Tag: Knesset
Bill to exempt Israeli prime ministers from certain taxes passes its first reading
A bill that would exempt Israeli prime ministers from paying taxes on various personal assets passed its first plenum reading in the Knesset Finance Committee on Monday.
The legislation advanced as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu...
‘Pay to slay’ Knesset bill: ‘The PA will be forced to make a decision’
The Israeli bill meant to discourage the Palestinian Authority from paying terrorists, which was just given authorization by the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to go to a final vote in Israel’s Knesset, will...
New bill to bring Judea and Samaria land cases to lower courts passes first...
A new bill that would require Palestinians to file land ownership and demolition cases in Israeli district courts, rather than jumping straight to the High Court, passed its first reading in the Knesset on...
Knesset committee urges Netanyahu to implore Trump to change part of US aid deal
Knesset members on Monday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that up to 22,000 workers in Israel’s defense industry could lose their jobs to the tune of a whopping $1.3 billion in annual losses...
Knesset advances regulations imposing fines on illegal housing construction
The Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee approved new regulations that will impose administrative fines on illegal construction and violations of demolition orders.
Regulations approved on Monday by the Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee mandate administrative...
WATCH: Knesset members express support for Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Ahead of “Jerusalem Day” and the inauguration of the U.S. Embassy in the capital on Monday, members of Knesset expressed their support for Jerusalem in video by The Israel Project, an organization dedicated to informing...
Knesset passes law authorizing prime minister and defense minister to declare war
The Knesset plenum passed a new law Monday that gives the prime minister and the defense minister the authority to declare war or start a major military operation without first obtaining the cabinet’s approval.
Under...
‘Nationality Law’ defining Israel as a Jewish state passes first reading in Knesset
On Monday night, the Knesset plenum passed the first reading of the proposed “Nationality Law,” which seeks to canonize “Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People.” Sixty-four Knesset members voted in favor...
Netanyahu delays ‘Override Clause’ vote after consult with Supreme Court president
Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut convinced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to postpone a vote on a controversial Knesset bill that would enable legislators to override Supreme Court rulings on Knesset laws, saying she...
Foreign ambassadors break matzah in Israel two weeks before Passover
More than 70 ambassadors and senior foreign diplomats sat down to a festive “model seder” dinner in Tel Aviv, organized by the Israel Project and the World Jewish Congress.
The pre-Passover seder, taking place for...