Politics

On Monday, the Knesset committee unanimously approved the bill initiated by the committee's chairman, MK Eitan Ginzburg (blue and white), according to which the salaries of Knesset members will be frozen in 2021. The purpose of the bill is to prevent the salary of Knesset members from being updated by approx. NIS 5,000 gross per month. The Knesset will save about NIS 6 million as a result of the freezing of the salaries of the incumbent MKs, when this amount does not include the expected savings due to the freezing of the update on the benefits of former Knesset members. Knesset Member...

Israel is on its way to a fourth election in less than two years. The Knesset plenum rejected on Tuesday night in the first reading the bill to postpone the date of the dissolution of the Knesset, and it appears that it will be dissolved at midnight. This is after no agreements were reached between the Likud and Blue and White, and the Likud's attempts to recruit a majority failed. MK Michal Shir from the party objected and announced that she would join Gideon Saar's new party and MK Sharan Hashakel (Likud) was absent. A majority of Blue and White MKs were absent, but three of them,...

The 23rd Knesset dissolved and Israel entered a fourth election campaign within two years after failing to approve a budget for the State of Israel for 2020 until Tuesday at midnight. Meanwhile, the Constitution Committee unanimously approved on second and third reading the temporary directive for conducting the elections to the 24th Knesset during the Corona crisis. The Speaker of the Knesset, MK Yariv Levin, concludes the plenary session to dissolve the 23rd Knesset: Challenges, and yet also controversial.The controversies that exist in the public, found their expression naturally here...

Minister of Higher Education and Water Resources Zeev Elkin (Likud) announced this evening (Wednesday) that he has resigned from his position as minister and announced his joining Gideon Saar's party - "New Hope". Saar congratulated Elkin on joining and said that Elkin "will serve as my deputy." Elkin spoke in a statement at the beginning of which he said, "I joined the storm out of responsibility. For many years I have been marching alongside Netanyahu, chairman of the coalition and kosher, I accompanied him at the most complex intersections. "Recently and especially recently, I feel that...

Crowds of Israelis in parks and bathing beaches also expressed distrust on Saturday in the third closure that went into effect on Sunday afternoon and remained on paper only. When this is the situation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a discussion next week on the issue of imposing a tight and short closure that "will allow a quick opening of the economy." It was also reported that Netanyahu continues to hold talks with the heads of the pharmaceutical and vaccine companies in order to allow the vaccinations to continue at the fastest pace in the world. Netanyahu is interested...

A few hours remain until the expiration of the mandate given by the president to Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government, and the political system is eager to find out to whom Reuven Rivlin will grant the mandate in his place. In the bloc of parties trying to bring about political change, workers are working so that the chairman of the Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, will receive the mandate and with him a large force to control events in the near future. All options are open. Yesterday there were quite a few talks in the Netanyahu bloc to resolve the political tangle and think of ways to...

For the first time since the election, and after the imposition of the task of assembling the government on Benjamin Netanyahu, about a thousand people demonstrate tonight (Saturday) in front of the prime minister's residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem against him and his government. At the same time, about 30 demonstrators stood in front of the president's house and police forces were called to the scene. Before that many protested at intersections and bridges. The protesters first arrived at the Knesset, from where they marched to Balfour, and some even continued as far as the...

Clashes in Jerusalem again. At the end of the prayer near the Nablus Gate, young people tonight (Saturday) started throwing stones and firing fireworks at the police, who responded with stun grenades. Then cavalrymen were also activated. A Border Police officer was injured after he was attacked by a young Arab man who was arrested. The policeman's condition is still unknown. Hundreds of people, some of whom ended the traditional Tarawiyh prayer that takes place on the nights of the month of Ramadan, shouted at the police "Allah Akbar" and other shouts. Security forces began dispersing...

President Reuven Rivlin imposed the mandate to form the government on Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, who won most of the recommendations after Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government and returned the mandate a few minutes before midnight. Ynet broadcast the president's statement live. After receiving the mandate from Rivlin, Lapid said: "The president today imposed on me the mandate to try to form a unity government in Israel. After two years of ongoing political nightmare, Israeli society is wounded. The unity government is not a compromise - it is a goal." According to Lapid, "We...