The 47-year-old pact, whereby ultra-Orthodoxy got wholesale draft exemptions, budgets, and subsidies in turn for joining Likud’s coalitions will next month come to an end.
Israel should not think that it can just break away from the US or dictate to Washington the way things need to happen. This would again be a case of negligent hubris.
The murky relationship between Netanyahu and Gantz takes another turn: because of the strained relationship, Netanyahu’s office was ready to expose Gantz to criminal charges and even arrest warrants.
Halevi said that broadening the sectors of Israel's population that serve in the IDF and national service is the only way to replace the many Israeli soldiers who have died in the current war.
Among other things, readers were asked to give their opinion on the timing of a general election.
From London to Washington, top officials spoke with him about the food crisis in Gaza as the United Nations warned that the Palestinians there are facing starvation.
Gantz's US trip not only spotlights his independence from Netanyahu, it positions him as the prime frontrunner to become Israel's new Prime Minister.
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