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24th Knesset

MK Mansour Abbas, left, leads a discussion and a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset on June 29, 2022; Rabbi Haim Drukman attends the campaign launch of the right-wing Yamina party on February 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90); (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
July 6, 2022, 1:51 pm
Top right-wing rabbi came close to endorsing Likud-led coalition with Ra’am – report
New details from meeting last year suggest Netanyahu sought Haim Druckman’s approval for a government with Mansour Abbas and his Islamist party, before Smotrich thwarted effort
By Tobias Siegal
The Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2022, 2:05 pm
Daily Briefing June 30: 11th-hour drama as the Knesset officially disbands, finally
Carrie Keller-Lynn reports on November 1 election date and the bills that didn’t make it; Judah Ari Gross on pop culture and family purity laws, no Russian team for Maccabiah Games
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, the incoming interim prime minister, sits in the Knesset, during voting to dissolve parliament for new elections, on June 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2022, 1:45 pm
Yair Lapid’s unlikely rise from TV star to Israel’s incoming prime minister
The 58-year-old Tel Aviv native has had a turbulent decade-long political career, from Netanyahu’s finance minister to his key rival
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, and incoming prime minister Yair Lapid embrace in the Knesset after the passage of a bill to dissolve the parliament and hold new elections, June 30, 2022 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
June 30, 2022, 11:57 am
Knesset disbands, sets elections for November 1; Lapid to become PM at midnight
Parliament formally disperses a year after inauguration of diverse coalition, sending Israel to its 5th national vote in less than 4 years; major transport and US visa laws ditched
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid during a discussion and a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, on June 27, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2022, 2:28 am
MKs to try again Thursday to disperse Knesset, set elections, as wrangling goes on
Coalition’s efforts to finalize legislation on Wednesday, prepare for Lapid to be installed as interim PM, are derailed by hours of fighting with opposition
By Jeremy Sharon
A Muslim couple poses for a picture at the Duty Free at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 30, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 29, 2022, 8:40 pm
Likud vows to stymie US visa bill since it eases barriers on Palestinian travelers
Party MK Nir Barkat says ‘we need to sit down with the Americans and discuss the security requirements,’ and not push through legislation right before Knesset dispersal
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid speak ahead of the first reading of a vote to dissolve the Knesset, on June 27, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 29, 2022, 7:44 pm
Coalition infighting delays final dissolution of Knesset to Thursday
Lapid expected to take over as prime minister on Friday after Yisrael Beytenu, Labor, Meretz and Joint List file hundreds of objections to Knesset dissolution bill
By Jeremy Sharon
The empty assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 27, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 28, 2022, 2:25 pm
Daily Briefing June 28: Abortion reforms pass; Knesset takes next step to elections
Carrie Keller-Lynn recaps another tumultuous day in the Knesset, Aaron Boxerman updates us on Hamas hostages, Amanda Borschel-Dan discusses a seafaring mosaic’s journey home
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach leads a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 27, 2022, 1:28 pm
Knesset dispersal process hampered as coalition, opposition resume talks on details
Key House Committee meeting repeatedly delayed to give MKs time to discuss election date and additional legislation, amid opposition efforts to form alternative government
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Illustrative image: An Israeli teen walks along a promenade into Israel's Dead Sea, 2021. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)
June 26, 2022, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing June 26: Lapid’s 1st battle; introducing ToI film ‘Dead Sea Walking’
Editor David Horovitz gives us the political lay of the land and environment reporter Sue Surkes drills down on problems facing the lowest point on Earth
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 26, 2022, 5:34 am
Knesset set to disperse on Monday; Lapid to take over as PM in midweek
Lawmakers reportedly aim to pass dispersal law as soon as possible, with both sides wanting it done quickly; Liberman rules out cooperating with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a graduation ceremony for new pilots at Hatzerim air force base near the southern city of Beersheba, June 23, 2022. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
June 24, 2022, 5:33 am
Readying to leave office, Bennett says at IDF ceremony: ‘I did the best I could’
Prime minister, who will likely step down next week, tells new Air Force pilots, ‘I hand over a strong and secure State of Israel’
By ToI Staff
Labor MK Gilad Kariv speaks at a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on February 7, 2022. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
June 23, 2022, 11:59 pm
Coalition snatches bills from rebel-held committee to stymie snap election delay
Legally questionable maneuver by Labor MK aims at keeping Orbach from dragging feet to give alternate government a chance; panel will also discuss bill barring Netanyahu as PM
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then justice minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset on December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 23, 2022, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing June 23: Rebels, kingmakers & unlikely reunions as coalition unravels
Carrie Keller-Lynn updates us on the coalition’s collapse; Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman projects forward, and one of the world’s oldest mosques is found
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach leads a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
June 23, 2022, 11:18 am
Giving alternative gov’t a chance, Orbach delays Knesset dispersal process to Monday
Yamina rebel holds off on convening his House Committee, the next stop of the bill to call new elections; entire process expected to be completed next week, but unclear when
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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