Tag Archive for Knesset

| March 10, 2016
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Legality of proposed bill to relocate terrorists’ families to Gaza being vetted by AG

 

 

Israel’s PM Netanyahu sent the Attorney General a request that his office conduct a legal review, including procedures needed to undertake, so that Palestinian terrorists’ families can be exiled to Gaza.

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A bill proposing to deport families of Palestinians who carried out terror attacks to the Gaza Strip took another step forward on Wednesday after being submitted to the Knesset by Transport Minister Yisrael Katz of the Likud, the Times of Israel reports.

Transport Minister Yisrael Katz

Transport Minister (Likud) Yisrael Katz – Photo: GPO

The proposed law is intended to serve as a deterrent to quell lone-wolf terror attacks against Israelis. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2016
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Israel’s Knesset Mulls Legislation to Ban Mosque Loudspeakers

 

Israel Democracy Institute opposes new bill which may put an end to the raucous Muslim call to prayer 5 times daily including in the middle of the night.

By Hezki Ezra, Shoshana Miskin

 

Ministerial Committee on Legislation will discuss this upcoming Sunday a bill that seeks to ban the use of public loudspeaker systems in houses of prayer, which may put an end to the raucous Muslim call to prayer sounded in the middle of the night.

Mosque – Photo: Thinkstock

Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, Attorney Eli Becker and Dr. Amir Fuchs of the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) published a statement calling for the ministers to oppose the bill, claiming it is unnecessary as the current law already prohibits unreasonable levels of noise.
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| January 7, 2016
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Likud MK Establishes Medical Marijuana Lobby at Israel’s Knesset

 

Although Israel is a global leader in cannabis research for medicinal use, many ill Israelis still face heavy bureaucracy trying to obtain the medical treatment.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

A Knesset loby for the use of medical cannabis has been established with Likud MK Sharren Haskel at its head, it was announced on Thursday. “It has become accepted that medical cannabis has significant health benefits and an important place in the development of the world of medicine,” Haskel said, “but there are many impediments to its use. The trend is to limit this development, even tough there are many seriously ill patients who need it.” Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2015
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Israel’s MK Lieberman initiates offensive to remove Haneen Zoabi from Knesset

 

MK Lieberman’s proposal seeks to restrain the Supreme Court from interfering in the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee decisions to ban a candidate, or a political party, from participating in Israel’s elections for parliament.

By Attila Somfalvi

 

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman launched a campaign on Wednesday morning calling to remove Joint Arab List MK Haneen Zoabi from the Knesset.

Lieberman holding a sign calling to ‘Kick Haneen Zoabi from the Knesset – for good!’

“Together, we will kick out terror supporters from the Knesset,” Lieberman said in a Facebook post.

In a video posted on his official Facebook page, the Yisrael Beytenu leader calls on the Israeli public to pressure MKs to support his new bill proposal that seeks to remove both Zoabi and her party Balad, currently a part of the Joint Arab List, from the Knesset. Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2015
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Knesset member seeks to label foreign-funded anti-Israel NGOs

 

Likud MK Yoav Kisch introduces a bill that seeks to restrict nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) funded by foreign gov’ts that “represent foreign political interests,” as their covertly given funds undermine Jerusalem and promote anti-Israel propaganda.

By Gideon Allon & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Likud MK Yoav Kisch on Sunday introduced a legislation proposal seeking to label nongovernmental organizations operating in Israel while receiving the majority of their funding from foreign governments as “plants” or “agents” of the governments funding them.

Likud MK Yoav Kisch – Photo: Elad Zamir

The bill seeks to impose stricter record keeping and reporting guideline on such NGOs, and bar them from fostering collaborations with government ministries and the military, unless specifically authorized by the Justice Ministry. Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2015
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Zoabi condemns jailing teen terrorists as ‘medieval’, but is OK with their knife-attacks

 

view videoArab MK fumes over the Jewish State’s ‘fascist’ moves to halt wave of teen stabbing attacks directed at Jews, claiming the age of criminal responsibility should be higher, as to not jail them for ‘attempted murder’ or ‘murder’.

By Tova Dvorin

 

MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) harshly criticized the Justice Ministry’s push to lower the age by which minors can be sentenced to jail to 12, claiming that the decision is “fascist” and a human rights violation.

Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List)

“This tramples rights and radically tramples lives,” Zoabi fumed. “This proposal illustrates how the state is becoming fascist, and it proves it’s not willing to wake up and understand.” Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2015
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Knesset proposes bill funding Pollard’s expenses once released

 

Knesset House Committee chairman David Bitan, who proposed the bill said, “We have a moral obligation to Pollard… (since) Israel failed to bring about his release.”

By GIL HOFFMAN

 

The government would pay for Jonathan Pollard to have “reasonable living conditions” for the rest of his life following his expected release from a prison in North Carolina November 20, according to a bill proposed in the Knesset on Tuesday.

Jonathan Pollard

Although the conditions for the Israeli agent’s parole after 30 years in prison have not been revealed, he is expected to be forced to remain in the United States for the next five years before he may be permitted to move to Israel. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2015
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Knesset approves bill requiring Arabic classes beginning with first graders

 

Knesset’s bill makes it compulsory for Arabic to be taught in Jewish schools & Hebrew to be taught in Arab schools, beginning in the first grade, as a way to usher coexistence.

By Gideon Allen

 

A bill that would make it mandatory for Arabic to be taught in Jewish schools and Hebrew to be taught in Arab schools from the first grade passed its initial reading in the Knesset Wednesday.

A Jewish first-grade student and teacher [Illustrative] – Photo: Gideon Markowitz

The bill was introduced by Zionist Union MK Eyal Ben-Reuven, Meretz MK Issawi Frej, Likud MK Oren Hazan and Joint Arab List MK Hanin Zoabi.

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| October 18, 2015
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Israel’s gov’t approves expanded stop-&-frisk law in wake of Palestinian stabbing attacks

 

If the bill passes in the Knesset, security personnel will be allowed to search anyone in a place prone to violence, should they think there’s reasonable suspicion to think the suspect may be carrying a weapon.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

A bill expanding the meaning of probable cause for searching a suspect’s person for weapons was approved by the cabinet Sunday.

Border police check a Palestinian driver on a road outside the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukabaer in East Jerusalem. – Photo: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP

“Following recent terrorist attacks, there is an urgent need to give the police authority to conduct body searches in order to better deal with knife terrorism,” Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who proposed the amendment, explained.

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| July 31, 2015
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Israeli doctors vow court fight over Knesset sanctioning force-feeding prisoners

After learning the Knesset passed law allowing force-feeding of hunger striking security prisoners, Israel’s Medical Association declared their doctors will challenge ruling in Supreme Court even though Interior Minister Erdan says law is necessary. 

By Associated Press, Rotem Elizera, Moran Azulay

 

Israel’s parliament passed a contentious law on Thursday that would permit the force-feeding of inmates on hunger strike, eliciting harsh criticism over the practice.

Force-feeding prisoners; doctors vow court fight

 

The law allows a judge to sanction the force-feeding or administration of medical treatment if there is a threat to the inmate’s life, even if the prisoner refuses. Continue Reading »

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| July 22, 2015
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Israel’s Knesset approves harsher stone-throwing law: 10-20 years

New legislation sets 20-year sentence if intention is to cause harm, and 10-yrs for throwing at police when intention is to disrupt officers from completing duty. 

By Moran Azulay

 

Legislation to impose harsher sentences on stone-throwers passed the final hurdle on Monday night in the Knesset after it passed the second and third readings, making it into law.

Rioters in Kafr Kanna (Photo: AFP)
Rioters in Kafr Kanna – Photo: AFP

The bill, proposed by former justice minister Tzipi Livni and then promoted in this term by her successor Ayelet Shaked, passed with 69 in favor, including Zionist Union MKs, and 17 against. 

The new legislation is an amendment to the existing law, and serves to supplement and clarify it. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2015
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Under Netanyahu’s Direction Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill Voted Down: 94-6

MK Sharon Gal, the bill’s sponsor, lists the names of the many MKs & right-wing ministers who openly supported the bill before the PM came out against it.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

Only Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted in favor of a bill that would make it easier to sentence terrorists to death on Wednesday.

Sharon Gal holds poster, “Also I’m for the Death Penalty for Terrorists!” – Photo Courtesy

The bill by MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu) would change the current law allowing death penalty only in a case of judicial consensus, which was only used against Adolf Eichmann, to one allowing a majority of presiding judges to sentence a terrorist to death. Continue Reading »

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| June 30, 2015
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Shin Bet Cheif Warns Hamas Has Rearmed & Ready for Next War

Israel Security Agency head expounded to Knesset on how acts of terror have risen 50% each year since 2012, & on Hamas, whose already rearmed Gaza for another conflict.

By Yedidya Ben-Or

 

Head of the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet/Shabak) Yoram Cohen warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that Hamas is already prepared to launch another terror war against Israel, just a year on from last summer’s war with Israel.

Cohen and other ISA officials gave a complete picture of the happenings in the terrorist enclave of Gaza, as well as the terrorist threat nationwide. Continue Reading »

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| June 1, 2015
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Israel’s Government Approves Legislation Confiscating Security Detainees’ Cellphones

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to present bill to the Knesset seeking to thwart use of cellphones by incarcerated terrorists.

By Tova Tzimuk

 

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved on Sunday a proposal to prevent the use of cellular devices by prisoners and security detainees involved in acts of terror, presented by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked – Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg

Coincidentally, the bill was presented after – earlier in the day – Palestinian terrorist Abdullah Barghouti conducted an interview with a Palestinian radio station from prison using his mobile phone.

Currently the legal authority to deny detainees use of cellular devices remains vague, with the security services forced to petition the High Court of Justice to prevent prisoners making using cell phones. Continue Reading »

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| May 31, 2015
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Israel’s Government Approves Legislation Toughening Punishment for Rock Throwers

This bill offers sentence of 10 years even if thrower’s ‘intent’ was not proven, and sentences for throwing rocks at security personnel, police or police vehicles will be even heavier.

By Gil Ronen

 

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved on Sunday the first bill submitted by Minister Ayelet Shaked, stiffening the punishments and penalties meted out to individuals convicted of rock throwing.

The Committee decided to bring the “continuity principle” to bear on the bill, which was originally submitted by former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni in the previous government, but passed only in the first reading. The continuity principle means that the bill will not have to be brought to a first reading again, and will advance immediately to the second and third readings. Continue Reading »

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