Herzog praises Netanyahu for holding back on annexation

Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog offers rare praise for Netanyahu, saying he agrees with the prime minister’s decision to push off the annexation of the Ma’ale Adumim settlement.

“The prime minister was correct not to give in to the demands of the radical right to tear everything apart and make irresponsible unilateral moves toward annexation,” he says in his faction meeting.

The opposition chief also joins the chorus of others calling on the government to release the state comptroller report on the 2014 Gaza war.

“The Israeli public, and especially families who lost loved ones, deserve to know how their leaders acted when they sent their sons into battle, and how discussions on new strategic threats, chief among them the tunnels, were carried out,” he says.

On Tuesday, the Knesset’s state control subcommittee on secret affairs will discuss releasing the report.