Posts Tagged: Knesset bill
Knesset Committee Backs Bill to Impose Term Limits on the Premiership
JNS.org - A Knesset committee voted unanimously on Sunday in favor of a bill that would set term limits on the position of prime minister. The...
New Knesset Bill Would Bar Indicted MKs, Including Netanyahu, From Becoming Prime Minister
i24 News – A Knesset bill to prevent anyone facing a serious indictment from forming a government was introduced by Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar on...
Bill to End Visitations for Security Prisoners Wins Preliminary Approval
JNS.org - The Knesset voted Wednesday in favor of an amendment to the law governing Israel’s prisons ordinance, looking to deny visitation rights from security prisoners...
New Israeli Bill to Gain More Prison Space by Freeing 1,000 Convicts by Year’s End
JNS.org - If the Knesset passes a bill aimed at improving conditions at prisons by reducing the number of inmates, some 300 security convicts and 700...
Knesset Thwarts Bill to Give Oversight of Dimona Plant to International Body
JNS.org - Israel’s Knesset overwhelmingly rejected a bill which would place Israel’s alleged nuclear facility in Dimona under international supervision. Only members of the Arab-dominated Joint...
Netanyahu Vows to Pass Nation-State Bill by End of Knesset’s Current Session
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday to ensure that the controversial nation-state bill passes the legislative process by the end of the Knesset’s summer...
Bill to Exempt Israeli Prime Ministers From Certain Taxes Passes Its First Reading
JNS.org - A bill that would exempt Israeli prime ministers from paying taxes on various personal assets passed its first plenum reading in the Knesset...
Knesset Mulls Permitting Israeli Return to Evacuated Samaria Settlements
JNS.org - The Knesset was set to debate a bill Sunday that aims to lift the existing ban preventing Israelis from entering areas in northern Samaria...
Netanyahu Delays ‘Override Clause’ Vote After Consult With Supreme Court President
JNS.org - Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut convinced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to postpone a vote on a controversial Knesset bill that would enable legislators...
Netanyahu Ends Coalition Crisis With Agreement on Haredi Conscription Bill
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government reached a compromise deal on Tuesday evening shoring up the coalition and quashing calls for early elections. According to...
Law to Help ‘Agunot’ Passes First Reading in Knesset
JNS.org - A new bill that would allow Israel’s rabbinical courts to extend sanctions to non-Israeli Jewish men who refuse to grant divorces, also called gets in Hebrew, to...
Anti-Israel Groups Will Not Benefit From National Service, New Law Stipulates
JNS.org - The Knesset finalized a law Wednesday preventing foreign-funded organizations that operate against Israel from enjoying the benefits of Israel’s national service program. The bill...
Israeli President Hosts Interfaith Meeting to Discuss Mosque Loudspeaker Bill
JNS.org - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted a meeting of Jewish and Muslim leaders Tuesday amid the ongoing controversy surrounding proposed legislation that would limit the...
Palestinians Slam Knesset Bill Barring Mosques’ Use of Loudspeaker Systems
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned Monday that a new Israeli Knesset bill that would bar public places of worship from using loudspeakers for calls...
