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Combat veterans suffering from PTSD react during a House Committee hearing on the so-called Torah Study bill, at the Knesset on July 9, 2026. Yitzhak Goldknopf is seated with back to camera. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2026, 9:17 pm
Haredi parties give a little ground: Basic Law won’t explicitly put Torah study on par with IDF service
Bill advances in 6-4 committee vote, with final Knesset readings slated for next week; combat veterans with PTSD interrupt hearing: ‘You’ve exploited us for political gain; rebel Likud MK: ‘Compromise’ is mere ‘window dressing’
By Ariela Karmel
Almog Cohen, of the Otzma Yehudit party, disrupts an event about settler violence, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2026, 7:48 pm
Coalition MKs disrupt Knesset event on violence against Palestinians, threaten attendees
Lawmakers steal food, assail slain hostage’s daughter-in-law, amid discussion of unchecked settler attacks; MK tells ‘terrorist’ colleagues they’ll be expelled from country
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset on May 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 27, 2026, 6:04 pm
Lawmakers to vote Monday on first reading of Knesset dissolution bill
Timeline for passage of legislation unclear; no date set for general elections, but they must be held by October 27
By Sam Sokol
Israeli security forces at the scene of a stabbing attack in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem on May 10, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 8:45 pm
In first, Israel to revoke citizenship of 2 Israeli terror convicts and deport them
Mahmoud Ahmad and Mohammed Ahmad Hussein al-Halsi reportedly to be sent to Gaza; Netanyahu vows ‘many more like them are on the way’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2025, 1:10 pm
Smotrich to resume voting with coalition after compromise on reservist compensation
Deal with Netanyahu will see legislation on tax benefits brought to final votes next week; combat soldiers earning low wages will receive approximately NIS 3,000 ($936)
By Sam Sokol
Finance Ministry Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on November 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 5, 2025, 10:09 pm
Smotrich to halt voting with coalition until MKs pass bill giving reservists tax breaks
Legislative boycott will have little impact, as coalition does not currently have a majority; coalition whip Katz says bill ‘drastically discriminates against many reservists’
By Sam Sokol
MK Tally Gotliv attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2025, 11:54 pm
Likud firebrand Tally Gotliv to replace Edelstein on key Knesset defense committee
Bennett slams ‘extremely irresponsible’ appointment of rabble-rousing MK who exposed a Shin Bet agent in a conspiracy theory she posted about Hamas’s invasion and anti-government protesters
By ToI Staff
MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2025, 2:17 pm
Likud boots Edelstein from defense panel for ‘violations of faction discipline’
Move would prevent veteran MK from opposing government bill regulating Haredi enlistment while it’s in committee; replacement not yet announced
By Sam Sokol
Wounded IDF soldiers arrive for the funeral of a comrade at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 21, 2025, 8:17 pm
Knesset passes law doubling funds for organizations working with disabled soldiers
Legislation mandates an annual budget of at least NIS 10 million ($3 million) for groups working for the benefit of disabled vets and victims of hostilities
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth (left) and United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf (right) attend a meeting of the Knesset House Committee, August 4, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
August 4, 2025, 9:07 pm
MK Bismuth elected to head key defense panel, push through Haredi draft exemption law
Knesset lawmakers oust Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair Yuli Edelstein, who calls his dismissal ‘the final nail in the coffin of the conscription law’
By Sam Sokol
Hadash-Ta’al chairman MK Ayman Odeh attends a Knesset House Committee hearing on his possible impeachment, June 24, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
June 24, 2025, 8:51 pm
Likud MKs invoke ‘hanging,’ ‘firing squad’ in hearing on impeaching Arab lawmaker
‘We will not surrender to fascism,’ declares Hadash-Ta’al chairman Ayman Odeh, who provoked outrage in January when he hailed release of ‘hostages and prisoners’
By Sam Sokol
Knesset member Aryeh Deri looks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 11, 2025, 5:51 pm
Coalition scrambles for deal with Haredim ahead of preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset
Shas said to be pressuring Degel Hatorah to give Netanyahu more time; no agreement has been reached yet, says Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Israel Katz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 24, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 29, 2025, 8:28 am
Israel to begin deporting citizen terror convicts paid by Palestinian Authority
Defense minister and coalition whip say four individuals are in advanced stages of deportation process, with proceedings initiated against hundreds more
By ToI Staff
MK Ofir Katz, chairman of the Knesset House Committee, leads a hearing, March 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 8, 2025, 9:45 pm
Likud MK Ofir Katz appointed to panel that selects judicial ombudsman
At the same time, Constitution, Law and Justice Committee cancels vote to appoint Knesset representative to committee responsible for selecting and firing the attorney general
By Sam Sokol
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi addresses the Knesset plenum, March 31, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov / Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
April 1, 2025, 10:14 am
In blitz, Knesset passes laws to rebuild the south, revoke benefits for terrorists
Lawmakers end winter parliamentary session with flurry of votes ahead of month-long recess, including forming an anti-poverty authority, banning teachers with Palestinian degrees
By Sam Sokol
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