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Prime Minister

Government / The Knesset / Business and Economy

Israeli Lawmakers Get 5.1% Pay Hike; Supreme Court Chief to Earn $350K+

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).

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Watch: Prime Minister Yair Lapid Delivers His First Speech Upon Taking Office

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The State of Israel is bigger than all of us. More important than any of us. It was here before us, and will be here long after us. It doesn’t belong only to us. It belongs to those who dreamed of it for thousands of years in the Diaspora, and also to those yet to be born, to future generations."

Politics / Left vs. Right / News Briefs / The Knesset

Coalition Postpones Vote on Limiting PM’s Tenure After Losing Majority

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Once again, the coalition was forced to postpone a vote on a bill it had planned to promote after losing its majority at the Knesset’s plenum.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Ministerial Panel Unanimously Approves Term Limits for Prime Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu came out lashing, declaring the bill and it's supporters undemocratic.

Politics / Government / Left vs. Right

Israeli Right Blasts ‘Anti-Netanyahu’ Bill

By Israel Hayom

The bill, proposed by Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, would bar those under indictment from forming a government or serving as alternate premier.

Israel / Politics / Elections

Benny Gantz Declares He Could Be Prime Minister of Israel

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Rumor has it that Netanyahu is planning to offer Gantz a very sweet deal.

Polls

Who Will be Israel's Next Prime Minister?

By Jewish Press Staff

In case you didn't choose the last 3 times.

Government / Coronavirus

PM Netanyahu to Cabinet: Must Take Action Against Coronavirus

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Netanyahu also referred to the raucous demonstrations outside his official residence in Jerusalem, calling to unseat him.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime

‘Take Down Bibi’: IDF Soldier Arrested for Posting Death Threat Against Netanyahu

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The soldier has reportedly previously posted violent messages against Netanyahu and the government.

Featured / Politics / Government / Sovereignty

Netanyahu: July is our Target Date for Applying Sovereignty

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The current prime minister outlines Israel’s five biggest challenges: rebuilding the economy; preparing for a second wave of the coronavirus; security and defense; the threat of the International Criminal Court; and applying Israeli law to the Jordan Valley and Judea and Samaria.

Video of the Day / Holocaust

PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the 'Unto Every Person There is a Name' Ceremony

By Jewish Press News Desk

Last night I was in the village of my birth / In the landscape that is dear to my heart in its radiance / In the well of my childhood a reflection still shimmers / My father’s house still stands.

Government / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Netanyahu Sidesteps Coronavirus Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu was in the vicinity of Health Minister Yaakov Litzman.

Featured / The Muqata

Gantz is Betting Against the House

By JoeSettler

Gantz is trying to hard to push a very left wing government onto Bibi, and it may backfire on him.

Israel / Elections / Left vs. Right

Netanyahu Invites Gantz to Meet and Form Unity Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gantz may be conditioning his acceptance on Bibi including the anti-Zionist Arab party into the emergency coalition.

Politics / Government / Elections

Netanyahu Resigns from All Ministerial Positions (except Prime Minister)

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Besides his role as prime minister, Netanyahu served as the health minister, social welfare minister, Diaspora minister and agricultural minister.

Photo of the Day

Netanyahu Finds Support and Gratitude from an Unexpected Quarter

By Photo of the Day

The Pashkevil calls on the public to show their gratitude to Netanyahu for his support of the Haredi community.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Naftali Bennett Appointed Defense Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett and Shaked were offered two small ministries or one big one. They chose the Defense Ministry.

Government / Photo of the Day

Air Force One

By Photo of the Day

Prime Minister Netanyahu, and eventually, whoever follows after him in the top seat, is getting a shiny, like-new, pre-owned Boeing 767-300ER, nicknamed Air Force One.

Featured / Israel / Politics / Elections

Blue & White Cancels Negotiations, Likud Refuses to Back-Stab Partners

By Jewish Press News Desk

Blue & White offered the Likud a quick negotiation if the Likud were to dump its political partners: Shas, UTJ and Yamina - an offer the Likud flatly turned down.

Photo of the Day

Poser

By Photo of the Day

MK Benny Gantz is walking around with a fake bodyguard.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset

Netanyahu: ‘In Next Election, 40 Knesset Seats is the Objective’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Elections are currently scheduled for November 5, 2019, unless elections are held.

Headline / US / Politics / Government / The Courts / Diaspora / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Disabled Accessibility Rules an Excuse to Expanding Mixed Prayer Kotel Plaza Without Permit

By JNi.Media

A representative of the city's legal adviser objected to the move, arguing that it could not be sneaked under the guise of accessibility.

Headline / Druze / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs / United Nations (UN) / European Union

Report: NIF, EU, UN Drive Ferocious Campaign to Quash Israel's Nationality Law

By JNi.Media

The Struggle Headquarters propaganda maliciously misrepresents the law, using a false comparison between two Border Guard officers, one a Jew, the other a Druze.

Headline / Israel / Syria

PM Netanyahu: US, Canada Asked Israel to Help Evacuate the Syrian 'White Helmets'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu approved their passage through Israel as an important humanitarian gesture.

Inside Israel Today with Gil Hoffman

Inside Israel Today: Are Knesset Members Slackers?

By The Land of Israel

The Knesset’s last week before its extended summer recess, Gil Hoffman and Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan analyze whether Knesset members have easy lives in which they barely work, or if they actually work very hard.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government

Three and a Half Months into the Conflict, PM Netanyahu Visits the Gaza Strip Border

By JNi.Media

The PM did not offer an explanation as to why he had chosen not to order stopping those incendiary weapons before an estimated 6,000 acres had gone up in smoke.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Kahlon Attacks Netanyahu: 'You'll Be Prime Minister Another 20 Years and Still Do Nothing'

By JNi.Media

"You are a philosopher, you only know how to talk and leave the doing to the rest of us," Kahlon told Netanyahu bitterly.

Headline / Politics / Government / Business and Economy

Bank of Israel Governor Won't Run for Next Term over Finance Minister's Shenanigans

By JNi.Media

Flug accuses the Finance Minister of sheer populism: Mechir Lemishtaken costs the public coffers billions of dollars and creates harmful distortions to both the subsidized and free housing market.

Government / The Knesset / The Temple Mount

Netanyahu Revokes Ban on MKs Temple Mount Visits

By JNi.Media

"Netanyahu will not tell Muslims, MKs and others, when to enter and when to pray. For non-Muslims, there is nothing to look for in that place," MK Haneen Zoabi declared.

Government / Diaspora / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Shaked and Regev Pass the Egalitarian Kotel Hot Potato to Netanyahu

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

PM Netanyahu leveled criticism at Culture Minister Miri Regev, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked for refusing to support expansion of an egalitarian prayer space at the holy site, said “I'll handle this” • Dozens of rabbis urge ministers to oppose “desecration” of Kotel.

Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Aliyah / Geulah

PM, Transport Minister, Dedicate 2 New Ra'anana Train Stations

By JNi.Media

We are destroying the terrorist tunnels, and in contrast, we are building these tunnels here which shorten distances.

Featured / The Muqata

Isaac Herzog Was Netanyahu's Perfect Choice for Head of the Jewish Agency

By JoeSettler

The American Jewish leadership don't realize yet how completely manipulated they were by Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Featured / Headline / US / Anti-Israel NGOs / On Campus / Education

Exposé: Rejected by Camp Ramah, IfNotNow Tries the Back Way to Spread Anti-Israel Message

By Zvika Klein

An inside look at 'IfNotNow' trying to influence the younger generation of American Jewry and bring 'the end of the occupation.'

Featured / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / The Courts / Media / Judea & Samaria

Habima Square Shabak Torture Exhibit Lets Passersby Experience Duma Prisoners' Agony

By JNi.Media

The performance was based on the testimonies of Shabak interrogators in the Central District Court in Lod during the early trial proceedings.

IDF & Security / Government / Iran

Former Mossad Chief Says He Considered Quitting After Being Ordered to Prepare Strike Plans On Iran

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“At the end of the day, when I receive an order from the prime minister I have to execute it and I have to be sure that nothing irregular is happening."

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Man of the Year

Jewish Man and Woman of the Year 5777: Bezalel Smotrich and Ayelet Shaked

By JNi.Media

Both Smotrich and Shaked have shown their ability to mobilize considerable political might in the pursuit of their ideas

Photo of the Day

Open for Business

By Photo of the Day

MK Yehuda Glick has moved his office to the Lions' Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Featured / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Poll: Likud Still Leading, Labor Weaker

By JNi.Media

The Joint Arab List would retain its power with 13 seats, followed by Habayit Hayehudi which would rise from 8 to 12 seats.

Featured / Terrorism / Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Israeli Arabs

Poll: 70% of Israeli Jews Support Death Penalty for Terrorists, Only 13% Strongly Oppose

By JNi.Media

Of the 500 Jewish respondents, 44% strongly supported, and 25.8% moderately supported the death penalty. 12.4% moderately opposed, and only 12.9% strongly oppose. 4.9% declined to answer.

Featured / US / Politics / Elections / Business and Economy / Media

Wednesday, Adelson Dropped Bibi

By JNi.Media

Sheldon was in it for his love for Bibi, but Bibi was ready to cast him aside like yesterday's news.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Police Say They Can Handle Friday's Expected Violence

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu is debating tonight what to do with the Temple Mount metal detectors.

Op-Eds

A Reporter with a Simple Request for the Prime Minister

By Dave Bender

If you're going to remove the metal detectors from the Temple Mount, maybe remove them from a few other inconvenient locations too...

Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / Government / Jerusalem / Interfaith Relations / Judaism / Assimilation

Showdown: Netanyahu Boycotts Reform, Conservative, Sharansky, in Monday Night Meeting on Kotel Prayer

By JNi.Media

Senior Jewish Agency officials are saying Sharansky is livid over the government's decision to cancel the Kotel plan.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

At Long Last Amona II Construction Begun Tuesday

By JNi.Media

102 housing units will be built in the new settlement, to be named Amichai, which is being built in the Shvut Rachel area of the Benjamin region.

Photo of the Day

A Grand Opening in Tzfat

By Photo of the Day

The new Radiotherapy department was opened at Ziv Hospital.

Photo of the Day

A Smiling Netanyahu

By Photo of the Day

Prime Minister Netanyahu can't stop smiling.

Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Settlers Laugh Off Plan to Leave Them Under Palestinian Authority Rule

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Palestinians themselves don't even have civil rights under Palestinian rule. What do you expect would happen to Jews?"

Featured / US / Politics / Government / Video of the Day / Media

Watch: No Selfie for You!

By JNi.Media

The Knesset joker, MK Oren Hazan (Likud), grabbed his phone and asked the president's permission to snap a selfie. Trump was happy to oblige, but the Prime Minister physically tried to block the shot.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Rightwing Ministers Told Netanyahu: Settlements Freeze Would Mean New Elections

By JNi.Media

'We made it clear that any approval of a freeze, including outside the blocks, is a red line for us and we would not continue to sit in the government in such a case.'

Headline / US / Politics / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

David M. Friedman is the New US Ambassador to Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Friedman is expected to quickly leave for Israel where he has long maintained a residence in Jerusalem.

Featured / Politics / Government / China

Coalition Crisis Brewing on Eve of Netanyahu China Trip

By JNi.Media

On paper, Herzog could cobble a new government with relative ease, should such a vote of no-confidence succeed and the Netanyahu coalition government be toppled – even without new elections.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Government / Hezbollah / Russia

PM Netanyahu Explains Reason for the Airstrike on Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Ambassador to Russia was summoned following IAF airstrike, as there were reportedly Russian troops near the strike zone.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Report: Police to Recommend Netanyahu's Indictment

By JNi.Media

Police are not sure yet whether the recommended indictment will be only for fraud and breach of trust, or also for taking a bribe.

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Strike Over After PM's Phone Call

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem's mayor was invited to the cabinet meeting to discuss how to help the city.

The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Netanyahu Orders 68 Homes to be Built in Ofra Ahead of Demolition Order

By Jewish Press News Desk

Will the Israeli Supreme Court grant the residents the three months needed to prepare their new homes?

US / News Briefs

Netanyahu Will Talk with Trump Today

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran, Syria and the Arabs are on the list to be discussed.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Mayors of Efrat and Maale Adumim Invited to Trump's Inauguration Ceremony

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the first time ever, a number of settlement leaders have been invited to a US presidential inauguration.

Photo of the Day

Boys and Their Toys

By Photo of the Day

The F-35 has arrived in Israel.

The Muqata

John Kerry, Straw Men and the Saban Echo Chamber

By JoeSettler

John Kerry's rant at the Saban Forum was fascinating in that it illuminated everything that is wrong with the supporters of the two-state solution peace process.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Emerging Amona Deal: Compensation for Arab Claimants, Regulations Act Preserved, Evacuation On

By JNi.Media

Should the new bill be submitted without the retroactive application to Amona, Habayit Hayehudi politicians will be expected to prevent clashes between the residents and security forces.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

PM Kicks Out Habayit Hayehudi MK for Saying Netanyahu Isn't Rightwing

By JNi.Media

MK Bezalel Smotrich said, 'Apparently, had Netanyahu been in charge instead of Ben Gurion, we would not have had a state. Ben Gurion had courage, he established a state against all odds.'

The Muqata

New Netanyahu-Supertanker Corruption Scandal Brewing [Satire]

By JoeSettler

The Prime Minister used the Supertanker to wash his cars.... This is satire people... satire.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet Holds Special Meeting in Fire Plagued Haifa

By Jewish Press Staff

'We have come to Haifa and we have invited council heads from across the north whose communities were affected by the fires in order to give them clear message: All government ministries are committed to extending a hand to you quickly.'

Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Amona Residents to Netanyahu: Our Fate Is in your Hands

By JNi.Media

"If, God forbid, you will not manage an arrangement of the homes of Amona's residents ... we will stand as a fortified wall together with thousands who will arrive here from across the country."

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Woman of the Year 5776: Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked

By JNi.Media

The High Court continues to take notice of Shaked, and has been noticeably mindful of the need to avoid unnecessary friction with a Justice Minister who is probably the most popular minister in Israel.

Jewish / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

President Reuven Rivlin’s eulogy at the funeral of Israel’s Ninth President Shimon Peres

By Jewish Press Staff

Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Obituaries

Shimon Peres Dead at 93

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

During a political career that spanned 73 years, Peres served as prime minister, president, and Knesset member for 47 consecutive years, the longest anyone has served in the Israeli parliament. H

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Haredi MK Blocks Train Funding over Shabbat Works

By JNi.Media

Transport Ministry officials threatened that "if it turns out Gafni is operating out of political considerations we will view it seriously and act accordingly."

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu: US Never Offered Us More than $38 Billion

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."

US / Politics / Gaza / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

State Dept. Not Huge Fans of Netanyahu Video on Peace and 'Ethnic Cleansing'

By JNi.Media

On Friday, DOS Press Director Elizabeth Trudeau rebutted Netanyahu's accusation, although a careful reading of her attack on the PM reveals she didn't really answer his main argument.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Russia

Russia, Abbas, Pushing for Moscow Summit with Netanyahu

By JNi.Media

"President Putin offered to meet in Moscow on September 9," Abbas said. "I agreed. I was to fly to Moscow from here (Warsaw) to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu."

Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Former Shas MK: Solve Train Problem the Jewish Way - Use Goyim

By JNi.Media

Amsalem suggested that the clash over the railroad works over the past two Shabbat days was mostly about politics.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Massive Traffic Jams Collateral Damage of Internal War in Likud

By JNi.Media

The daily Yated Ne'eman cited MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) who accused Katz of acting out of revenge rather than caring for the services of his ministry.

Politics / Government / The Courts / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset

Coalition Chair: No Coming back from Netanyahu Vs. Transport Minister Crisis

By JNi.Media

The order for the technical teams to abandon the work sites was given after they had taken apart some of the rails, so that there was no way to resume service Saturday night.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

New Poll Sees Israeli Left Collapsing, Purely Rightwing Coalition Government

By JNi.Media

The rightwing parties could possibly combine their numbers to boycott either Kahlon or Lapid, or both, from the future coalition government.

Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

MK Amsalem to Propose that Prime Ministers Be Immune from Prosecution for Minor Offenses

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The law would allow the Prime Minister to concentrate on his job instead of the constant minor investigations the police are always opening and closing, on the other hand...

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

AG Recommends Evacuating Amona, Residents Hoping for Political Rescue

By JNi.Media

The AG is obviously feeling that he can't go to battle against a clear Supreme Court ruling to demolish Amona.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Liberman to Arab MK: Conditions at Checkpoints Are Unreasonable, Harmful

By JNi.Media

"Part of the tradition in the Palestinian Authority is that the same people who at nighttime deal with harming Israel and worked hard to annihilate the State of Israel, during the daytime speak a lot about brotherhood among the nations, peace, and so forth."

Photo of the Day

Where'd that Pokemon Go?

By Photo of the Day

Netanyahu, Rivlin and Peres enter virtual reality.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Analysis: Two Funerals

By JNi.Media

What was common to both funerals and shiva houses was an abiding faith in the right of the Jewish people to live in freedom and security anywhere in this great, but tiny land.

IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Global / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Netanyahu's Can Do Minister Plans Gaza's Offshore Island Harbor

By JNi.Media

On Monday Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) told reporters: “I do not think it is right to lock up two million people without any connection to the world."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Analysis: Herzog Mocks Netanyahu, Israel's SpongeBob SquarePants

By JNi.Media

“What's the greatest mistake of the right wing government?" Herzog joked, answering his own trick question: "That there is no real left wing to blame.

Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Is Jerusalem Truly Israel's Capital?

By JNi.Media

Since the international community relies on the 1947 UN partition plan regarding the legal status of Jerusalem, it refuses to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any part of the city.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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