Tag: Yuli Edelstein
Edelstein appointed to Health Ministry, Levin tapped as new Knesset speaker
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...
‘Israel’s High Court has long ago taken over the discretion of the executive power’
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...
Tension between Israel’s legislature and judiciary raises unprecedented questions
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...
In his final act as Knesset Speaker, Edelstein ‘upholds dignity’ of Parliament
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...
Right fumes as High Court orders Knesset to name new speaker
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...
Edelstein’s sudden resignation as Knesset speaker leaves country’s political future uncertain
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 resigns over Supreme Court ruling
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...
Israel’s coalition crisis deepens with High Court ruling on Knesset Speaker
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...
Israel’s Supreme Court orders vote, says Knesset speaker ‘undermining democracy’
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...
High Court orders Edelstein to schedule a vote on his replacement by Wednesday
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein must schedule a parliamentary vote on his replacement by Wednesday.
The Likud Party, to which Edelstein belongs, had previously said that a...