Tag: Knesset
Smotrich: Renewed fighting in Gaza will be ‘completely different’
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism Party) said on Monday that should the war in Gaza resume, Israel's approach would be "very aggressive."
During a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism Party at the...
Knesset members gift Purim baskets ahead of joyous Jewish holiday
Israeli lawmakers from the coalition and opposition exchanged mishloach manot, gift baskets filled with food, on Thursday ahead of the Purim holiday, for which celebrations started on Thursday.
National Unity Party Chairman Benny Gantz, a former War Cabinet...
Smotrich: Israel advancing plans for Gazan emigration
Israel is actively developing a large-scale emigration plan for Palestinians in Gaza, in coordination from the United States, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday.
Speaking to the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus, the Religious...
Allowing Jews to buy private Judea and Samaria lands will end ‘open racism,’ says...
Pending legislation abolishing restrictions on Jews buying privately-owned land in Judea and Samaria would correct a historic injustice, Religious Zionism Party lawmaker Moshe Solomon told JNS Tuesday.
"The current situation is absurd," said the member...
Smotrich to temporarily resign amid Netanyahu’s coalition reshuffle
The resignation of the Otzma Yehudit Party from Israel's governing coalition on Sunday in the wake of the hostage-terrorist exchange deal struck with Hamas has created a political domino effect that will see the...
‘Voices of Iron’ award honors online Israel advocacy warriors
A total of 50 pro-Israel public diplomacy professionals, activists and social-media influencers were presented with the inaugural "Voices of Iron" award in a ceremony held at the Knesset auditorium on Tuesday. The award honors...
Israel will not allow Hamas to govern Gaza again, Netanyahu vows
Hamas continues to frustrate ongoing hostages-for-ceasefire negotiations in the hopes of ending the war and returning to power in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.
"The...
Knesset passes law to immediately fire teachers with terror sympathies
An Israeli law that will allow Jerusalem's Education Ministry to dismiss teachers who carry out or publicly support acts of terrorism, as well as cut off funding for educational institutions that glorify terror, passed...
Knesset committee advances bill to deport terrorists’ families
Knesset House Committee members voted 9-to-2 on Tuesday to advance a bill seeking to deport families of terrorists living in Israel under certain circumstances.
The proposed law is meant as a deterrent. Israel's National Security...
Ra’am Party leader: IDF murdered 50,000 civilians in Gaza
Coalition Knesset members assailed Israeli lawmaker Mansour Abbas (Ra’am Party) on Wednesday after he urged an end to the war against Hamas and claimed that the IDF murdered 50,000 civilians in Gaza.
“Of course I want...