Tagged Knesset

Israelו air strikes on Gaza after rockets were fired towards southern Israel

National security minister to boycott Knesset votes over ‘weak response in Gaza’

Dudu Edri

Denied wig, heels at Knesset, Israeli drag queen slams ‘homophobic atmosphere’

Kevin McCarthy Knesset

HISTORIC: McCarthy announces establishment of House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group

Amir Ohana

HE’S GOT TALENT: Knesset speaker performs ‘Hotel California’ on electric guitar for McCarthy

Knesset session

Stormy Knesset summer session begins

Gantz Netanyahu

New poll shows Benny Gantz leads Netanyahu as top pick for PM; Likud bloc loses 13 seats

Gafni Gantz

Report: Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker working to bring Gantz into Netanyahu government

breads

New law allows Israeli hospitals to ban chametz (leavened bread) during Passover

spying

‘They haven’t left me alone all day’: Protesters flood Knesset aides with calls, messages; unable to work

Judicial reform

Knesset passes Impeachment Law protecting Netanyahu

Knesset

‘Women will die’ – Opposition’s frenzied attack on Ben-Gvir after electronic tracking bill defeated

Knesset

Knesset passes Override Clause, limiting Supreme Court’s power, in first reading

breads

‘Unnecessary’ law banning unleavened bread on Passover passes first reading, Supreme Court blamed

Netanyahu

Netanyahu repeats call for Opposition to negotiate without preconditions, rebuffed by Lapid

Knesset

Constitutional crisis? Mass resignations threatened by opposition

Judicial reform

Catastrophe or Blessing? Israel passes first reading of bill on judicial reform

knesset chaos judicial reform vote

Chaos in the Knesset as protesters break in, opposition MKs escorted out

Judicial reform protest

‘Not giving up’: Thousands rally outside Knesset to protest judicial reform vote

Yair Lapid

Lapid demands 60-day freeze on judicial reform as precondition to negotiations

Benjamin Netanyahu

Yielding to president’s call for compromise, Netanyahu cancels planned votes on judicial reform

Cabinet meeting

Knesset to pass law to expel terrorists, revoke Israeli citizenship

Constitution, Law and Justice Committee

First part of judicial reform to go to Knesset for vote next week

MK Ofer Cassif

Chaos in the Knesset: MK forcibly removed after calling for ‘revolt’

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu presents his new government to the Knesset

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Law giving Ben Gvir expanded powers passes in Knesset, paving way for Netanyahu regime

Tel Aviv University Nakba

Bill proposing ban of Palestinian flag a priority of new gov’t, says freshman MK

Yariv Levin and Mickey Levy

Likud MK elected Knesset speaker, clearing path for new Netanyahu government

meretz voting

Meretz head Zehava Gal-on to resign after disastrous election loss

Ayala Ben-Gvir

‘Deal with it’: Ben-Gvir’s gun-toting wife rips ‘male chauvinists’

Isaac Herzog

Herzog to meet MKs next week over who will form next government

Netanyahu and Lapid

EXPLAINER: Upcoming Israeli Election – Parties, Leaders and Platforms

Yair Lapid

Lapid hails trailblazing law integrating disabled into the community

Mahmoud Abbas, Benny Gantz

Israel transferring millions to Palestinians via secret ‘extra-budgetary’ fund

Yair Lapid

What Lapid’s gov’t can and can’t do—and the controversy over who decides

Mansour Abbas

Arab MK under fire from Arab colleagues for requesting permission to visit Temple Mount

Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid

Incoming Prime Minister Lapid vows to ‘keep Israel strong’

Lapid and Bennett

Knesset dissolved, Lapid will be Israel’s new PM; Elections set for November 1

Israel Traffic

Israel launches ‘one million’ plan to reduce private car travel by 5% in a year

Netanyahu and Lapid

Netanyahu makes last-ditch effort to block Lapid from becoming PM as Knesset poised to dissolve

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu has one week to find majority, prevent Israeli elections

Israeli reaction

WATCH: Israelis on the street react to new elections

Netanyahu and Lapid

Election poll shows no bloc able to win Knesset majority

Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid

Knesset to disband with Lapid as caretaker PM; Israel going to elections

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu lauds coalition collapse, slams Bennett’s ‘brainwashing charade’

Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid

Bennett: Disbanding Knesset ‘best decision for the country’

Nir Orbach

Fifth elections? Bill dissolving Knesset set for Wednesday

Nir Orbach

Rebel MK from Bennett’s party quits coalition, leaving minority gov’t

Yair Lapid and Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi

Yair Lapid denies promising ‘right of return’ to 2 Arab villages

Naftali Bennett

WATCH: Is Israel’s governing coalition on verge of implosion?

MK Ahmad Tibi

WATCH: Arab MKs nearly attack right-wing lawmaker in Knesset during death penalty vote

Ben-Gvir

Will death penalty become the law in Israel?

Knesset

Knesset votes down bill to ban returning bodies of terrorists killed in attacks

The Knesset

Despite objections, Knesset photo exhibit opens at UN headquarters

Palestinian Security Services

Knesset advances bill to ban Israelis from contacting Palestinian Security Services

Micky Levy Austria

Israel, Austria ties ‘took another step forward’; agreement signed in Knesset

Idit Silman

Bennett’s coalition survives no-confidence votes

Knesset

As Knesset’s summer session begins, uncertainty clouds coalition’s future

Ofir Akunis

‘I do not forgive the Germans for the Holocaust,’ MK tells Bundestag president

Knesset Holocaust

‘Inconceivable how much we destroyed,’ says German parliament head on Yom Hashoah

Mansour Abbas

Arab-Israeli party suspends support for Bennett gov’t; ordered by Islamic Council