Israel
By Hamodia Staff
Updated Monday, December 21, 2020 at 12:59 pm
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Updated Monday, December 21, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Israeli border police stand at a checkpoint near the scene where a teenager was killed in an overturned car accident, while they were trying to escape from police on December 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A teenager from Bat Ayin was killed on Monday in the Shomron in the midst of a police chase after youths suspected of throwing rocks at local Arabs, according to media reports.
The boy was identified as Ahuvya Sandak,
z”l, 17.
Several other youths were injured in the crash were placed under arrest and taken, handcuffed, to a nearby hospital.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is heading to elections, blaming Benny Gantz for the fourth national vote in two years.
“We worked very hard to avoid elections, unnecessary elections. We reached agreements with Blue and White. I thought they were promising, they were good agreements that could have averted these elections. Unfortunately, because of internal pressure inside the party, Benny Gantz decided to renege on [the agreement] and this is dragging the country to unnecessary elections at the height of the coronavirus crisis.”
He cites Gantz’s insistence that Avi Nissenkorn remain justice minister as a factor that led to the breakdown of talks.
Riots erupt outside J lem police HQ in protest of death of settler
Haim Golditsch |
Published: 12.21.20 , 21:58
Riots erupted outside the police national headquarters in Jerusalem in protest of the death of 17-year-old Ahuvya Sandak from Bat Ayin today during a police chase on the West Bank.
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Likud lawmakers are told they must receive permission to be interviewed by the media, citing the yet-to-be-officially-called election, according to reports.
“Starting from today, we are beginning election discipline,” a message from the party to its MKs says, adding that they must coordinate their talking points and ask permission before speaking to the media. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Likud MK Miki Zohar, who is the coalition whip, says Blue and White is “committing political suicide” and expresses hope the party won’t survive another election.
“Blue and White decided to knowingly commit political suicide. Emotion triumphed over reason. They are going to elections just so Avi Nissenkorn remains in his position [as justice minister] for three more months to try and uphold the judicial hegemony,” says Zohar in a tweet.
He expresses confidence that Blue and White will “disappear from the political map” with Likud picking up their supporters.
Likud MK Miki Zohar seen at the Knesset, October 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)