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Knesset Law Committee
Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
May 10, 2018, 6:10 am
To ‘unchain’ Jewish women, rabbinate could extend reach across borders
Amid heavy criticism, Knesset debates bill to grant Israel’s rabbinical courts oversight of Jewish divorce cases, including for those wed in civil unions
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/POOL)
April 22, 2018, 2:01 pm
Jewish Home head calls vote on bid to hobble Supreme Court
Despite Netanyahu’s bid to delay, Bennett says ministers will next week debate a clause allowing Knesset to re-approve laws nixed by justices
By Sue Surkes
Three Arab Israelis named by the Shin Bet as responsible for shooting dead two Israeli police officers next to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on July 14, 2017: Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Jabarin, 29; Muhammad Hamad Abdel Latif Jabarin, 19 and Muhammad Ahmed Mafdal Jabarin, 19. (Channel 2 composite screenshot)
July 25, 2017, 2:03 pm
High Court orders Temple Mount shooters’ bodies be returned to families
Abbas: Security coordination with Israel to remain frozen; fifteen Israeli families squat at contested Hebron home; police deny rumors of planned X-ray cameras on Temple Mount
By TOI staff
Jewish Home MK Nissan Slomiansky during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2017, 9:58 pm
Police said set to close sexual harassment probe of senior MK
None of the women who accused Jewish Home’s Nissan Slomiansky of behaving inappropriately toward them was willing to testify
By TOI staff
Jewish Home MK Nissan Slomiansky during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2017, 11:33 pm
MK suspected of harassment to again helm Knesset committee
Decision by Nissan Slomiansky to again chair meetings said to come after ultimatum from parliamentary legal adviser
By TOI staff
V15 activists convene at their campaign offices in Jerusalem on February 09, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 1, 2016, 8:54 pm
In shadow of ugly US election, Israel’s NGO finance bill to get makeover
Likud MK warns that without law to cap donations for political bodies, Israel’s next campaigns will resemble those of America
By Marissa Newman
Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked speaks in Tel Aviv on August 30, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 30, 2016, 10:02 pm
Justice Minister backs crackdown on private members’ bills
Shaked slams ‘competition’ between MKs, says Knesset law panel nixed over 1,000 legislative proposals since March 2015
By Sue Surkes
Yemenite immigrants in a camp near Ein Shemer in 1950. (Pinn Hans/GPO)
July 31, 2016, 12:55 am
Hanegbi says hundreds of Yemenite children were kidnapped in 1950s
Minister overseeing probe into classified documents linked to controversial affair says public may never know the full truth
By TOI staff
Cabinet ministers in the Knesset plenum ahead of the vote on the controversial NGO bill, July 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2016, 1:49 am
After contentious debate, Knesset passes NGO law
‘Our heads are bowed no longer’ in the face of foreign states’ intervention, justice minister says ahead of 57-48 vote for law requiring more transparency by foreign-funded NGOs
By TOI staff
Yemenite immigrants in a camp near Ein Shemer in 1950 (Pinn Hans/GPO)
July 9, 2016, 2:06 pm
National Library posts state report on Yemenite children online
Publicly available sections of commission’s findings can now be accessed by anyone, though protocols currently remain classified
By TOI staff
A conference on the Yemenite Children Affair in the Knesset on June 21, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 21, 2016, 7:22 pm
Wounds over missing Yemenite children open, MKs renew push for truth
Families demand government declassify documents sealed until 2071 on dark affair involving alleged kidnappings; Netanyahu baffled on why they were sealed in first place
By Marissa Newman
A meeting of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on July 22, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 21, 2016, 8:52 am
ID tag requirement cut from controversial NGO bill
Knesset Law Committee chair agrees to cancel requirement for identifying tags in bill that targets left-wing groups
By TOI staff
United Torah Judaism MK Uri Maklev in the Knesset on February 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 31, 2016, 9:30 pm
Lawmakers break with coalition on MK suspension bill
Rachel Azaria and Uri Maklev slam ‘extreme’ legislation; Benny Begin urges larger majority to kick off process, but calls for impeachment
By Sue Surkes
File: The 20th Knesset votes, May 13, 2015. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
May 31, 2016, 6:08 am
Knesset bill would limit use of confessions obtained by torture
Lawmakers vote 39-0 to advance legislation that empowers judges to throw out incriminating testimony given under pressure
By TOI staff
Palestinian students who support the Hamas movement take part in an election campaign rally for the student council at Birzeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 26, 2016 (AFP/Abbas Momani)
May 30, 2016, 9:57 pm
MKs clear far-reaching anti-terror bill for Knesset vote
Legislation would send supporters of terrorism to prison for 3-5 years, assign up to 15 years to any who aid attackers
By Sue Surkes
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