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Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett says his party will not quit the coalition
19 November, 2018 |
7 years ago
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett said during a press conference on Monday morning that his party will not be quitting the government coalition.
Bennett says he decided to withdraw his ultimatum to the Prime Minister “that my party will quit the government unless I was given the post of defense minister,” but following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s statements about the defense concerns facing the country on Sunday night, Bennett changed his mind.
“The ball is in the Prime Minister’s court. Will we stop being startled by Hamas? Will we stop being afraid and dismantle Khan al Ahmar? The real test is now. The public is sick of words,” he says adding that he will happily go back to doing good work in the Education Ministry.
IDF arrests 22 wanted Palestinians overnight
19 November, 2018 |
7 years ago
The IDF confirmed on Monday morning that in the course of the night, ISA forces, Border Police and the Israel Police arrested 22 wanted persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activities, “popular terror, and violent disturbances against civilians and soldiers.”
Netanyahu: Now is not the time for elections
18 November, 2018 |
7 years ago
Now is not the time for elections, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a press conference Sunday evening as he declared that he would take up the post of defense minister vacated after Avigdor Liberman quit the post last week. “The country’s security is beyond politics and the country’s security is beyond personal considerations. That is why I am making every effort to prevent early and unnecessary elections,” Netanyahu said.
Israel breaks 2017 record as 3.6 million tourists influx into the country
18 November, 2018 |
7 years ago
Israel broke its all-time 2017 record for incoming tourism into the country, hitting the 3.6 million tourist mark.
This new record follows on from October’s record as the highest monthly record ever registered in Israel for incoming tourism with nearly half a million tourists visited Israel.
Approximately 486,000 tourists were recorded as visiting the country last month, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, breaking the country’s previous all-time incoming tourism set in April 2018 by about 19%.
Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin said that these excellent statistics, which are recorded month after month, are a direct result of the Ministry of Tourism’s innovative marketing activities.
“By the end of 2018, the ministry expects to reach and even surpass the 4 million tourist mark,” he claimed. “An increase of tens of percent in incoming tourism over the past two years has placed Israel among the world’s fastest growing countries in tourism. Since the beginning of the year, the tourism industry has contributed more than NIS 18 billion to the Israeli economy.”
Since the beginning of 2018, there have been higher entries from several European countries including an increase of approximately 90% from Poland, 40% from Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary, and 35% from Italy.
Ayelet Shaked: Only way to save coalition is to appoint Bennett as Defense Minister
18 November, 2018 |
7 years ago
Justice Minister and Jewish Home constituent Ayelet Shaked told Army Radio on Sunday morning that the only way the coalition could continue to remain is if her party’s leader Naftali Bennett was named as Defense Minister, as was demanded on Thursday.
