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Likud MK David Amsalem leads the Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2018, 1:09 pm
Coalition chairman: Government could break up over bill to limit High Court
Netanyahu loyalist David Amsalem says he will not accept Kulanu veto on contentious legislation; 'We're ready for elections,' responds Kulanu MK
By Michael Bachner
Former Supreme Court Judge Aharon Barak speaks at a conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on January 2, 2018. (FLASH90)
April 16, 2018, 3:00 am
PM consults with former Supreme Court chief over court override bill
In meeting with Aharon Barak --- whose judicial activism so infuriated the right -- Netanyahu says he is determined to pass law regulating Knesset-High Court relations
By TOI staff
Sintayehu Shafrao from Ethiopia, who is competing in the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel, receives a National ID from Israel Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri during a ceremony at the Interior ministry office in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash9)
April 15, 2018, 3:02 pm
Ethiopian Jew participating in Bible Quiz gets Israeli citizenship
Interior Ministry initially ordered contestant Sintayehu Shafrao, representing the Falashmura, to pay financial guarantee he would leave the country after contest
By Stuart Winer and Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara and Likud lawmakers attend a rally in support of the premier in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2018, 11:19 pm
After migrant deal snafu, Likud still rising in polls
But survey shows majority of Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu's handling of deal with UNHCR to resettle thousands of African asylum seekers
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Jewish couple stand underneath the 'chuppah' during their wedding in a synagogue in Paris, France, July 21, 2013. (Serge Attal/Flash90/via JTA)
March 16, 2018, 1:25 pm
New Israeli bill would punish Jewish foreigners with ‘chained’ wives
Move comes at behest of European rabbis looking to punish husbands who refuse to grant divorces; 'Today among Jews in Europe, everyone has relatives in Israel'
By JTA
Moshe Kahlon, left, Naftali Bennett, center, and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 15, 2018, 2:48 am
Knesset passes 2019 budget, putting coalition crisis in rear-view mirror
Lawmakers give okay to NIS 479.6 billion plan for next year after reaching deal to avert government's collapse
By TOI staff
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, left, shakes hands with Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in the Knesset on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 10:24 pm
Knesset advances ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill as coalition deal clinched
Lawmakers give preliminary approval to legislation based on agreement that solved political crisis, with Yisrael Beytenu MKs allowed to vote against
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 8:50 pm
Was Netanyahu’s plan for elections dashed by an opinion poll? That’s ridiculous
A Monday survey showed Likud rising, and Netanyahu the clear favored PM. But a closer look at its findings was shocking for some of his coalition partners, and maybe even for him
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset plenum session on March 12, 2018.(Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 2:01 pm
Knesset advances conscription bill, securing coalition deal
Lawmakers vote 59-38 for bill exempting ultra-Orthodox seminary students from IDF draft, formally accepting agreement that ends worst coalition crisis since last elections
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 7, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)
March 13, 2018, 7:12 am
Fractured coalition set for crucial day that could end in election call
Controversial conscription bill to face key ruling in ministerial committee before possible Knesset vote, likely to be followed by proposal to dissolve parliament
By Raoul Wootliff
Culture Minister Miri Regev arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 6:16 am
Miri Regev says she wants to be defense minister in next government
With PM said pushing to dissolve Knesset and call new elections, culture minister -- a former IDF spokeswoman -- hopes to become first woman to head defense establishment
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on October 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
March 12, 2018, 11:55 pm
Netanyahu to meet Liberman as coalition hangs in balance
With PM said pushing to dissolve Knesset despite assertions to the contrary, Miri Regev caught texting, 'Elections are on'
By TOI staff
Ethiopian Israelis hold pictures of relatives as they protest in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)
March 12, 2018, 10:52 pm
In Knesset protest, Ethiopian-Israelis call for family unifications
Hundreds demonstrate in the capital, demanding the government fulfill a pledge to bring 8,000 of their relatives to Israel
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on February 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 12, 2018, 9:51 pm
New polls show Likud rising, Zionist Union diving, Liberman and Shas in trouble
Surveys say Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid to become 2nd largest party; one poll has Shas, Yisrael Beytenu teetering on electoral threshold, overtaken by MK Orly Levy-Abekasis's new party
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 12, 2018, 7:49 pm
Netanyahu vows he’ll win early elections, but insists ‘we’re not there yet’
At Knesset, PM calls on partners to make 'supreme effort' to save government, clashes with opposition over corruption charges
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
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