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Mourners carry the body of Mohammed Aqal, a Palestinian assailant killed after carrying out a stabbing attack on a Border Police officer, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Beit Ula on December 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/ Hazem Bader)
March 8, 2018, 12:54 am
Knesset passes law allowing police to hold terrorists’ bodies
Legislation, which came in response to High Court ruling, permits authorities to delay burials over fears funerals could prompt further violence
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Likud MK Oren Hazan speaking during a Knesset plenary session, November 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 31, 2018, 2:54 pm
Bad-boy Likud MK slapped with 6-month ban on Knesset activities
Ethics Committee says Oren Hazan has 'disgraced the Knesset, taking it to an unprecedented low'; hands him maximum penalty for insulting fellow lawmakers
By Raoul Wootliff
Kulanu MK Michael Oren, June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 24, 2018, 3:31 pm
Deputy minister: Israel probed whether Tamimi family is ‘real’
Michael Oren urged to release confidential minutes after saying Knesset committee investigated 'credibility' of Palestinian protesters including soldier-slapping Ahed Tamimi
By Raoul Wootliff
Balad party MKs Hanin Zoabi, right, and Jamal Zahalka, center, both of the Joint (Arab) List Faction, seen at the court hearing of fellow faction member MK Basel Ghattas at the Rehovot Magistrate's Court, January 5, 2017. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
January 23, 2018, 4:59 pm
Police recommend fraud charges for three Arab MKs
Balad party rejects 'witch hunt' against Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka and Juma Azbarga, accused of misrepresenting source of campaign money
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Knesset ushers eject lawmakers from the Joint (Arab) List from the plenum after they hold up signs reading "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine" at the start of US Vice President Mike Pence's speech on January 22, 2018. (Screen capture/Twitter)
January 22, 2018, 4:58 pm
Arab party lawmakers kicked out of Knesset plenum for protesting Pence speech
Ushers remove all 13 Joint List lawmakers after they hold up signs reading 'Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine'
By TOI staff
Amiram Levin (C) at a protest against government corruption in Tel Aviv on December 2, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 13, 2017, 12:53 pm
Labor hopeful says Israel should ‘kick out’ Palestinians in future war
Departing from his party's long-held dovish stances, former IDF general Amiram Levin urges expansion of settlements, says Israel was 'too nice' in the Six Day War
By Raoul Wootliff
Israeli shepherd Avshalom Yaaran tends to one of his black goats, also called Syrian goats, before walking them to graze at the Jerusalem Mountain near Moshav Nes Harim on November 22 2017. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
November 22, 2017, 8:34 pm
‘Black goat’ to thrive again in Israel
Breed has been heavily limited since 1950 for causing environmental damage, but lawmakers now say its eating habits can help reduce fire risks
By AFP
The Jewish National Fund collects money through donations in boxes that look like this. (Flickr Commons via JTA)
November 10, 2017, 5:03 am
Israel wants a big cut from the Jewish National Fund
Government advancing legislation to force organization to fund state-run national infrastructure projects
By Andrew Tobin
Arab Israeli Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah takes part in a large anti-government demonstration in Sakhnin, October 13, 2015 (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
August 15, 2017, 11:57 am
Lawmakers call for jailing of ‘inciting’ cleric Raed Salah
MKs from left and right praise arrest of head of banned Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement on suspicion of incitement to violence
By TOI staff
Arab- Israeli parliament member Osama Saadi reacts during a debate at the Interior Affairs committee meeting on November 10, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
July 21, 2017, 7:14 pm
Arab MK: ‘Whole Arab world will rise up’ if Israel doesn’t remove metal detectors
Osama Saadi says Netanyahu 'playing with fire' on Temple Mt.; fellow Joint List legislator Taleb Abu Arar says 'third intifada started today'
By TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff
Members of the Joint (Arab) List and members of the Islamic Waqf walking towards the Old City of Jerusalem in an attempt to get to the Temple Mount, July 21, 2017. (Courtesy: Joint Arab List)
July 21, 2017, 2:05 pm
Arab MKs try to reach Temple Mount amid clashes between protesters, police
Police say 'an uproar was caused by the arrival of the public figures, who riled up those waiting' at an Old City checkpoint
By Raoul Wootliff
Mohammed Taha, 27, killed by a police guard during a riot in Kafr Qassem on June 6, 2017 (Courtesy)
June 6, 2017, 8:18 pm
Thousands attend funeral of Arab Israeli man shot during riot
MK Ahmad Tibi says only Arabs risk being shot dead when they demonstrate; police believe guard who opened fire was facing life-threatening situation
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a mosque and minaret (Public Domain/Wikipedia)
March 9, 2017, 2:59 am
Jordan says ‘Muezzin Bill’ is discriminatory, violates peace treaty
Minister warns Israel legislation would breach human rights conventions, infringe upon Jordan's authority over holy sites in East Jerusalem
By TOI staff
An Israeli flag waves in front of the minaret of a mosque in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on November 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
March 8, 2017, 3:49 pm
‘Muezzin Bill’ passes first hurdle in stormy Knesset session
At charged first reading of proposal to muffle mosque loudspeakers, Arab MKs condemn measure as a 'racist law' and 'declaration of war on Islam'
By Raoul Wootliff and Alexander Fulbright
Joint (Arab) List MKs Ayman Odeh (left), Masud Ghnaim (center) and Jamal Zahalqsa (right) attend a conference on volunteerism in Kfar Qassem on March 4, 2017. (Courtesy)
March 8, 2017, 4:20 am
In first, Arab Israeli leaders back nationwide volunteer program
Joint List MKs give their blessing to volunteerism initiative that is not connected to the army or government, but puts local Arab councils in charge
By Dov Lieber
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