Tag: Knesset
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15 Government Israeli Ministers call for the annexation of the West Bank
15 Israeli government ministers and the Knesset’s Speaker have demanded the annexation of the West Bank in a written letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The letter describes the West Bank as Judea and Samaria and urges the Prime Minister to take opportunity from US President Donald Trump’s support to annex the West Bank. Since…
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Israeli parliament overwhelmingly rejects Palestinian statehood
Yesterday, the Israeli Knesset has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party-in-government to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state. The reason provided for the rejection was that Hamas would be in a position to take over the newly formed Palestinian state. 68 members including centrist opposition figures…
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Israel’s Arab Party leader Mansour Abbas calls on Hamas to lay down their weapons
The leader of the Arab Pary in the Israeli Knesset, Mansour Abbas has called on Hamas and Palestinian armed groups to lay down their weapons and work with the Palestinian Authority to create a Palestinian state. He made these comments to CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer. For those wondering how an Arab Party is in the…
