Tag: Knesset
Knesset edges closer to dissolution as Gantz sides with opposition
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that his Blue and White faction will side with the opposition on Wednesday when its motion to dissolve the Knesset comes up for a vote in...
Israel’s Joint List outraged after member says ‘Arab parties not in left’s pocket’
Deputy Knesset Speaker and Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas was the target of outrage within his own Joint Arab List faction after he told the right-leaning Israeli Channel 20 on Tuesday that “the Arab parties are...
JNS ‘top 40’ global advocates for Israel online assemble for Knesset panel
More than 30 influential pro-Israel advocates participated in a special Knesset panel to address the diplomatic challenges Israel faces amid a growing wave of global anti-Semitism and anti-Israel media bias.
The panel was the result...
Netanyahu calls for Jewish-Arab unity at Knesset meeting on violence in Arab society
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a message of Jewish-Arab unity while warning against complacency with regard to the dangers of COVID-19.
During a meeting of the Knesset Committee on Combating Violence in...
Israel extends COVID-19 state of emergency until Jan. 3
The Israeli Cabinet on Thursday approved the extension of the COVID-19-spurred state of emergency by 60 days, from Nov. 5 until Jan. 3, 2021.
The measure was approved via conference call and will take effect...
Knesset bill to require consultation with Diaspora on matters regarding world Jewry
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevitch announced on Thursday that she is introducing a Knesset bill that would require government ministries to consult with world Jewry on matters directly related to the Jewish...
Knesset conference marks the 20th anniversary of 2000 Ramallah lynchings
Twenty years after the infamous 2000 Ramallah lynchings, in which IDF reservists Vadim Norzhich and Yosef Avrahami were brutally murdered by a Palestinian mob, Israel’s Knesset held a unique online conference on Monday focusing on the...
‘We are trying to move Israel up in line for COVID vaccinations’
The beginning of the end of Israel’s current COVID-19 lockdown depends on the public demonstrating unity and discipline, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday afternoon at a Likud faction meeting.
“It also depends...
Israeli lawmakers in hot water for flouting lockdown rules
Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel found herself in hot water on Monday, after it became clear that she violated lockdown restrictions during Yom Kippur.
Gamliel confirmed on Saturday that she has contracted the coronavirus,...
Shin Bet to continue COVID phone surveillance for additional 21 days
Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services on Wednesday extended the mandate given to the Shin Bet to trace the mobile phones of coronavirus patients as part of the epidemiological investigations held by the Health...