Ido Benbaji

MK Zahalka: "Liberman's appointment is good because it will encourage int'l pressure on this gov't and will verify our claims against it."

Israeli @KnessetIL begins debate over appointment of hardliner @AvigdorLiberman to the MoD. He is set to be sworn in later tonight.

Opposition head Buji is constantly negotiating a unity gov't w/ BB. He desperately wants in, but so far his basic demands remain unanswered.

Got it! See you at @DesertTripIndio!

>> Admin official on Ran Baratz appointment: "We expect any country's gov't officials to speak respectfully & truthfully abt US officials."

Senior US official on Ran Baratz appointment: "His comments abt the President & StatesSec were troubling & offensive." >>

In this dire week for the rule of law in Israel it seems that both the PM and the opposition leader try weaken law enforcement agencies.

Israel's Interior Minister @AriyeDeri is facing a new corruption probe. Are the nineties returning?

BB's contested bill that would enable Israeli parliament to sack Arab MKs who met with terrorists' families passes first call vote, 59-53.

I asked BB about @JeffreyGoldberg's account of his meetings w/ Obama: "I always express my disagreements," he said, "& do so respectfully."

I asked @Netanyahu about Adelson's newspaper's apparent support for @realDonaldTrump: "I have enough politics here, leave me out of it."

IL's Religious Affairs Minister on Conservative&Reform congregations in US: "We will not allow those people to run our country from abroad."

Opposition leader Herzog: "before long, situation in Israel might deteriorate from spontaneous stabbings to planned suicide attacks."

BB delivered a response to Cameron at a Likud gathering, proving again Kissinger was right to claim that Israel has only a domestic policy.

BB is knowingly turning Cameron's unusually harsh though not surprising comments on East-J'lem construction into a full scale confrontation.

Wow. @Netanyahu slams David Cameron, says he "forgot a few basic facts about Jerusalem. Only Israel's sovereignty there keep ISIS away."

Former minister @AvigdorLiberman: "If it's up to him, @netanyahu will stay in office until 2069."

Frm Foreign minister @AvigdorLiberman: "the notion that there is a right-wing alternative to BB is understood today even in the Likud."

Blimey. This is complete nonsensehttps://twitter.com/idobenbajien/status/701745617199112193 …

MK Yair Lapid claims #ApartheidIsraelWeek banners in London's tube were removed because he telephoned mayor @BorisJohnson.

The fact that @BoothWilliam is a nice guy who was probably just doing his job, is irrelevant to how stupid it is of our police to do this.

My guess: the police's apology is on its way...

Jerusalem police detained @WashingtonPost's @BoothWilliam near Nablus Gate, accusing him of "incitement."

#BREAKING IL's @PresidentRuvi slams BB's initiative to sack Arab MKs who met w/ terrorists' relatives "it's a misconception of democracy."

Netanyahu to opposition leader Herzog: "U attacked me when I called the 2 State Solution inapplicable, now U say the same. Be consistent!"

Netanyahu: "in the current situation, working towards normalization might be key to peace with the Palestinians, not the other way around."

#BREAKING Netanyahu on Labor party's decision to declare the 2 State Solution "irrelevant for now": "Good morning, it's about time."

PM @Netanyahu: "2 conditions for the 2 State Solution: Palestinian acknowledgement of Israel and a demilitarized Palestine."

BB's turn to speak.

Former head of Shin Bet, MK Yaakov Perry: "disengaging from the Palestinians is an Israeli interest."

Opposition MK @tamarzandberg snaps at Berko in response: "No brain, no worries."

Likud MK Anat Berko claims that because Arabs can't pronounce the consonant P, a Palestinian People does not exist. Q.E.D.

Leftist MK @zehavagalon opens debate by blaming opposition leader @HerzogMK for joining @Netanyahu by deserting the 2 State Solution.

Live tweet from Israeli parliament debate on the 2-State Solution starting now.

Israeli Knesset will debate viability of the 2-State Solution in an hour, Netanyahu & Herzog will participate. Follow for more updates.

In visit to Israel's border with Jordan, Netanyahu vows to "surround IL with fences & barriers, to protect us from the predators around us."

Israeli Knesset approves (anti-)NGO bill in first vote, 50-43.

#BREAKING: Knesset Ethics Committee suspends 3 Israeli-Arab MKs after their meeting with families of terrorists.

BB to Knesset "imagine reaction in UK if Members of Parliament were to stand in memory of Jihadi John. It's a matter of national honor."

BB defends proposal 2 enable sacking parliament members, directed at arab MKs who met w/ terrorists' families: "a matter of national honor!"

Israel's Labour party, ostensibly the country's main opposition, just declared that the 2 state solution is irrelevant for the time being.

New York Times endorses Kasich, thus finishing off any small sliver Kasich had of ever winning the nomination.

Harsh criticism on @netanyahu by @naftalibennett: our conceptual fixation is the greatest threat to our security.

Netanyahu, this morning: "we don't need the tag-wearing clause, but every NGO must report on every single dollar in foreign-gov't donations"

Minister @Ayelet__Shaked says she will examine PM @Netanyahu's proposed adjustments to the "Anti-NGO" bill positively.