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Nahariya municipality workers work in the streets of the northern Israeli city which was suffered severe flooding due to heavy rain storms, January 9, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
January 9, 2020, 4:09 pm
1,000 at funeral for Israeli lauded as hero, who died rescuing others from flood
Moti Ben Shabbat laid to rest in his hometown of Nahariya; amid deadly rainstorms PM appeals for public to obey authorities’ instructions as they would during a rocket attack
By ToI Staff
Zionist Union MK Robert Tiviaev speaks in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, on August 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 29, 2018, 12:29 am
Zionist Union punishes absent MK after pensioner pay bill fails by single vote
MK Robert Tiviaev suspended from parliamentary duties for one month after skipping vote that ended up 57-56; MK Hilik Bar, in China, may also face discipline
By Stuart Winer
Zionist Union MK Stav Shaffir performs during the 50th anniversary of the Knesset on Tuesday, January 19 2016. (Knesset)
January 19, 2016, 4:14 pm
Knesset celebrates 50 years with MK talent show
Story-telling, guitar-strumming, karate-playing lawmakers entertain the public on anniversary of Israeli parliament’s iconic building
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox women on the job at a high-tech company in Modiin Illit (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
July 28, 2015, 1:40 pm
Haredi women, the start-up nation’s abysmally underpaid backbone
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israeli women work in programming, software development and other relatively low-skill high-tech jobs. They’re often very badly paid, and deeply reluctant to do anything about it
By Shira Rubin
Oren Hazan celebrating the exit polls at the Likud headquarters after the elections, Tel Aviv, March 18, 2015. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
July 22, 2015, 5:40 pm
Knesset won’t probe scandal-ridden MK’s conduct
Despite severity of Oren Hazan’s alleged actions, Ethics Committee chairman says panel has no jurisdiction over past behavior
By ToI Staff
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (C) holds letter calling for Jonathan Pollard's release, alongside MKs Hilik Bar (L), Elazar Stern (SL), Dov Lipman (SR), Zvulun Kalfa (R) (photo credit: Knesset spokesperson's office)
May 26, 2014, 11:34 pm
MK delegation to appeal to Obama on Pollard’s behalf
Knesset speaker hands MKs headed to US a letter for American president urging release on ‘humanitarian’ grounds
By Marissa Newman
Ruth Calderon speaks to the Knesset (photo credit: screen capture Knesset Channel)
November 27, 2013, 3:05 am
Haredim in Knesset gallery irk MK
Ruth Calderon of Yesh Atid lambastes yeshiva students who come to watch parliment sessions rather than study Torah
By Adiv Sterman
Knesset Ethics Committee chairman MK Yitzhak Vaknin of Shas (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 30, 2013, 5:43 am
MKs fire up J Street crowd with progressive causes
Talk of religious pluralism, gay rights and universal healthcare garners thunderous applause from liberal US Jews
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Ruth Calderon speaks to the Knesset, Tuesday (photo credit: screen capture Knesset Channel)
February 15, 2013, 4:45 pm
Resonant response to maiden speech by Yesh Atid’s secular, female Talmud scholar
Tens of thousands watch clip of Dr. Ruth Calderon in Knesset debut quoting traditional sources, urging ultra-Orthodox and Zionist communities to better understand each other
By Aaron Kalman
Carmel Shama-Hacohen, Likud Knesset member who was supposed to participate in meeting with Egyptian parliamentarians (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 12, 2012, 7:23 pm
DC meet between Knesset members and Muslim Brotherhood canceled
Summit nixed after reports about meeting leaked to media
By Hillary Zaken
Benny Begin (photo credit: Flash90)
May 3, 2012, 11:10 am
Benny Begin: Early elections are a mistake
Begin is first member of government to speak out against idea, but momentum too great to stop it now
By Hillary Zaken
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