"We are alert and prepared" Netanyahu addresses Knesset on 77th anniversary

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Gantz and Golan boycotted the plenary session in protest of the exclusion of Supreme President Yitzhak Amit. Knesset Speaker Ohana: "It is impossible to demand respect while the court is emptying the Knesset's powers." Netanyahu: "The balance between the three branches needs to be restored, the public decides at the ballot box"

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The Knesset celebrated today (Tu B'Shvat, Monday) the 77th anniversary of its founding and the 60th anniversary of the Mishkan, but instead of state unity - the event became an arena of fierce conflict between the coalition and the opposition. At the center of the storm is the decision of the Knesset Speaker, Amir Ohana, not to invite the President of the Supreme Court, Justice Yitzhak Amit, to the festive ceremony. Netanyahu referred to this in…

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On the anniversary of the Knesset, Ohana addressed the fact that he did not invite the Supreme Court President to the event. "He who respects will be respected. But respecting authorities is not a one-way street. It is impossible to demand that the legislative branch respect the judicial branch while it continues to empty its powers of content," he said. The opposition boycotted the event

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Prime Minister Netanyahu said at a meeting to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Knesset, which was boycotted by the opposition, that he "hopes that next year we will overcome all obstacles and reach understandings. It is possible if there is goodwill, and on my side there is."