Politics

Channel 12 News survey finds that only 14% of Israelis think Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is fit for office, compared to 40% who believe predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu would be a better PM.

A special Knesset session on potentially reinstating coronavirus safety measures at Ben-Gurion International Airport turns into a showdown between the current and former prime ministers.

Ra'am's threat of a parliamentary strike worked. This time around, they may have gotten what they wanted due to a coalition agreement, but once such extortionate ties are established, there is no reason for things to end here.

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman plans to present new criteria for yeshiva students to be eligible for childcare subsidies. UTJ leader Moshe Gafni calls Liberman "an evil man," Shas chief Ariyeh Deri: Policy change destructive. Likud MK: Lieberman is "the devil incarnate."

Naftali Bennett is the first kippah-clad prime minister in Israel's history but he got there by betraying principle for position, which is why he is the most hated politician in Israel among his spurned former allies in the religious bloc.

Now that Ra'am has made history by becoming the first Arab party to join a governing coalition, MK Saeed Alkhrumi hopes to work with other parties to improve conditions in the south.

The proposed visit to potentially take place in July. In a meeting with Yamina party members, the new prime minister accuses the Opposition of trying to sabotage his relationship with the US president.

Mansour Abbas tells Arab media he can't elaborate on the efforts his party has undertaken over "sensitive political issues" pertaining to the negotiations. "Dangerous left-wing government thinks little of placing Israel at risk," Likud MK blasts.

"I've always said that but I'm against walking around in the streets in underwear and I'm against being coerced," says Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.

Event, organized by Joint Arab List that has an anti-Zionist agenda, quickly devolves into a shouting match with the words "terrorist" and "fascist" thrown in the air.