Major Israeli media on Friday greeted Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government coldly, fearing it would overhaul the justice system at a time when the prime minister is facing corruption charges in a number of cases. Following November 1 elections and weeks of negotiations with ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties, Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in on Thursday as … Read more
EPA ANNOUNCEMENTS•yesterday, 22:03 The new Israeli government is installed, with Benjamin Netanyahu once again prime minister. He will lead the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country’s 74-year history. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party knew this in November come out as the big winner of the parliamentary elections. Although he has been tried for … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•yesterday, 10:49 pm The Israel Information and Documentation Center (CIDI) rejects the inflammatory rhetoric of some members of the new Israeli government. The Jewish interest organization writes that a day after Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he was a new government and that his conservative Likud party will govern with far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties. … Read more