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Deputy Speaker Likud MK Nissim Vaturi at the plenum hall of the Knesset, on June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2023, 11:03 am
Deputy speaker rebuffs Knesset legal adviser who chided him for not being evenhanded
Likud MK, trying to restore order during raucous clash between coalition and opposition, tells attorney she shouldn’t interfere with how he runs session
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of National Unity MK Sharren Haskel, left, wearing her baby daughter in a sling, and Deputy Knesset Speaker of Shas, Uriel Buso, in the Knesset, June 27, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 27, 2023, 10:21 pm
Lawmaker prevented from addressing Knesset while holding her baby daughter
Deputy speaker consults legal authorities, tells National Unity’s Sharren Haskel only MKs are permitted to stand at podium; she pans decision as ‘terrible, humiliating’
By Stuart Winer
Shevah Weiss, September 18, 2007. (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)
February 4, 2023, 4:18 pm
Former Knesset speaker, ambassador to Poland Shevah Weiss dies at 87
A Holocaust survivor who also chaired the Yad Vashem Council, Weiss was hailed for his role in advancing ties between Jerusalem and Warsaw
By ToI Staff
New Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (top) and new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulate each other as the new government is sworn in, in Jerusalem, December 29, 2022. (Amir Cohen/Pool/AFP)
December 29, 2022, 5:55 pm
Likud’s Amir Ohana becomes Israel’s first openly gay Knesset speaker
Netanyahu loyalist vows parliament won’t infringe on LGBTQ rights as all coalition members in attendance, including those who have expressed homophobic positions, vote him in
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu with fellow Likud MKs in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 28, 2022, 5:07 pm
Combative Likud meeting sees irate MKs let fly after not receiving government posts
Lawmakers accuse Netanyahu of doing whatever he wants, a day before swearing-in ceremony; one chides incoming PM: ‘Don’t interrupt me, let me speak!’
By Ash Obel
FILE - Unidentified crash investigators inspect the nose section of the crashed Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 airliner in a field near Lockerbie, Scotland, December 23, 1988. The plane crashed two days before, killing more than 270 people. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
December 12, 2022, 1:51 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 12: Justice for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing at last?
Editor David Horovitz on today’s Knesset agenda and Thursday’s live-streamed event, ‘Israel’s Judiciary: Reform or Ruin?’; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on the winter ‘tripledemic’
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrives at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 6, 2022, 11:14 am
‘It’s deception’: Sa’ar urges Herzog to let Netanyahu’s mandate expire
Outgoing justice minister claims incoming government has been finalized, prospective PM only seeking extension in order to pass ‘problematic’ legislation
By Michael Bachner
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy leads a plenum session on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2022, 1:19 am
Knesset speaker announces vote to replace him after demand from Netanyahu bloc
Mickey Levy says incoming coalition is forcing move to enable Shas leader Deri to serve as minister despite tax fraud conviction; vote for new speaker to take place on Monday
By ToI Staff
Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2022, 12:18 pm
Likud said aiming to pass legislative blitz next week, may delay government creation
Despite snags in coalition talks, Netanyahu reportedly wants to quickly replace Knesset speaker and pass laws that would allow Deri to be a minister and police to be under Ben Gvir
By Michael Bachner
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri seen after coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 21, 2022 (Courtesy Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 1:17 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 29: How Shas’s Deri can get a top job; Trump’s dinner guests
Political writer Tal Schneider dissects latest Knesset wrangling; US correspondent Jacob Magid looks at Biden’s attitude toward incoming coalition and Trump’s dinner guests
By ToI Staff
Lawmakers at the swearing-in of the 25th Knesset, November 15, 2022. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
November 15, 2022, 7:33 pm
As 25th Knesset sworn in, president urges MKs to end ‘addiction’ to toxic discourse
Herzog calls on emerging coalition to only make planned judicial reforms through ‘open, respectful dialogue’; outgoing speaker calls previous Knesset a ‘low point’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth at the Knesset's introductory session for freshman lawmakers, a day before opening session of the 25th Knesset, November 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 15, 2022, 6:56 am
Knesset swearing-in heralds political stability, though discourse unlikely to soften
Netanyahu-led bloc holds clear majority but hasn’t finished talks to vote in a government alongside new parliament; 25th Knesset features 23 freshmen, dip in female representation
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy seated in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2022, 6:30 pm
Knesset speaker to address Bundestag on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Mickey Levy says his visit to Berlin ‘symbolizes the true friendship between… two democracies that share liberal values and a mutual commitment to remember the Holocaust’
By Amy Spiro
Knesset Speaker MK Mickey Levy attends a meeting in parliament, Jerusalem, November 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 18, 2021, 3:11 pm
Knesset speaker sets up Ethics Committee, orders opposition MKs to join
Mickey Levy tells 2 lawmakers of Likud and Shas parties to represent the opposition in the 4-member panel, even though many in the opposition are boycotting all committees
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the Knesset plenum on October 18, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 20, 2021, 9:35 pm
After MKs caught reading, shopping in plenum, some appeal for privacy
Speaker Mickey Levy indicates he has no intention of blocking journalists and photographers from documenting, snapping photos of parliamentarians’ activities on the Knesset floor
By Amy Spiro
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