Sharren Haskel

President Reuven Rivlin, left, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, right, at a conference for regional education department heads in Jerusalem on February 28, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

August 19, 2018, 5:19 pm

President, ministers flooded with calls after activist posts their phone numbers

Barak Cohen says his list was a ‘public service,’ but some lawmakers denounce his move, and one MK calls him a ‘bastard’

By JTA and TOI staff

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on July 8, 2018. (Courtesy)

July 8, 2018, 10:13 am

First cabinet member enters Temple Mount after 3 years as PM lifts ban

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel the first to make use of new decision letting MKs visit flashpoint Jerusalem holy site once every 3 months; calls for completely free access

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Kuwaiti parliament speaker Marzouq al Ghanim heckles Israeli parliamentarians during a gathering in Saint Petersburg, Russia, last October 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)

March 11, 2018, 12:46 am

Palestinians honor Kuwaiti official for heckling Knesset members

Marzouq al Ghanim named ‘personality of the year’ over October incident that saw Israeli lawmakers walk out of international forum

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Norwegian MP Bjornar Moxnes speaks to reporters during an interview on September 1, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)

February 11, 2018, 3:05 am

Norwegian MP defends nominating ‘peaceful’ BDS movement for Nobel prize

Likud MK Sharren Haskel tells Norway’s ambassador ‘there’s nothing peaceful’ about movement aimed at destroying Israel

By TOI staff

Knesset lawmakers tuck into vegan alternatives to their meat and dairy favorites in support of annual Animal Rights Day. Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), who hosted the feast, stands at the end of the table next to the chefs, February 6, 2018. (Anonymous for Animal Rights).

February 6, 2018, 3:45 pm

Lawmakers go vegan for the day to support animal rights

Annual Knesset Animal Rights Day organized by cross-party group includes committee discussions and virtual reality experiences of livestock life and abuse

By Sue Surkes

Israeli lawmakers in the Knesset on January 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 9, 2018, 7:49 am

Controversial law to shutter minimarkets on Shabbat squeaks through Knesset

Legislation pushed by Shas leader giving him control over what stores remain open on Jewish day of rest approved after opposition filibuster

By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff

MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset vote on January 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 9, 2018, 4:46 am

All-night vote on minimarkets bill delayed after opposition dents measure

New loophole in Shabbat legislation is approved when 2 coalition MKs apparently vote for it by mistake, and so the bill goes back to committee

By TOI staff

Likud MK Sharren Haskel arrives for a court hearing at the Court of the Likud Movement in Tel Aviv on January 8, 2018. (Flash90)

January 8, 2018, 7:27 pm

Likud court rejects bid to oust MK over opposition to Shabbat bill

Judges urge Sharren Haskel to reconsider vote, but slam coalition chairman Amsalem for seeking to expel her from party

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK David Amsalem during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 8, 2018, 5:48 pm

Ahead of Shabbat bill ballot, Netanyahu says a ‘no’ vote betrays coalition

Opposition plans 14-hour filibuster on controversial proposal, as coalition heads into vote with just 59 MKs backing legislation

By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff

MK Motti Yogev at a meeting of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, June 14, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

January 8, 2018, 10:33 am

Shabbat bill threatened as death of MK’s mother shakes coalition majority

For second week, bereaved Knesset member complicates math needed for government to secure final approval of controversial measure to shutter stores on Jewish day of rest

By Raoul Wootliff

January 8, 2018, 9:09 am

Mini-market law brings a day of risk over the day of rest

Even if the coalition manages to pass the bill shuttering shops on Shabbat, pundits fear the move could end up tearing apart Likud and society at large

By Joshua Davidovich

An 'AM PM' convenience store, which open on Shabbat, in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2016. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

January 7, 2018, 4:52 pm

Coalition heads reach compromise on Shabbat bill, but majority not guaranteed

Amended bill would allow gas station’s convenience stores to stay open on Jewish day of rest but would not exempt tourist city of Eilat as some MKs had hoped

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 7, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)

January 7, 2018, 2:56 pm

Likud ministers spar with PM over bid to oust MK for opposing Shabbat bill

With Sharren Haskel facing possible ejection from party, Netanyahu doubles down on legislation that would shutter mini-markets on Jewish day of rest

By Raoul Wootliff

Likud MK Sharren Haskel at a faction meeting in the Knesset, May 30, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 7, 2018, 11:21 am

Likud seeks to oust MK for opposing Shabbat bill

Coalition chairman asks party judiciary to cancel Sharren Haskel’s membership over her intention to oppose legislation to shutter mini-markets on Jewish day of rest

By Raoul Wootliff

Labor chairman Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on January 1, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 6, 2018, 2:14 pm

Labor leader predicts he’ll be elected PM in November 2018

Avi Gabbay criticizes legislation aimed at shuttering minimarkets on Shabbat; former head of police anti-fraud unit: Netanyahu unfit for office

By TOI staff