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MK Avigdor Liberman gestures as he speaks at the Muni Expo 2025 conference in Tel Aviv, on July 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 8, 2025, 4:44 pm
Liberman sparks criticism after doubling down on warning of impending Iran attack
Yisrael Beytenu chairman again tells Israelis to stay near sheltered spaces during Sukkot, cautioning that Tehran is seeking ‘revenge’ for this summer’s war
By Sam Sokol
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (L) meets with former MK Gadi Eisenkot, September 7, 2025. (Courtesy)
September 9, 2025, 4:02 am
Netanyahu rivals boost coordination, looking to optimize bloc ahead of next election
Eisenkot sits down separately with Lapid and Bennett; opposition figures agree to call meeting with Liberman and Golan to forge alternative to current Likud-led coalition
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Jewish man suspect of participating in riots Hebron, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 12, 2024, 5:05 pm
MKs pass law allowing courts to issue restraining orders on basis of secret evidence
Controversial temporary measure allows judges to impose restrictions on citizens’ freedom of movement and expression based on ‘confidential intelligence material’
By Sam Sokol
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein attends a debate on the government-backed Haredi draft legislation, June 24, 2024. (Noam Moshkovitz/Knesset spokesperson)
November 19, 2024, 4:51 pm
With Gallant gone, Edelstein is the ‘final obstacle’ to Haredi draft exemption law
‘It doesn’t seem feasible at the moment for a law to pass,’ one Haredi coalition member concedes, but says government unlikely to fall over the issue
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel chairs a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee, February 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 4:11 am
Hardline MKs push bill to allow curbs on movement, speech based on ‘confidential intel’
Backers say legislation equips police with tools to fight organized crime; expert warns it risks ‘harsh infringements of very basic human rights’
By Sam Sokol
MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 7:12 pm
Sa’ar willing to make ‘concessions’ to create right-wing bloc opposing Netanyahu
Representatives of Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu and New Hope slated to meet Wednesday to discuss ‘the beginning of cooperation to overthrow the existing government’
By Sam Sokol
This combination photo shows US President Joe Biden, left, on March 8, 2024, in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo)
May 9, 2024, 4:44 pm
‘Dangerous for Israel’: Critics slam government’s handling of US ties amid arms row
The growing rift between Jerusalem and Washington over how to manage the war in Gaza has led to grumbling among both opponents and members of the governing coalition
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers in the Knesset plenum vote on a bill to criminalize the denial of the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, February 7, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
February 7, 2024, 6:09 pm
Knesset passes preliminary reading of bill banning denial of October 7 massacre
Denial ‘damages the memory of the victims,’ says MK Oded Forer, while Association of Civil Rights in Israel says it creates ‘chilling effect on freedom of expression’
By Sam Sokol
Knesset members hold a session on immigration and Israel's relationship with the Diaspora on December 13, 2022. (Courtesy)
December 13, 2022, 10:23 pm
Speaking in dire terms, MKs warn incoming coalition against altering Law of Return
In ’emergency conference’ at the Knesset, lawmakers from across the political spectrum say revoking the ‘grandchild clause’ would profoundly damage the Israel-Diaspora relationship
By Judah Ari Gross
Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi at the Knesset, May 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
May 18, 2022, 5:25 pm
Yesh Atid lawmaker heckles Joint List MK, he repeatedly calls her ‘human scum’
Knesset furor erupts after Merav Ben-Ari protests Ahmad Tibi’s comments about Temple Mount, while he lashes her for saying she doesn’t regret death of Al Jazeera reporter
By ToI Staff
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov gives a statement to the media at the Russian Consulate in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
May 10, 2022, 9:36 pm
Russian envoy leaves Knesset V-Day event after MKs voice Ukraine war criticism
Embassy asserts Anatoly Viktorov walked out of the ceremony due to scheduling; incident comes amid rising tensions between Jerusalem and Moscow
By ToI Staff
In this September 8, 2020, photo, an Israeli border policeman sets up a barrier as ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic wait to cross the street during an overnight curfew in Beit Shemesh (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 10, 2020, 1:18 pm
Health minister: Hard to see scenario that avoids nationwide lockdown
As ministers prepare to discuss possible closure, ministry chief says hospitals congested; Liberman, 2 Yisrael Beytenu MKs quarantined after settler leader tests positive
By ToI Staff
IDF reserve soldiers seen getting food in a staging area near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on July 20, 2014, during Israel's Operation Protective Edge. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 15, 2019, 4:58 pm
Israeli soldier punished for putting dairy and meat in same fridge on base
Yisrael Beytenu MK denounces IDF decision to confine soldier to base for putting cheese and cold cuts on same shelf: ‘We’ll become the army for the defense of Jewish law’
By Alexander Fulbright
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