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Opposition Yesh Atid MKs Elazar Stern (left) and Meir Cohen (right) shout during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hearing on legislation to freeze the arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 12, 2026, 10:32 pm
Bill approved for final Knesset readings would ease continued mass Haredi non-enlistment for at least 7 months
Coalition-backed legislation much more far-reaching than earlier versions, gives current and future Haredi draft dodgers immunity from arrest, freezes existing criminal proceedings, and makes oversight over immunity process impossible
By Jeremy Sharon
Itzik Saidyan (center) appears at a Knesset House Committee meeting in the Knesset on July 5, 2026. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesman's Office)
July 6, 2026, 12:43 am
IDF veteran who self-immolated begs Knesset: Prioritize combat soldiers, not Torah study
Addressing debate on Basic Law to declare Torah study foundational value, Itzik Saidyan says highest priority must be ‘the ones who go into battle… who feel forgotten’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Yitzchak Goldknopf (left) and his senior aide Motti Babchik attend a meeting of the Knesset House Committee in Jerusalem, June 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 26, 2026, 2:02 am
Knesset to hold marathon discussions next week to fast-track Basic Law on Torah study
Parliament’s legal adviser warns lawmakers against accelerated process, as MKs seek to push through legislation before Knesset’s expected dissolution ahead of elections
By Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Shas party chair Aryeh Deri attend a meeting on the planned state budget vote, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2026, 4:59 pm
Coalition forges ahead with bid to bar court from nixing ministerial appointments
Shelved 2023 bill to allow a minister to serve despite criminal convictions is revived in apparent effort to protect Ben Gvir, who faces petitions for his dismissal
By ToI Staff
MK Hanoch Milwidsky (left) chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, July 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); (From left) MKs Meirav Ben-Ari, Pnina Tamano-Shata, and Efrat Rayten, at a press conference opposing the appointment of Milwidsky as Finance Committee chair, July 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 29, 2025, 6:51 pm
Likud MK under investigation for rape approved as new head of Knesset Finance Committee
Lapid decries ‘misogynistic coalition’ for voting to give Hanoch Milwidsky the powerful post; opposition female lawmakers and advocacy groups lament ‘new low’
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset House Committee votes to advance the impeachment of Hadash-Ta'al chairman Ayman Odeh, June 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2025, 7:24 pm
Panel votes to impeach Arab MK Ayman Odeh, paving way for possible ouster from Knesset
90 of 120 MKs would have to back a ban; Hadash-Ta’al head slams opposition MKs for joining ‘Kahanist government’ in committee vote: ‘Some of them hate us more than they love democracy’
By Sam Sokol
Dani Elgarat, the brother of slain hostage Itzik Elgarat, speaks during a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2025, 2:48 pm
Hamas tortured hostage Itzik Elgarat to death, thinking he was a pilot, says brother
Dani Elgarat reveals family given details of how sibling, 68, died in Gaza; Knesset guards forcibly remove him from committee meeting after he accuses Netanyahu of funding Hamas
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta’al chairman MK Ayman Odeh attends a Knesset House Committee hearing on his possible impeachment, June 24, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
June 24, 2025, 8:51 pm
Likud MKs invoke ‘hanging,’ ‘firing squad’ in hearing on impeaching Arab lawmaker
‘We will not surrender to fascism,’ declares Hadash-Ta’al chairman Ayman Odeh, who provoked outrage in January when he hailed release of ‘hostages and prisoners’
By Sam Sokol
MK Idan Roll during a Knesset House Committee meeting on January 14, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
January 14, 2025, 6:52 pm
Knesset approves MK Idan Roll’s request to leave Yesh Atid party
Rebel lawmaker slams Yair Lapid’s ‘divisive and polarizing’ leadership, derides Yesh Atid as ‘a closed party headed by a single leader’
By Sam Sokol
Relatives of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza attend a Religious Zionism faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 5:11 pm
Opposition, hostage families press coalition to nix upcoming 3-month Knesset recess
National Unity files bill to cancel summer break, but it needs coalition support to pass in time; hostage’s daughter to MKs: ‘There are 120 hostages and you’re going free’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Members of the Knesset House Committee vote to approve the legislature's 2024 spring recess, March, 26, 2024. (Dani Shem Tov/Knesset)
March 26, 2024, 4:07 pm
Furor as lawmakers approve Knesset recess despite war, Haredi enlistment controversy
After House Committee votes for six-week break, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Liberman blasts ‘disconnected elected officials who do not deserve to lead the people of Israel’
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 30, 2024, 7:32 pm
Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote
House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif attends a House committee meeting hearing on his possible impeachment, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 5:44 pm
As MKs debate Cassif’s expulsion, he rails against ‘Kahanist’ attempt to silence him
Far-left legislator’s actions in support of genocide accusations at The Hague may not cross ‘criminal threshold,’ legal adviser says; ‘I never supported Hamas,’ Hadash MK declares
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on the planned judicial reform, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 28, 2024, 9:44 pm
An MK accused Israel of ‘genocide.’ Now he may be expelled from the Knesset
Knesset House Committee set to hear arguments in ‘unprecedented’ effort to remove far-left lawmaker Ofer Cassif, who claims the move is ‘political persecution, pure and simple’
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset's House Committee chair Likud MK Ofir Katz during a debate on fast-tracking bills that would annul the citizenship of convicted terrorists who receive stipends from the Palestinian Authority, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 9, 2023. (Noam Moshkovitz, Knesset spokesperson)
January 17, 2023, 11:22 pm
MKs accept a ‘considerate’ 5.1% pay hike, having been advised against taking 12.5%
Citing need to keep change in line with 2022 market and Israelis’ ongoing cost of living struggles, MKs accept advice to reduce their raises
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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