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Members of the Knesset during the state comptroller elections, the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 4, 2026, 2:34 pm
High Court petition filed over state comptroller election after coalition MKs filmed their votes
Watchdog argues secret ballot necessary to safeguard lawmakers’ freedom to vote, in order to preserve status of state comptroller as independent and impartial oversight authority
By Jeremy Sharon
Likud MK Ariel Kallner addresses the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, May 13, 2026. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
May 13, 2026, 4:33 pm
Call for ‘independent’ inquiry removed from coalition bill establishing Oct. 7 probe
Removal of clause a ‘clerical error,’ says MK Kallner; updated draft would disqualify former senior military and intelligence officials from sitting on the politically appointed panel
By Sam Sokol
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 18, 2026, 10:14 pm
Government says High Court has no authority to force state inquiry into October 7
Responding to petitions by civil society groups, government’s lawyers say letting court order such a probe ‘would tear apart the principle of separation of powers’
By Jeremy Sharon
An IDF serviceman stands outside a destroyed home in the Gaza border community of Kfar Aza on December 20, 2023. (Sam Sokol)
January 6, 2026, 9:03 pm
Poll: Support for state commission into Oct. 7 recedes as PM pushes alternative
Majority of 55% of Israelis still support the formation of a state inquiry, down from 67% in July 2024; 22% now favor politically appointed probe, says Israel Democracy Institute
By Sam Sokol
A Hamas terrorist in a body bag is seen in Kibbutz Be'eri, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
December 24, 2025, 6:55 pm
Contentious law for politically appointed Oct. 7 probe passes preliminary Knesset reading
Opposition MKs removed from plenum during heated session; Lapid pledges to ‘not cooperate with this shameful farce’ as coalition calls to investigate judicial system, High Court
By Sam Sokol
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, December 16, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 23, 2025, 4:34 pm
Knesset extends authorities’ power to ban broadcasts deemed harmful to security
Law, now in effect until 2027, enables shuttering of outlets, seizure of equipment, and blocking of satellite transmissions in Israel and the West Bank
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the plenum hall of the Knesset, December 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 8:27 pm
Netanyahu: Politically appointed Oct 7 inquiry must probe Oslo deal, Gaza disengagement
Ministers lend government backing to a commission of inquiry whose members could be chosen by the coalition, not the Supreme Court president, as under existing law
By Jeremy Sharon, Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol
Activists calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre protest outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 2:21 pm
3 arrested in protest at PM’s office as backers of state Oct. 7 probe vow ‘week of rage’
Demonstrations to ramp up as ministerial committee advances government’s plan for politically appointed investigation of October 7 attack, rather than state commission of inquiry
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 12:56 am
AG slams government’s ‘political’ Oct 7. inquiry: ‘Tailor-made for coalition’s needs’
Gali Baharav-Miara warns coalition’s plan would politicize the investigatory commission, undermine its independence and let those under scrutiny shape the probe
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Secular and Orthodox activists clash after the religious Rosh Yehudi group sets up a gender divider made of Israeli flags in defiance of a municipality decision at a public prayer service in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
December 18, 2025, 2:36 am
Knesset advances bill criminalizing interference with Orthodox religious practices in public
Coalition bill also requires civil court judges to pass test on Jewish law, though that clause expected to be nixed; MKs also vote for legislation stripping chief justice of authority to staff judicial panels
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Ariel Kallner presents his bill for the establishment of a government commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, at a press conference in the Knesset, December 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2025, 7:44 pm
Likud MK lays out proposed Oct. 7 probe in place of state inquiry; opposition rejects it
Yair Lapid pledges not to cooperate with government’s ‘cover-up committee for October 7’; Bennett calls proposal ‘a knife in the back of the bereaved families’
By Sam Sokol
MK Ariel Kallner at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 11, 2025, 1:46 am
Bill to make ‘Al Jazeera Law’ permanent passes first Knesset reading
Likud MK’s proposal would enshrine temporary measure that gave government the power to shut down foreign media outlets, while allowing it to do so without judicial oversight
By Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via Reuters)
June 30, 2025, 2:44 am
Despite reports, coalition seems unlikely to attempt to halt PM’s trial legislatively
‘There’s no legal precedent for a piece of legislation canceling a trial that is already in progress,’ says coalition source, as some Likud MKs also downplay prospect of such a law
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Ariel Kallner speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, May 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 5:14 pm
Leading Jewish philanthropists blast ‘dangerous’ government-backed NGO taxation bill
Some 60 benefactors call on FM Sa’ar to oppose legislation that would impose an 80% tax on foreign government donations to NGOs, likening it to ‘policies of authoritarian regimes’
By Jeremy Sharon
Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 23, 2025, 7:23 pm
Katz bans former deputy IDF chief Yair Golan from reserves for ‘blood libel’
After defense minister bars him from bases or from wearing uniform, Golan notes he last donned it on Oct.7 when rushing to save people from ‘government’s horrific security failure’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
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