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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a plenum session in the Knesset on July 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 4, 2021, 12:02 pm
Budget, PM’s term limits are on agenda as Knesset opens turbulent winter session
As coalition works to pass budget by November 14 deadline, parliament to open with speeches and no-confidence votes; battle over makeup of committees shows no sign of ending
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Supreme court justices arrive for a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on February 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 26, 2021, 5:32 pm
High Court tells coalition to agree on ‘more balanced’ Knesset committee makeup
Responding to Likud petition, judges say composition of panels must better reflect ‘the relative strength’ of Knesset factions
By ToI Staff
A High Court discussion of a petition by opposition lawmakers against the makeup of Knesset committees, in Jerusalem, August 9, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
August 9, 2021, 1:38 pm
‘Putsch’: High Court pans Likud MKs’ petition over ‘unfair’ Knesset panel makeup
Sides given 2 weeks to reach agreement; Chief Justice Hayut points out that the opposition party as a whole objects to judicial activism and therefore opposes the petition
By Michael Bachner
Members of the Knesset House Committee vote to establish a swath of new parliamentary committees, July 25, 2021. (Knesset)
July 25, 2021, 4:38 pm
Knesset establishes new committees to improve coalition-opposition power balance
Opposition has attempted to block formation of key parliamentary panels in effort to prevent debates on state budget, which must pass by November if government is to survive
By ToI Staff
MK David Amsalem (Likud) speaks during a plenary session at the assembly of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2021, 11:58 am
‘You need hospitalization,’ Likud MK lashes out at deputy coalition whip
David Amsalem’s remark to Boaz Toporovsky at Knesset Arrangements Committee meeting comes day after another opposition MK told coalition whip Silman to answer ‘like a good girl’
By ToI Staff
MKs Idit Silman of Yamina (right) and Miki Zohar of Likud attend an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021 (composite image: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 28, 2021, 5:00 pm
‘Answer like a good girl’: Likud’s Zohar hurls abuse at coalition whip Silman
MK later apologizes to Yamina lawmaker, who condemns his ‘kindergarten tactics’; Lapid, Netanyahu tussle over reunification law
By ToI Staff
MK Idit Silman (2nd left), head of the Knesset Arrangements Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 27, 2021, 9:31 pm
Vote on Palestinian family reunification law delayed again, amid disagreements
Opposition lawmakers shout ‘cowards’ at meeting of Knesset Arrangements Committee, after legislation again pulled from agenda
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Idit Silman at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2021, 6:41 pm
Coalition whip fires back at Haredi lawmaker after he calls her ‘a little girl’
United Torah Judaism lawmaker Meir Porush puts down Yamina MK Idit Silman, saying she was ‘acting like a little girl’ as she chaired the powerful Knesset Arrangements Committee
By Amy Spiro
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives for a group photo of the new Israeli government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
June 14, 2021, 6:38 am
New government starts process of taking power after 12 years of Netanyahu
Cabinet to convene at Rivlin’s residence for festive photo; outgoing PM will brief successor but skip traditional toast; Sa’ar concedes challenge in holding new coalition together
By ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Yair Lapid (right). (Flash90)
May 24, 2021, 7:45 pm
Lawmakers fast-track bills to curb Netanyahu’s ability to form a government
Motions advancing term limits, barring criminal defendants from being tasked with forming coalition are backed by Ra’am, opposed by Yamina
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene of the fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations on Mount Meron, in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 24, 2021, 6:39 pm
Knesset panel fast-tracks bill to form commission of inquiry into Meron disaster
Opposition-pushed motion backed by 19 MKs, opposed by 13 members of pro-Netanyahu bloc after heated debate at Arrangements Committee
By ToI Staff
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
May 24, 2021, 2:54 am
Families of Meron victims call for official state inquiry into disaster
In letter to Netanyahu ahead of a Monday vote in a key Knesset committee, relatives of 45 who died say independent state probe is only way to properly investigate tragedy
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the swearing-in ceremony of Israel's Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem, on April 6, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky / POOL / AFP)
May 10, 2021, 6:42 pm
Pro-Netanyahu bloc forces votes on right-wing bills, seemingly to divide rivals
Knesset okays initial readings on bills to legalize outposts and let MKs override High Court, aimed at pressuring right-wing parties working to form ‘change government’
By ToI Staff
Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, leads a faction meeting, in the Israeli parliament on April 19, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 4, 2021, 10:24 pm
In blow to Netanyahu, vote to fast-track bill on direct election for PM delayed
Ra’am’s objection hinders initiative hours before premier’s mandate to form government ends; Arrangements Committee advances right-wing bills in effort to split rival bloc
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 4, 2021, 7:32 pm
To block rivals, Netanyahu said to consider claiming he can form government
PM denies planning move, which would give him an extra week to present coalition; later report says idea was weighed but ruled out
By Raoul Wootliff
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