Following the uproar that began with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of outgoing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday night, The Knesset has approved new government appointments in a rare Thursday Plenum. Israel Katz has been appointed Defense Minister, and Gideon Sa’ar as Foreign Minister. Additionally, Ze’ev Elkin’s appointment as minister was also approved … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed Coalition Whip MK Ofir Katz (Likud) on Tuesday to remove the controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) daycare bill from Wednesday’s Knesset plenum agenda after it became unclear on Tuesday whether or not he would have a majority for the bill to pass. United Torah Judaism, the party pushing the bill, reportedly … Read more
The IDF reinstated Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer to his position on Sunday after he was expelled for allegedly breaking military neutrality on Saturday, violating previous agreements he had made with the army. Kreuzer was expelled from his IDF combat unit after a picture of him fighting in Lebanon was posted on Facebook. Kreuzer, … Read more
The Knesset on Wednesday advanced a bill aimed at widening the power of the coalition to prevent candidates or parties from running in elections due to expressions of support for acts of terror. The quasi-constitutional Basic Law: The Knesset states that individuals or parties cannot run in the nation’s parliamentary election if in its … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law prohibiting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating in Israel. Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News reported that the new law, which received support from 92 out of 120 parliament members, passed despite opposition from the … Read more
The Knesset plenum approved final voting for two bills aimed at blocking the activity in areas under Israeli control of the UN Relief and Works Agency, which services Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein presented both bills in the plenum. According … Read more
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich began tearing up during a speech at a press conference before his party meeting on Monday. Smotrich lamented the tide of deaths of IDF soldiers in the last few days but said that particular attention should be paid to their ideals. He said that the price of the war was … Read more
The first year since the October 7 massacre, the governing coalition largely refrained from controversial legislation, but the upcoming winter session, which begins on Monday, will mark the end of this trend. The most important bill likely to reach the Knesset floor during the winter session is the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) IDF draft bill. The … Read more
A pointed discussion was held in the Knesset on Tuesday regarding the proposed bill to revoke the citizenship or residency of those who encourage and incite terrorism in Israel. The discussion, which was filled with contentious exchanges between Knesset members, focused on the bill promoted by MK Almog Cohen of Jewish Power and Coalition … Read more
The Knesset War Room solidified in the days following the October 7 massacre, and by October 10, most of the MKs had split up into work teams. Their work, first and foremost, was to help people or groups with specific needs for aid by either putting them in contact with the relevant government agency, … Read more
