To understand the magnitude of Modi’s words, it is necessary to revisit where India once stood, and understand why for decades it has kept Israel diplomatically distant.
Yesh Atid and Yisrael Beytenu parties announced immediately before the session that they would be present for Modi’s speech but would boycott Benjamin Netanyahu and Amir Ohana's remarks.
The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo three more plenum readings to become a law.
The FADC chairman attacked opposition figures who have ridiculed the idea of "absolute victory" as a populist mirage, used by politicians to manipulate public emotions and expectations.
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon, along with ambassadors envoys to the United Nations from across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific, met with the Prime Minister and the President.
“The reservists are being abandoned because they don’t have a lobby in Likud. The mark of disgrace for abandoning IDF soldiers will be branded on every coalition member,” Bennett said.
President Isaac Herzog joined Arab leaders at an Iftar dinner to demand a national emergency against rising violence, calling the record wave of killings a "stain" in Israel's history.
The Attorney-General warned the High Court that the government failed to plan for revoking benefits from Haredi draft evaders, despite data showing financial sanctions increased enlistment rates.
The A-G and the State Attorney warned that a new bill to overhaul the police watchdog risks "forbidden political influence" and could turn the department into a tool for the government.
Prosecutors allege that Netanyahu used his governmental authority to promote policies worth hundreds of millions of shekels to Bezeq, while Elovitch pressured Walla to shape coverage of the PM.
Segal shared in the video that rather than a ministerial position, he had suggested to Netanyahu that Israel “needs to make some kind of judicial reform.”
