By Israel National News— MKs from the Religious Zionism party toured the area of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon following the violent riots which occurred at the site yesterday. The party’s chairman, MK Bezalel Smotrich, said that “sovereignty in Jerusalem cannot be captured in the hands of Mansour Abbas. We came here because…
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”— During your first official visit to Washington, DC, you’ll have to choose between two options: *Blurring your deeply-rooted, assertive Israeli positions on the future of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), which would be welcome by the Biden Administration, yielding to short-term political convenience and…
By Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom— One picture of Joe Biden at Camp David this week, sitting alone in a polo shirt, chin in hand, looking worriedly at a large screen tells the whole story of the 46th president’s failure in his first major mission – withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. Until last week, Biden benefitted…
By Times of Israel Staff—- Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope party said Wednesday that it would tell President Reuven Rivlin that it recommends that Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid form the next government, greatly increasing the opposition chief’s chances of being handed the mandate after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to muster a majority coalition…
By Israel National News—- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Thursday night with Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett to discuss efforts to form a right-wing coalition. Before entering the meeting, Bennett said that “since the election, countless Israelis have appealed to me, really begging me, to get the State of Israel out of this ongoing chaos. I…
By Ruthie Blum, Jpost— For the past two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s detractors have claimed that if he would only get out of the way – resign, retire or expire – the problem of electoral impasse would instantly be solved. The bulk of the media and left-wing public began chanting the mantra after elections…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Israel’s newly appointed Defense Minister’s first week was challenging with over 400 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza but he began it in proper fashion. After being sworn in on Tuesday morning, Bennett spent the night in the ministry dealing with the Islamic Jihad attacks. Yeshiva World reported…
By Daniel Eisenbud, JPost— Following a protracted joint probe by the Education Ministry, Israel Police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), a Hamas-funded east Jerusalem elementary school teaching a violent, anti-Israel curriculum was ordered to close immediately on Thursday. According to a statement from Education Minister Naftali Bennett, the al-Nukhaba Elementary School, located in Sur…
By Marissa Newman, Times of Israel— Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday said Israel should annex the West Bank, beginning with the Etzion bloc and Binyamin regions. “The time has come to say Israel is ours,” he said at a meeting of the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus. “To go from strategic defense to a…
By: Hezki Ezra and Elad Benari, Israel National News— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening welcomed the agreement with the Jewish Home party, which will allow him to form a coalition. In a joint statement with Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett after the agreement was reached, Netanyahu said, however, that while having a coalition of…