Tag: Knesset
Following election victory, Netanyahu calls for unity
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu urged his fellow lawmakers on Sunday to put aside their differences and work together for the good of the country.
“The elections are over, and as the dust of discord between...
Party registration kicks off for Nov. 1 Israeli election
Registration for Israel’s national election opened on Wednesday, with the deadline to submit candidate lists to the Central Elections Committee set at 10 p.m. on Thursday.
Fifty-five parties have requested registration forms ahead of the...
Meet the Likud’s new advocate for Anglo immigrants
In 1949, shortly after the founding of the State of Israel, Montreal-born Dov Yosef, a graduate of McGill University law school, became Israel’s first Canadian Knesset member and minister.
Seventy-three years later, Montreal-born Dan Illouz...
Knesset officially disperses; Israeli elections set for Nov. 1
Israel’s Knesset has set Tuesday, Nov. 1, as the date for the country’s next general elections.
The Joint Arab List voted with the coalition, resulting in a majority of 57 votes in favor of a...
In shock move, Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi quits coalition
Knesset Member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi of the Meretz Party resigned from the government coalition on Thursday, sending shockwaves through the Israeli political system.
Following Zoabi’s departure, the coalition has just 59 seats to the opposition’s...
Shaked withdraws bill to revoke terrorists’ Israeli citizenship
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) on Sunday backtracked on her plan to propose a bill seeking to revoke the citizenship of Israeli citizens who commit terrorist acts.
Shaked retracted the proposed legislation, which is based...
UN to allow display of Knesset, including references to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people.*
Yes, it will need to come with an asterisk of sorts, according to the United Nations, but even that can be seen as a hard-fought win for...
Israeli government approves country’s first climate bill
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday approved the country’s first climate protection bill, which aims to shift the country towards a zero-emissions economy by 2050.
The draft legislation, which was submitted by the Environmental...
Bennett blames Silman resignation on ‘verbal violence’ from opponents
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...
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...