Tag: Knesset
‘My visit to Israel has one purpose: To find a solution to the conflict’
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Duarte Pacheco arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official visit.
Pacheco was greeted by Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy in a formal ceremony. His arrival marks the first time since 2020...
Eating Knesset candy and drinking the Kool-Aid
Photos that emerged last week of Israeli lawmakers munching on candy for two white nights in a row served as a perfect metaphor for the kindergarten-like atmosphere of the Knesset as a whole and...
Hypocritical Israeli coalition politics get ugly
For some observers of the Israeli political scene, there’s only one thing that matters. For the Biden administration, the crucial question is whether the outcome of the maneuvering in Jerusalem between the various political...
Israel’s coalition breathes easy as 2021 state budget clears Knesset hurdle
The Israeli government passed the 2021 state budget bill on Thursday—the country’s first budget in more than three years—by a vote of 61-59.
Bogged down by political upheaval and successive election campaigns, Israel has been...
Israeli right blasts ‘anti-Netanyahu’ bill
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday released details of a bill that would ban anyone accused of crimes punishable by over three years in prison from forming a government.
If passed, the proposed legislation,...
Israeli Knesset launches Abraham Accords Caucus on anniversary of normalization agreements
Several hundred dignitaries and guests, including Israeli government ministers, Knesset members, foreign ambassadors and mayors gathered in the Knesset auditorium on Monday afternoon for the launch of the Knesset’s “Abraham Accords Caucus,” whose mission...
Far-right MK ejected from Knesset plenum after calling Arab lawmaker ‘terrorist’
Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of Israel’s far-right Otzma Yehudit Party, was forcibly removed from the Knesset plenum on Monday after locking horns with Joint Arab List Knesset member Ahmad Tibi.
Ben-Gvir, whose faction is part of...
Knesset rejects bill to strip terrorists of citizenship
A bill to revoke the citizenship and residency of terrorists receiving stipends from the Palestinian Authority failed to pass a preliminary reading in the Knesset on Wednesday.
The bill, which was introduced by Religious Zionist...
A flood of Palestinians into Israel? Citizenship law fails to pass, despite security issues
Politics makes strange bedfellows. In the predawn hours of Tuesday morning, the Likud Party celebrated alongside the anti-Zionist Joint Arab List, as the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, meant to bolster Israel’s security...
In a blow to Israel’s coalition, Knesset fails to pass citizenship bill
A bill seeking to extend a law regulating the status and residency of Palestinian spouses of Arab Israelis failed to pass a Knesset vote early Tuesday morning.
The “family reunification law,” first passed as a...