The faction's meetings were held in the Knesset today (Monday) with the recent events in the background: the espionage affair at the Defense Minister's home, the law restricting the prime minister's tenure and the terrorist attacks yesterday in Jaffa and Jerusalem.
Defense Minister Bnei Gantz responded at the Blue and White faction meeting to the espionage case at his home.
"I was surprised to find out that a worker at my house is making the move that involves passing information to the Iranians or any other factor. I will also draw conclusions on a personal level. I would like to commend the GSS for coming up with the matter.
Professional work was done, "Ganz said.
"In light of the two attacks yesterday, we have increased the vigilance of the forces, and we will continue to act to eradicate terrorism in the deepest way," Ganz added, "Hamas, under the guidance of its political echelons sitting abroad and in Gaza, Israel and Judea and Samaria.
This attempt is thwarted and fails.
"We will not allow Hamas to turn Judea and Samaria into Gaza. We will act with all the means at our disposal, and we will not allow it to set foot inside Israel, and in East Jerusalem."
Defense Minister Ganz, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Gideon Sher announced that he would present today on behalf of the government the bill to limit the term of office of Prime Minister.
"This is a commitment of the government that is also anchored in its basic lines. A huge majority of Israeli citizens support this law. The law protects democracy and the state," Saar said. "It is not yours. This is a double mistake. Instead of an indefinite tenure - we bring a balanced and better arrangement of tenure restrictions."
Saar added that "the extreme things we heard from one of the Likud faction members this week are just a symptom of a widespread phenomenon that is the result of a long rule, which is disgusting and loses all restraint. What we are seeing is the result of a loss of spirit following the change of government. "
Minister of Justice Gideon Saar, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Last week, MK Amsalem had an open Twitter conversation with an audience of hundreds of listeners, in which he attacked the prosecution and stated that he would not let the left enter the Knesset. In addition, Amsalem was quoted in Studio Friday and The Marker as saying The leftists went to the pens, "a quote that turned out to be incorrect. Amsalem subsequently tweeted today that he intends to sue the media. In The Marker and News 12, India has meanwhile mistakenly published a clarification on the matter.
I'm going to sue
- Dudi Amsalem 🇮🇱 (@dudiamsalem) November 22, 2021
In any case, Amsalem's remarks re-flooded the call to establish the Ethics Conference, which is not being set up due to opposition from Likud and Shas representatives. The corona and preparations for vaccinating children.
The coalition is also preparing to pass the law limiting the term of office of the prime minister.
Last night, cabinet ministers unanimously approved Justice Minister Gideon Saar's bill.
The next step in the process of promoting the law is to bring it to the Knesset for the first time as soon as possible.
According to the bill, a Knesset member elected prime minister will be able to serve for up to eight years in total, and when that period ends, the government headed by him will be considered to have resigned - and that Knesset member will not be able to run again.
