April 25, 2017
4:01 pm

View of the plenum hall in the Israeli parliament on February 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset gives initial okay to delay new broadcaster launch

Parliament to finalize two-week postponement Wednesday, allowing government to ready legislation to gut corporation’s news department

By Marissa Newman

April 24, 2017
5:09 pm

The memorial ceremony held on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

50 Holocaust survivors have served in Knesset

One in 20 Israeli parliamentarians, 46 men and 4 women, lived through the Nazi onslaught; 5 served as cabinet ministers

By Times of Israel staff

April 20, 2017
9:29 pm

An Israeli girl poses with a mock marijuana joint in Jerusalem on April 20, 2017 during a rally at the Rose garden, to celebrate 420 and to express their defiance of current laws. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

Israelis hold mass protest pot smoke outside Knesset

Hundreds light up in Rose Garden, celebrating cannabis decriminalization and hoping for legalization at ‘420’ event

By Jonah Mandel

April 20, 2017
1:39 pm

The father of a fallen soldier reacts at the State Control committee meeting in the Israeli parliament during a discussion about the Operation Protective Edge report, on April 19, 2017 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

War and peace

A battle in the Knesset between parents of fallen soldiers and lawmakers outrages the press, and the secular celebrate open markets on Saturday

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 12, 2017
7:49 am

The Allenby Bridge border crossing between Jordan and Israel (Shay Levy/Flash90)

Chilean anti-Israel activist turned away at West Bank border crossing

Head of the Palestinian Federation in Chile barred over alleged efforts to promote boycott of Jewish state

By Times of Israel staff

April 6, 2017
3:41 pm

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv attends a ceremony for a new Torah scroll brought to the synagogue of the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 9, 2015.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former chief rabbi: What’s happening in Syria is a holocaust

A Holocaust survivor himself, Yisrael Meir Lau calls for emergency Knesset session; Yad Vashem expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘carnage’

By Jacob Magid

April 5, 2017
11:35 pm

A Palestinian man walks atop the rubble of a house, demolished by Israeli army bulldozers, in the village of Qalandia, between the West Bank town of Ramallah and East Jerusalem, July 26, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

New legislation ups sanctions for illegal construction

Critics say law will mainly target Arab Israelis, who have a hard time getting building permits

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

April 5, 2017
3:20 am

Activists, among them Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova (second from right), holding signs and wearing wedding veils as they protest for the right to civil marriage in front of the Knesset in Jeruslaem on November 2, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MK weds in Seychelles, slams lack of civil marriage in Israel

Zionist Union lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova gets hitched on Indian Ocean island, criticizes Rabbinate’s ‘monopoly on marriage’

By Times of Israel staff

March 31, 2017
6:45 pm

In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 photo Israeli lawmakers, from the left, Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid), Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) and Tali Ploskov (Kulanu) laugh during an interview with a reporter from The Associated Press, in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)

Israeli lawmakers reach out to US Jews on anti-Semitism

MKs from Likud, Kulanu, Yesh Atid and Zionist Union meet with Massachusetts governor, representatives of Jewish community in Boston

By Bob Salsberg

March 26, 2017
6:43 am

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) speaks with MK David Bitan at the Knesset, January 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Law and behold: The legislation that survived winter in the Knesset

As MKs go on break, here are the bills that passed – from legalizing outposts to lengthening maternity leave – and those that died before they hit the floor

By Marissa Newman

March 22, 2017
7:49 pm

Police outside the Ma'asiyahu Prison in Ramla, which has a special Torah study jail program, on February 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jailed divorce-refusers stand to lose religious benefits

New law allows rabbinical courts to sanction inmates, barring them from religious studies program and forcing them to wear regular uniforms

By Marissa Newman

March 22, 2017
11:43 am

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot attends a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset on March 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Saying tunnels not existential threat, IDF head admits hitting them from air

Revealing that air force is destroying tunnels during reprisal attacks, Gadi Eisenkot tells lawmakers the passageways are a serious threat but shouldn’t be exaggerated

By Judah Ari Gross

March 21, 2017
10:53 pm

Joint (Arab) List MK Juma Azbarga. (Screen capture: YouTube)

New lawmaker sworn in to Knesset to replace Arab MK who smuggled phones

Juma Azbarga says he plans to focus efforts on halting housing demolitions in unrecognized Bedouin villages

By Times of Israel staff

March 18, 2017
9:24 pm

Likud Knesset member Yehuda Glick, September 27, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK pens anguished account of culture of fear in Netanyahu’s coalition

Yehudah Glick says coalition chair David Bitan insults and mocks colleagues to force them to toe the party line, and PM does nothing to stop him

By Raoul Wootliff

March 16, 2017
5:10 am

MK Nava Boker (L) alongside (R) Oshra and Charlie Azaria, parents of IDF soldier Elor Azaria, an Israeli soldier sentenced to 18 months in prison for killing a wounded Palestinian stabber, speak to press outside the Knesset, March 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebron shooter takes fight for pardon to the Knesset

Elor Azaria’s family welcomed to the parliament as a guest of Likud lawmaker Nava Boker; ‘I call on other MKs to join the struggle,’ she says

By Raoul Wootliff

Topic: Knesset

Knesset gives initial okay to delay new broadcaster launch

Parliament to finalize two-week postponement Wednesday, allowing government to ready legislation to gut corporation’s news department

50 Holocaust survivors have served in Knesset

One in 20 Israeli parliamentarians, 46 men and 4 women, lived through the Nazi onslaught; 5 served as cabinet ministers

Israelis hold mass protest pot smoke outside Knesset

Hundreds light up in Rose Garden, celebrating cannabis decriminalization and hoping for legalization at ‘420’ event

War and peace

A battle in the Knesset between parents of fallen soldiers and lawmakers outrages the press, and the secular celebrate open markets on Saturday

Chilean anti-Israel activist turned away at West Bank border crossing

Head of the Palestinian Federation in Chile barred over alleged efforts to promote boycott of Jewish state

Former chief rabbi: What’s happening in Syria is a holocaust

A Holocaust survivor himself, Yisrael Meir Lau calls for emergency Knesset session; Yad Vashem expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘carnage’

New legislation ups sanctions for illegal construction

Critics say law will mainly target Arab Israelis, who have a hard time getting building permits

MK weds in Seychelles, slams lack of civil marriage in Israel

Zionist Union lawmaker Ksenia Svetlova gets hitched on Indian Ocean island, criticizes Rabbinate’s ‘monopoly on marriage’

Israeli lawmakers reach out to US Jews on anti-Semitism

MKs from Likud, Kulanu, Yesh Atid and Zionist Union meet with Massachusetts governor, representatives of Jewish community in Boston

Law and behold: The legislation that survived winter in the Knesset

As MKs go on break, here are the bills that passed – from legalizing outposts to lengthening maternity leave – and those that died before they hit the floor

Jailed divorce-refusers stand to lose religious benefits

New law allows rabbinical courts to sanction inmates, barring them from religious studies program and forcing them to wear regular uniforms

Saying tunnels not existential threat, IDF head admits hitting them from air

Revealing that air force is destroying tunnels during reprisal attacks, Gadi Eisenkot tells lawmakers the passageways are a serious threat but shouldn’t be exaggerated

New lawmaker sworn in to Knesset to replace Arab MK who smuggled phones

Juma Azbarga says he plans to focus efforts on halting housing demolitions in unrecognized Bedouin villages

Likud MK pens anguished account of culture of fear in Netanyahu’s coalition

Yehudah Glick says coalition chair David Bitan insults and mocks colleagues to force them to toe the party line, and PM does nothing to stop him

Hebron shooter takes fight for pardon to the Knesset

Elor Azaria’s family welcomed to the parliament as a guest of Likud lawmaker Nava Boker; ‘I call on other MKs to join the struggle,’ she says

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