Dov Khenin

Thousands attend 17th annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv on June 12, 2015. (Alexi Rosenfeld)

June 20, 2018, 5:50 pm

Knesset advances bill banning sexual orientation, gender identity discrimination

Legislation narrowly passes initial reading with support of two coalition MKs apparently break party lines; coalition whip says they were permitted a vote of conscience

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Tourism Minister Yariv Levin during a Knesset vote on the budget, which coincided with police publishing recommendations that Netanyahu be indicted for bribery and breach of trust, February 13, 2018. Levin has led Likud attempts to push for legislation defining Israel as, above all, a Jewish state. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 21, 2018, 2:17 pm

Vote on ‘Jewish state bill’ put off amid coalition wrangling

Lawmakers divided over correct balance between Israel's 'Jewish' and 'democratic' nature

By Sue Surkes

Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg attends an Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 29, 2018, 9:53 pm

Lawmaker calls Likud MK ‘friend of Nazis’ in row over migrant deportation

Tamar Zandberg of the left-wing Meretz party ejected from heated Knesset committee discussion

By Michael Bachner

An MK speaking to almost nobody during a Knesset filibuster, on December 27, 2017. (Noam Rivkin Panton/Knesset spokesperson)

January 2, 2018, 12:28 am

Coalition advances primaries bill, shelves mini-markets legislation

Opposition slams proposal to provide candidates with state funds for primary elections, calling to 'remove big money from politics'

By TOI staff

A couple looks at real estate ads in the coastal city of Netanya, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

December 22, 2017, 10:48 am

Do Israel’s ‘ghost apartments’ explain why the home you want is out of reach?

House prices have risen 118% in a decade. Now the government says Israel has 4 times more empty homes than it thought. Is there a connection? And is money laundering also a factor?

By Simona Weinglass

People walk by a homeless man sleeping on the street, near cafes in the center of Jerusalem. November 10, 2013. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

December 6, 2017, 2:23 pm

1.8 million Israelis, 842,000 of them children, under poverty line — report

In Jerusalem, over half of children impoverished, annual study says; country sees improvements, but situation still 'grave' by OECD standards

By Marissa Newman

State Prosecuter Shai Nitzan attends an Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 28, 2017, 7:57 pm

State prosecutor slams ‘problematic’ police recommendations bill

Opposition MKs appeal to Knesset speaker after contested legislation is fast-tracked for final votes next week

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

An ammonia storage tank in the northern city of Haifa. (Courtesy of Environmental Protection Ministry)

August 2, 2017, 3:14 pm

Israel ammonia saga seems near end as 800 workers to be fired

In stinging message to Netanyahu, owner of Haifa Chemicals says all suggestions for resolution fell on deaf ears

By Shoshanna Solomon

Participants at an Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony held in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2017, as Israel marked its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

May 1, 2017, 2:31 am

Palestinians barred from Israeli-Palestinian memorial service

Thousands attend alternative Yom Hazikaron ceremony, remembering both sides of the conflict; protesters spar with police, call attendees 'Nazis'; Palestinians speak by video from Beit Jala

By Judah Ari Gross

View of the plenum hall in the Knesset on February 06, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 21, 2017, 11:41 am

Knesset passes ban on discrimination against settlers

Legislation prohibits vendors, suppliers from refusing to serve consumers based on where they live, unless policy is clearly stated in advance

By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff

Arabs and Jews demonstrate against the government's demolition of illegally-built homes in the Arab community, in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI)

February 4, 2017, 10:52 pm

Thousands march in Tel Aviv over demolition of Arab homes

Jewish, Arab protesters accuse officials of racism, incitement against minorities, say treatment vastly different to that of settlers during Amona evacuation

By Dov Lieber and TOI staff

Bedouins cry following the destruction of houses on January 18, 2017 in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran. (AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)

January 19, 2017, 5:37 am

Fear and loathing in Umm al-Hiran

While most Israelis were coping with another 'terror attack' in which a policeman was killed, at the partly demolished Bedouin village a very different narrative held sway

By Dov Lieber

MK Ayman Odeh (back row, with white bandage on head) of the Joint List and other Arab Israeli leaders stand at the scene of fatal clashes in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 (courtesy)

January 18, 2017, 10:19 am

Arab leaders: Police lying, inciting racism over Umm al-Hiran violence

After officer killed in apparent terror car-ramming during Bedouin village demolitions, Arab lawmakers, organizations accuse state of treating them like 'enemies'

By Dov Lieber and TOI staff

Image of Adal Amar, head of the communist faction in the Arab-Jewish Hadash party. (Credit: YouTube)

December 18, 2016, 12:16 pm

Arab-Israeli party official denies backing Assad

Head of Hadash's communist faction says his praise for 'unification of Aleppo' doesn't mean he supports Syrian president

By Dov Lieber

Illustrative: Israeli tourists look at a BDS stand with photos and Palestinian flags, calling to 'Free Palestine,' at Dam Square in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on June 24, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

November 14, 2016, 11:54 pm

Bill to bar BDS activists from Israel passes first reading

Legislation seeking to prevent boycott advocates from entering country clears initial hurdle at Knesset

By TOI staff