Ex-Likud minister in hot seat over claims 'white DNA' rules party
Former Transportation Minister Mirin Regev says she plans to vie for Likud leadership, premiership after Benjamin Netanyahu steps down.
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Will this Arab Israeli MK be able to bring down the government?
Arab Meretz lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi says her faction, as well as the Islamist Ra’am party, would never allow the prime minister to order military action in the Gaza Strip or elsewhere. Likud MK: Extremists have taken the helm of the ship.
Netanyahu: Lockdown could have been avoided if Bennett hadn't failed
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasts his successor for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic as daily cases reach over 3,000 and the government mulls imposing a national lockdown.
Far-Right MK removed from plenum for calling Arab lawmaker 'terrorist'
Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, locks hors with Joint Arab List MK Ahmad Tibi as the latter chairs Knesset session. Verbal skirmish sees Tibi order Knesset ushers to forcibly remove Ben-Gvir off the podium as latter vows, "This will not be allowed to stand."
Herzog meets Netanyahu for first time since taking office
President Isaac Herzog emphasizes the importance of the opposition, without which "there is no democracy."
'State budget could spell coalition's demise'
Yamina party officials tell Israel Hayom that once a state budget is passed, coalition members will have less reason to put ideological differences aside.
Shaked: I will quit government if it agrees to freeze settlement construction
"If the government does something fraught with what I believe are grave ideological implications, I won't be a part of it. For example, if the US demands a freeze on building in Judea and Samaria – then there will be no government," interior minister says.
'Israel held hostage by terror sympathizers,' Right fumes over PM's policy zigzag
Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party: Jewish worshippers will continue to pray at the Temple Mount, whether the Islamic Movement and its accomplice, the prime minister of Israel, like it or not.
PMO: Netanyahu shirking responsibility for Iran nuclear fiasco
Opposition leader's Israel Hayom piece critical of Bennett's Iran policy "unbelievable even by Netanyahu's standards," PMO official says. Former PM preferred speeches to action, but Bennett will rectify the situation, official says.
To embarrass coalition, opposition reintroduces citizenship revocation law
Head of "Choose Life" forum of bereaved families asks coalition members to allow vote on proposed legislation "so that we know who is acting to defend Israel's citizens and who, for ulterior motives, isn't."