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23rd Knesset
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December 23, 2020, 12:00 am
Israel calls 4th election in 2 years as Netanyahu-Gantz coalition collapses
New vote set for March 23 after ‘unity’ government crumbles in just 7 months; Netanyahu promises huge win, but polls suggest tough race, with main threat from parties to his right
By
Raoul Wootliff
December 22, 2020, 7:34 pm
Ministers okay interim financial package as new elections set to be triggered
Knesset and cabinet convene for likely last time before Israel heads into 4th campaign season in 2 years; Likud MKs attempt to block election funding for Gideon Sa’ar’s party
By
TOI staff
December 2, 2020, 9:39 pm
Ra’am’s refusal to back Knesset break-up widens rift in mainly Arab Joint List
Balad MK calls decision by Ra’am faction leader Mansour Abbas to skip out on vote and break ranks with rest of alliance ‘a blow to the platform of the Joint List’
By
Aaron Boxerman
December 2, 2020, 3:40 pm
Knesset advances motion to disband, moving toward 4th elections in 2 years
Opposition motion passes 61-54 after support from Blue and White, but must still pass three more readings before new national vote called
By
Michael Bachner
December 2, 2020, 12:36 pm
Knesset set to back preliminary motion to dissolve itself, call early elections
Majority all but guaranteed for opposition bill after Blue and White pledges support; poll predicts government not headed by Netanyahu near-impossible in next Knesset
By
Michael Bachner
December 2, 2020, 12:43 am
Lapid praises ex-partner Gantz for vowing to back bill to dissolve Knesset
Other opposition MKs bash Blue and White chief for joining Netanyahu-led government in the first place; Likud whip accuses defense minister of hitting ‘new low’
By
TOI staff
November 12, 2020, 5:59 pm
How anti-Semitism and hate on social media is a chance to educate
Canada-raised perennial optimist MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh explains in an exclusive Behind the Headlines interview that the pandemic is a chance to make long-awaited changes
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
November 10, 2020, 8:53 pm
With large majority, Knesset approves normalization agreement with Bahrain
Sixty-two MKs vote in favor and 14 — all from Joint List — against establishment of diplomatic ties with tiny Gulf nation; deal soon to be ratified by cabinet
By
Raphael Ahren
November 10, 2020, 6:14 pm
Bahraini foreign minister planning visit, Israel announces
Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani to become tiny Gulf kingdom’s first minister to make a public trip to the Jewish state; no confirmation from Manama
By
Raphael Ahren
October 30, 2020, 7:13 am
When Israel’s Arabs began to demand their own ‘normalization’ deal
Mansour Abbas, who drew fire from his opposition colleagues for helping Likud overturn a Knesset vote last week, is a conservative Muslim urging ‘pragmatic’ Arab Israeli politics
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
October 21, 2020, 12:55 am
In rare unity display, Likud, Blue and White said to agree to torpedo inquiries
Partners in dysfunctional coalition to shoot down proposal to investigate justice system, call for commission into so-called submarine affair at Wednesday Knesset plenum
By
TOI staff
October 16, 2020, 6:09 am
The Knesset winter session is off to a running start. On a treadmill
While politicians tussle and pontificate, their failure to pass a budget and appoint top officials leaves government agencies unable to tackle the worst fallout of the pandemic
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
October 15, 2020, 9:04 pm
Knesset approves UAE normalization 80-13; mainly Arab party is sole opposition
Overwhelming support for historic peace agreement, which now heads to cabinet for final ratification
By
Raphael Ahren
October 15, 2020, 12:43 pm
Netanyahu hails ‘warm peace’ with UAE as Knesset debates normalization deal
PM says no hidden annexes or secret additions to accord signed in DC; opposition leader Lapid calls agreement ‘excellent’ but ex-defense minister Ya’alon to boycott vote
By
Raphael Ahren
October 14, 2020, 3:08 pm
LISTEN: Top Israeli politicians are breaking the law — and nobody cares
ToI’s senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur explains why a key government transparency measure is being ignored by a third of the cabinet — including Netanyahu and Gantz
By
TOI staff
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