Justice Minister Yariv Levin said Netanyahu confidant Jacob Bardugo 'is an aggressive hack trying to run the country per his own personal interests.' Ministers Shlomo Karhi and Miki Zohar joined him against Bardugo, saying 'they won't stop because of one Bardugo'

55 aid organizations including OXFAM and Save the Children urged the international community to intervene, saying the bill further entrenches Israeli 'de facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory'

Friedrich Merz only received 310 votes out of 316 majority votes needed in the first round of voting in a secret ballot. It might never be known who had defected from Merz's camp