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Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference on the country's COVID-19 situation, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli health minister says coronavirus infection rate flattening out

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Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that the coronavirus curve was again flattening, but said that the numbers were still far too high. During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister...
Likud Knesset member Yuli Edelstein. Credit: Yuri Levin via Wikimedia Commons.

Edelstein appointed to Health Ministry, Levin tapped as new Knesset speaker

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Yuli Edelstein, most recently Speaker of the Knesset, accepted an offer on Tuesday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to become the nation’s next health minister. In a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Speaker of the Israeli parliament Yuli Edelstein gives a press statement in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on January 12, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘Israel’s High Court has long ago taken over the discretion of the executive power’

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Last Wednesday morning, then-Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein knew he was about to do something unprecedented. Not only in Israeli terms but also internationally, there aren’t many instances of the head of a country’s legislature resigning in...
Supreme Court president Esther Hayut arrives to a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 19, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Tension between Israel’s legislature and judiciary raises unprecedented questions

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It really is all about the Benjamins. Pending any last-minute crisis, Israel may finally have an emergency unity government after a yearlong political deadlock and three elections. The new government—the precise terms of which...
Speaker of the Israeli parliament Yuli Edelstein gives a press statement in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 12, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

In his final act as Knesset Speaker, Edelstein ‘upholds dignity’ of Parliament

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In the latest chapter in Israel’s political dysfunction, longtime Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein dramatically resigned his post on Wednesday rather than fulfill an overreaching order of the Supreme Court to hold an immediate vote...
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein seen during a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament, on Dec. 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Right fumes as High Court orders Knesset to name new speaker

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Right-wing politicians were outraged with Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday after it ordered the Knesset to go ahead with the necessary vote to replace Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, who dropped a political...
Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein gives a press statement in Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on Jan. 12, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Edelstein’s sudden resignation as Knesset speaker leaves country’s political future uncertain

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Israel’s political chaos took another surprise twist on Wednesday when Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein suddenly resigned. The snap decision by Edelstein came after he rejected an order by Israel’s Supreme Court to...
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Dec. 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigns over Supreme Court ruling

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Longtime Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigned his post on Wednesday rather than implement a ruling by Israel’s High Court that the parliament must hold a vote to appoint a new speaker. Addressing the Knesset in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s coalition crisis deepens with High Court ruling on Knesset Speaker

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Amid Israel’s aggressive attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s democratic system has been thrown into an unprecedented and multilayered crisis, now embroiling the executive, legislative and judicial branches of its government. For over...
Supreme Court president Esther Hayut arrives to a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 19, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Israel’s Supreme Court orders vote, says Knesset speaker ‘undermining democracy’

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In an unprecedented move, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to hold a vote for a Knesset speaker on Wednesday, just an hour after the speaker ignored a non-binding call by the court to...