Articles in "Knesset"

Knesset Elects Netanyahu Counsel Michael Rabello as State Comptroller

Attorney Michael Rabello, long-time counsel to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was elected on Wednesday as Israel’s next State ...

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 ...

Knesset Moves Toward Dissolution Vote as Election Timeline Takes Shape

The Knesset House Committee is expected to deliberate on Monday on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, with the measure scheduled to advance ...

Finance Committee Advances Controversial Funding Overhaul of Public Broadcaster

A controversial bill that would place Israel’s public broadcaster under direct government budget control cleared a key Knesset committee ...

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 Approves Special Tribunal to Prosecute Oct. 7 Terrorists, Authorizes Death Penalty

More than two years after Hamas-led terrorists carried out the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, the Knesset on Monday night approved ...

Draft, Death Penalty, And October 7 Probe to Dominate as Knesset Reconvenes

As the Knesset reconvenes Sunday after a six-week spring recess, Israel’s coalition government is preparing to advance a series of ...

Netanyahu’s Office Faces Backlash for Removing ‘Massacre’ From Knesset Bill

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office sparked outrage Wednesday by requesting the removal of the word “massacre” from a Knesset ...

1,800-Year-Old Artifact on Display as Knesset Celebrates 60 Years

A new archaeological exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the Israeli Knesset building opened Monday at the parliament complex in ...


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