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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Knesset plenum convenes, but no legislation is on the agenda amid push to dissolve parliament
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The Knesset plenum convenes for a session with no bills on the agenda, with only speeches scheduled, commemorating the birth of the father of political Zionism Theodor Herzl and the 1941 Farhud massacre of Jews in Baghdad.
Since the May 20 session when lawmakers voted in favor of a preliminary reading on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, almost no legislation has been on the plenum agenda, save for a single opposition bill yesterday afternoon.
The coalition cannot currently count on the support of the Knesset’s ultra-Orthodox parties, which led the push to dissolve the Knesset, to back its legislation.
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