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Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 15, 2018, 6:14 pm
AG dresses down embattled deputy over her criticism of loyalty bill
After Avichai Mandelblit tells Dina Zilber to ‘refrain from similar remarks’ in the future, justice minister says she won’t allow Zilber to attend Knesset meetings
By Michael Bachner
Ex-Beit She'an mayor Jacky Levy (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Heichal Hakodesh)
November 15, 2018, 4:19 pm
Likud MK quits Knesset after being elected mayor of Beit She’an
Jacky Levy returns to his former post in northern city, will be replaced in parliament by Osnat Mark
By TOI staff
Israeli youth hold signs as they protest for a solution to Gaza border violence in front of the Knesset on November 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 9, 2018, 4:36 am
6,000 Gaza-area teens complete ‘apolitical’ protest march to Jerusalem
High schoolers and supporters joined by president in demonstration meant to push for solution to ongoing unrest along border of Strip
By JTA
Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern speaks from the Knesset plenum on November 23, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 7, 2018, 5:43 pm
MK apologizes for appearing to say minister gave sexual favors to advance in IDF
But Elazar Stern refuses to walk back criticism of Miri Regev, accuses her of using his remarks for ‘another round in the media’
By TOI staff
A person pauses in front of Stars of David with the names of those killed two days earlier in a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, in Pittsburgh, October 29, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
November 7, 2018, 5:34 am
Israeli lawmakers debate anti-Semitism in the US, without American Jewish input
While American Jewish groups are present, none of them are consulted during the fiery session; Evangelical Christians, however, are asked for their input
By Sam Sokol
Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) responds to what she says were sexist comments about her made by Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern, November 6, 2018 (Facebook screenshot)
November 6, 2018, 8:53 pm
MK under fire for appearing to say minister slept her way to the top in army
During stormy Knesset session, Yesh Atid lawmaker Elazar Stern says Miri Regev wouldn’t want people to know how she became an IDF brigadier general
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump arrives for a 'Make America Great Again' campaign rally at McKenzie Arena, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 4, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
November 6, 2018, 2:01 pm
Vote local, affect global: 8 things to know for November 6
Midterm elections are being seen as a referendum on Trump and a blueprint for many around the world on how to view America over the next two years and possibly beyond
By Joshua Davidovich
High school students from the Gaza periphery begin a five-day, 90-kilometer march from Sderot to the Knesset to call for an end to the area's security woes. (YouTube screen capture)
November 4, 2018, 3:11 pm
High-schoolers start 90-kilometer protest march from near Gaza border to Knesset
‘We’ve lived from war to war all our lives,’ says one 17-year-old organizer. ‘Israel’s leaders can change that’
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of security prisoners in the Ofer Prison facility near Ramallah, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 4:24 pm
Knesset advances law preventing early release of convicted terrorists
New legislation exempts security prisoners from recently passed bill that will shorten sentences for certain inmates to reduce prison overcrowding
By TOI staff
Sameera Rada Emran, a candidate for mayor in Ein Qinya, stands outside home on October 23, 2018. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2018, 7:39 pm
Golan Druze communities set for first municipal elections — and many are fuming
While some locals support the first local vote since 1967, many others, who feel a strong sense of loyalty to Syria, vehemently protest the move
By Adam Rasgon
A woman reads a newspaper while floating in the Dead Sea, May 20, 2017. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 24, 2018, 5:07 am
Come for the falafel, stay for the poll; MK says give Jewish tourists the vote
Lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich has a radical idea for bridging the divide between Israel and the Diaspora: let Jewish tourists who spend two weeks in the country help elect the Knesset
By Raphael Ahren
The Hiriya Landfill Restoration Project, located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. Food waste dumped into landfill is doubly negative for the environment, because of the environmental costs of producing food. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
October 23, 2018, 11:51 pm
Knesset passes law protecting restaurants that donate their excess food
In effort to reduce food waste, Israel become fifth country to introduce laws absolving donors of legal liability for damages caused by donated goods
By Michael Bachner
A female prostitute stands outside a brothel in south Tel Aviv, looking at a policewoman nearby, September 21, 2008. (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)
October 22, 2018, 10:07 pm
Knesset advances bill imposing hefty fines on prostitution clients
Under proposal, first-time offenders would have to pay NIS 1,500, with courts able to levy a maximum penalty of NIS 75,300 on repeat johns
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the winter session of the Knesset on October 15, 2018. (Knesset)
October 16, 2018, 4:00 pm
Electioneering at any cost: 8 things to know for October 16
Netanyahu’s tired quips, an unsafe train and a possible transfer of Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem are all chalked up to vote-chasing
By Joshua Davidovich
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a conference in Jerusalem on February 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 16, 2018, 1:39 pm
AG says law can distinguish between terror convicts and other prisoners
Mandelblit presents legal opinion supporting the exemption of terrorists from bill allowing for early release of inmates due to lack of room in jails
By Michael Bachner
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