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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

legislation

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi addresses the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, January 15, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
January 28, 2025, 10:28 am
Ministers advance bill to take control of public broadcaster’s oversight council
Communications minister has come under intense criticism for measures seen as aiming to erode the independence of Kan
By Sam Sokol
Protesters gather to demonstrate against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, August 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
January 22, 2025, 8:12 am
Iraq passes law that could allow for child marriages
Human rights groups warn of ‘disastrous effects’ as some clerics interpret Islamic law as allowing girls to be married as young as 9
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Stella Martany
Illustrative: Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 31, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 11:20 pm
Israel to cut travelers’ flight cancellation compensation to woo back foreign airlines
MKs advance measure under which passengers will be entitled only to a refund of ticket cost; government also announces plan to assist airlines operating US flights
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers stand in line at Ben Gurion Airport during a nationwide strike demanding the government reach a hostage release deal, September 2, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 10:08 pm
Knesset panel delays vote on compensation policy changes to bring back foreign airlines
Committee head demands steadfast commitment that carriers will resume their services; lambastes war profiteering by Israeli airlines
By Sharon Wrobel
Some 4.2 billion meals go into the garbage every year. (Courtesy Leket)
November 20, 2024, 12:53 pm
New law will cut waste by requiring public bodies to donate excess food
Institutions such as the Knesset, ministries, the army and hospitals will have to let their leftovers be collected for distribution to the needy
By Sue Surkes
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 27, 2023, 9:37 pm
Proposed bill a ‘serious blow’ to Bank of Israel’s independence, governor warns
Central bank head urges Netanyahu to withdraw legislation that would force banks to pay interest on current accounts; bill to be brought to Knesset vote on Wednesday
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi, center, addresses a newly elected parliament during its first session in Baghdad, Iraq, September 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
May 24, 2022, 3:03 pm
Iraqis communicating with Israel in any way could soon face execution – report
Bill also forbids ‘financial or moral assistance’ to Israel, UK’s Jewish News reports, raising concern for Iraq’s Jewish community; UK Jewish leader from Iraq calls bill ‘barbaric’
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the so-called Corona Law in Tel Aviv, June 4, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 5, 2020, 6:15 pm
Government to soften contentious emergency virus bill after vast criticism
New draft of legislative package will not allow police to enter homes without a warrant to enforce coronavirus restrictions, a proposal that sparked widespread outrage
By ToI Staff
The empty Knesset plenum, April 29, 2019, a day before the 21st Knesset is sworn in. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 5, 2019, 5:59 pm
Knesset formally clears way for elections on September 17
Lawmakers vote on second and third readings of bill to hold fresh ballot this year after Netanyahu failed to form coalition
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israelis walking past the Knesset during the annual gay parade in Jerusalem, July 29, 2010. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 30, 2018, 5:57 pm
LGBT groups put protest on hold ahead of Jerusalem Pride Parade
Organizers say they fear the protest would detract from Thursday’s march, expected to be largest the capital has seen in the wake of criticism over surrogacy law that excludes gays
By ToI Staff
The LGBT Association members hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, on July 25, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2018, 7:54 pm
LGBT community lays out demands from government for ‘full equality’
Following Sunday’s mass protests and widespread support, gay activists threaten action if not given full rights, including support for surrogacy births
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of 'offline' computer screens. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
July 20, 2018, 11:47 am
How Israel nearly destroyed freedom of speech online, without even knowing it
An effort to end Palestinian incitement on social media morphed into a bill that would have granted the state the most extensive internet censorship powers in the Western world
By Raoul Wootliff
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
An aerial view of Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
July 16, 2017, 2:41 pm
Ministers push bill that could stymie East Jerusalem withdrawal
Jewish Home-led amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem demands an 80-MK minimum for relinquishing of any part of the capital
By ToI Staff
The Reichstag building in Berlin on May 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 5, 2017, 5:17 pm
Germany approves bill targeting online hate, fake news
Rules would impose $53.4 million fines on social networking sites that fail to remove illegal content promptly
By Jacob Magid and AP
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