Tag Archive for Knesset

| May 28, 2014
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Israeli Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Annex ‘Area C’

 

Legislation set to apply Israeli law to some 90 enclaves, but Netanyahu’s gov’t does not support measure.

Right-wing lobby says step needed after peace-talks collapsed.

By Ynet Staff

 

Right-wing MKs called on the government Wednesday to annex about 90 Jewish settlements built on West Bank land, with one of them saying it was retaliation for the collapse of peace talks with the Palestinians a month ago.

While Israel has built dozens of enclaves since capturing the land in the 1967 Six Days, it has not applied its law to the territory other than near East Jerusalem, which it annexed as part of its capital in a move never recognized internationally. Continue Reading »

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| May 19, 2014
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Labor joins Likud MKs to allow Jews to pray on Temple Mount

 

Both Labor & Likud Knesset members join effort to push controversial legislation to open up Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount compound that’s currently permitted for Muslims only.

By Akiva Novik

 

Labor and Likud MKs have joined forces on a new bill that proposes to allow Jews to pray at the Temple Mount compound – for the first time since the destruction of the Second Temple, as Jews are currently barred from praying at the site.

Palestinians praying at Temple Mount (Photo: AFP)

Palestinians praying at Temple Mount – Photo: AFP

MK Miri Regev (Likud) and MK Hilik Bar (Labor) are expected to introduce the bill for discussion in the Knesset. Continue Reading »

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| May 8, 2014
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Israel’s Minister of Defense: Let’s not delude ourselves, there is no Palestinian partner

Defense Minister Ya’alon tells Knesset committee that Jerusalem opposes Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, says it probably won’t come to fruition anyway.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

 

The Palestinians are not a partner for peace, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Wednesday.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon – Photo: Ariel Hermoni, Defense Ministry spokesman

“There is no partner on the other side. That is the reality. Our soldiers are intelligent enough to understand the complex situation on the field and to know how to deal with it. There’s no immediate solution. We can’t delude ourselves,” he stated.

Israel opposes Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, but it probably won’t come to fruition anyway, he added. Continue Reading »

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| April 13, 2014
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Largest Land Declaration by Gov’t in Gush Etzion in Past Decade

In a move to surely render the EU, American administration and Abbas’ PA livid, Israel’s Civil Administration declared a parcel of 242 acres of land in Gush Etzion as government-owned land, signaling new construction in the near future.

By Yosef Berger

 

After years of research and a number of High Court cases, the Civil Adminstration on Sunday declared a parcel of 980 dunams (242 acres) of land in Gush Etzion as state-owned land. The declaration of the parcel as state-owned land is the first step in developing plans for eventual home construction.

This is the largest single state land declaration in Gush Etzion for more than a decade and observers said that it could signal a signifcant increase in construction in Gush Etzion in the coming years. Continue Reading »

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| April 10, 2014
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Israel’s High Court of Justice issued Netanyahu’s gov’t ‘a yellow card’

High Court gives Knesset until May1 to name FADC chair since Netanyahu & Lapid could not agree over who would take the position first.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

 

 

The Knesset must appoint a chairperson for its sensitive Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee by May 1, the High Court of Justice ruled on Thursday.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. – Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

In a rare move, the court issued an interim order compelling the parliament to name a chair for the committee after a petition on the matter was filed by jointly by Labor Party chairman and opposition chief Isaac Herzog and the transparency NGO Movement for Quality in Government. Continue Reading »

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| April 6, 2014
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Former Palestinian Knesset Member Convicted of Contacting Israel’s Enemies

Former Israel MK of the Balad party, Said Nafa, met in Syria with PFLP-GC leader. Nafa was convicted of both illegally exiting to an enemy state & assisting others to do so as well.

By Ahiya Raved

 

The Nazareth District Court convicted former Balad Knesset Member Said Nafa of contact with a foreign agent, illegal exit to an enemy country and aiding other to exist to an enemy country.

Nafa was acquitted of another charge of contacting a foreign agent after no evidence was found that he had met with the leader of the Hamas political bureau Khaled Mashal. Continue Reading »

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| March 20, 2014
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Knesset passes legislation to increase support to Holocaust survivors

 

The new Bill calls for additional aid from NIS 100 million to NIS 135 million annually to go directly to survivors, with further annual increases.

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

 

 

The Knesset approved on Wednesday the second and third (final) readings of a bill to amend the Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets Law.

A display showing tattoos at the Holocaust Museum in Wasington, DC - Photo: Reuters

A display showing tattoos at the Holocaust Museum in Wasington, DC – Photo: Reuters

The measure sets the end of the Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets’ operations as December 31, 2017, as opposed to 2021, as previously stipulated in the law.

The new law also calls for an increase in aid to Holocaust survivors from NIS 100 million to NIS 135m.

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| March 19, 2014
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Circus for a day: Palestinian controls Knesset as ‘Speaker’

Arab member of the Israeli Knesset Ahmad Tibi is given the Speaker’s chair (as a Deputy Speaker) at the Knesset.

Arutz Sheva TV

This is what happens when Palestinians control the Knesset:
Yelling at women, abusing his position to eject those smarter than himself, and censor dialogue he doesn’t like ti hear.

 

Original Arutz Sheva TV video. Continue Reading »

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| March 18, 2014
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Court criticizes Knesset for neglecting to regulate ritual circumcision

An Ashkelon judge lambastes Israel’s parliament for continually failing to manage this problem in its ruling acquitting 2 men of performing a circumcision without licenses.

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An Israeli court slammed the Knesset on Thursday for failing to enact legislation regulating circumcision, saying it should have done so long ago.

A mohel is surround by other rabbis and relatives as he holds a boy at his circumcision. Photo by AP

A mohel is surround by other rabbis and relatives as he holds a boy at his circumcision. – Photo: AP

Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court Judge Haim Nachmias issued the rare criticism in his verdict acquitting two mohels, or “ritual circumcisers,” on charges of negligence.

“The legislators would be wise to regulate the profession of performing circumcisions, and the supervision of those performing this religious commandment, through legislation,” he wrote.

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| March 12, 2014
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British Prime Minister David Cameron Addresses Israel’s Knesset

Hareidi (ultra-Orthodox) MKs walk out of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Knesset address, as Knesset Members prepare to hear from British premier.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed attempts to boycott Israel in his Knesset address today, and conveyed a clear message: “Britain opposes the boycott against Israel.”

PM Netanyahu and British PM David Cameron -Photo PMO

PM Netanyahu Welcomes British PM David Cameron to Israel -Photo PMO

“We want to right the wrongs of the past,” Cameron stated. “We believe in democracy and the freedom and equality of all religions. Israel’s delegitimization is wrong, and we will make sure it fails.”

Regarding the recent push to ban kosher slaughter (shechita) in the UK, Cameron added that “ritual slaughter will be legal in the UK as long as I am Prime Minister.”

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| March 11, 2014
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Edelstein threatens to scrub Cameron’s Knesset visit if opposition won’t behave

 

Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein demands in meeting with opposition leaders, that they do not ‘disrespect the Knesset and the government’ during the UK’s prime minister’s visit.

By LAHAV HARKOV


 

 

UK Prime Minister David Cameron may not address the Knesset as scheduled on Wednesday, if Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein cannot ensure that opposition MKs will behave appropriately and not cause a diplomatic incident.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron - Photo: Reuters

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron – Photo: Reuters

In a meeting with opposition party leaders, Edelstein said “I demand that you do not sabotage Cameron’s visit. As long as you protest in a political framework, it is acceptable, but some things are untenable.

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| March 11, 2014
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UK Prime Minister Cameron to Make First Official Visit to Israel

 

Following Germany’s Chancellor Merkel’s visit, UK prime minister to make his first official visit to Israel, where he too will give a Knesset speech, meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem and then on to visit Abbas.

By The Associated Press

 

Prime Minister David Cameron plans to make his first visit as British leader to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week.

Cameron and Netanyahu. London. (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom)

Cameron and Netanyahu. London. – Photo: Amos Ben Gershom

Cameron’s Downing Street office says he will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and deliver a speech to the Knesset on Wednesday. He also is scheduled to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during his two-day trip. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2014
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Israel Airport to undergo sensitivity course on ‘humiliating’ security procedures

 

Knesset ruling follows public outcry after improper treatment of an Arab Israeli teacher, who underwent a strip-search.

By i24NEWS

 

The Knesset Public Petitions Committee decided on Monday that Israeli Airport Authority officials will meet with people who have been forced into invasive security checks. The meetings, which will involve Arab MKs will be part of an attempt to enlighten airport officials on the often humiliating security searches that Arabs have to go through.

AN EL AL plane at Ben Gurion International Airport ( Wikimedia Commons )

AN EL AL plane at Ben Gurion International Airport – Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Haaretz newspaper reported that the decision follows last month’s public outcry over the treatment of Ezias Elias Shehadeh, and Arab Israeli teacher who was strip-searched while flying with her Jewish students. Continue Reading »

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| February 28, 2014
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Israeli PM Vowed Gov’t Won’t Change Temple Mount Status Quo

 


Netanyahu’s conciliatory promises to Muslim world followed a  stormy Knesset debate on possible extension of Israeli sovereignty over Temple Mount

By Ryan Jones

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed that his government would not alter the status quo regarding the Temple Mount, a day after Israel’s Knesset held its first ever debate on extending Jewish sovereignty over Judaism’s holiest site.

Temple Mount - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Temple Mount – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

“The policy of the government of Israel has been and continues to be the maintenance of the status quo at the Temple Mount, including freedom of access for all faiths to the holy sites,” Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev told The Jerusalem Post. Continue Reading »

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| February 27, 2014
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Knesset: law past distinguishes between Christians and Arab Muslims

Nazareth Christian leader speaks about new law distinguishing between Christians and Arab Muslims. Christians Are No Longer to be ‘Arabs’

By Ryan Jones

 

Israel’s Knesset on Monday signed into law a bill that legally distinguishes between local Christians and the bulk of the Arabic-speaking population, which is primarily Muslim.

Christian Priest: Israel a Shining Example of Human Rights

Greek Orthodox priest, Father Gabriel Nadaf, spiritual head of the Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum

The stated goal of the law is to boost Christian employment rights by recognizing them as an independent minority, and thereby granting them separate representation on local councils and employment committees.

Israeli Arab (mostly Muslim) members of Knesset blasted the new law, insisting it would undermine Arab identity in the Holy Land. Continue Reading »

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