Politics

Ariel Koren, a marketing manager at Google who was one of the leaders of the protest against "Nimbus", the company's agreement with Israel, has announced that she is resigning from the company. According to her, Google tried to harass her following her activism. Koren, a 28-year-old American of Jewish origin, feared that the technology that Google would provide to Israel would harm the Palestinians. Koren worked in the field of educational products at Google for seven years. For more than a year, she organized the protest against Nimbos, a $1.2 billion contract under which Google and...

Five election campaigns in less than four years cost us a lot of money, when all the expenses and damages to the economy in one election campaign are estimated at three billion shekels, including the cost of the Sabbath day and the damage to economic growth. Today (Sunday) the Finance Committee approved the budget proposal of the Central Election Committee for the elections to the 25th Knesset, which this time will amount to approximately NIS 538 million

After a long and tedious process, which included going through and debating every comma and line of the 4,155-page document, the US House of Representatives joined the Senate in approving next year's US budget of $1.7 trillion on Friday. Members of Congress entered a frantic last-minute race to pass the budget Before Christmas, while the storm winds are raging outside and across the US the lowest temperatures have been recorded in years

The demonstrations against the legal revolution led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin continued this evening (Saturday) in the shadow of the attacks that took place during Shabbat in Jerusalem. About 40,000 people came to the centers of the demonstrations in Tel Aviv, in Haifa about 13,000 participated in one of the largest demonstrations ever held in the city, and large demonstrations were also held in a number of other cities

The Knesset plenum approved the extension of the state of emergency that was declared in Israel upon the establishment of the state, and has been extended repeatedly since then. With the declaration of a state of emergency in 1948, it was not precisely defined what such a state was. Extending its validity has two main consequences: authorizing the government to establish emergency regulations that can override Knesset legislation; and the authorization of the Knesset to enact laws that depend on the validity of a state of emergency

Rebellion in Russia. The mercenaries of the "Wagner group", who crossed the border from Ukraine and took over Russian army installations on Saturday, continue to advance towards the Russian capital and cause panic in the country. The head of the "Wagner Group", Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced this morning that he arrived in the southern Rostov district together with 25,000 fighters, with the aim of deposing the heads of the army - Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. "We are ready to die," he said. As part of Prigozhin's rebellion in the Russian army, because of...

Almost half a year: the demonstrations against the legal revolution across the country are entering the 25th week. The leaders of the resistance said on Saturday that they are "increasing their gear towards another round of struggle in the end the coup attempt will be stopped again". The organizers called on the public to take to the streets "in order to send a clear message to the Israeli government that the legislation will not pass." Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Attorney Dafna Holtz Lachner, and Dr. Amir Hanifs from the Druze protest will speak at the demonstration in Tel Aviv. The...

After last week the organizers of the protest announced the establishment of the "Kaplan Force", and after a week of petitions and clashes, today the demonstrations against the legal revolution are taking place across the country for the 26th time, almost half a year after the first demonstration in Kaplan. Hundreds of thousands of people protest in Tel Aviv and various cities in the north, in Dezrum, and in the center. At the demonstration in Kaplan, Ron Huldai, Moran Zer Kazanzstein, leader of the Alternative Builders organization, and Moshe Redman - high-tech entrepreneur and lecturer -...

Thousands of people demonstrated on Monday against the legal revolution at Ben Gurion Airport. Clashes broke out between police forces and protesters, who blocked major roads in the port, including the road leading to the entrance to the passenger hall in Terminal 3. 52 people were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct. Later, the demonstration continued in front of the police station in Ramla, where the detainees were taken

After a stormy night, crowds demonstrate on Thursday against the legal revolution in front of the homes of the coalition members across the country, in what they call the "Night of the Partners". Crowds are already in front of the homes of Gila Gamaliel, Yariv Levin, Yoav Galant, Avi Dichter, Nir Barkat, Yuli Edelstein, Miki Zohar Yitzhak Weserlauf, David Bitan, Moshe Saada, Moshe Arbel, Zvika Fogel, Boaz Bismuth, Amichai Shikli, Amir Ohana, Hanoch Milbitsky and Ofir Akunis