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A meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation, October 19, 2025. (Maayan Taof/ GPO)
May 10, 2026, 9:01 pm
Ministers back bills giving government ‘sole discretion’ over senior appointments
Ministerial Committee for Legislation pushes off decisions on proposals to cancel Oslo Accords, bar immigration and citizenship for non-Orthodox converts
By Sam Sokol
FILE: New immigrants from France arrive on an "Aliyah Flight" at Ben Gurion airport. August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 7, 2026, 2:56 pm
Ministerial panel to vote on bill that would bar citizenship for non-Orthodox converts
Reform movement leader: ‘Government slamming door in the faces’ of Diaspora Jews amid rising antisemitism; MK Rabbi Kariv: Move would ‘collapse the bridge’ between Israel and Diaspora
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Conservative rabbis pray at the Ezrat Yisrael egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, December 12, 2024. (Courtesy/ File)
February 22, 2026, 8:01 pm
Netanyahu nixes ministerial vote on bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall
Justice minister calls on MKs to vote in favor, coalition whip receives PM’s permission to give MKs freedom to vote freely on the controversial legislation
By Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, January 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2026, 7:01 pm
Coalition advances bill to cancel the criminal charge that Netanyahu faces in his trial
Opposition brands legislation to strike the offense of fraud and breach of trust from the law books a ‘mafia-like move’ aimed at enabling PM and his allies to evade justice
By Ariela Karmel
The Department of Internal Police Investigations in Jerusalem, July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
January 8, 2026, 5:25 pm
Government backs bill subordinating police internal affairs unit to justice minister
Ministers vote to advance contentious legislation removing Department of Internal Police Investigations from aegis of prosecutors, a move critics have warned will politicize it
By Jeremy Sharon
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (center) waits for the arrival of freed hostage Evyatar David at David's home in Kfar Saba, October 26, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
October 26, 2025, 7:58 pm
Ministerial committee advances bill aimed at hampering Bennett electoral campaign
Bennett says coalition resorting to ‘anti-democratic’ law because it fears it’ll lose to him; panel delays decision on bill allowing lawmakers to halt PM’s ongoing criminal trial
By Sam Sokol
Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 22, 2025; right: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, October 15, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL; Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 26, 2025, 3:05 pm
Ministers poised to advance bills that would halt Netanyahu’s trial, block Bennett’s run
Attorney general warns legislation aimed to halt PM’s trial is ‘unconstitutional,’ harms equality before the law; former PM decries ‘personal law designed to stop me from running’
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Avichai Boaron speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee, February 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2025, 11:46 pm
Ministerial panel advances bills increasing government control over senior appointments
Attorney General’s Office slams legislation to ease rules on appointing heads of government corporations; Gantz says coalition seeking to ‘appoint friends to senior positions’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and other ministers in the Knesset plenum during a vote on a law to overhaul Israel's judicial selection process, March 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 13, 2025, 7:15 pm
Ministers back bill letting new governments clean house from army chief to AG
Legislation allowing incoming political leaders to fire top officials at will would ‘lead to the complete politicization of the most senior positions,’ warns Attorney General’s Office
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
In this photo provided by the Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, convenes his security cabinet to vote on a ceasefire deal in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office via AP)
July 10, 2025, 8:29 pm
New bill would let next government summarily fire AG, IDF chief, other top officials
Ministers to discuss bill allowing government to terminate top security, judicial, civil service chiefs within first 100 days of office without cause if they have served two-thirds of tenure
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 8:54 pm
Government panel backs bill stripping AG of authority over ministry legal advisers
‘If the bill is legislated, the ability of the attorney general to protect the rule of law will be diminished,’ warns Israel Democracy Institute researcher Guy Lurie
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset on April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 8:54 pm
Likud to advance bill stripping AG of authority over ministry legal advisers
Bill ‘could derail the coordinated work of the legal advisers to the government’ and curtail attorney general’s ability to protect the rule of law, warns Israel Democracy Institute
By Sam Sokol
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90/ File)
June 29, 2025, 9:06 pm
Ministerial committee gives thumbs-up to bill aimed at selling off Kan news division
Public broadcaster alleges proposed law is ‘intended to terrorize the Kan news division and its staff and benefit those close to the government’
By Sam Sokol
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announces a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, at a press conference on January 15, 2025. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
May 18, 2025, 8:08 pm
Coalition backs bill to label Qatar ‘terror-supporting,’ amid hostage talks in Doha
Legislation would bar Gulf state from serving as mediator in talks between Israel and third parties — but allows government to make exceptions
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Nine-justice panel at the High Court of Justice hearing petitions demanding the immediate conscription of ultra-Orthodox young men to the Israel Defense Forces, June 2, 2024 (Screen grab)
May 12, 2025, 2:26 pm
Government backs bill to remove High Court chief’s power to assign cases to justices
Continuation of efforts to restrain the judiciary on the part of the coalition ‘significantly affects the democratic nature’ of Israel, says AG’s office
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
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