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Chairman of the Economic Affairs committee MK Avishay Braverman (Labor) seen during a committee meeting, November 03, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 15, 2014, 3:59 pm
Labor MK Avishay Braverman resigns from Knesset
Parliamentarian entered politics in 2006, says he is leaving out of a feeling of ‘exhaustion’
By Stuart Winer
The Knesset, Jerusalem (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
March 7, 2014, 12:42 pm
What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers
Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Farmers protest against plans by Apax Partners to sell Tnuva to China's Bright Foods outside Apax's Tel Aviv offices. The demonstration took place a day ahead of an emergency meeting of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee on the matter (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
February 26, 2014, 4:29 pm
MKs, farmers, slam ‘dangerous’ sale of Tnuva to Chinese
Israel’s biggest dairy company is already foreign owned, but the Knesset is protesting its sale to a Shanghai-based firm
By David Shamah
Finance Minister Yair Lapid, February 24, 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)
February 24, 2014, 6:39 pm
Finance minister says government has failed Arabs
Yair Lapid cites bad education and a lack of transportation as impediments to Israeli Arabs’ prosperity
By Elhanan Miller
Eli Glickman–CEO of Israel Electric Corp. attends an Internal Affairs committee meeting at the Israeli parliament. December 17, 2013. (Photo credit: Flash 90)
December 23, 2013, 3:40 am
Storm damage from electric outages estimated at NIS 1 billion
Electricity tariffs will not be lowered until 2015 to cover debt, says Israel Electric Corporation CEO
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of an Israeli offshore gas rig (Albatross Aerial photography/Noble Energy/Flash90/File)
October 21, 2013, 8:52 pm
High Court gives green light to gas export
Finance and energy ministers praise move to bypass Knesset in decision on energy independence; opposition MKs bemoan ruling
By Yifa Yaakov
October 6, 2013, 9:10 pm
Race for Labor leadership gets under way
Shelly Yachimovich, widely expected to win reelection as party chair, hopes to reverse a generation of ballot-box setbacks
By Haviv Rettig Gur
August 26, 2013, 7:28 pm
Herzog announces candidacy for Labor chairmanship
Party No. 2 to challenge Shelly Yachimovich, who hopes to become the first leader of Labor to be reelected in years
By Asher Zeiger
An aerial view of an Israeli offshore gas rig (Albatross Aerial photography/Noble Energy/Flash90/File)
August 1, 2013, 3:51 pm
High Court to review gas export petitions
Several MKs back move to block government decision that would see 40% of Israel’s supply sold abroad
By ToI Staff
Likud MK and former Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin (photo credit: Flash90)
June 24, 2013, 5:50 pm
Knesset members sue for vote on gas exports
Opposition MKs and former speaker Reuven Rivlin join NGOs to fight government decision to sell up to 40% of natural resource
By Aaron Kalman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
June 23, 2013, 5:16 pm
Cabinet approves gas export plan by wide margin
Foreign sale okayed of 40% of natural gas find; PM claims opponents don’t understand how to run economies; critics say Knesset must debate issue
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Lazar Berman
National Student Union chairman Itzik Shmuli, right, one of the leaders of the summer 2011 social justice protests, shakes hands with Shelly Yachimovich as he joins the Labor Party on October 17, 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
November 30, 2012, 11:54 am
Full results of Labor Party primaries
Yachimovich allies win big; journalist Merav Michaeli provides biggest surprise with fifth-place finish
By ToI Staff
October 19, 2012, 2:52 pm
Trouble in para-dos
Leaders of Shas may have signed a power-sharing agreement, but under the table the grumblings continue
By Joshua Davidovich
May 21, 2012, 10:14 am
Rewards and risks of Internet stock investing coming to Israel
Crowdfunding, in which start-ups can sell shares to investors without having filed a prospectus, could arrive within the year
By David Shamah
An infantry soldier on the Israel-Gaza border at the height of Operation Cast Lead, Jan 6 2009. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 12, 2012, 5:22 pm
Time to clear out Gaza terror once and for all, say some on right
But opposition warns against escalation and government rules out ground offensive, for now
By Raphael Ahren
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