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2 shares Blue and White party member Ram Shefa at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Former Blue and White MK Ram Shefa has joined the Labor party and will run in its primaries on February 1. “Happy and excited to run for the Labor list and join a political home that feels like home,” tweeted Shefa, who last month was part of an exodus of nine lawmakers from Benny Gantz’s Blue and White coalition party ahead of the general elections. Shefa is expected to resign as head of the Knesset’s Education, Culture, and Sports Committee, following his announce...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Benny Gantz, the leader of Israel’s centrist Blue and White Party and the minister of defence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s caretaker coalition government, issued the understatement of the new year when he said, “Truth be told, the reality is difficult right now.” With several...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio He also said that Gantz told him he would not rule out running on a joint slate with the far-right Yamina party in the March 2021 election. Kahol Lavan responded to Nissenkorn's comments by saying that "Avi Nissenkorn sold out the Justice Ministry for the sake of his own political future. There are no limits to his lies. Kahol Lavan will not give up the powers of the Justice Ministry for any price." Gantz, who now serves as justice minister following Nissenkorn's resignation, said Friday that he spoke to Supreme Court President Esther...

0 shares A court in Jordan sentenced five leaders of the national teachers’ syndicate to a year in prison over recent protests demanding a salary increase, a lawyer for the teachers says. Bassam Fraihat says the court also ordered that the syndicate be dissolved. He says the five, who face an array of charges, including incitement to hatred and unlawful gatherings, are appealing the verdict and were released on bail. The five were among 13 members of the Teachers Association council who were arrested in July after threatening to stage new protests over a long-running salary dispute. T...

Ahead of the new calendar year, the Central Bureau of Statistics releases population data. It says there are some 9,291,000 Israelis as of the end of the year. The Jewish population accounts for 73 percent (6.87 million), the Muslim population represents 21% (1.95 million), with another 456,000 members of other religions. According to the CBS, as of the end of November, 44,154 Israelis died this year, with the number projected to climb to 49,000 by the end of the year. One in 15 deaths was coronavirus-related. Magen David Adom worker at the coronavirus unit at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital ...