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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 526

Ministerial Committee for Legislation

Members of the left-wing NGO Breaking the Silence hold images showing alleged abuses by the Israeli military, during a tour in the West Bank city of Hebron, November 2, 2022. (Flash90)
February 16, 2025, 5:09 pm
Ministers advance bill levying 80% tax on foreign state funding of Israeli NGOs
Association for Civil Rights in Israel calls proposed legislation, which will also block groups from filing lawsuits in Israel, ‘a direct assault on Israel’s democracy’
By Sam Sokol
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
A construction site for new housing in the settlement of Shiloh, in the West Bank, on June 21, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 28, 2025, 10:27 am
Ministers back bill to let Israeli citizens directly purchase West Bank land
Existing state of affairs called ‘blatantly discriminatory and racist’ as non-Muslims are barred from buying real estate in a holdover from Jordanian rule
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90/ File)
December 23, 2024, 9:17 pm
Government backs bill restricting teachers educated in Palestinian universities
Coalition lawmakers argue measure is necessary to prevent spread of Palestinian ‘antisemitism’ and ‘incitement’ in Israeli schools
By Sam Sokol
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, October 30, 2024. (Dani Shem-Tov/Knesset)
November 24, 2024, 11:51 pm
Likud minister asserts that government has right to enact ‘regime change’ in Israel
In separate comments, Karhi suggests abolishing High Court, replacing it with body overseen by Knesset; ministerial panel backs firebrand legislator’s bill to enhance MKs’ immunity
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 7:12 pm
Ministers back bill to privatize Kan public broadcaster, call for Haaretz boycott
Opponents say ministers’ push to shutter Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation within 2 years would ‘severely harm freedom of the press’ and aims to stifle criticism of government
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: NSO Group logo seen on a smartphone in front of a laptop showing hacking code. (Shutterstock)
November 10, 2024, 11:36 pm
Ministers support legislation allowing police to secretly access suspects’ computers
Otzma Yehudit-backed bill written so as to prevent law enforcement from using spyware tools against politicians suspected of corruption
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on March 19, 2024. At left is National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and at right is committee chairman Yuli Edelstein. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 10, 2024, 9:48 pm
Bill calling for national security strategy gets ministerial committee backing
High-level body also gives the nod to extension of law blocking Al Jazeera and expansion of police surveillance of criminal suspects’ computers
By Sam Sokol
From left: Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Mossad chief David Barnea and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi at a Holocaust Day ceremony on May 5, 2024. (Haim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 7, 2024, 11:25 pm
MKs push bill to create new intelligence oversight body under Netanyahu
Ministerial Committee for Legislation set to discuss proposal despite ongoing leak scandal at the Prime Minister’s Office
By Sam Sokol
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 3, 2024, 7:10 pm
Ministers back bill giving government control over public broadcaster’s budget
State’s Kan broadcaster warns against political intervention; deputy AG says legislation would ‘violate constitutional rights to freedom of expression and freedom of the press’
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox children at a cheder in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, March 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 3, 2024, 5:48 pm
Bill guaranteeing daycare subsidies to Haredi draft evaders advances to Knesset vote
Ministers vote in favor of legislation that Attorney General’s Office says constitutes ‘state and institutional encouragement’ for ultra-Orthodox evasion of military service
By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol
Lawmakers and ministers listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the first plenum session of the Knesset’s winter 2024 legislative session, October 28, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2024, 11:35 pm
Ministers back bill denying the PA a path to petition the High Court of Justice
Ministerial Committee for Legislation also backs bills preventing security prisoners from receiving visitors, granting government oversight of television viewership data
By Sam Sokol and Tal Schneider
MK Limor Son Har-Melech speaks during a protest against the administrative detention of Jewish Israeli extremists, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 9:30 pm
Ministers aim to curb administrative detention of Israelis, despite Shin Bet warning
Ministerial Committee for Legislation also advances bill to have politicians choose the state ombudsman who oversees judges, cutting the judicial system out of the process
By Sam Sokol
United Torah Judaism leader Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
June 17, 2024, 5:00 am
Haredi leader Goldknopf on army draft: ‘You don’t want us and you don’t need us’
At event marking Bnei Brak centenery, UTJ chief wonders why ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral achievements do not enable them to strike deals to avoid enlistment for their community
By ToI Staff
Israeli Infantry reservists during light arms training in the Golan Heights before heading south to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 16, 2024, 7:45 pm
Government backs new extension to IDF reservists’ service despite backlash
Ministerial Committee supports bill extending emergency measure by three months, endorses Basic Law giving reservists preferential treatment in housing, academia and civil service
By Sam Sokol
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