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Chairman of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee MK David Bitan presides over a hearing on flight arrangements following the launch of Operation Rising Lion, June 23, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
June 23, 2025, 10:52 pm
Knesset committee chair rebukes airlines for price hikes on stranded Israelis
Bitan says he won’t approve potential liability reduction for Arkia, Israir, as they’ve been ‘extorting the public’ following launch of attack on Iran
By Jeremy Sharon
Likud MK David Bitan chairs a meeting of the Knesset Economic Committee, January 15, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 5:49 pm
Criticizing own party, Likud MK blocks bill to shutter public broadcaster
‘Public broadcasting is needed in Israel,’ David Bitan declares, criticizing ‘those in Likud who are causing damage to the party for the sake of politics’
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK David Bitan seen during a vote in a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, December 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2022, 11:53 pm
Likud’s Bitan says won’t vote to end ban on racist MKs, pans concessions to allies
MK criticizes his own party for ‘only thinking of forming a government,’ says too many senior cabinet portfolios either gutted or given to intended partners
By Michael Horovitz
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman sips tea, during testimony at the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee on February 15, 2022. (Screen capture/Knesset TV)
February 16, 2022, 2:01 am
Tea-sipping Liberman appears impassive in face of sobbing worker
Woman repeatedly heckled by deputy finance minister as she tries to testify on plight of independent teachers; finance minister later vows ‘not to leave anyone behind’
By Tobias Siegal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with coalition head and Likud parliament member David Amsalem (R) and Minister of Communication Ayoub Kara at a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 16, 2018, 10:46 pm
PM, coalition, fare poorly on support for transparency, study suggests
Independent media site reviews lawmakers’ votes on transparency bills, readiness to go public on personal wealth; study leader: ‘No government likes exposure, supervision’
By Sue Surkes
A partial view of the train platform at the new high-speed train station between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, at the Yitzhak Navon Railway Station in Jerusalem on September 20, 2018. (AFP / THOMAS COEX)
October 16, 2018, 9:04 pm
Knesset panel to hold emergency discussion on high-speed train woes
Economic Affairs Committee to review series of mishaps on new multi-billion shekel line from Jerusalem that have seen trains delayed or halted mid-journey
By Raoul Wootliff
Jackals sit on a road in the mountains surrounding Jerusalem, August 4, 2008. (Haim Shohat/Flash90)
December 30, 2017, 11:56 am
Soldiers kill suspected rabid jackal after being attacked
Animal rabies incidents quadruple in last year in northern Israel, raising fears of outbreak among humans
By ToI Staff
Jackals sit on a road in the mountains surrounding Jerusalem, August 4, 2008. (Haim Shohat/Flash90)
December 26, 2017, 6:09 pm
Animal rabies incidents quadruple, raising fears of outbreak among humans
Knesset committee warns Agriculture Ministry it could face inquiry for failing to deal with issue in northern Israel
By Sue Surkes and Stuart Winer
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset committee meeting on the controversial natural gas deal, December 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2015, 8:30 pm
PM defiant as MKs bite back over controversial gas deal
Netanyahu vows to push through agreement, says political agenda caused economics panel to reject monopoly-busting clause
By ToI Staff
Chairman of the Knesset's Economic Affairs Committee, Eitan Cabel (L) reacts during in a committee meeting on December 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 9, 2015, 10:48 pm
Israel finally closes loophole permitting North Korea exports
Despite UN sanctions in place since 2006, Jewish state has sent range of goods to Pyongyang, including gold worth $400,000
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, center, during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, November 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 8, 2015, 9:45 am
Grilled by lawmakers, PM says gas deal vital for Israel’s future
Netanyahu defends controversial agreement as necessary for national security, regional stability; says high level talks being held with Turkey over gas development
By Stuart Winer and Marissa Newman
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