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25th Knesset

Political correspondent Tal Schneider joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Flash90 / ToI)
July 19, 2026, 1:35 pm
Daily Briefing July 19: Knesset disbands with bangs and whimpers
Political correspondent Tal Schneider brings an overview of the judicial overhaul legislation passed in the 25th Knesset and how the Supreme Court has taken unprecedented steps to counter it
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin talk in the Knesset on July 16, 2026, hours before parliament dispersed ahead of general elections on October 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2026, 10:32 am
Knesset officially disperses, after coalition completes its drastic legislative blitz
Motion to dissolve parliament ahead of Oct. 27 elections passes 62-0 with backing only from Netanyahu’s coalition, after it was tacked onto a disputed party financing law; Speaker calls 25th Knesset ‘most challenging’ in history
By ToI Staff
Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 6:28 am
Knesset splits controversial bill to erode attorney general’s powers, easing path for key aspects to become law
Legislation now being advanced would still allow government to ignore AG’s rulings, but won’t divide role; media overhaul bill and bill to expand gender segregation in academia okayed for final votes
By Ariela Karmel and Jeremy Sharon
The Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, May 13, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 20, 2026, 1:00 am
Preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset set for Wednesday, but no election date set
Democrats’ Yair Golan reportedly urges opposition leaders to hold joint press conference ahead of vote to show unity; elections must be held by Oct. 27 in any case
By Sam Sokol
Yizhar Hess, a World Zionist Organization vice chairman and senior representative of the Masorti/Conservative Judaism (left), discusses with an ultra-Orthodox worshipper at the Western Wall in an undated picture. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2026, 2:23 am
Divisive bill barring non-Orthodox practices at Western Wall back on Knesset agenda
Legislation would give chief rabbis ultimate authority at holiest site for Jewish prayer, could see non-Orthodox worship branded as ‘desecration,’ carrying 7-year jail term
By Rossella Tercatin
View of the ancient archaeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
May 12, 2026, 1:59 am
Knesset advances controversial West Bank antiquity bill in first reading
Legislation’s critics maintain it amounts to de facto annexation, while supporters say it is necessary to preserve territory’s unique heritage
By Rossella Tercatin
Alina Plahti, who was killed at the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023, was buried separately from other Jews at a cemetery in her home city of Beit She’an. (Courtesy)
July 10, 2025, 9:58 pm
Knesset rejects bill to let all terror victims be buried in Jewish cemeteries
Civil society groups say vote shows Israel has failed to learn lessons from October 7, when some victims who were not considered Jewish by law were buried in separate cemeteries
By Rossella Tercatin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ministers and lawmakers attend a vote in the Knesset plenum on the inclusion of MK Gideon Sa'ar as a minister in the government, September 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2024, 4:39 am
Knesset winter session to feature battles over budget, judiciary and Haredi enlistment
As MKs return from 3-month break, Rothman says bill to change composition of Judicial Selection Committee will become law ‘the second there is political will in coalition to pass it’
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
July 25, 2024, 3:23 pm
In late-night session, Knesset hands Ben Gvir authority over building violations
Giving the far-right minister such power means ‘more demolitions, more murders, more lawlessness in Arab society,’ asserts Ra’am MK Waleed Alhawashla
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A 'kosher' phone in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, February 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2024, 10:36 am
MKs pass law cementing Haredi control over community’s censored ‘kosher’ phones
Controversial bill undoes 2022 reform that gave ultra-Orthodox full carrier mobility; Deri: ‘For the first time, the law recognizes the public’s right to kosher communication’
By Sam Sokol and Canaan Lidor
Screen capture from video of a scuffle in the Knesset between right-wing and Arab lawmakers, July 18, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 18, 2024, 11:41 am
Ben Gvir calls Arab lawmakers ‘terrorists’ from Knesset rostrum, triggering melee
Knesset members charge at podium as far-right minister repeatedly shouts ‘Out!’ at them; ushers attempt to prevent physical altercation, with Likud MK nearly knocking one down
By Stuart Winer
Family members of hostages held in Gaza react during a plenum session of the Knesset on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2024, 1:58 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 24: Day 110 – Hostage families burst into Knesset, demand action
Knesset correspondent Sam Sokol reports on hostage families and testimonies of sexual assault as reporter Gavriel Fiske discusses solace sought by bereaved parents in Cyprus
By ToI Staff
A blood-soaked child's bed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza seen in a photo shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 11, 2023, in the aftermath of the Hamas assault on Israel on October 7. (X/Netanyahu)
November 7, 2023, 8:33 pm
Mental health professionals implore Netanyahu not to show atrocities film to public
Group focused on helping suffering Israelis warns against re-traumatizing a nation still in shock from October 7 and grappling with ongoing war against Hamas
By Renee Ghert-Zand
MK Simcha Rothman, chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset on June 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 14, 2023, 10:18 am
Rothman to wrap up ‘reasonableness’ bill talks on Sunday, Knesset to vote week after
Committee set to vote on bill during next week, deliver it for final Knesset approval; PM said to tell Herzog he is working on a new version, but won’t return to president’s talks
By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Shani Illouz, a candidate in Tiberias’s October 2023 mayoral election, tells a Knesset committee she was offered 'jobs' to quit race, on July 3, 2023. (Screenshot: YouTube) (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 3, 2023, 11:39 pm
Tiberias mayoral candidate says Likud members tried to get her to quit race
Shani Illouz, herself a Likud member, tells Knesset panel members of the party offered her various jobs in exchange for backing down ahead of October election
By ToI Staff
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