Politics

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...

Hundreds of people demonstrated Saturday night against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government corruption in a number of centers across the country. The demonstrations come against the background of contacts for the formation of a government and Netanyahu's trial, which will resume tomorrow in the Jerusalem District Court. The activists marched from the Knesset toward the official residence of the prime minister. During the demonstration, the chairman of the Movement for Quality of Government, Adv. Eliad Shraga, presented a bill drafted by the movement, which seeks to prevent...

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...

After the mandate for the formation of the government was given to chairman Yesh Atid Yair Lapid, Netanyahu's opponents are preparing for the implementation of the most complex stage to date - a real and public attempt to form a government and prevent a fifth election. From the moment the possibility of forming a government with Netanyahu was dropped, among other things in light of Smutrich's opposition to joining the government with RAAM and Gideon Saar's opposition to joining a government in which Netanyahu will serve as prime minister at some point, Naftali Bennett announced Wednesday...

One year and two months after the crisis and more than three months after leaving the third quarantine, and probably the last at this stage - there are still 460,000 unemployed in Israel, of whom 52% are women, with about half of the job seekers being young up to age 34 and half unemployed. Fear: It will be difficult for a large proportion of those sitting at home to find work in the coming months. This emerges from new data from the Employment Service published on Monday. After the unemployment rate dropped to 8% in March, unemployment benefits are expected to fall at the end of this...

Right-wing party chairman Naftali Bennett said today (Thursday) that a new government led by him and Yair Lapid is no longer an option and dropped out of the chapter. Meanwhile, the party's negotiating teams met today with Likud teams. Chairman Yesh Atid Yair Lapid, who has the mandate to form a government, commented on Bennett's decision and said that "I understand the distress, but he is wrong. Change is not made when comfortable. Whoever waits for the right moment will find that he will never come. Change is made when you believe it is the right thing to do. "Lapid added in a statement...