Posts Tagged: Israeli Parliament
Israeli Government Approves Appointment of New Foreign Minister
The Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of a new foreign minister to replace Eli Cohen, who will become energy minister as part of...
Israeli Parliament Passes 1st of 3 votes on Judicial Override Bill
i24 News - Israel’s parliament passed the first reading of a controversial bill early Tuesday, pushing forward with a measure that would allow lawmakers to...
How a Knesset Bill Becomes Law
As the media maintains its focus on domestic Israeli politics, and political analysts and commentators in Israel and around the world continue to opine on...
Israel Passes Law to Limit Cash Deals to Fight Economic Crimes
Israel's parliament passed a law that limits the amount of cash in the economy in an effort to fight against dirty money, economic crime and...
‘Jewish Nation State’ Bill Passes First Reading in Israeli Parliament
The "Jewish nation state" bill passed its first Israeli parliament reading on Wednesday afternoon, with 48 lawmakers voting in favor and 41 against. The legislation, sponsored...
Israel’s Knesset Welcomes New Members in Festive Swearing-In Ceremony
Ynet - Two weeks after the end of a stormy election season, the Knesset convened Tuesday for a festive swearing-in ceremony, during which the lawmakers...
At Knesset Session With Terror Victims MKs Oppose Release of Convicts
Israel's Knesset held a special meeting Wednesday morning between families who have lost loved ones to terrorism and Israeli Parliament members, Israeli daily Ma'ariv reported. The...
U.S. Official: ‘Jonathan Pollard Will Continue to Serve Out His Sentence’
Despite recent revelations of U.S. spying on Israel, an American official told Israeli daily Ma'ariv that "Jonathan Pollard will continue to serve out his sentence...
Australian Jewry Welcomes Israeli Investigation Into Zygier’s Death
Australian Jewry has broken its silence about the case of alleged Mossad agent Ben Zygier, Israel Hayom reported. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ)...
European-Funded Palestinian News Agency Publishes Article Denying the Holocaust
Just a day after issuing an apology for an anti-Semitic article published to its website, the European-funded Palestinian news service Ma'an News Agency published an...
In Knesset Opening Ceremony, New Members Sworn In, Record Number of Women
The 120 members of the 19th Knesset were sworn in Tuesday in an opening ceremony presided over by Labor's Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the senior-most MK...
Poll: Majority of Israeli Arabs Don’t Like Representation in Knesset
A new poll by Israeli professor Avi Degani revealed that about 61 percent of Israel's Arab population believes Arab Members of Knesset do...
Israeli Bill Seeks to Allow Outside Popcorn at Movie Theaters
Carmel Shama-Hacohen, a member of Israel's Knesset (parliament) is pushing a piece of legislation known as the "popcorn bill" that would allow people to bring...
Nobel Laureate Peres Issues Peace Offering to Iranian People
In an address marking the 63rd anniversary of the establishment of Israel's parliament, Israeli President and Nobel Peace laureate, Shimon Peres, made a peaceful overture...
