Tag: Knesset
Knesset opens summer session amid protests
Israel’s Knesset opened its summer session on Monday, also hailed as “Disruption Day” by anti-government protesters, who held demonstrations at multiple locations throughout the country.
At least 12 people were arrested after clashes broke out...
One day after Iranian attack, Lapid calls Israeli gov’t ‘existential threat’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has “destroyed” the country’s deterrence, opposition leader Yair Lapid charged on Monday, a day after an unprecedented attack on the Jewish state by Iran.
“This government, this prime minister,...
Court upholds freeze on accounts of terror-linked Ra’am charity
The Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday rejected a request to unfreeze bank accounts belonging to a charity controlled by the Islamist Ra’am Party, ruling that Israel’s Bank Leumi had presented sufficient evidence substantiating...
Gallant: IDF will ‘soon address’ last Hamas brigade in Rafah
The Israel Defense Forces will soon attack the last Hamas terror brigade in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday.
Gallant...
Knesset passes updated wartime budget
Israeli lawmakers approved the country’s amended war budget for 2024 on Wednesday afternoon after weeks of delay due to disagreements within the unity government. The budget bill was approved with 62 Knesset members in...
MKs: Extend order barring citizenship through marriage for Palestinians
Lawmakers in Jerusalem on Monday gave initial approval to renewing a temporary order barring Palestinians from Judea, Samaria and Gaza from automatically receiving Israeli citizenship through marriage, amid growing calls to enact permanent legislation,...
Israeli MK indicted for assaulting police during 2022 protest
Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has filed an indictment against lawmaker Ofer Cassif (Hadash-Ta’al) for assaulting a police officer two years ago, Hebrew media reported Thursday.
The lawmaker is alleged to have struck an officer...
Knesset votes against ousting Cassif for support of ICJ ‘genocide’ trial
The Knesset on Monday voted against removing lawmaker Ofer Cassif over his public support for the charges of genocide that South Africa lodged against Israel in the International Court of Justice.
Eighty-five MKs voted to oust...
Knesset advances expulsion of MK over support for ICJ ‘genocide’ case
A panel of Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday gave initial approval to expel Knesset member Ofer Cassif from the parliament over his support for the genocide suit lodged against Jerusalem by South Africa at the International Court...
On Knesset’s 75th birthday, Netanyahu vows strengthened Jewish state
Israel began the 75th anniversary of its founding on a somber note as Knesset members stood for a minute of silence in honor of those fallen in battle during a special session of the...