The protesters won’t stop until they bring Netanyahu’s government down.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Unless the Knesset mandates transparency, PMs will continue to play things close to the vest, because the public likes a strong leader.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has called for the justices to reject the demand.
A visit could make the PM “a stage prop for prominent Democrats to lecture and embarrass,” says American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Rubin.
Why now? Among other things, the US administration is losing its domestic footing on Iran.
The prime minister was kept at Sheba Medical Center overnight Saturday for observation after collapsing in his Caesarea home.
Within Likud, as well as among coalition partners, it becomes clear that Netanyahu himself is the biggest obstacle to judicial reform.
Failure to pass the state budget by next week would have automatically toppled the Netanyahu government.
Orthodox lawmakers warns his party “will not remain coalition partners with people who bring an entire sector of society into disrepute.”
Secular parties angered over budget agreements that provide billions to Orthodox Jewish schools without requiring full education.
