Posts Tagged: Jewish home
Likud Beytenu Coalition Chairman Forms Pro-Judea and Samaria Caucus
Jerusalem Post - Coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu) will announce next Tuesday in a celebratory meeting at the Knesset the launch of a caucus...
Israel’s Jewish Home Party Votes to Back Moderate Stav for Chief Rabbi
Times of Israel - After months of bitter intra-party debate, the Jewish Home party voted on Sunday to support Rabbi David Stav's candidacy...
Bill Protecting IDF from Slander Passes First Knesset Reading
People and groups who slander the Israel Defense Forces may find themselves facing lawsuits, according to an amendment to Israel's libel law that passed a...
Bayit Yehudi: Choosing Religious Moderation or Extremism
Naftali Bennett represents one of the most successful of the new generation of Israeli politicians to have emerged from the recent Knesset elections. The...
Naftali Bennett: Israel Will Never Divide Jerusalem, There Will Never be Palestinian State
Jerusalem Post - Economics and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that a Palestinian state will never be formed, because Israel will...
Israel’s Yesh Atid Opposes Peace Treaty Referendum, Effectively Blocking Proposal
Ynet - The Yesh Atid faction, headed by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, decided on Monday to oppose Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett's...
Israeli Government Coalition ‘Determined by the Negotiators’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally assembled a governing coalition following nearly six weeks of negotiations, the maximum time allowed under Israeli law. The Israeli...
New Israeli Government Holds First Meeting, Picks Security Cabinet
Jerusalem Post - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu presided for the first time over his third government Monday evening, holding a cabinet meeting in his...
Netanyahu Signs Deal With Yesh Atid and Jewish Home to Form New Government
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-Beiteinu party inked a coalition deal with Yesh Atid and the Jewish Home party Friday, bringing to an end negotiations to form a...
Knesset Member Blasts Obama for Not Inviting Ariel Students to Speech
In a letter sent to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Member of Knesset Yoni Chetboun of the Habayit Hayehudi party criticized U.S. President Barack...
Israeli Government Coalition Talks Stall as Saturday Night Deadline Approaches
Jerusalem Post - Coalition talks remained at a near-standstill Tuesday, meaning that the government will most likely be sworn in next week. Likud Beytenu's hopes...
Netanyahu, Partners Agree: 20 Ministers, 8 Deputies in Next Israeli Government
Ynet - After four hours of deliberations on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, Habayit Hayehudi leader Naftali Bennett and...
Bennett: Hold off on Celebrating a New Government for Now
Times of Israel - With time running out on coalition talks Friday morning, some Israeli political leaders sought to temper assessments that a...
MKs Urge Obama to Reconsider Decision to Not Address Knesset
MK Avi Wurtzman (Jewish Home) and Tzipi Hotoveli (Likud-Beiteinu) wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday to urge him to reconsider addressing the Knesset during...
