For mid-level regional powers, avoiding non-essential friction with a major power like Russia is seen as an imperative, particularly in a situation where consistent support from their U.S. patron is by no means a given.
The budget that keeps the government running through Sept. 2023 includes $3.3 billion in security assistance for Israel and $300 million for the Palestinians.
“Stein and Grosskopf are legal luminaries who come from diverse and unique backgrounds, and no one disputes their merit,” said Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked. “I have no doubt their contribution to the Supreme Court will leave its mark on the history of the Israeli judiciary.”
Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch of Tucson, stated: “We are determined not to be affected by this distressing incident and will continue serving the wider community.”
In a video on Maan News Agency’s YouTube channel on Jan. 16, Palestinian journalist Dr. Nasser Al-Laham said Israel has become so arrogant that one day someone angry will drop a nuclear bomb on it, and there will be nobody left to say “Boker tov” (“Good morning” in Hebrew).
“The people of Iran should stand united in the face of this, and they will deliver a strong punch to the mouth of the American Secretary of State and anyone who backs them,” said Ismail Kowsari.
“It really goes to show how colossally poor of a decision it was for Democratic leadership to put someone on the House Foreign Affairs Committee whose animus towards Jews and Israel so clouds her judgement that she can’t recognize that Israel is not only a democracy, but the only one in the Middle East,” said RJC spokesperson Neil Strauss.