The bill is to prevent a legal coup by the attorney general.
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).
"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."
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.
Netanyahu came out lashing, declaring the bill and it's supporters undemocratic.
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.
Rumor has it that Netanyahu is planning to offer Gantz a very sweet deal.
In case you didn't choose the last 3 times.
Prime Minister Netanyahu also referred to the raucous demonstrations outside his official residence in Jerusalem, calling to unseat him.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The soldier has reportedly previously posted violent messages against Netanyahu and the government.
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.
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.
Netanyahu was in the vicinity of Health Minister Yaakov Litzman.
By JoeSettler
Gantz is trying to hard to push a very left wing government onto Bibi, and it may backfire on him.
Gantz may be conditioning his acceptance on Bibi including the anti-Zionist Arab party into the emergency coalition.
Besides his role as prime minister, Netanyahu served as the health minister, social welfare minister, Diaspora minister and agricultural minister.
The Pashkevil calls on the public to show their gratitude to Netanyahu for his support of the Haredi community.
Bennett and Shaked were offered two small ministries or one big one. They chose the Defense Ministry.
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.
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.
Elections are currently scheduled for November 5, 2019, unless elections are held.
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.
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.
Netanyahu approved their passage through Israel as an important humanitarian gesture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By JNi.Media
We are destroying the terrorist tunnels, and in contrast, we are building these tunnels here which shorten distances.
By JoeSettler
The American Jewish leadership don't realize yet how completely manipulated they were by Prime Minister Netanyahu.
By Zvika Klein
An inside look at 'IfNotNow' trying to influence the younger generation of American Jewry and bring 'the end of the occupation.'
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.
“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."
France wants to keep Israel up-to-speed with developments in Lebanon.
By JNi.Media
Justice Hayut's reputation as a jurist far outshines Naor's.
By JNi.Media
Both Smotrich and Shaked have shown their ability to mobilize considerable political might in the pursuit of their ideas
MK Yehuda Glick has moved his office to the Lions' Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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.
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.
By JNi.Media
Sheldon was in it for his love for Bibi, but Bibi was ready to cast him aside like yesterday's news.
Netanyahu is debating tonight what to do with the Temple Mount metal detectors.
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...
By JNi.Media
Senior Jewish Agency officials are saying Sharansky is livid over the government's decision to cancel the Kotel plan.
Identifying as Israeli is a distinct advantage in today’s cybertech industry.
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.
The new Radiotherapy department was opened at Ziv Hospital.
“Palestinians themselves don't even have civil rights under Palestinian rule. What do you expect would happen to Jews?"
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.
Netanyahu thows the new Hamas document into the garbage, where it belongs.
Full transcript from the meeting.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said the Palestinian Authority needs to "pass the test of peace."
By JNi.Media
Haredi coalition partners demand broader interior ministry authority over Shabbat laws.
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.'
Friedman is expected to quickly leave for Israel where he has long maintained a residence in Jerusalem.
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.
Israel's Ambassador to Russia was summoned following IAF airstrike, as there were reportedly Russian troops near the strike zone.
By JNi.Media
Trump clearly said, 'As far as settlements, I’d like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit.'
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.
Jerusalem's mayor was invited to the cabinet meeting to discuss how to help the city.
Will the Israeli Supreme Court grant the residents the three months needed to prepare their new homes?
Iran, Syria and the Arabs are on the list to be discussed.
For the first time ever, a number of settlement leaders have been invited to a US presidential inauguration.
Israel will not be bullied into actions that will endanger its citizens anywhere they live, said DM Liberman.
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.
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.
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.'
By JoeSettler
The Prime Minister used the Supertanker to wash his cars.... This is satire people... satire.
'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.'
The PA sent eight fire fighting crews over.
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."
By JNi.Media
And now we'll all hold our breath until November 9, when a brave new world might just emerge for Israel…
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.
Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.
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
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."
By JNi.Media
Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."
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.
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."
By JNi.Media
Amsalem suggested that the clash over the railroad works over the past two Shabbat days was mostly about politics.
By JNi.Media
As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.
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.
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.
By JNi.Media
The rightwing parties could possibly combine their numbers to boycott either Kahlon or Lapid, or both, from the future coalition government.
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...
By JNi.Media
The AG is obviously feeling that he can't go to battle against a clear Supreme Court ruling to demolish Amona.
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."
Netanyahu, Rivlin and Peres enter virtual reality.
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.
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."
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.
By JNi.Media
Ahead of coalition reshuffle, Bennett revving up attacks on Netanyahu, Liberman urging calm.
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.