Articles in "Knesset"
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 ...
Heated Debate in Knesset Over Death Penalty for Terrorists
Israel’s Knesset National Security Committee on Tuesday advanced preparations for legislation that would expand the use of the death ...
Israel’s Opposition to Boycott Government-Backed Inquiry on October 7 Attack
Israeli opposition parties on Sunday announced a full boycott of legislative discussions on a government-backed bill to establish a ...
‘Who Is a Jew’ Bill Fails Knesset Preliminary Vote
The Knesset on Wednesday rejected a controversial bill seeking to redefine who may be registered as Jewish in Israel’s population ...
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 ...
Knesset Examines Growing Use of Medical Cannabis Among PTSD-Afflicted Soldiers
The Knesset’s Special Committee for Combating Drug and Alcohol Abuse met on Wednesday to address the rising use of addictive substances ...
