Articles in "governing coalition"

Israeli Parliament Moves Closer to Early Elections

The Knesset House Committee voted unanimously on Monday morning to advance a coalition-backed bill to dissolve the Knesset and trigger new ...

Israeli Knesset Expected to Dissolve Today, Go to Early Elections

Israeli lawmakers are expected to advance a bill to dissolve the Knesset on Wednesday, a move that would lead to early elections. Ahead ...

Calls For Early Elections Intensify After Haredi Leadership Rejects Netanyahu Coalition

Reactions poured in Wednesday following Tuesday’s comments by Rabbi Dov Lando, the senior spiritual leader of the Haredi (Orthodox) ...

Israel’s Coalition Moves to Repeal Key Corruption Law, Raising Concerns Over Netanyahu Trial

Israel’s governing coalition on Monday introduced a bill that would abolish the criminal offense of “fraud and breach of trust,” a ...

Cabinet Reshuffle Assigns Yariv Levin Four Government Ministries

Israel’s government on Sunday approved a series of temporary ministerial appointments to fill posts left vacant after the country’s ...

Israel’s Shas Party Quits Its Coalition Positions, Demands Conscription Law for Yeshiva Students

Israel’s Orthodox Shas party announced Thursday that it will resign from all coalition positions it holds in the Knesset, giving up ...

Haim Katz Becomes Permanent Housing Minister, Now Oversees Four Ministries

Israel’s government confirmed Haim Katz as permanent Minister of Construction and Housing on Sunday, giving the Likud lawmaker four ...

Religious Party Quits Netanyahu Government Over Army Exemptions

Israel’s United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced Monday night that it is leaving both the government and Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Israeli Government Stays Afloat With Framework for Religious Army Conscription

Israel's governing coalition survived a vote on dissolving the Knesset after leaders of the Haredi Orthodox parties agreed on the ...

‘Netanyahu Doesn’t Have Options’: Israel’s Governing Coalition on Brink of Collapse

Israel's coalition crisis deepened on Monday when the Haredi Orthodox Shas party announced it would support a preliminary vote to disperse ...


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