Coalition Agreements

Minister Orit Strock:

'The deal may be bad, but it is a necessary evil'

Settlements Minister Orit Strock explains why she voted in favor of the deal despite her opinion against prisoner exchange deals

Budgets for haredi schools in exchange for Draft Law delay?

PM Netanyahu, Jerusalem Min. Porush, hold reconciliation meeting, discuss implementation of coalition agreement.

Haredi minister: Netanyahu can't do it? Then he should go home

Jerusalem Min. Meir Porush says Netanyahu signed agreement on Override Clause. 'There's no such thing as it not happening.'

Senior coalition members: Delay approval of Draft Law

Volatile political, public situation forces delay of Draft Law, Torah learning law, senior coalition sources say.

Coalition strife:

Tensions between Smotrich and Gallant about to boil over

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich losing patience waiting to receive authority over Civil Administration.

What is behind the outpost evacuation?

I told you so? PM and DM statement after instructions of Min. Smotrich were ignored and new outpost evacuated. Op-ed.

Incoming government to strip attorney general of veto power

Proposed legislation would drastically reduce the attorney general's influence on future laws.

Lapid gives sweeping denunciation of emergent coalition

Departing Prime Minister Yair Lapid has issued a harsh critique of the policies emerging in Netanyahu's coalition agreements.

Coalition agreements today:

Parties commit to enact multiple religious right-wing policies

New govt to overturn many of outgoing govt's signature measures, focus on Jewish identity.

2022 Elections:

Netanyahu heads to President's Residence to receive mandate

Likud sources want to keep Defense, give Smotrich Finance Ministry

Smotrich: PM Bennett endangering Israel's security

'PM Bennett can't respond to rocket fire, because his coalition is dependent on a sister movement to Hamas,' Religious Zionism chief says.

Formation of new government completed

Yamina and Yesh Atid parties sign coalition agreement, all agreements submitted to the Knesset Secretariat.

Israel's Draft Law: Knesset comes full circle

Coalition agreements include changes to religious status quo in Israel, aim to legislate Draft Law initially approved in 2018.

Likud: Blue and White violating agreements

Likud party warns: Blue and White abstention may lead to new elections.

Blue & White demands changes to laws not in coalition agreement

Blue and White may agree to change law so that Supreme Court can't force takeover by Benny Gantz - if Likud agrees to other changes.

Blue and White demanding changes to Norwegian Law

Blue and White demands changes to Norwegian Law, while refusing to amend Basic Law.

Netanyahu:

'Are you out of your mind? Stop the madness & join unity gov't'

PM Netanyahu tells Gabi Ashkenazi and Bogie Ya'alon that as ex-IDF chiefs of staff, they should talk Gantz out of unity gov't with Arabs.

Liberman: Spins, lies and manipulations

'Yisrael Beytenu will support a unity government, even from outside - it should just be established. I hope common sense overcomes egoism.'

Yisrael Beytenu not ruling out cooperation with Joint List party

MK Forer: "The question we will be asking, and will not stop asking, is what the basic principles of the government are."

Rivlin taps Netanyahu to form coalition

President grants mandate to form ruling coalition to Likud Chair, PM Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu: Unity government is order of the day.

Shaked: Bloc with Netanyahu not a done deal

"We have to make sure that our interests are represented," Yamina chairwoman says regarding right-wing bloc for coalition negotiations.

Because of the elections, Israel missed a strategic opportunity!

'I will do everything in my power to prevent another election'

Amid the crisis in coalition negotiations, President Rivlin releases video in which he outlines the possibilities available to him by law.

Liberman: It looks like Israel will be facing new elections

'I said explicitly that we wouldn't compromise on the draft law. They should've listened to me but they preferred to act condescendingly.'

'Liberman and Smotrich will have to compromise'

With less than 10 days left to build government, Dep. FM Tzipi Hotovely speaks to Arutz Sheva about stalled coalition negotiations.

Yisrael Beytenu recommends Netanyahu for premiership

'We are the defenders of the secular public,' say Yisrael Beytenu representatives. 'We'll maintain balance on religion-and-state.'

Kulanu, Yisrael Beytenu, won't join left-wing government

Finance Minister Kahlon says he's 'part of the nationalist camp,' won't sit with a leading party which opposes a united Jerusalem.

Knesset summer session to begin with a bang

Expanded coalition, progress of major bills to mark opening day Monday.

Could Jewish Home control Judea-Samaria?

Original coalition agreements gave Deputy Defense Minister Ben-Dahan control over Civil Administration; Ya'alon ignored them.

Haredi Minister Fuming over Reports of PM-Backed Budget Cuts

Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) threatens he will not allow anyone to touch 'child allowances and funding for yeshivas.'

Labor, Likud: No One Offered Herzog Foreign Ministry

MK Yitzhak Herzog angrily denied a report that he had turned down an offer by Binyamin Netanyahu to be Israel's Foreign Minister.

Kulanu to Approve Coalition Partners' Financial Demands

Likud and Kulanu reach understanding, if not final deal, in which Kulanu will have ultimate approval on all parties' budgetary demands.

Likud: If Kulanu Drags its Feet, We Will Sign with Haredim First

'Excessive' demands will prevent Kulanu from being the first party Likud signs a coalition agreement with, official says.

Senior Source: Bibi Plans Gov't with Labor, Haredim

High ranking political source tell Arutz Sheva Netanyahu 'will make Jewish Home crawl on its belly.'

Hatnua Backed Controversial Bills in Exchange for Conversion Law

Livni’s party agreed to back three controversial bills in exchange for govt. support for its own contested legislation.

Coalition MK to Vote No on ‘Anti-Religious’ Enlistment Bill

MK Chetboun’s surprise opposition to ‘anti-religious’ enlistment bill is the first crack in Coalition discipline.