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Gideon Sa’ar is expected to announce that a senior Likud MK is defecting to his New Hope party during tonight’s press conference, according to Channel 12.
Likud MKs Yifat Shasha-Biton, Michal Shir and Sharren Haskel have announced they’re leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party to join Sa’ar.
Gideon Sa’ar visiting Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on December 16, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Likud minister Ze’ev Elkin will leave Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and join Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope ahead of the March 2021 elections, Channel 12 reports.
Ze’ev Elkin, at the time leaving his position as environmental protection minister, speaks at a ceremony at the Ministry of Environmental in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi says there’s “no way” his party would recommend that New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar be tasked with forming the next coalition following the March 2021 elections.
After the vote, the president consults with all political parties and gathers their recommendations for the next prime minister. The Joint List recommended Benny Gantz after the previous election, only to see the centrist former IDF chief join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Illustrative: Joint List party member Ahmad Tibi speaks during a Knesset plenary session on February 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“There is no way we would recommend Gideon Sa’ar for the premiership,” Tibi tells Army Radio. “You don’t always have to recommend someone. Instead of recommending generals, should we go with the worst inciters against the Arabs?”
Some threw stones at police, while others tried to break into the police compound.
Israeli police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest after a young settler was killed earlier today in a car crash during a police chase, outside the Police headquarters in Jerusalem on December 21, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Police said 40 demonstrators were arrested and one officer was lightly wounded in the head by a stone thrown. Protesters said that several of those detained were teens, some as young as 13.
Earlier, police said officers signaled for the vehicle to halt after catching the young men hurling rocks at passing Palestinian vehicles. The suspects refused and sought to flee the scene, then lost control of their vehicle, which rolled over at the side of the road.
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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.