Posts Tagged: knesset
Knesset Votes to Bring 900 Indian ‘Lost Jews’ to Israel
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset unanimously voted Sunday to bring 899 "lost Jews" from India to Israel at the end of this year. The...
Israel, Arab States Collaborate in Effort to Ward Off Regional Threats
Ynet - Behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks this week, saying that Arab states have begun to realize Israel is not the enemy, stands...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Says Relaxing Pressure on Iran Now Would be ‘Historic Mistake’
Speaking to members of Israel's Knesset at the start of its winter session, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said, "It would be a historic mistake...
Gas Mask Black Market Thrives in Israel as Residents Scramble to Obtain Protection From Chemical Agents
Fear of possible backlash from a Western strike on Syria has driven up demand for gas masks in Israel to such an extent that a...
Popular Arab Facebook Page Pillories ‘Zionists’ for Allowing Jewish Child to Drink From Temple Mount Water Fountain
A status update posted Sunday on the popular Arabic "Damascus Gate Now" Facebook page shows a close-up of a Jewish child drinking from a water...
Netanyahu Hits Back at Arab MK Who Tells Knesset ‘We Were Here Before You, and We’ll be Here After You’ (VIDEO)
A meeting at Israel's Knesset Wednesday turned heated after Arab Israeli MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) declared that Israeli Jews are an "enemy of peace." Zahalka...
Israeli Government to Pass Peace Treaty Referendum Law ‘Soon’
JPost - The government will pass a law requiring a referendum on any peace treaty, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Monday. "For years, I have...
Huffington Post Political Director: Two-State Solution is Dead, ‘the Settlers Have Won’
The two-state solution is dead and "It is now a matter of when, not if, the West Bank boils over into violent protests," write the...
Reestablishing the Great Sanhedrin and Gerusia?
From the time of Moses and for over 1,500 years, the Jewish People had legislative-judicial councils that went by various names and exercised powers that...
Israel Interior Ministry Introduces Biometric ID Cards
Israel's Interior Ministry today launched a two-year pilot program, beginning in the country's fourth largest city Rishon LeZion, to construct a biometric database and issue...
Israeli Education Minister Rushed to Hospital After Heart Attack Scare
Times of Israel - Education Minister Shai Piron suffered what initially was thought to be a heart attack on a flight from Poland to...
Israeli Government Coalition ‘Determined by the Negotiators’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally assembled a governing coalition following nearly six weeks of negotiations, the maximum time allowed under Israeli law. The Israeli...
All in Place: Line-Up of 33rd Israeli Government Finalized
Ynet - The line-up of Israel's 33rd government has been finalized hours before the cabinet will be sworn on Monday afternoon. Yuval Steinitz and Silvan...
Netanyahu, Partners Agree: 20 Ministers, 8 Deputies in Next Israeli Government
Ynet - After four hours of deliberations on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, Habayit Hayehudi leader Naftali Bennett and...
