The number of Arab students in Israeli academia has doubled over the past decade, but thousands of others choose to study abroad or in the Palestinian Authority. Former Education Ministry official: Instead of stepping up integration, we hand over education to the Palestinian elite
Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, who made history as the first Ethiopian Israeli woman to serve in the Knesset, talks to Israel Hayom about racism, violence, and how Israel should treat new immigrants: "They need to feel at home from the very start."
'Netanyahu prefers weak politicians. We're not weak' Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, now an opposition member free of the binds of the coalition, does not mince words in criticizing the PM over his treatment of the national-religious Yamina faction. "We have a lot of political scores to settle. We're just getting started," she says.
Nitzan Horowitz admits that he feels betrayed by Labor leader Amir Perez's and Gesher head Orly Levy-Abekasis’ decision to join the Likud-Blue and White unity government.
Hadas Stiglitz is anything but your typical millennial. Hailing from an ultra-Orthodox home, she bucked tradition to make her childhood dream come true: Becoming a Border Police officer. "I made it big time," she says.
Facing the experts and doctors who recommend Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) as a solution to serious mental disorders, disturbing evidence of irreversible damage is accumulating. Now the survivors are fighting against it.
Madrid Regional Premier Isabel Diaz-Ayuso says Spain's late response to the corona threat is the reason the country has been ravaged by the virus. She hopes to welcome Israeli tourists back to the city in June, but stresses traveler safety comes first.
On the magnitude of achieving US recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, Prime Minister Neyanyahu says, “Only if the Palestinians consent to complete Israeli security control everywhere, they can have their own entity that Trump defines as a state.”
Likud MK Nir Barkat , who was a frontrunner for finance minister but who was left out of the cabinet entirely, says he understands and fully supports the prime minister. He also says that the day after Netanyahu steps down, he intends to run for head of the Likud – and win.
Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot is itching to get back into action and his plans for the future seem to have a very visible nod towards politics.