Posts Tagged: Israeli Knesset bill
Knesset Passes Bill Banning BDS Supporters From Entering Country
JNS.org - The Knesset Monday approved a controversial bill to deny visas and residency permits to people who support boycotting Israel. The new law, approved in a...
US Mum on Outpost Bill as International Community Condemns Israeli Move
JNS.org - The US has remained mum on the historic, yet controversial passage of an Israeli bill that retroactively legalizes settlement outposts in Judea and Samaria...
Controversial Mosque Loudspeaker Bill Undergoes Preliminary Knesset Reading
JNS.org - A controversial bill in Israel's Knesset seeking to partially ban places of worship from using loudspeakers for calls to prayer underwent a preliminary parliamentary...
State Department Condemns Proposed Knesset Bill to Legalize Jewish Outposts in West Bank
JNS.org - The US State Department strongly condemned an Israeli Knesset bill that seeks to retroactively legalize Jewish outposts, saying Monday that it "breaks with longstanding...
Knesset Bill Seeks to Restrict NGO Involvement in Israeli Elections
JNS.org - Member of Knesset Yoav Kisch (Likud) on Sunday introduced a new bill aimed at reducing the involvement of NGOs in Israeli Knesset elections. The...
Israel’s Controversial NGO Bill Passes First Vote
JNS.org - Israel's Knesset on Monday approved Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's NGO transparency bill, which aims to force Israeli NGOs receiving more than 50 percent of...
Knesset Bill Aims to Wage Legislative War on Terror
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is debating an anti-terror bill that seeks to reconcile Israel’s need to fight terrorism with the...
Israeli Knesset Approves Minimum Jail Sentences for Rock-Throwing
JNS.org - In a vote of 51-17, the Israeli Knesset on Monday approved a bill designed to toughen penalties for rock-throwing. The bill, designed as a temporary...
Israeli Knesset Passes Bill Preventing Leniency for Terrorists
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset on Monday approved a bill seeking to prevent leniency for convicted terrorists. The legislation states that the Israel Prison...
Sheldon Adelson on Freedom of Information
JNS.org - If you can't beat 'em... try to pass legislation to ban 'em? That's what business magnate and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson believes Yedioth Ahronoth publisher...
