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Members of the Knesset's Land of Israel Caucus tour the Binyamin region, June 15, 2023. Photo by David Weil/Regavim via Twitter.

Israeli lawmakers tour the Binyamin region

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The Knesset Land of Israel Caucus toured the Binyamin region in Samaria on Thursday to get a first-hand perspective on the issues facing the residents there. Binyamin is the most populous regional council jurisdiction in...
Yamina Knesset member Amichai Chikli attends a Knesset House Committee discussion following a request by from the party for his ouster, April 25, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Ex-Yamina MK Chikli vows to remain in Knesset after being declared defector

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Former Yamina Party Knesset member Amichai Chikli said on Wednesday that he intended to remain in parliament despite being declared a party defector by the Knesset House Committee on Monday, at Yamina’s request. Speaking to 103...
Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Knesset member Idit Silman attend a Knesset press conference, on Oct. 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Meretz leader trying to ‘smooth over differences’ with ex-coalition chairwoman–report

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Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) has in recent days attempted to “smooth over differences” with Yamina Knesset member Idit Silman, who resigned her position as coalition chairwoman on April 6, Maariv reported on Sunday. Silman’s resignation,...
Idit Silman, head of the Knesset Health Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, on Nov. 30, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Bennett blames Silman resignation on ‘verbal violence’ from opponents

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett blamed the resignation of former Yamina Party Knesset member Idit Silman and her defection to the opposition on “months of verbal violence” from opponents of the current government coalition. “Idit was hounded...
Idit Silman, head of the Knesset Health Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, on Nov. 30, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Bennett loses Knesset majority as coalition chairwoman defects to opposition

Coalition chairwoman and Yamina Knesset member Idit Silman on Wednesday confirmed her resignation, and called for the establishment of a right-wing government. Silman’s announcement took coalition members by surprise, as she had not spoken of...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sucks on a lollipop while talking to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid during a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 3, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Eating Knesset candy and drinking the Kool-Aid

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Photos that emerged last week of Israeli lawmakers munching on candy for two white nights in a row served as a perfect metaphor for the kindergarten-like atmosphere of the Knesset as a whole and...