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Blue & White MK Biton: Bennett will have to give up on annexation Attila Somfalvi | Published: 05.09.21 , 12:57 Strategic Affairs Minister and Blue & White MK Michael Biton said Sunday that Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett, who is due to serve first as prime minister in a rotating government with Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid, will have to give up on annexing the Jordan Valley. "Every side, right and left, will have to give up a lot of their dreams," added Biton comment

Government names new ministers for positions vacated for months Ynet | Published: 05.03.21 , 11:24 The government on Monday appointed members to head that had not had a minister at their helm for months, due to resignations and coalitions spats. Minister Yoav Galant will be the Minister of Higher Education in addition to his role at as Minister of Education, Minister Michael Biton will be Minister of Strategic Affairs in addition to his position as Minister of Social Affairs in the Defense Ministry, Minister Hili Trooper will add the portfolio of Minister of Science and Technology to his r...

Knesset member Eitan Ginzburg at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90) After they became empty, Netanyahu repeatedly resisted calls to fill the ministries with permanent replacements, as part of a wider effort to prevent the appointment of Blue and White leader Benny Gantz as justice minister. As part of Gantz’s coalition agreement with Netanyahu last year, the position of justice minister was reserved for members of Gantz’s Blue and White-led bloc. Avi Nissenkorn held the post until elections were called late last year, at which point he resigned to run on a separa...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio With the exception of Ginzburg, all these appointments will be temporary, lasting for up to three months, as mandated by law. Open gallery view Defense Minister and Acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz, last weekCredit: Hadas Parush Last week, the court froze the appointment of Likud’s Ofir Akunis to the Justice Ministry, leading Netanyahu to concede to his political rival and allow Benny Gantz to serve as justice minister. Under orders from the court that the remaining ministerial positions could not remain unfilled, Netanyahu committ...

US-based rights group accuses Israel of apartheid ANI | Updated: Apr 28, 2021 11:13 IST Tel Aviv [Israel], April 28 (ANI): A human rights group has accused the Israeli government of committing crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians in a new report on Tuesday. In its report, the United States-based advocacy group 'Human Rights Watch' has said that the term apartheid has generally been used in a "descriptive or comparative" sense in relation to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and as a warning of what might happen if current...