's compromise offer.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ron Huldai spoke at a demonstration against the judicial reform plan.
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Contradicting the Supreme Court, Avichai Mandelblit says the plea deal struck by Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri last year “unequivocally” did not include a commitment to permanently leave politics.
Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded that settlements be approved following the Neve Yaakov terror attack.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The prospective move comes after three Israelis were killed in a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem.
By David Isaac
Red lines have been crossed in recent days by extremist elements that have one goal: To intentionally bring about anarchy,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The coalition agreement between Likud and the Religious Zionism Party requires the government to reverse parts of the disengagement and allow for the Homesh Yeshiva to remain as a first step towards rebuilding the four communities.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Shas also distanced itself from the proposal, saying it never intended to criminalize improper attire or musical instruments at the holy site.
The profits from Israel's natural resources will be invested in education, infrastructure and the development of the Israeli economy for the future of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 7, 144 illegal structures were destroyed in eastern Jerusalem and Area C of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The government must present its plan to evacuate the Bedouin village built illegally on state-owned land by April 2.
The legislation would end the Israeli government’s authorization to enact public closures, require individuals to isolate, set limits on public gatherings, or require people to furnish a green pass among other measures.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The apartment building in the Shiloach neighborhood has been slated for demolition for years.
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The Israeli prime minister planted an olive tree close to the synagogue where an Arab terrorist killed seven people last month.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The list of demands was reportedly submitted to the previous Bennett-Lapid government but was not approved at the time.
The community will have 500 residents.
The leftwing calls for violence and to destroy the Israeli economy are beginning to cause concern.
The main topic of their discussions was about Iran and the joint efforts to fight Iran's aggression and its aspiration to obtain nuclear weapons.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Enough of enabling the Palestinian Authority to reward terrorists, the minister says.
The goal is for 5,000-8,000 citizens requesting gun permits to be interviewed by the licensing division monthly.
For the ninth time: the State of Israel asks the High Court to allow another postponement of its response to Regavim’s petition for the evacuation of the Palestinian Authority’s flagship outpost, Khan al-Ahmar.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Deri Law No. 2,” as it’s been coined, will go before the Knesset next week.
There is a backlog of 17,373 requests that have not been processed and 9,256 requests were rejected in 2022.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We will do what is necessary to bring them to justice,” says the Israeli defense minister.
In response to the Neve Yaakov terror attack on Friday, in which 7 people were murdered outside a synagogue, including a 14-year-old boy, the Israeli cabinet made a number of decisions on Saturday night that will be implemented in response.
“It was the first time they heard the story straight, without the big bias,” MK Simcha Rothman said.
Netanyahu said his judicial reform bill will make Israel an even better place to in which to invest.
The two leaders praised the long-standing friendship and partnership between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom.
The meeting is part of a series of [secret and not-so-secret] meetings held by the president in recent days regarding judicial reform.
Shas Knesset member Haim Biton will replace Aryeh Deri as Interior Minister, while Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli will take the Health portfolio.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The world actually believes in our policy, in our overall policy, the general policy and the economic policy in particular,” Netanyahu said.
"The Supreme Court decided... that I have an obligation to remove you from your position as Minister... This unfortunate decision ignores the will of the people..."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will receive 59,218 shekels ($17,400) per month, and President Isaac Herzog 67,971 shekels ($19,970).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The alternative is accepting a reality in which a radical regime has nuclear weapons. No Israeli leader can accept that.”
The decision was made in consultation with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
44% of Haredi parent don't object to their children learning English, as long as it's after school hours.
The democratically elected officials are fulfilling the will of the people that voted them in.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has been tasked with overseeing the body responsible for approving construction and handling other bureaucratic matters in Area C of Judea and Samaria.
New strategic affairs minister tells International March of the Living gala attendees that Israel “will be the most important ally of the United States in the 21st century.”
Yair Golan's Meretz party couldn't garner enough votes to get into the Knesset, but he's calling for civil war.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli strategic affairs minister is the first official from Israel’s new government to visit the U.S. • Israel and the U.S. agree that Iran must not acquire nuclear weapons, but have “some tactical differences,” says U.S. State Dept.
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In Israel, politics apparently does not end at the water's edge.
The various special cabinets and deputy ministers were established.
Security forces believed it would be a bad idea if Ben-Gvir has folded and not gone up after the Hamas threats.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The request, reportedly for this year and the next, is part of an effort to boost Iran strike preparations, as well as to compensate for inflation.
In addition, Kish is removing all the specially appointed policy makers from the Education Ministry.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The coalition deal between the Likud Party and incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit Party calls for the move to be implemented within 90 days of the new government’s formation.
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Yael German was a political appointee of Yair Lapid.
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Benjamin Netanyahu delivered the maiden speech of Israel’s new government, the sixth over which he has presided.
September 18, 2026 
