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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

19th Knesset

New Knesset members from the Blue and White pose in their newly allocated Knesset plenary seats, April 29, 2019. At right is Miki Haimovich. (Noam Moscowitz/Knesset)
April 30, 2019, 6:53 am
Knesset newbies day: Civics lessons, car choices, and a plea to serve the public
Before 21st Knesset officially begins, parliament’s fresh faces receive a crash course on lawmaking and get to enjoy their new seats… with one exception
By Raoul Wootliff
MK Dov Lipman in the Knesset, March 6, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 12, 2016, 10:42 am
An immigrant-turned-lawmaker looks back at 25 turbulent months
Free of the tawdry mud-slinging many political memoirs traffic in, Dov Lipman’s new squeaky clean volume, ‘An “American” MK,’ delivers a rare look at the Knesset through the eyes of a newcomer to a country in turmoil
By Raphael Ahren
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on January 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2016, 11:54 pm
Lapid tightens grip on Yesh Atid, delays leadership race
Ex-finance minister said to have secretly changed party’s regulations, deferring ballot until after next national elections
By ToI Staff
As Modern Orthodox Israelis begin grassroots efforts pushing for the demonopolization of the rabbinate, change is in the air. (Falling dominoes image via Shutterstock)
December 27, 2015, 9:56 pm
Will Orthodox Israelis’ revolt against the chief rabbinate spur a domino effect?
An in-depth look at a year of shifting sands in the notorious historical status quo of religion and state in the Holy Land
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 5, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90/Pool)
August 16, 2015, 11:22 pm
To pass the budget and save his government, Netanyahu must weave a tangled web
With a razor-thin coalition, the PM and finance minister are playing fast and loose with the public purse to prevent new elections
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi, who held a hunger strike for several months, flashes the 'V' for victory sign as he celebrates his release from an Israeli jail in the Arab Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, on December 23, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
July 30, 2015, 10:24 am
Knesset passes controversial ‘force-feeding’ bill for prisoners
Doctors say they won’t comply after measure to break hunger strikes approved in raucous all-night session; so-called ‘Norwegian Law’ also okayed
By Judah Ari Gross
File: Likud MK Benny Begin during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, May 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2015, 1:11 pm
Ministers debate softened version of ‘Jewish state bill’
Revised legislation proposed by Likud lawmaker Benny Begin still calls Israel national Jewish homeland but emphasizes its democracy
By Tamar Pileggi
Gilad Erdan, May 18, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2015, 5:22 am
Minister seeks to advance ‘force-feeding’ bill for prisoners
After controversial legislation fails to pass in last Knesset, Gilad Erdan vows renewed effort to thwart hunger strikers
By Judah Ari Gross and Jonathan Beck
The Knesset plenum (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 31, 2015, 12:38 pm
With 39 newcomers, 20th Knesset set to be sworn in
Ceremony led by Reuven Rivlin and Amir Peretz will feature poet laureate reading Psalm 122, and historic recording of Ben-Gurion
By Lazar Berman
Former Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (left) and former Dir.-Gen. Ronen Flut are seen in front of a solar field outside the Knesset, on Sunday, March 29, 2015. (Courtesy Knesset)
March 30, 2015, 12:37 am
Knesset unveils solar field on roof
Panels to produce up to 1/3 of parliament’s power; Speaker Edelstein hopes that ‘Green Knesset’ project will inspire all Israelis
By Jonathan Beck
Uri Orbach votes in the Jewish Home primary on November 13, 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
February 16, 2015, 7:01 pm
Uri Orbach recalled for his sharp wit and uncommon sincerity
Popular minister’s passing sparks flood of fond memories of one of Knesset’s most beloved personalities
By Haviv Rettig Gur
MK Uri Orbach of the Jewish Home party (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2015, 12:42 pm
Jewish Home minister Uri Orbach dies at 54
Widely respected lawmaker dies in hospital after battling unspecified ailment
By ToI Staff
MK Uri Orbach of the Jewish Home party (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 15, 2015, 10:24 pm
Former Jewish Home minister in life-threatening condition
Doctors in Jerusalem hospital fight to save MK Uri Orbach; colleagues call for prayers
By Justin Jalil and ToI Staff
MK Uri Orbach of the Jewish Home party (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2015, 11:30 pm
Jewish Home minister hospitalized for serious illness
MK Uri Orbach takes leave in order to receive ‘urgent and significant treatment’; Bennett calls for prayers
By Justin Jalil
Yair Lapid, January 1, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
January 1, 2015, 7:37 pm
Lapid lashes Netanyahu, Labor for ‘corruption’
Yesh Atid leader accuses Likud of favoring bloated government, payouts for allies; casts his party as champion of clean government
By ToI Staff
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