Posts Tagged ‘Yariv Levin’
Ariel Warns PM Not to Abandon Heartland Communities
by Eitam Abadi The Jewish Home party will not support the 2013 budget in the Knesset unless Jewish construction in Israel's disputed heartland is fully funded, Construction and Housing Minister Uri Ariel warned on Tuesday. Ariel's words marked the first possible coalition crisis with the power to disband Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's [...]
Knesset Caucus Calls to Implement Levi Report
by Eitam Abadi Members of the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus toured Israel's disputed Binyamin region on Sunday, where they called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) to formally adopt the government-initiated Levi Report. The 89-page report was submitted to a ministerial committee in July by the panel officially established by [...]
Gaza Expellees Charged Rent for Refugee Camps
by Eitam Abadi Lawmakers from across the political spectrum are protesting a decision that would force Jews expelled from the Gaza region during the 2005 "Disengagement" to pay rent for the years spent in the refugee camps they were placed in following the destruction of their communities. Since United States President George W. Bush [...]
Netanyahu Defeats Regulation Law
by Eitam Abadi The Knesset rejected the Regulation Law on Wednesday by a vote of 69-22. Notable was the absence of Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz (Jewish Home) and Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein (Likud) from the vote. Both ministers had previously declared they would vote for the bill [...]
Katz Blasts Likud MKs for Voting Against Natural Growth
by Naama Ben-Yaakov The Knesset voted down a bill on Tuesday that would have permitted annual natural growth in Jewish communities throughout Israel's disputed heartland without the defense ministry approval currently required by law. Member of Knesset Yaakov Katz (National Union), who proposed the legislation, criticized Likud lawmakers for [...]
Cabinet Delays Vote on Migron Law
by Naama Ben-Yaakov The Ministerial Law Committee decided on Sunday to postpone by three months a vote on legislation that could prevent the demolition of endangered communities in Israel's disputed heartland. The legislation, popularly known as the "Migron Bill," was proposed by Members of Knesset Z'ev Elkin (Likud), Yariv Levin [...]
Meridor Defends ‘Judicial Independence’
by Sagit Levi Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor (Likud) told Channel 2's "Meet the Press" Saturday night that he would quit his cabinet post if the judicial reforms bill introduced in Knesset by junior members of his party were to be passed into law. "I cannot accept that Israel will go back decades," he said. "The government will not back [...]
PM Blocks Bill to Vet Supreme Court Justices
by Sagit Levi Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) reiterated his opposition on Tuesday to a proposal that would require candidates for Israel's Supreme Court to be vetted by a Knesset committee. The controversial bill was scheduled for a vote on Sunday in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation, but the vote was postponed at the last [...]
Likudniks Receive Call from Migron Child
by Naama Ben-Yaakov Thousands of Likud Central Committee members received a phone call Saturday evening from a child living in the Jewish village of Migron, expressing her fear of the planned demolition of her home and community by the state. Upon picking up the phone, committee members heard a recorded message from four-year-old [...]
Looming Demolitions Endanger Coalition
by Sagit Levi Member of Knesset Zevulun Orlev (Jewish Home) warned on Sunday against government plans to demolish four Jewish communities in Israel's disputed Samaria region, saying such actions could bring about the coalition's demise. Orlev proposed a bill that would give legal status to the villagers of Migron and Givat Assaf, as well [...]
