Lapid Orders Money Transfers to Settlements Halted Pending Investigation
Following a report by Israel’s Channel 2 News Friday that money transferred by Knesset to settlements in Judea and Samaria were being misappropriated, Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) ordered those transfers stopped. Journalist Amnon Abramovich charged that a significant portion of the NIS 148 million ($42 million US) transferred to the settlements since 2010 […]
Shakeup in the Peace Process: Jerusalem, Refugees off the Negotiating Table?
Miri Regev (Likud Beiteinu) plans to introduce another piece of legislation to the Knesset on Sunday, according to Yediot Ahronot, which would limit the ability of the Prime Minister to carry out peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The proposed legislation would require prior consent of an absolute majority of Knesset members (61) in order to […]
U.S. Vision of Peace: A Tough Pill to Swallow
After five days of back and forth, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left the Middle Eastern region with still no decisive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Kerry is expected to return to Israel next week to continue talks and present a framework outlining basic principles that both sides would follow to create […]
Netanyahu, Lapid Appoint First Woman As Bank Of Israel Governor
A woman of valor who can find? for her price is far above rubies. (Proverbs 31:10) Dr. Karnit Flug has been appointed the governor of the Bank of Israel by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid concluding a long and arduous process that left the seat of treasury chief unmanned for over […]
Israel Plans to Build New Homes in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem
All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers (Deuteronomy 8:1) Despite the ongoing peace negotiations taking place in Washington, Israeli Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel promised to continue […]
Israel Goes to Battle With EU Over Settlement Ban
In the Jewish Oral Text Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of the Father, a compilation of ethical teachings and maxims, in Chapter 1 Verse 7 Nittai the Arbelite warns “Keep far from an evil neighbor and do not associate with the wicked”. Israel may be taking these words to heart. Both Israel and the European Union […]
