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Then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the IDF's West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, on January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 23, 2019, 8:27 am
Yisrael Beytenu said poised to join coalition, Liberman to return to defense job
Despite party’s reported understandings with LIkud, gaps remain on ultra-Orthodox conscription bill and other issues
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his then-aide Natan Eshel, on August 28, 2011. (Amit Shabi/pool/Flash90/File)
April 21, 2019, 10:38 pm
Despite protests, PM aide who quit over sexual misconduct joins coalition talks
No legal impediment to Natan Eshel participating in negotiations, says deputy AG, after women’s groups say it’s ‘spitting in the faces of women’
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu political party Avigdor Liberman sign a coalition agreement in the Knesset on May 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
April 21, 2019, 2:26 pm
Yisrael Beytenu, Likud officials powwow as coalition talks kick off
No agreement reached on ultra-Orthodox enlistment; Netanyahu associate previously embroiled in sexual misconduct scandal allowed to join talks
By TOI staff
Aryeh Deri speaks in front of a picture of the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef during a conference of the Shas party in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on March 5, 2019. (Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 2:37 am
Deri rapped as racist for tirade, threats against Russian-speaking immigrants
Shas leader says many ‘olim’ from the former Soviet Union are not Jewish and he regrets they were let into Israel; vows to change Law of Return and threatens DNA tests
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Gallows (CristiNistor/iStock)
November 16, 2018, 1:39 am
As Knesset advances death penalty bill, Israel at UN joins calls to end practice
Jerusalem one of 123 nations voting for resolution hailing the ‘possibility of moving away from capital punishment through domestic decision-making’
By Raphael Ahren
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
MK Oren Hazan (c) takes a selfie while trapped in an elevator with three other lawmakers and several others on April 25, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter video)
April 25, 2018, 10:40 pm
3 out of 4 MKs can’t stop laughing while trapped in an elevator
Stuck with Oren Hazan and others, Knesset’s Rescue committee head Nava Boker doesn’t see the funny side
By TOI staff
Yisrael Beytenu MK MK Oded Forer attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 17, 2018, 2:49 pm
After car attack, coalition MK vows to pass bill on death penalty for terrorists
Oded Forer states Yisrael Beytenu will push law during next Knesset session; says Friday’s West Bank killer ‘should not have been alive’ at end of incident
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (R) attend a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 21, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
March 12, 2018, 11:19 am
Ministers approve conscription bill as Yisrael Beytenu tries to halt move
In bid to prevent early elections, committee gives initial approval to law demanded by ultra-Orthodox; Yisrael Beytenu minister appeals against measure
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 5, 2015. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)
March 12, 2018, 9:57 am
AG expected to shoot down IDF conscription bill compromise — report
Coalition sources quoted saying Mandelblit will reject deal between PM and ultra-Orthodox parties since legislation is different from the law he had approved
By Michael Bachner
Lawmakers from the Joint (Arab) List hold signs reading "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine," at the start of US Vice President Mike Pence's speech before the Knesset, on January 22, 2018. (Courtesy: Joint List)
January 22, 2018, 11:46 pm
Hamas praises Arab Israeli MKs for ‘Jerusalem is Palestine’ anti-Pence protest
Jewish lawmakers brand Joint List MKs disloyal to Israel, and one calls to suspend paying the salaries of ‘unruly’ legislators
By TOI staff
Israeli MKs Oded Forer and Avraham Neguise with Reps. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH) at a Capitol Hill event on November 15 launching announcing "joint principles" to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Courtesy)
November 16, 2017, 6:58 pm
US and Israeli right-wing lawmakers scorn ‘Palestinian rejectionism’
On Capitol Hill, GOP House members and visiting MKs release a ‘joint declaration’ on the conflict as Trump moves forward with peace push
By Eric Cortellessa
MK David Bitan (Likud) and MK Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) (Photo credits: Flash90 and Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 9, 2017, 7:53 am
Unhappy with bill, Israel’s coalition chief won’t rush binary options ban to Knesset
After committee approves already watered-down legislation, Likud’s David Bitan tries to reopen debate, is told he’s too late, rebuffs committee chair’s plea to bring law urgently to parliament for final approval
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative photo of an Israeli passport (Flash90)
June 26, 2017, 10:03 pm
Knesset votes to issue immediate passports to new citizens
MKs unanimously support law abolishing 12-month wait, despite police warning it could boost crime
By Raoul Wootliff
New immigrants from North America land at Israel's Ben Gurion airport after a Nefesh B'Nefesh chartered flight from New York, July 19, 2016. (Shahar Azran)
March 8, 2017, 6:35 pm
MKs advance bill granting immediate passports to immigrants
Legislation, which police warn could make life easier for criminals, would eliminate year-long wait for travel documents
By TOI staff
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