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‘Love every Jew’: Chief Rabbi defends gay Knesset speaker following far-right criticism

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said the Torah ‘forbids hate’

By Georgia L Gilholy

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. The commemorative event, attended by religious leaders, heard testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust, in which millions of predominantly Jewish people were killed. National Holocaust Day on February 27 marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Right-wing politician MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen after visiting the Temple Mount, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 31, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** איתמר בן גביר משטרה הר הבית ירושלים העיר העתיקה

Israeli Politics

Ben Gvir slammed for first Temple Mount visit as minister

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Member of Knesset, Yael German votes during the Interior Affairs Committee meeting discussing force feeding prisoners who are on a hunger strike, at the Knesset, on July 22, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** åòãú äôðéí éå"ø äåòãä ëðñú éòì âøîï áðé áâéï äàëìä áëôééä ùáéúú øòá àñéøéí

Israeli Politics

Israeli ambassador to France resigns in protest against new government

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

Israeli Politics

Netanyahu's new cabinet: who’s who?

By Georgia L Gilholy

6 min read

Israel’s enemies are no longer the problem

By Misha Mansoor

Israel’s enemies are no longer the problem

3 min read

Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen after coalition talks with Shas chairman MK Arie Deri and Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בנימין נתניהו יו"ר הליכוד נתניהו פגישה

By Anshel Pfeffer

It was a year of rookie errors, ending with the far right in cabinet

6 min read

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote in the plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת מליאה הצבעה חברי כנסת חוק פקודת המשטרה בנימין נתניהו יו"ר הליכוד

By Anshel Pfeffer

Even Likud MKs don’t know what lies in store for them with Bibi

4 min read

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By Anshel Pfeffer

World Cup was a better watch than Knesset in session

On Tuesday evening, when the 25th Knesset’s first round of serious legislation coincided with the World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia, the exclusive 'horseshoe' room just happened to be packed

5 min read

December 15, 2022 12:34

TOPSHOT - Argentina's forward #09 Julian Alvarez (C) celebrates with Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi (L) after he scored his team's second goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup football semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 13, 2022. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Dershowitz: Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are making it harder to defend Israel

Professor tells the JC that their demands to empower the Knesset to overturn human rights rulings would make Israel vulnerable to prosecution at the International Criminal Court

By David Rose

3 min read

December 15, 2022 12:00

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 03: Alan Dershowitz attends Hulu Presents "Triumph's Election Special" produced by Funny Or Die at NEP Studios on February 3, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images for Hulu)

By Anshel Pfeffer

Will Bibi and Likud be in office or in power this time around?

With a very different coalition from the ones he led in the past, and he himself still on trial for bribery and fraud, it’s anyone’s guess which Netanyahu we will get this time around

4 min read

December 8, 2022 12:38