Israel’s LoP requests Netanyahu to facilitate Opposition’s participation in Modi’s parliamentary address

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Israel's absorption   person  Yair Lapid. File

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Israel's absorption has pleaded with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the ongoing governmental crisis to guarantee its information during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s code to the Knesset.

Mr. Modi volition undertake a two-day sojourn to Israel opening Wednesday (February 25, 2026) to enactment up bilateral defence and commercialized cooperation. 

Mr. Modi's engagements volition see his code to Israel's parliament (Knesset), wide-ranging talks with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and a gathering with President Isaac Herzog.

Israel’s absorption is demanding that the President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Yitzhak Amit, beryllium invited for Mr. Modi’s code to the parliament, arsenic per protocol, different they volition not be the event. 

Speaker says Supreme Court President not invited

Speaker of the Knesset Ohana has made wide that Mr. Amit has not been invited to be the speech.

“There are 24 hours near until Indian Prime Minister Modi's sojourn to the Knesset, and the Prime Minister has yet to bash thing to resoluteness the situation created by (Speaker) Amir Ohana's determination to boycott the Supreme Court and the opposition,” Leader of Opposition Yair Lapid posted connected his X handle.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu, yesterday you said that this is an important infinitesimal for the state and that this is not the clip for politics, but for lasting unneurotic successful the look of the challenges”, helium wrote.

“Call Ohana, archer him to invitation Supreme Court President (Yitzhak) Amit, let america to travel to the lawsuit that we request to beryllium astatine and privation to beryllium at, and don't lend your manus to harming 1 of the astir important alliances of the State of Israel,” helium pleaded.

“It is fitting that the satellite sees america each agreed during the sojourn to Israel of a large person and ally,” Mr. Lapid asserted.

He has been making akin appeals for the past 2 days amid a standoff betwixt the absorption and the government, arsenic Mr. Modi’s sojourn has gotten entangled successful a home governmental issue.

Earlier, connected Monday, Mr. Ohana had said that helium would capable vacant seats successful the Knesset with erstwhile lawmakers.

Published - February 25, 2026 07:41 americium IST

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