It would be imposing Western morality on Palestinians to insist they adhere to such notions as not killing people whose views they oppose. Tel Aviv, July 23 – Representatives of the dovish Meretz Party informed their colleagues in the Opposition ...
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Feed SubscriptionMK Elkin Again Suspected Of Putting Thumbtack On Zoabi’s Chair
The minister dismissed the accusations and said Zoabi was trying to generate attention, play victim, and exacerbate ethnic tensions, which he called dangerously irresponsible. Jerusalem, July 19 – Minister of Absorption and Jerusalem Affairs Ze’ev Elkin of Likud faces accusations ...
Read More »Opposition Claims Bibi Omnipotent: ‘Could Have Prevented Iran Deal’
The Left’s defeats have left Labor and its allies feeling that Netanyahu must be able to bend reality to his will. Jerusalem, July 14 – Israeli Opposition lawmakers expressed dismay that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had failed to prevent the international ...
Read More »Lieberman Proposes Security Barrier Around Arab MKs
“Arabs MKs from other parties will not be separated from the rest of us. The accusation of racism is baseless,” he insisted. Jerusalem, July 9 – Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman submitted proposed legislation today to mandate an addition of ...
Read More »Study: In Theory, Arab MKs Able To Represent Israeli Arabs, Not Palestinians
The study also found that MK Basel Ghattas had a sick tan for someone who is supposed to be a legislator in the Knesset, a mostly indoor facility. Umm El-Fahm, July 1 – A team of researchers at Tel Aviv ...
Read More »Meretz Divided Over Whether To Support Non-Gay Marriage
Whether non-same-sex marriage should actually be criminalized remains a subject of contention among Meretz members. Tel Aviv, June 28 – Leading political figures on the Israeli Left find themselves in disagreement over the proper domestic strategy to pursue in the aftermath ...
Read More »No One Wants To Tell Knesset Speaker His Fly Open
“I just couldn’t stay in there,” said a blushing Zehava Gal-On of Meretz. Jerusalem, June 21 – None of Israel’s other 119 parliamentarians want to be the one to inform Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein that the zipper of his trousers ...
Read More »Knesset Intelligence Committee Ups Shoe-Theft Allocation
The theft involves athletic shoes, boots, dress shoes, slippers, sandals, clogs, and those creepy shoes with individual toes. Jerusalem, June 13 – Building on the success of recent operations against anti-Israel agitators, the Israeli legislature’s Intelligence Committee held an emergency ...
Read More »Herzog: Time To Set Aside Politics, Focus On Sowing Division
“I, for one, will be withholding my customary reflexive criticism of the prime minister until these crises have abated, and will instead work on openly fomenting dissent and mutiny.” Tel Aviv, June 6 – As Israel faces renewed missile attacks ...
Read More »Herzog: Bibi’s Response To Rockets Not Halfhearted Enough
“How can we retain the already-scarce goodwill of the international community if we go defending ourselves at every opportunity?” Tel Aviv, May 27 – Opposition leader Isaac Herzog laced into Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu late Tuesday, saying the premier’s muted ...
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