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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Nissan Slomiansky

Recently resigned former defense minister Avigdor Liberman sits with oppositino lawmakers during a Knesset meeting November 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 20, 2018, 6:55 pm
Now in opposition, Liberman says coalition is slow-walking death penalty bill
But Knesset committee chair says he received no ‘orders from above’ to freeze legislation, will advance it until ordered otherwise
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Ballot boxes filled with votes from nationwide municipal elections are brought to the Central Election Committee headquarters for counting, October 22, 2013. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
October 29, 2018, 11:39 am
Secretive crackdown on fake profiles shows Israel wide open to election meddling
On eve of local vote, national cyber unit, part of Netanyahu’s office, reveals it has asked Facebook to close thousands of accounts used to spread false info about candidates
By Sue Surkes and Raoul Wootliff
A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow. (AFP/Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
July 18, 2018, 1:33 pm
Unwitting Israeli MKs almost pass law allowing sweeping internet censorship
Bill that would have given state power to block content on any website stymied by Netanyahu hours before final vote, after Times of Israel queries MKs about its drastic provisions
By Raoul Wootliff
This file photo taken on November 21, 2016, shows Facebook logos pictured on the screens of a smartphone (R), and a laptop computer, in central London. (AFP)
July 15, 2018, 3:50 pm
Law clamping down on Facebook ‘incitement’ okayed for final vote
Critics say legislation, meant to protect national security, can be used to limit freedom of expression ‘against almost anything you can imagine’
By Raoul Wootliff
EU Ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret (YouTube screenshot)
July 12, 2018, 9:47 pm
Israel summons EU envoy for dressing down in clash over Jewish state bill
After TV report says ambassador told MKs the controversial law ‘reeks of racism,’ Netanyahu orders he be rebuked at the Foreign Ministry
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
President Reuven Rivlin addresses the Knesset at the opening of the winter session, October 12, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 10, 2018, 10:03 am
In rare rebuke, Rivlin urges MKs to amend ‘discriminatory’ Jewish state bill
Eliciting anger of Likud lawmakers, president says controversial legislation ‘could harm the Jewish people, Jews throughout the world and the State of Israel'”
By Raoul Wootliff
Nissan Slomiansky (r), head of the Constitution, Law, and Justice, Committee and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in the Knesset on June 25, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 9, 2018, 10:02 pm
Jewish Home threatens to block Jewish state bill — report
Nationalist party said to demand clause on the priority of Jewish jurisprudence be reinstated to proposal
By ToI Staff
Nissan Slomiansky attends a session of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, which he chairs, in the Knesset on January 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2018, 6:48 pm
MKs to discuss trial procedures after judge texting scandal
Committee chairman says he will introduce legislation if Justice Ministry doesn’t revise communication procedures
By ToI Staff
Likud MK David Amsalem leads the Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2017, 6:17 pm
Bill to ban police recommendations moved to its own sponsor’s committee
Over protests by Jewish Home coalition MKs, contentious legislation handed over to MK David Amsalem’s purview
By Marissa Newman
An aerial view of the Dome of the Rock, left, in the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, and the Western Wall, center, the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray (File photo: AFP/JACK GUEZ)
July 25, 2017, 5:40 pm
Knesset vote on bill to hinder Jerusalem withdrawal annulled
Opposition lawmakers had appealed legislation that was rushed through, saying no time to properly study it
By ToI Staff
Jewish Home MK Nissan Slomiansky during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2017, 9:58 pm
Police said set to close sexual harassment probe of senior MK
None of the women who accused Jewish Home’s Nissan Slomiansky of behaving inappropriately toward them was willing to testify
By ToI Staff
A gay couple has a symbolic wedding ceremony under a traditional wedding canopy during the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, July 21, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 9, 2017, 12:45 am
79% of Israelis back gay marriage or civil unions
New survey on eve of Tel Aviv Pride Parade also finds 65% of voters for religious-nationalist Jewish Home party support changes
By ToI Staff
Jewish Home MK Nissan Slomiansky during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2017, 11:33 pm
MK suspected of harassment to again helm Knesset committee
Decision by Nissan Slomiansky to again chair meetings said to come after ultimatum from parliamentary legal adviser
By ToI Staff
Jewish Home MK Nissan Slomiansky seen at the Knesset on January 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2017, 11:40 am
Police grill lawmaker over sexual harassment allegations
Nissan Slomiansky questioned under caution as probe into suspected wrongdoing upgraded to full-blown investigation
By ToI Staff
Jewish Home MK Nissan Slomiansky, left, addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 06, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 20, 2017, 4:57 pm
Police seek to grill lawmaker suspected of sexual harassment
Jewish Home party MK Nissan Slomiansky faces allegations from multiple women, including some over incidents in the Knesset
By Stuart Winer
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