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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses opposition heads of "purposely pushing the country to anarchy" in a short video statement published after a turbulent day that has seen some 90,000 people protest in Jerusalem, as well as scuffles and shouting matches in the Knesset. "The opposition is going wild in the Knesset and its lawmakers are jumping on chairs, (Tel Aviv Mayor) Ron Huldai is expressly inciting violence, and in the left-wing protest they are calling the prime minister a traitor," he says. "Get a grip. Show responsibility and leadership," he tells opposition leaders adding: "Most citizens of Israel don't want...

Israel's president called for greater dialogue between the Right and Left, warning Sunday that the country is descending into a major social crisis. In a televised address Sunday evening, President Isaac Herzog reiterated his call on the Netanyahu government and the Opposition to reach a compromise on the proposed judicial reform plan...

The Pegasus Affair: This is how the right-wing government was overthrown They had a problem. The majority of the people in Israel vote right. The national camp has been in power for too long and they had no democratic way to replace it, so they found a solution Yehuda Vald, 10.02.22 The revelation this week [https://www.srugim.co.il/?p=645212] in the Calcalist newspaper about the activation of spy software against senior officials in the economy, including those close to Prime Minister Netanyahu, is the tip of the iceberg that has been revealed about the anti-democratic revolution led by influential people in the police...

The United States has moved four suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise out of the country to US territory for prosecution... Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia calling for the House Oversight Committee to look into violations of rights including civil rights involving people who entered the US Capitol on January 6th... Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan urging Russian assistance in dealing with a blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan... In Peru today the debate in Congress on early elections suspended as the protests continue... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling CNN he's willing to...

Jan 31 (Reuters)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would be willing to serve as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine if asked by both countries and the United States...

Secretary of State Blinken, said that: "Just as we know that Iran supports terrorism against Israel, Iran has been providing drones to Russia targeting innocent civilians." "Russia's ongoing atrocities underscore the importance of providing support for all of Ukraine's needs: humanitarian, economic and security...

Gali Baharav-Miara said close to requiring Netanyahu take leave of absence, for breach of rules that bar him from involvement in matter that could impact his corruption trial Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is reportedly close to ordering Benjamin Netanyahu to take a leave of absence as Prime Minister on the grounds that his government's plans to overhaul the judiciary amount to breach of conflict of interest rules that bar him from involvement in matters that might impact his ongoing criminal trial for corruption, The Kan public broadcaster reported Friday that Baharav-Miara and he aides are closely studying a 2021 decision...

After Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, set to speak to Moscow counterpart, says Israel will talk less in public about invasion, Lindsey Graham warns that such an approach won't age well Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday criticized new Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who indicated Israel would avoid criticizing Russia publicly over its invasion of Ukraine. Graham, an outspoken Republican voice in support of aiding Ukraine, has criticized Jerusalem in the past over its policies regarding the war, but Monday's comments marked the first time he expressed his frustration since his longtime ally Benjamin Netanyahu returned to the premiership. He...

There were air raid alerts tonight in Kiev and other Ukrainian regions... An Israeli air attack tonight taking out the Damascus International Airport... Israel's new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordering a roll-back of taxes... In Brazil today the inauguration of a new President Leftist Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva. Lula Da Silva taking office as President for the third time in his political career... Mr. Lula spoke of his political opponents on the Right like former President Jair Bolsonaro saying... "distorted" "disgraceful" Some of the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacting to a UN resolution referring Israel to...

Incoming finance minister says he aims to promote free market, freedom of expression; Israel's new government isn't what you've heard, he argues Far-right Religious Zionism chair Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that controversial reforms proposed by the incoming coalition only seek to make Israel more like the United States. In a pitch seemingly aimed at the American public, the incoming finance minister said he has been vilified by US media, arguing portrayals of him as set on implementing Jewish religious law in Israel are mistaken... In the op-ed, Smotrich justified planned judicial reforms that...

Israel’s incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that the US must "reaffirm" its alliance with Saudi Arabia and that he will seek normalization with Riyadh once in office."I think that the alliance, the traditional (US) alliance with Saudi Arabia and other countries, has to be reaffirmed. There should not be periodic swings, or even wild swings in this relationship, because I think that the alliance between America’s allies and with America is the anchor of stability in our region," Netanyahu recently told Al-Arabiya English.Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu stands among members of the new Israeli parliament after a swearing-in ceremony...

Led by a respected former PM, and given a lot of resources by the Russian State, meet the Imperial Orthodox Palestine SocietyThe Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, a humanitarian NGO founded in Russia 140 years ago, now plays a key role in expanding Russian influence in the Middle East and beyond. As relations between Russia and the Western world plunge, Middle East and African countries engage in developing ties with Moscow. It is also quite remarkable that this rapprochement is based not so much on political foundations as on the common values and moral foundations. The Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS)...

Hebrew-language media reported Thursday that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has walked back a recent promise he had made not to alter the Law of Return, as part of a coalition agreement with the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas parties. The proposition to change the law has roiled Israeli politicians, including those within Netanyahu’s Likud party. Prominent Netanyahu ally Yuli Edelstein spoke out against any proposed changes, saying that adjusting the law was a slippery slope that could lead to the policy’s demise. On the other hand, former Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana of the National Unity party, who clashed...

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Association, announced a number of resolutions just before the weekend started. One, submitted by the Russian Federation, called for defining UNESCO’s role in safeguarding and preserving Palmyra and other Syrian World Heritage sites. Another was about “Enhancing UNESCO’s contributions to promote a culture of mutual respect and tolerance.” A third was simply entitled “Occupied Palestine” and addressed the Jerusalem Old City hotspot that Jews refer to as the Temple Mount and Muslims call Haram Al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary. Except that the Jewish link to the site, considered the holiest place for Jews,...

Likud-led bloc fast-tracks legislation crucial to incoming coalition, seeking to reshape ministerial authorities, prevent MK rebellions Hours after electing a new Knesset speaker from their camp, incoming coalition members won premliminary votes on four bills, some of them highly contentious, set down as political preconditions for finalizing the hardline government coalescing under Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu... Clearing its first of several legislative hurdles eight days out from the December 21 expiration on Netanyahu's mandate to form the new government, the incoming coalition is sprinting to wrap up voting early next week... In addition to Likud, the three far-right and two...

Senior US officials say question of whether to speak with Smotrich, Ben-Gvir raised at White House meeting. A high-level meeting was held at the White House last week to discuss policy towards the new government in Israel, including the question of whether or not to hold talks with certain ministers from the "extreme right" Barak Ravid reported for "Walla". According to the report, this is the first meeting on the subject, which was held as part of a National Security Council forum, of which senior representatives from the State Department, the Defense Department and the American intelligence organizations are members....

Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latef Al Zayani said on Sunday that Manama was “truly looking forward” to working with Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and his prospective government. Both Zayani and Netanyahu are signatories to the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Bahrain and Israel in September 2020. Zayani noted that Manama was seeking “to continue working on the successful achievements” with Israel, and emphasized his conviction that Netanyahu believes in peace, according to Israeli media. President Isaac Herzog on Sunday became the first Israeli head of state to make an official visit to Bahrain, beginning a two-day trip that...

Presumed incoming prime-minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in an interview with a US television network that he will not allow any harm to come to LGBT rights in Israel. "I just won't accept any of that. It's not something I'm saying now--I have a record now and a record in general of having two hands on the wheel," Netanyahu says during the NBC show "Meet The Press," noting that "I ultimately decide policy." "I'm going to safeguard Israeli democracy, I'm going to bring peace, categorically...and I'm going to stop Iran. That's what I'm coming back for...

Huldai says city will reject efforts to let homophobe MK dictate education policy despite right's election win; 'In all the fascist states, the leaders were chosen by the people' Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai on Friday warned that Israel was heading toward becoming a fascist theocracy, as the incoming government moves to put extremists in charge of key education programs and neuter the Supreme Court. "Israel is being transformed from a democracy to a theocracy," Huldai told Channel 12 news in an interview. "The majority cannot (be allowed to) impose its views on the minority." Huldai spoke as he and...

Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has signed a deal to give an Israeli government post to an openly homophobic ultra-nationalist party leader. It is the latest development set to give far-right parties unprecedented power within Israel's ruling coalition. Avi Maoz will be a deputy minister and run a "Jewish identity" authority. He heads Noam, a religious-nationalist, anti-Arab and anti-LGBTQ party that argues for a strict interpretation of Jewish religious laws in Israel. The agreement has added to a growing sense of alarm over the composition of Mr Netanyahu's likely government. Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid has described it as "full-on crazy",...