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20th Knesset

Left-wing activists protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on him to quit, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on February 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
March 2, 2020, 10:32 am
Uncourted and underrepresented, Israel’s female voters could decide election
For first time in 14 years, there won’t be a Knesset party led by a woman and little effort was made to address women’s issues – even though most of the undecided voters are women
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A view of the Knesset during a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament, on May 29, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2019, 3:55 pm
Knesset in limbo
Everything you wanted to know about Israel’s transitional government, but didn’t know whom to ask
By Amir Fuchs and Ofer Kenig
Likud MKs David Bitan (L) and David Amsalem attend a Knesset committee meeting on September 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 19, 2019, 10:34 am
6,644 bills, 5,756 queries: Was 20th Knesset a tale of quantity over quality?
No other democratic parliament in the world is close to Israel when it comes to the number of laws proposed by private members. This is not a good thing
By Dr. Chen Friedberg, Avital Fridman and Niv Shoval
Then-opposition leader Tzipi Livni speaks during the plenary session of the opening day of the winter session at the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 16, 2018, 1:11 am
Opposition leader: PM sowing internal hatred, eroding Israel’s democracy
Tzipi Livni says Netanyahu pitting brother against brother for ‘cynical political’ purposes. ‘I hope this is the last Knesset during which he is prime minister’
By ToI Staff
Activists and members of the Druze community protest against the nation-state law, outside the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 15, 2018, 9:57 pm
Druze resume protests against nation-state law as Knesset returns from break
Minority group says controversial legislation enshrines inequality in Israel; MK says law a ‘disgrace’ and ‘betrayal’ of the community
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the winter session of the Knesset on October 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 15, 2018, 7:45 pm
Opening Knesset, Netanyahu rips opposition for ignoring ‘fantastic progress’
PM accuses ‘negative and bitter’ political rivals of spreading falsehoods; says media is censoring itself; hails ties with Russia and US
By Raoul Wootliff
President Reuven Rivlin (L) and Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein at the opening of the Knesset winter sitting, October 15, 2018. (Knesset)
October 15, 2018, 6:59 pm
Rivlin warns infighting is greater threat to Israel than nukes or terrorism
At Knesset, president says internal divisions in which people are tied to rigid political camps could ‘tear flag’
By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff
A Knesset worker preparing the parliament for the opening of the winter sitting, October 14, 2018. (Knesset)
October 15, 2018, 2:45 pm
Thorny legislation foreshadows early elections as Knesset winter session begins
3 contentious religion-and-state hot potatoes threaten to break up the government and spur a national poll. That might be just what Netanyahu wants
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 2:45 pm
Final text of Jewish nation-state law, approved by the Knesset early on July 19
The ‘Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People,’ passed by 62-55, with two abstentions
By Raoul Wootliff
File: MK Yoav Kisch (Likud), chairman of the Interior Affairs Committee at the Knesset, on January 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 14, 2018, 11:58 am
Likud punishes MK who refused to vote for Haredi draft bill
MK Yoav Kisch, a former fighter pilot, to lose Internal Affairs Committee chairmanship for failing to back measure exempting yeshiva students from IDF service
By ToI Staff
Joint (Arab) List MK Ibrahim Hijazi, who served for a month and is to resign on October 23, 2017. (Knesset website)
October 23, 2017, 1:00 am
Arab MK steps down after shortest ever term
Joint List MK Ibrahim Hijasi to resign Monday after a month as a lawmaker — the Knesset was in recess the entire time
By ToI Staff
MK David Bitan (Likud) and MK Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) (Photo credits: Flash90 and Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 9, 2017, 7:53 am
Unhappy with bill, Israel’s coalition chief won’t rush binary options ban to Knesset
After committee approves already watered-down legislation, Likud’s David Bitan tries to reopen debate, is told he’s too late, rebuffs committee chair’s plea to bring law urgently to parliament for final approval
By Simona Weinglass
Shas MK Yigal Guetta in Jerusalem, February 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2017, 5:31 pm
Shas lawmaker hospitalized while on vacation in Prague
MK Yigal Guetta has been moved between hospitals; Israelis officials working to fly him home for treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:35 pm
Full text of MK Avi Dichter’s 2017 ‘Jewish State’ bill
The latest version of the proposed ‘Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People’
By Raoul Wootliff
An Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:08 pm
Author of controversial ‘Jewish State’ bill insists it’s unprejudiced and fair
Avi Dichter has been working for six years on legislation to define Israel as a Jewish state. Now, with government backing, he says he’s certain it will pass — to Israel’s abiding benefit
By Raoul Wootliff
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