Articles in "Knesset"

‘We Will Not Reward Terrorism With Statehood’: Knesset Rejects Two-State Solution

The Knesset on Thursday passed a resolution repudiating Palestinian statehood, even as part of a negotiated peace settlement. While the ...

Israeli Opposition Moves to Cancel Knesset’s Summer Recess

Israel's National Unity party submitted a bill on Tuesday to cancel the Knesset's three-month summer recess because of the war. “Going ...

Israel’s Left-Wing Parties Merge

Israel's two left-wing parties, Labor and Meretz, announced the merger of their parties into a new party which will be called The Democrats ...

Orthodox Parties Threaten to Topple Government Over ‘Rabbis Bill,’ Yeshiva Deferments

Two Orthodox parties on Wednesday threatened to topple the Israeli government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew a ...

Israeli Minister Suspends Support for Coalition Over US Ceasefire Proposal

Israeli National Security Minister and leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Itamar Ben-Gvir said on social media on Wednesday that he is ...

Israeli Lawmakers Take Action Against High Food Prices in Hospital Stores

Members of the Knesset Health Committee on Monday criticized the lack of regulation over rising food prices in hospital food stores, ...

Knesset Advances Legislation Labeling UNRWA as ‘Terror Organization’

The Knesset plenum approved a preliminary reading of legislation designating the UN Relief and Works Agency as a "terror organization" on ...

One-Quarter of Israeli Population Will Be Obese Within Six Years, Health Officials Warn Knesset

Within six years, nearly one-quarter of the Israeli population could be grappling with obesity, Health Ministry officials told the Knesset ...

Frustration With Knesset Mounts as Only One MK Shows Up for Committee Meeting

Business owners from northern Israel were infuriated as only one member of a Knesset committee showed up for a Wednesday meeting on how ...

Half of ‘Settler Violence’ Complaints Manufactured by Left Wing Anarchists, Knesset Told

As Knesset lawmakers grappled with the disruptive effects of foreign anarchists, a police official said that half of the reports of ...