Tag Archive for Knesset

| October 27, 2014
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Ministerial Committee: Knesset Can Veto High Court Annulment Decrees

MK Shaked’s bill basically states that with a 61-seat majority, the Knesset will be able to undo High Court ruling if the justices strike down a law.

By Ido Ben Porat, Gil Ronen

 

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved on Sunday a bill submitted by MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) that would enable the Knesset to override a High Court decision to strike down a law it had previously legislated.

The bill would add a clause to the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom, allowing the re-legislation of laws annulled by the High Court, with a 61-seat majority. The clause would be added to the Basic Law as a temporary order for a period of four years. Continue Reading »

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| July 9, 2014
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Hidden Deal with Pope May Prevent Jews From Praying at David’s Tomb

Exclusive: Knesset Interior Committee meeting exposes secret arrangement with Christians that ‘soon no Jews at David’s Tomb.’

By Benny Toker, Ari Yashar

 

In a Knesset Interior Committee meeting on Monday chaired by MK Miri Regev (Likud), it was revealed that Christians received permission to hold fixed prayers in the David’s Tomb Compound, in a breach of the status quo that threatens Jewish prayer rights.

Rabbi Simcha Hacohen Kook, chief rabbi of Rehovot and rabbi of the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City, took part in the Committee meeting and told Arutz Sheva about the serious implications of what was revealed. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2014
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Israel’s Knesset Passes Bill Blocking Terrorists’ Benefits

Knesset’s landmark legislation to begin removing benefits for terrorist prisoners & ‘gestures’ to the Palestinian Authority.

By Shlomo Pitrikovsky

 

The Knesset approved the National Insurance Act bill in its second and third readings on Monday night, in a move which would see convicted terrorists stripped of Social Security benefits.

MKs Yariv Levin (Likud), David Rotem (Yisrael Beytenu), and Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu) drafted the bill, which stipulates that anyone convicted of terrorism-related crime, served more than ten years in Israeli prison, and then was released as part of peace talks or other negotiations, is ineligible for social security benefits.

Benefits to be stripped include maternity benefits, unemployment benefits, accident insurance, bankruptcies for corporations, retirement pensions and car loans, among others. Continue Reading »

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| July 3, 2014
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View Clip: Palestinian MK Ahmed Tibi Goes Berserk at Knesset’s Podium

Radical Arab MK began screaming loosing his composure when the chairwoman MK Ruth Calderon politely told him his time was up.

By Gil Ronen

 

MK Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List) screamed at temporary Knesset plenum chairperson MK Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid) Wednesday and accused her of insensitivity to Palestinian suffering, after she informed him that his time was up as he delivered a parliamentary motion.

MK Tibi in tirade after MK Calderon (Yesh Atid) tells him his time is up. - A7 Screenshot

MK Tibi in tirade after MK Calderon (Yesh Atid) tells him his time is up. – A7 Screenshot

The same Tibi who bemoaned the alleged insensitivity of his colleagues insisted last week that Hamas is not a terror organization, fifteen days after two Hamas terrorists kidnapped three Israeli teenagers and in the midst of a rain of rocket fire on Israel from the Hamas-enclave Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| June 29, 2014
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Israel’s Ministerial Legislative Committee to Discuss MK Shaked’s ‘Zoabi’s Law’

Bill to oust MKs guilty of incitement against the State during their current Knesset terms, if passed, will stop further anti-Israel MKs from their pro-terror endeavors.

By Tova Dvorin

 

The Ministerial Legislative Committee will hold a hearing on a special initiative from Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked Sunday, nicknamed “Zoabi’s Law.”

“Zoabi’s Law,” if passed, will amend existing laws allowing the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee to reject the re-application of current MKs for the next Knesset term if they are found guilty of incitement or supporting known terrorist groups.

The amendment would also allow the Knesset to boot current MKs over incitement – not only before the next elections. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2014
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Israeli café owner kicks Palestinian Arab MK Haneen Zoabi out, calling her ‘traitor’

The Palestinian Knesset Member has been vilified in Israel for proclaiming the Arab abductors of the Jewish teens in the West Bank are not terrorists.

 

MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad,) who has been vilified in Israel for saying that the abductors of the three teens in the West Bank were not terrorists, was kicked out of a restaurant, Arutz Sheva reported.

Haneen Zoabi.

Israeli Arab lawmaker Haneen Zoabi speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem, December 19, 2012. – Photo: Reuters

Neither the name of the restaurant nor its location were provided, but the confrontation between Zoabi and the restaurant owner was captured by a cell phone camera.

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| June 24, 2014
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Mike Huckabee: United States must help Israel bring back abducted teens

During his speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem, the ex-governor declares the kidnapping as “nothing less than an act of rabid anti-Semitic hatred.”

 

The United States must declare that the kidnapping of three teenagers in Gush Etzion will not be tolerated and work to bring them home, Former Arkansas Governor and TV and radio personality Mike Huckabee said in the Knesset Monday.

Mike Huckabee at Knesset

Mike Huckabee at Knesset – YouTube Arutz Sheva TV screenshot

The kidnapping is “nothing less than an act of anti-Semitic, rabid hatred,” he declared.

In light of the fact that one of the boys, Naftali Fraenkel, is a US citizen, Huckabee said the US “must speak out boldly and clearly and say this is unacceptable. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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Israel Police: Sufficient evidence exists to investigate MK Zoabi for incitement

Attorney-General to decide on whether or not to begin official investigation into Palestinian MK over her comments on kidnapping of 3 Jewish teens.

The Israel Police have told Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein that there is sufficient evidence to begin investigating MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad) for incitement after she said the kidnapping of three teens in the West Bank earlier this month was not terrorism, the Israel Police confirmed on Monday.

Haneen Zoabi

MK Haneen Zoabi. – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

“I didn’t break any law, rather, I am fulfilling my moral, human and political obligation to fight against oppression and for justice,” Zoabi said in response, adding that there is no law preventing her from honestly expressing her opinion, even if it is controversial.

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| June 23, 2014
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Proposed gov’t legislation seeks to toughen sentences for rock throwers

New law will allow conviction without a need to ‘prove intent to harm’ car or passengers and 5 years for throwing a rock at a police officer or his vehicle – interfering in the carrying out of his duty.

 

The government is attempting to make it easier to convict suspects of throwing rocks at passing cars as well as stiffening the sentence for the crime. A draft of a new law that was circulated on Sunday by the Justice Ministry would make it possible to convict and punish the violators even if the state cannot prove they intended to damage cars or injure passengers.

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| June 18, 2014
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Israel to permit hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be sedated for force-feeding

Palestinian Member of Israel’s Knesset who oppose the force-feeding bill calls it ‘immoral’ and ‘unethical.’

Jewish MK says, “Tibi wants pain & suffering, and I don’t. I don’t want them to suffer.”

 

Physicians will have the authority to sedate hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to make it easier to force-feed them, the Public Security Ministry’s legal adviser said on Wednesday.

Palestinians pray by the separation barrier in Bethlehem on June 6, 2014.

Palestinians pray by the separation barrier in Bethlehem on June 6, 2014, during a demonstration in support of hunger-strikers. – Photo: AFP

Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi protested the decision, calling it “a huge scandal.”

“This is a new piece of information, and I ask that the discussion be stopped immediately,” Tibi said.

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| June 11, 2014
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Civil Marriage Bill Rejected in Israel’s Knesset

Civil marriage bill falls hard in landslide vote; Israel’s PM Binyamin Netanyahu attends to personally place his opposing vote.

By Hezki Ezra

 

The Knesset rejected Labor Mk Stav Shafir’s Civil Marriage bill Wednesday, which lost to a landslide vote of 19 for and 52 against.

Both Yesh Atid and Likud wholeheartedly rejected the civil marriage bill; surprisingly, even many members of Justice Minister Tzipi Livni’s left-leaning HaTnua party also abstained from voting. In addition, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu himself entered the voting hall to cast his opposing vote.

Shafir was reportedly shocked at the outcome, accusing several MKs and Ministers – specifically Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Culture Minister Limor Livnat (Likud), and Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) of reneging on promises to support the civil marriage bill. Continue Reading »

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| June 10, 2014
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Watch Knesset Video of Reuven Rivlin Announced as Israel’s Tenth President

Knesset Member & Former Knesset speaker Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin, wins 2nd round of votes, making him Israel’s 10th president.

By Gil Ronen and Arutz Sheva Staff

 

 

Former Knesset speaker, Likud MK Reuven Rivlin, has won Israel’s presidential elections, beating his opponent MK Meir Sheetrit (Hatnua) in the second round of votes.

 

While the office of president is almost completely ceremonial in nature, Israel’s president plays a key role in summoning a party leader to try and form a coalition, after elections to the Knesset are held. If the next election results are close, as many expect them to be, the identity of the president could determine which party leader is summoned first to try and put together a coalition. Continue Reading »

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| June 8, 2014
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Israel: Ministerial Committee Approve Euthanasia Bill

 

Author of proposed euthanasia legislation, yet to go up for Knesset vote, says it will ‘put Israel in forefront of enlightened nations’.

By i24news

 

The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved a bill to make assisted suicide legal for terminal patients.

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Doctor at University of Miami giving vaccination to a girl – Photo: Joe Raedle -Getty Images/AFP/File

The bill passed by a majority of eight to two; one minister chose to abstain from voting. In order to become ratified as a law, the bill must pass a vote at the country’s parliament, the Knesset.

It was put forth by Knesset Member Ofer Shelah from the centrist Yesh Atid party. Continue Reading »

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| June 6, 2014
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PM to back law that would nix president’s ability to commute terrorists’ sentences

The proposed legislation is aimed at preventing any future large scale pardoning of convicted Palestinian terrorists for political agenda.

By HERB KEINON

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu threw his support Thursday behind a bill that would enable courts to convict terrorists to life in prison without any chance of a presidential commutation of their sentences, in a move apparently connected to the recent Hamas-Fatah unity pact.

Binyamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset. – Photo: GPO

The security cabinet on Thursday decided to bring the proposed law to the government on Sunday, where it will be backed by Likud-Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi ministers. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2014
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Baltic states up number of Christian ‘Israel ally’ caucuses to 30

 

Israel MK Yuri Shtern established the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus in 2004.

By GIL HOFFMAN

 

 
Latvia and Estonia will become the 29th and 30th countries with Israel Allies Caucuses in their parliaments this week at events attended by MKs in the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus.

Christians Love Israel – Photo: .the peoples voice

The MKs will join together with World Jewish Congress and International Christian Embassy Jerusalem representatives to meet with Christian and political leaders in the two Baltic states to mobilize support for Israel.

There will be meetings with senior leaders from a spectrum of Christian denominations, with hopes of garnering further support for Israel, concentrating on shared Judeo-Christian values.

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