Articles in "Knesset"
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 ...
Coalition Rift Emerges as Israeli Lawmakers Advance Sovereignty Bills
The Knesset advanced two contentious bills on Wednesday in preliminary readings that seek to apply Israeli sovereignty to territories in ...
Outcry as Knesset Committee Refuses to Establish State Inquiry Into October 7 Attack
The Knesset’s State Audit Committee on Wednesday rejected an opposition proposal to establish a state commission of inquiry into the ...
Unprecedented Impeachment of Arab MK Moves Forward in Knesset
The Knesset House Committee voted to advance the impeachment of Israeli-Arab MK Ayman Odeh to the wider plenum on Monday following ...
‘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 ...
‘I Did Not Break’: Former Hostage Arbel Yehud Recounts 482 Days of Horror in Gaza
Arbel Yehud, who spent 482 days in captivity in Gaza, gave harrowing testimony Monday before the Knesset Constitution Committee on Monday, ...
Knesset Gives Government Greater Control Over Judicial Appointments
The Israeli Knesset passed legislation changing the makeup of a committee responsible for appointing the country’s judges as opposition ...
71,367 Objections and 20 Hours of Debate: Knesset to Determine Fate of Judicial Committee
Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday braced themselves for a marathon 20-hour debate to determine the future of a committee responsible for ...
Knesset Approves $206 Billion Budget, Largest in Israeli History
Israeli lawmakers approved a roughly NIS 755 billion ($206 billion) state budget, Israel's largest ever, after a marathon session on ...
New Negev Airport Plans Move Forward, Promising Economic Boost
The Knesset's Economic Affairs Committee unanimously advanced plans for a new Israeli international airport near Beer-Sheva on ...
