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Knesset regulations require that the Ethics Committee approve such trips in advance.
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)
Avi Maoz pointed out that teachers hide what they are teaching from the parents, and he plans to make sure parents know what their kids are being exposed to.
By David Isaac
Israel's outgoing PM urged municipalities not to cooperate with an educational department to be headed by lawmaker Avi Maoz.
Nasrallah said there is still 2.5 square kilometers that have not yet been liberated from Israel.
Anwar Sadar: "Poor Menachem, I got back 90% of the Sinai and the Alma oil fields, and what has Menachem got? A piece of paper."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Lapid thanked Erdoğan for the recent intelligence cooperation and the thwarting of Iran’s attempts to carry out terrorist attacks against Israelis on Turkish soil this past year.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Islamic Jihad organization, under Iran’s guidance, has pushed out the PA from a number of areas in Judea and Samaria.
Lapid didn't say who else would or wouldn't be in his coalition.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The initiative lacked the necessary support within the coalition-in-formation, and comes on the heels of Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid's announcement of his ability to form the next government.
By JoeSettler
Perhaps the race isn't really between the current party leaders at all...
The bill doesn't create a coalition, but does give legitimacy and a mandate to the winner that might convince the nay-sayers to join the coalition of the winner.
By JNi.Media
Yesh Atid used the data for direct mail inquiries sent to the same Holocaust survivors prior to the March 2015 elections.
Netanyahu laid the blame for new elections squarely on Lapid and Livni and the fact that the Likud did not have enough mandates to govern unhindered.
The coalition likes to survive by blood-letting.
I couldn't help myself after I saw the photo above. The context is that on Tuesday, PM Netanyahu and Yair Lapid were in Southern Ashdod laying a cornerstone for a new seaport.
By JoeSettler
The heated debate in the settlements revolved around participating in the Haredi anti-draft rally planned for Sunday - or not.
Bayit Yehudi announced that NIS 65 million of government funding earmarked for Hesder and Haredi Yeshivas will be transferred before Rosh Hashanah. The money was supposed to have been transferred a while ago, but Yair Lapid's Finance Ministry has been holding up the transfer after they realized that Haredi Yeshivas would also benefit from this […]
By Batya Medad
"Only the wealthy won't feel Binyamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid's latest budget cut."
By Batya Medad
True peace is something that evolves when neither side aims to destroy the other one.
What is really being gained by continuing to force Haredim to stay in the beis medrash full time via a draft that exempts Haredim?
By Batya Medad
The proposed budget harms the poor more than the rich.
For Lapid to successfully challenge Netanyahu, he will need to find the right time for a strategic exit from the government.
There is only one word that can explain the over the top reaction by Haredi establishment to this: Paranoia.
By Batya Medad
In actuality, Lapid as Finance Minister, isn't doing all that well.
The record number of kipa-wearing Jews in the new Knesset surely shows that secular Jews do not really hate religious Jews.
By Batya Medad
This is a Marie Antoinette government whose theme is, "Let them eat cake."
Claiming the 2-year budget concept a failure, the country will revert to the 1 year budget system.
By Rafi Farber
The finance minister will be me and only me, and I will cut everyone’s budget by 100% and return all the money to the taxpayers who it was stolen from.
By Batya Medad
Drastic changes must be done gradually and with the cooperation of the affected sector of society.
By Barry Rubin
The problem of this government is more likely to be one of personalities, marginal issues that get blown up in importance, and jockeying for financial benefits for different constituencies.
With just days left until the coalition deadline, any of these rumors and leaks could be true.
By Batya Medad
It's not that the various coalition partners don't trust Bibi, but that he doesn't really trust them.
By Batya Medad
I can't imagine a tougher challenge for Lapid. It's so much easier to complain from the outside.
The draft is but one area Haredi leaders badly stumble over.
By Batya Medad
I must admit that I really don't care which parties are in Bibi's government coalition anymore.
By Batya Medad
Bennett's pact with Yair Lapid, is not good for the country and is leading to fraternal hatred.
By JoeSettler
Israel might need to roll the proverbial dice again and go for new elections, because this atmosphere is simply too poisoned.
By Batya Medad
Like it or not, coalition or not, Netanyahu may continue as Prime Minister for quite a while.
By Batya Medad
One thing that Netanyahu does understand is that a Prime Minister should have as broad a coalition as possible to represent all sectors in Israeli society.
After failing to assemble a coalition within the legally allotted month, Prime Minister Netanyahu went back to President Shimon Peres on Saturday night to ask for an extension. Peres granted Netanyahu a two week extension, which is the maximum allowed by the law. If he fails to put together a coalition within two weeks, Peres […]
By Batya Medad
Bennett shouldn't have trying to play chicken against a pro.
It is to Jonathan Rosenblum’s great credit that he has written this critical essay in a Haredi publication.
By Meir Indor
The Right is complacent, perhaps because everyone is busy with the Herculean task of assembling the next governing coalition.
Nasty threats, mistreatment, rumors, and a general lack of trust define this government's coalition building attempts.
By JoeSettler
No one wants Hareidim moving into their neighborhood. But no one is letting them build all-Hareidi communities either.
Not exactly what Jewish Home voters thought they would get on election day.
Do these rabbis really think that Naftali Bennett, an observant Jew, or Rabbi Dov Lipman have “risen in our generation to destroy the Jewish people”?
By Batya Medad
Inflexible 'principles' are for the opposition only, not the coalition.
By Barry Rubin
After going along with Obama, it is now said in the United States that Netanyahu tried to undermine Obama or didn’t cooperate.
If we in the Likud will understand the deep reason for our party’s decline we will continue to securely lead Israel with our national vision.
Lapid is a patriot who is both honest and who has a clear vision for the future. A vision that is inclusive of all!
By Batya Medad
The Israeli media are busy faux negotiating, publishing all sorts of possibilities.
Lapid's election success is a reflection of the widespread view among Israelis that external threats do not mean that the country's house should not be put in better order.
Even though there will be an unprecedented number of religious Knesset members, Haredim are closer to being drafted than at any time in Israel’s history.
A little insulting but shouldn't the Temple become a central element in the public discourse?
Conservative movements and parties cannibalize themselves.
Like Liberman before, Lapid will likely be Netanyahu's major partner as under almost any coalition figuration Yesh Atid can bring down the coalition.
These are the final results for the elections to the 19th Knesset.
By Barry Rubin
Netanyahu’s impending victory is due to the fact that the prime minister has done a reasonably good job, the economy is okay, terrorism is low, he’s kept out of trouble.
The average of last week's nine polls in Israel
The National Union (HaIchud HaLeumi) released the following short statement following President Barack Obama's reelection: "Obama's re-election gives a tailwind boost to the Israeli left-wing. The upcoming Israeli elections will be about building a national coalition that will help Netanyahu withstand the pressures put upon him. A Jewish coalition that is strengthened by the new […]
The merger of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the Yisrael Beiteinu party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Thursday has left-wing parties scrambling for a solution to the sudden show of solidarity on the part of the pro-nationalist camp.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni may be throwing their hats into the political arena once more, teaming up to attempt to defeat the nationalist camp headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
A joint JoeSettler-Jameel post. Left behind in the wake of Netanyahu’s surprise unity maneuver are some serious winners and loser. There is no doubt that elections would have shaken things up, but this unity coalition shakes up things even more. What Netanyahu managed to do today is of historic proportions and has some serious ramifications […]
Former journalist and rookie politician Yair Lapid's new party is off to a problematic start. Lapid's choice of the name 'Atid' for his new political party has created yet another controversy for the political neophyte; it is similar enough to Atid Echad - an immigrant party with mostly Ethiopian support - to cause confusion to voters, and possible legal action by its chair Yechezkel Stelzer.
Lapid continues to use Facebook as the main medium for his political proclamations.
Former media personality dispels any notion that he would join Kadima, Labor
Yishai uncovers vastly different tastes in everything from Jewish comfort food (with help from Malkah) to Knesset candidates to peace policy in this episode. Colorful culture, deep ideas, and a few tempers running high are all part of the mix as we search for new solutions to age old problems and end with inspiration from the Torah.
By Sam Ser
In the past few years, Lapid had talked of wanting to eventually enter politics, and his newspaper columns increasingly resembled a political platform.
July 10, 2026 
