Lapid launches hotline to oppose educational programming of far-right MK
timesofisrael.com...Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid announces the launch of a hotline for parents opposed to "the extreme and dangerous content" of far-right Noam MK Avi Maoz, who is said to be given control of outside programming at schools in the presumed incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu.... ...Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Otzma Yehudit Itamar Ben Gvir swipe at each other amid ongoing talks to form a new government, in which the far-right lawmaker is set to serve as minister in charge of police....
Can Netanyahu Deter Iran and Make Peace With Saudi Arabia?
nationalinterest.org > feature...Can Netanyahu Deter Iran and Make Peace With Saudi Arabia? The National Interest Online...
The words GOP lawmakers may never be able to say
rollcall.com...The words GOP lawmakers may never be able to say. "A huge portion of their party is loyal to Trump, even as Trump sits down with Holocaust deniers," Sen. Tim Kaine says. The sentiment is there for many congressional Republicans, but not the actual words.... ...She reported that former Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., was dining with his party mates before he introduced a former staffer, Jonathan McKernan, a nominee to become Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation director, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing Wednesday....
Lithuania proposes setting aside nearly £33m for Holocaust survivors and their heirs
jewishnews.co.uk...Lithuania's prime minister has made what one Jewish organisation called an "important step" by introducing legislation to allocate more than £33m million as restitution for Holocaust survivors and their heirs.... ..."Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė's proposal is an important step to providing a measure of justice to Lithuanian Holocaust survivors and their families for the horrors they suffered during World War II and its aftermath," the World Jewish Restitution Organization said in a statement....
Serbian spirit with Jewish history makes UNESCO heritage list
israelnationalnews.com...Slivovitz, a spirit with a cherished Jewish history, gets UNESCO World Heritage protection....
Noam MK to be subject to Netanyahu's approval
israelnationalnews.com...Minister-designate Galit Distel Atbaryan said on the Meet the Press program "I spoke with Netanyahu tonight. Avi Maoz will not be able to do anything without his approval."...
Intruder alert in Efrat
israelnationalnews.com...Residents of the Efrat regional council were asked to lock themselves in their homes due to suspicion of intrusion into the town. Significant security forces have been rushed to the area....
Bat Yam will not cooperate with Noam MK
israelnationalnews.com...Bat Yam Mayor Zvika Brot commented on the appointment of Avi Maoz, "No party has exclusivity on Judaism, just as no party has exclusivity on pluralism."...
Suspect crashes fleeing police
israelnationalnews.com...A 43-year-old resident of Jerusalem was arrested near Latrun while driving a taxi without a public vehicle permit and a license expired 12 years ago. The suspect tried to escape from the police and crashed into a guardrail. The police impounded his vehicle for 30 days....