The dispute continues over attempts to permanently amend Israel’s Basic Law on Immigration to bar granting citizenship to Palestinians who marry Israeli citizens.
The interior minister urges consumers not to boycott the Israel franchisee and says the government is working to overturn the parent company’s “antisemitic” decision to halt sales in certain areas.
Caroline Glick: Leaders whose most important goal is maintaining friendly ties with the Biden administration will necessarily be less willing to approve operations that will anger it.
David Singer: An amalgam of eight leaders trading insults and denigrating each other - whilst their parties have adopted policies that are totally irreconcilable on critical issues – is not the foundation for any stable Government – especially in Israel – whose enemies will become increasingly emboldened following the announcement of a cobbled-together Israeli Government comprising very different bedfellows.
Caroline Glick: The government about to be formed will be the weakest and most radical in Israeli history — a diplomatic and military catastrophe that will threaten Israeli democracy.
Caroline Glick: The Blue and White-Likud clash over Iran policy, like their clash over Israel’s national and strategic interests in Judea and Samaria, makes it clear that the farcical unity government has run its course.
Ron Weiser: After leading Israel for so long he is in a class of his own on so many levels and the rest of the pack are some way behind.
That is why the only person that can defeat Netanyahu in 3 weeks, is Bibi.
Citing a sense of “national responsibility,” URWP leader Rafi Peretz cedes top spot to Shaked • Moshe Feiglin announces that his Zehut Party will not join alliance, says “ask Shaked” why.
Isi Leibler: Israeli voters have chosen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what was essentially a referendum over whether he should be re-elected to a fifth term of office.
