The vote on the legislation comes following severe legal warnings that the bill is unbalanced, along with outcry from bereaved families and IDF veterans, amid the IDF’s severe manpower shortage.
Central Arava Regional Council Head Meir Tzur pointed out the vulnerability presented by the current wire-fence setup, saying, "Any citizen can cross, they don't even have to jump."
The hearing was the first since the indictment was amended last month to add senior Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adviser Yonatan Urich as a defendant.
Iran nuclear expert Avner Vilan praised the Mossad's ability to locate Ahmadinejad, but blamed the circumstances on Netanyahu's desire to go to war with Khamenei's assassination as the goal.
Israeli air traffic control had reportedly been instructed by the Transport Ministry not to approve any further US refuelers for landing in Israel.
By leveraging a "crowd-sourced" model, United Hatzalah seeks to drastically improve survival rates
If the government approves the reallocation of funds, it would signal a shift of priorities away from growing Arab society and towards increased law enforcement and intelligence.
“The chief of staff should be the number one soldier and nothing else,” Shekalim said. “He is not supposed to be a lawmaker, and he is not supposed to set policy."
Former adviser to the prime minister, Aviv Bushinsky, said Netanyahu would try to preserve a political deadlock and keep the change bloc from reaching 61 seats.
The IDF position is contrary to the defense minister's, Katz notes in Azaria's pardon request • Request seeks to expunge criminal record after Azaria was released from prison in 2018
The Hasidim, followers of convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland, claim that Palestinian residents threw stones at them, injuring two.
