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"You have to understand, the bluff of a demilitarized Palestinian State will not hold water for too long," Smotrich argued.

Levin also presented Netanyahu as a victim of a hostile law enforcement system.

The Bennett-Liberman alliance will bombard the Likud with rightwing bills that will embarrass Netanyahu and set him up for failure in the settlements come next election.

“The people wanted unity, and that is what it got,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

And, on behalf of Blue&White, Omer Yankelevich, a Haredi woman, will be the next Diaspora Minister.

The new Opposition Leader will be MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid). MK Yariv Levin (Likud) will run for Knesset Speaker against MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint Arab List). He will win.

It's Lion in Winter time for Bibi Netanyahu – the inevitable chapter in every great leader's biography.

Likud ministers sharply criticized Netanyahu's way of distributing those portfolios, as several Likud ministers have been left floating in the wake of the coalition steam ship.

The Interim Finance Committee chaired by MK Oded Forer (Yisrael Beitenu) held a follow up session on Monday to discuss how the third sector...

Bennett et al can only blame themselves for their humiliating defeat at the hand of a world class politician.

According to Ymina, Bennett asked for two significant portfolios, one deputy minister with real power, and chairmanship of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.

Netanyahu technically has until May 21 at 8 pm to form the government in case of any "glitches."

Likud officials rejected Yamina's statement, saying, "If Yamina had received one more portfolio, it would have been rightwing enough for them?"

Like Smotrich, and, indeed, the entire Religious-Zionist camp, Sofer has a full belly of Netanyahu's maneuvers.

"I hereby inform you that you have a period of 14 days to form a government."

It was both entertaining and educational.

Yes, this new government is definitely a platypus – an egg laying mammal, with a duck's bill to boot.

“We are not changing the system of government in Israel."

The demonstrators insisted that this was merely the latest action in a long history of undemocratic and biased political activism by the court.

Can the President assign this task to a defendant in a criminal lawsuit? We'll hopefully get the answer on Thursday this week.

Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid suffered a cut in its mandates from 14 to 11.

It's a sinking sensation in many pundits' pit of the stomach: this circus has not left town yet. There's one more big act coming, at center stage.

But the AG warned the high court that the coalition agreement promotes significant constitutional changes, including creating a new model of government that is not an organic part of Israel's system of government.

The 1920 San Remo conference declared a Jewish National Homeland in what is today Israel and Jordan.

The rotation-enabling amendments, which had been decided in the Likud–Blue&White negotiations, may not hold water legally.

A solution needs to be found also for those who observe the upsherin haircutting ceremony in Meron.

In some cases, according to the bill, mainly when severe offenses or security offenses are involved, effective frontal interrogation cannot be conducted.

In former Speaker Yuli Edelstein's circle they claim that all Netanyahu had to do was ask and Gantz would have capitulated. They don't think he asked.

As soon as the 61-MKs' recommendation is sent to the president, there will be a stampede of all the many parties, interest groups and NGOs to the High Court of Justice.

Several MKs have said that much harsher bills are being discussed to cattle prod Netanyahu to the path of submission