Posts Tagged: Israeli Law
Israel: Constitutional Revolution Without a Constitution
For many analysts and observers, one of the most striking features of the Israeli political and legal system is the lack of a written constitution. Unlike...
New Israeli Law: Dissuading Christians From IDF Service Carries Prison Term
JNS.org - In a vote of 39-9 with one abstention, the Israeli Knesset passed a law stating that a prison term will apply to anyone who...
Israel’s $108 Billion State Budget Passes First Knesset Reading
JNS.org - Israel’s 2015-16 state budget bill passed its first Knesset reading Wednesday, following a marathon session that ended with 57 MKs voting in favor and...
Poll: Majority of Israelis Believe Settlements to be Legal
A strong majority of Israelis believe Jewish settlement in the West Bank to be legal under Israeli law, a new poll shows. The survey, conducted by...
Arab Knesset Members Seek to Ban Mohammad Cartoons
Three Israeli Arab MKs have reintroduced legislation that would more rigorously define a racist offense and would ban the publication of materials that disparage...
Ben Gurion Airport Guards May Ask ‘Suspicious’ Tourists to Open Email Accounts
Foreign citizens visiting Israel may be asked to open their email accounts for airport security when they land at Ben Gurion Airport, the Israeli...
Lapid Confronts Charedim in Knesset
Ynet - The 19th Knesset's first summer session on Monday turned into a barbed verbal bout between Finance Minister Yair Lapid and haredi Knesset members. Answering...
Haredi Parties Storm Out of Knesset, Denounce Government
Times of Israel - On Wednesday afternoon, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu read out the details of his new government, prior to a ...
Netanyahu’s New Cabinet Takes Shape
After a coalition agreement for the next Israeli government was apparently reached between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid, and Habayit...
Likud: Lapid Turned Down Finance Ministry
Times of Israel - The Likud party offered Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid the position of finance minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Israel’s Lapid Would Gain Six Seats in New Elections, Polls Show
Times of Israel - In the unlikely event that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to assemble a coalition and Israelis go to the ...
Orthodox Rabbis Reject Compromise On Enlistment
Jerusalem Post - Two of the most senior haredi rabbis in Israel, Aharon Leib Shteinman and Shmuel Auerbach, have both declared over the past...
Lapid Reaches Out to Netanyahu
Jerusalem Post - Yair Lapid sent a message to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday, reassuring him that he could be trusted if he...
Netanyahu Furious at Lapid-Bennett ‘Conspiracy’
Jerusalem Post - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious at what he believes is a conspiracy by Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Bayit...
