As coalition negotiations revolve around the roles of defense and finance minister, I urge Knesset members to focus on immigration as a diligent and smart politician could double the number of olim to 100,000 a year.
Deri resigned from the last Knesset as part of a plea deal that saw him admit to minor tax offenses and pay a fine in exchange for a suspended sentence of one year. He previously served 22 months in prison in 2000 after being convicted of bribery while serving as interior minister.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promises 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he makes an unannounced visit – his first – to the Ukrainian capital for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The former president stresses that he is "proud to be the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House" annd says Biden has "betrayed Israel and the Jewish community."
The Otzma Yehudit leader stresses that he is still in the right-wing bloc, calling on Netanyahu and Smotrich to find a solution to the coalition negotiation disagreements and form a government.
