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"recommendations" law

Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, seen with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a welcoming ceremony for his appointment, held at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 12, 2018, 10:04 pm
Supreme Court rejects petition to silence police in Netanyahu probes
‘No reason to interfere,’ says ruling, paving way for investigators to publicize indictment recommendations, after year-long graft probes into suspicions against PM
By Raoul Wootliff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks during a ceremony of the Israel Bar Association's in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2018. (Flash90)
February 11, 2018, 8:35 pm
AG orders police to wait with Netanyahu investigation conclusions
Mandelblit instructs investigators not to announce findings until High Court hears petition against their publication
By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon during a plenum session at the Knesset to approve changes in tax laws, May 10, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 29, 2017, 10:47 am
In search of settlement building, Lorde and a coalition hero
Israel Hayom (kind of) takes aim at Netanyahu for a lack of settlement starts; Haaretz bashes Kahlon; and Yedioth says more money will make sure an artist never cancels a gig again
By Joshua Davidovich
A man begs for money near a window display in the center of Jerusalem. October 22, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 28, 2017, 3:17 pm
Follow the (lack of) money
If your husband is a world leader and you need to shake down friends for jewelry, if you have to beg the government to pay to save your kids’ lives, you might be in Israel
By Joshua Davidovich
Knesset Member Yair Lapid reacts during a marathon plenary session in the Knesset regarding the "Recommendations Bill" on December 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 28, 2017, 10:20 am
Opposition party, NGO petition High Court against ‘recommendations law’
Centrist Yesh Atid decries the law it says is meant to protect crooked elected officials; ‘We cannot allow Israeli democracy to corrupt itself’
By ToI Staff
Coalition chairman David Amsalem seen during a marathon plenary session in the Knesset regarding the police recommendations bill, December 27, 2017 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 28, 2017, 2:01 am
Police recommendations law passed after 2-day filibuster
Controversial legislation to muzzle investigators won’t apply to current probes into Netanyahu, other MKs; Yesh Atid set to petition High Court
By Marissa Newman
MK Eitan Cabel (Zionist Union) at the Knesset, June 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 27, 2017, 5:19 am
Opposition invokes Lamentations and Richard III amid police bill filibuster
Seeking to delay vote on controversial legislation, lawmakers at the podium turn to Shakespeare, soccer talk and even to reading out text messages from concerned citizens
By ToI Staff
An ultra orthodox Jewish man studies Torah, as he shops for vegetables at a supermarket in Gush Etzion, on July 27, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)
December 26, 2017, 1:00 pm
Saturday’s all right for fighting (but not shopping)
Papers report that with a law shutting mini-markets looming, cities are rebelling, though it’s not clear they can stop the ultra-Orthodox effort
By Joshua Davidovich
MK David Amsalem during a 4 a.m. debate on his police bill (Screen capture: Knesset Channel)
December 26, 2017, 4:48 am
Drowsy Knesset kicks off 45-hour police bill filibuster
Opposition lawmakers take turns before near-empty plenum in bid to delay vote on controversial legislation; Amsalem hits back at Lapid
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and coalition chairman David Amsalem converse during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on December 25, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 9:31 pm
Opposition gears up for 45-hour filibuster before final votes on police bill
Lapid calls recommendations bill an ‘abomination,’ as Zionist Union crowdsources objections
By Marissa Newman
A man with a cardboard guillotine attends an anti-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv on December 23, 2017 (screen capture: 0404.co.il)
December 24, 2017, 6:06 am
Likud fumes over ‘guillotine’ at Tel Aviv anti-corruption rally
Labor chief also slams prop as ‘incitement’ against Netanyahu, dismisses Israel boycott signs spotted at protest
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Israelis hold signs and shout slogans during a rally against corruption in government, at Zion Square in Jerusalem on December 23, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 23, 2017, 8:44 pm
Right-wing anti-corruption rally in Jerusalem fizzles; thousands in Tel Aviv
Only several hundred join alternative protest in capital that was condemned by Likud as a ‘satellite’ protest of the left
By Raoul Wootliff
Eliad Shraga
December 19, 2017, 11:40 am
Eliad Shraga
Israel is turning into a Mafia State
Widespread endemic corruption is destroying the values and solidarity upon which this country was established
Thousands of people march through Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is embroiled in two corruption investigations on December 16, 2017 (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2017, 8:39 pm
Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu over graft probes
Demonstrators throng city’s streets for third consecutive week, days after PM was questioned for a 7th time in corruption cases
By Raoul Wootliff
David Amsalem, chairman of the Interior Affairs Committee, leads debate on the so-called recommendations bill, December 11, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 13, 2017, 2:41 pm
Police recommendations bill clears final committee vote
Controversial legislation to prevent investigators from urging indictment of public officials now set to become law
By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman
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