Posts Tagged: Israeli lawmakers
Israeli Lawmakers to Forgo Salary Hikes in Show of Solidarity Amid Gaza War, Economic Damage
Members of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, announced on Wednesday that they decided to freeze their own planned pay raises, saying it was not the time...
Israeli Lawmakers are Set to Decriminalize Use of Cannabis
JNS.org - Israeli lawmakers are set to decriminalize cannabis use for the first three times someone is caught using the drug for personal use. According to the...
Israel Lawmakers Hope Trump Could Ease Made-in-USA Rules for Military Aid
Israeli lawmakers urged the government on Monday to reopen talks with the United States on a defense aid deal signed in 2016 in the hope...
Israeli Lawmakers Demand Action After Terrorist’s Father Wins French Human Rights Award
JNS.org - Knesset member Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli (HaBayit HaYehudi) has called on Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely to deny entry to Israel to lawmakers who...
Israeli Lawmakers Visit Temple Mount for First Time Since 2015
JNS.org - Two members of Israel’s Knesset legislature ascended Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Tuesday, in the first such visit to the holy site by Israeli politicians since...
Netanyahu to Temporarily Lift Ban on Israeli Lawmakers Visiting Temple Mount
A ban on Israeli lawmakers visiting the flashpoint Temple Mount in Jerusalem will be lifted for a trial period later this month, the government said...
Israeli Knesset Revokes Ban on Lawmakers Visiting Temple Mount
JNS.org - In a move that could reignite tension on the Temple Mount, the Israeli Knesset’s Ethics Committee decided Tuesday to revoke a ban on allowing...
Knesset Welcomes Christian Support for Jewish State in Fight Against BDS
JNS.org - At an event on Monday coordinated by two parliamentary groups within the Israeli Knesset, the Christian Allies Caucus and the Delegitimization Caucus, Israeli lawmakers and other...