The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved on Sunday two bills aimed at ending the activity and privileges in Israel of UNWRA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The two bills amalgamate a larger number of bills proposed by MKs from both the coalition and the opposition. The … Read more
The Knesset approved in its first reading a second additional budget for the fiscal year 2024, the Knesset plenum spokesperson announced on Thursday evening. The decision is driven by the ongoing Israel-Hamas War according to the budget proposal, which has introduced significant uncertainty and prolonged military engagement beyond initial estimates. The new additional budget … Read more
The current mayor of Givat Shmuel and former CEO of the religious-Zionist Jewish Home party, Yossi Brodny, joined MK Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu on Tuesday, the party announced. The move has political significance in the behind-the-scenes political jostling as to who will lead the anti-Netanyahu right-wing camp in the next election. Brodny, 53, has … Read more
Israel’s parliament (Knesset) will convene on Monday and Thursday this week in order to amend the 2024 budget by increasing government spending by approximately NIS 3.4 billion. The increase in spending will go towards a number of war-related issues, including funding for evacuees and released hostages and their families until the end of 2024; … Read more
A recent poll, carried out by KAN news and the Kantar Institute, showed that Yesh Atid and Yisrael Beiteinu are gaining traction, pointing to significant changes in voting patterns and public trust in the current leadership. The poll, led by Dudi Hassid, and published by Maariv on Wednesday, presented an updated insight into political … Read more
The Ashkenazic-Haredi party United Torah Judaism announced to Coalition whip MK Ofir Katz (Likud) that they will boycott the Knesset plenum until their “education issues are resolved,” a spokesperson for one of the party’s MKs confirmed on Wednesday. The coalition intends to introduce a number of bills on Thursday for a vote in a … Read more
The Knesset has approved in its second and third readings the proposed amendment to the Lawyers’ Law (Amendment No. 44) by MK Ze’ev Elkin and a group of lawmakers. The proposal passed on Monday unanimously, with 14 Knesset members supporting it and no opposition or abstentions. The proposed amendment aims to transfer the authority … Read more
A months-long feud between the coalition parties Otzma Yehudit and Shas flared up on Monday as Israel’s Knesset plenum convened for a rare August session. The plenum may convene during the Knesset’s summer recess following a special process initiated by either the government or a group of at least 25 Knesset members. Knesset speaker … Read more
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman offered United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar in a meeting in early July a concrete proposal to merge the two opposition parties ahead of the next election, Channel 12’s Dafna Liel reported on Sunday. According to the report, Liberman offered Sa’ar two spots out of every 10 on … Read more
In the wake of the attack on the northern Druze village Majdal Shams on Saturday, the Democrats (former Labor) Party’s four Members of Knesset proposed on Sunday a bill to amend a Basic Law that Israel’s Druze community considered discriminatory. The proposal is to add several provisions to the Basic Law: Israel – the … Read more
