Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to Israel on Wednesday in what both governments billed as an opportunity to build closer relations by making common cause against terrorism – and which some observers viewed as a ticking clock on potential American action against Iran, since a strike would not be likely until Modi leaves Israel.
Israel’s Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday unveiled what they called a first-of-its-kind global parliamentary bid to nominate President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, declaring that “no one has ever deserved that honor more” and that “no person in the world has done more for peace over the past year.”
Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to the Israeli parliament on Monday, calling him “the best friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.”
Israel’s new Knesset (parliament) Speaker Amir Ohana welcomed visiting Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) with a face-melting rendition of the Eagles’ “Hotel California” on the electric guitar Sunday.
The radical New Israel Fund (NIF) has warned Israelis to turn off cellphones before attending anti-Netanyahu protests because they are used for “tracking purposes,” as well as instructing protesters how to act in the event of arrest.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday questioned the police’s conduct in confiscating the cellphones of his aides, who have been accused of hounding a state’s witness.
TEL AVIV – Justice Minister Amir Ohana, who is the Knesset’s first openly gay minister, slammed Luxembourg’s prime minister, who is also gay, for boycotting an Israeli event in protest over an anti-gay comment made by Israel’s education minister while at the same time welcoming Iran’s foreign minister who has defended the execution of gay Iranians.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday appointed Amir Ohana to replace Ayelet Shaked as justice minister, making him the first openly gay cabinet minister. Shaked was fired by Netanyahu earlier this week after she and former education
The organizers of Friday’s “D.C. Dyke March,” a parade to celebrate LGBT Pride Month, have banned Gay Pride flags with a Jewish “Star of David” because they say it resembles the Israeli flag and evokes “violent nationalism.”
