September 12, 2023 The Israeli High Court convened on Tuesday in a session held to hear the petitions and challenges submitted against the Knesset law passed to curb the court’s judicial review of government decisions. 15 Zionist justices entered the courtroom to start the hearing session at 9 a.m. The July 24 reasonableness standard law restricts a […]
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‘Israel’ Reaches Crisis Climax: High Court Rules on Knesset Law Curbing Judicial Review
The Knesset just reinstituted settlements Israel withdrew from in 2005
The Israeli Knesset just passed an amendment to the 2005 Disengagement Plan which will facilitate settler expansion in the West Bank and legalize racial discrimination. Source Views: 0
Knesset passes bills shrinking Supreme Court powers and strengthening Shin Bet
On Tuesday, March 14, the Israeli Knesset passed a first reading of a new bill that would allow the government to overrule decisions made by the Israeli Supreme Court. The bill also places the authority to declare a Prime Minister’s incapacity to govern solely in the hands of the government or the Knesset, which is […]
The Israeli Knesset moves to adopt the death penalty for Palestinian resistance
The Israeli Knesset is moving toward legalizing a policy that has long existed in practice: the death penalty for Palestinians who resist. Source Views: 0
Knesset Approves Apartheid in Occupied West Bank, Lapid Accuses Netanyahu of Leading ‘Israel’ into Civil War
January 11, 2023 The Israeli Knesset passed on Tuesday the so-called “Emergency Regulations in Judea and Samaria” or Apartheid. The “temporary” measure is voted on every five years. The bill was first adopted in 1967 after ‘Israel’ occupied the West Bank. It addresses the legal status of Zionist settlers living in the occupied West Bank […]
Israel vote to elect Knesset Speaker delayed
The right-wing Likud Party and the opposition agreed, on Monday, to postpone the election of a temporary Speaker for the Knesset (Israel's parliament) until Tuesday, according to Israeli media. Israeli public broadcaster, KAN, said the move came after opposition parties threatened to obstruct the vote, Anadolu News Agency reports. The election was scheduled to take […]
Shoot’ Palestinians, says Israel Knesset member brandishing gun
Member of the Israeli Knesset, Itamar Ben Gvir, brandished a gun yesterday in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied Jerusalem. Wielding his own loaded gun, the head of the Otzma Yehudit party was seen urging Israeli settlers to shoot Palestinians resisting occupation by throwing stones. “We’re the landlords here, remember that, I am […]
Israel PM slammed for not putting Lebanon maritime deal before Knesset for vote
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked yesterday slammed Prime Minister Yair Lapid after he announced that he will not put the maritime border agreement with Lebanon to a vote in the Knesset, Maariv newspaper reported. “Yair… The Knesset is not a list of Yesh Atid and you are the only ruler in it,” Shaked wrote on […]
The Struggles of Ofer Cassif, an Anti-Zionist in Israel’s Knesset
December 10th, 2021 By Miko Peled Source “The fact that I am a Jew myself drove them crazy… If you are an Israeli Jew you must support Israel and the crimes it commits.” – Ofer Cassif JERUSALEM – This past July I met with Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif at his office in the Knesset. The […]
Knesset’s winter session began with an acrimonious exchange between Netanyahu and Bennett
Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, and former Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, were involved in a heated debate and bitter exchange of blame over major issues during the start of the Knesset’s winter session, Israeli media revealed on Monday. Bennett is the head of the extremist right-wing Yamina Party, which has a very few number of […]
Netanyahu Urges Knesset Members to Oppose ‘Dangerous Left-Wing Gov’t’
Posted on June 3, 2021 by uprootedpalestinians June 3, 2021 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on all of the right-wing members of the Knesset to oppose the new government presented by Knesset opposition leader Yair Lapid to President Reuven Rivlin late Wednesday. In his first tweet since the […]
Likud lashes out at Bennett, Smotrich after Knesset defeat
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party publicly lashed out at Yamina and its leader Naftali Bennett Tuesday, while the premier was reported to have privately blasted Religious Zionism and its head Bezalel Smotrich after suffering a stinging defeat in the Knesset on Monday. Amid the ongoing deadlock following the election, a Likud proposal regarding party […]
A ‘red’ Knesset
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Israel election results: The Kahanists won even before making it into the Knesset
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Knesset passes law to give cities info on unvaccinated residents
The Knesset gave final approval on Wednesday to controversial legislation allowing the Health Ministry to give local authorities personal details of residents who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The proposal passed into law in its second and third readings, 30-13, after a Knesset panel amended the legislation so that details of those who […]
Coronavirus Live: Knesset passes law allowing disclosing identities of unvaccinated to authorities
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Women set to make gains, but Knesset still a good ol’ boy’s club
Of the dozen or so parties forecast to enter the 24th Knesset after the March 23 election, only one is headed by a woman. That’s still one more female-led party than in the last election, less than a year ago. The Knesset remains very much a man’s world, but several party slates show women in […]
Labor chief Peretz says he won’t run for Knesset in March elections
Labor party chief Amir Peretz announced Wednesday he won’t run in the upcoming elections, as the dovish party wallows in the polls. “I will continue to work for the Israeli public out of a love for humanity and a great faith in the need to bring together all parts of the nation, at a time […]
First they take the Capitol, then we take the Knesset
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Knesset panel bans Arab Labor candidate over Memorial Day comments
In a move widely expected to be overturned by the Supreme Court, the Central Elections Committee on Wednesday voted to ban Labor’s No. 7 candidate Ibtisam Mara’ana from running in the upcoming election over her past controversial comments about Memorial Day and other statements that her critics have deemed anti-Zionist. Two petitions had been filed […]