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Al-Monitor
September 2, 2017
Knesset members from the other Arab parties — which are part of the ... In response, Knesset Committee Chair Yoav Kisch of the Likud fired offÃÂ ...
FinanceFeeds (blog)
August 10, 2017
As reported by FinanceFeeds last week, the Knesset committee engaged in a massive U-turn at the very last moment when hearing theÃÂ ...
Forward
July 16, 2017
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee has approved a bill that ... 80 Knesset members to pass a decision to give up land in Jerusalem.
San Diego Jewish World
March 26, 2017
After the allegation came to light the MK suspended himself from the chairmanship of the Knesset Law, Justice and Constitution Committee. He has refused to resign from the Knesset, however, despite calls to do so from Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and ...
Middle East Online
March 26, 2017
A bill to annex the 40,000-person Jewish-only settlement of Maale Adumim was to be considered by the Knesset's Ministerial Committee on Legislation. However, this was postponed as Netanyahu was meeting with US President Donald Trump's envoy JasonÃÂ ...
http://hamodia.com
March 22, 2017
YERUSHALAYIM - The Knesset Finance Committee has approved changes to existing statutes that will accommodate crowdfunding, allowing small companies and start-ups to issue prospectuses to potential investors.
The Arab Daily News (blog)
March 14, 2017
In a discussion today, Tuesday March 14, 2017, the Israeli Knesset Committee discussed ousting the Palestinian Knesset Member (MK) Dr. Basel Ghattas ('Tajammu/Balad) (Jitas) from the parliament. At the end of its meeting, the committee decided toÃÂ ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 14, 2017
JERUSALEM (JTA) - A Knesset committee vote on a bill that would annex the large West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim was postponed to avoid a conflict with a visiting Trump administration official.
Haaretz
February 28, 2017
The justices slammed the legislative process carried out by the Knesset Finance Committee. During the court hearing, representatives of the Knesset and the government expressed differences of opinion, but both parties admitted that the legislative ...
JerusalemOnline
February 27, 2017
Knesset House Committee head MK Yoav Kisch (Zionist Camp) announced today (Monday) that 71 MKs have signed a petition calling on the committee to discuss the possibility of dismissing MK Basel Ghattas (Joint Arab List) from the Knesset. Last monthÃÂ ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
February 22, 2017
A committee of Knesset members and parliamentary workers established to make recommendations on how to handle the dress code decided to leave the regulations in place but change the manner of enforcement.
Globes
February 20, 2017
The Knesset Finance Committee today approved a structural change in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). According to the bill, ownership of the TASE will henceforth be separated from its members, i.e.
Haaretz
February 19, 2017
Legislation for the authority is now in the Knesset, though deliberations have been suspended amid bad blood between MK Eitan Cabel (Zionist Union), who chairs the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee deliberating the legislation, and Shlomo Filber, theÃÂ ...
http://hamodia.com
February 14, 2017
YERUSHALAYIM - The Knesset Finance Committee members gave backing across all party lines to Health Minister UTJ MK Rabbi Yaakov Litzman's proposed reforms for the Israeli health-care system.
Haaretz
February 12, 2017
A hint as to why Israel is such a laggard can be found in what transpired at Knesset committee deliberations on the issue between 2011 and 2014 after the cabinet adopted a plan to reduce smoking in Israel.
http://hamodia.com
February 12, 2017
A Muezzin is seen next to a mosque in the northern city of Acre (Akko). (Flash90). YERUSHALAYIM - The Knesset's Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved on Sunday the Muezzin Law, paving the way for its passage in the plenum in the coming days.
The Jewish Voice
February 8, 2017
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu cancelled a scheduled appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Sunday, telling Committee Chairman Avi Dichter he would be unable to attend due to his state visit to the UK. The appearanceÃÂ ...
http://hamodia.com
February 7, 2017
Galit Gilad, the head of the Terem organization, which provides emergency medical care, on Tuesday recounted to the Knesset Committee for the Rights of Children that her 6-year-old daughter was burned by boiling water that her grandfather was carrying.
Lawfare (blog)
February 7, 2017
Despite what seemed like a change of direction from the Trump administration on settlements, the Israeli Knesset just passed the Settlement Regularization Law, which aims to "legalize" illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Haaretz
January 5, 2017
Under new proposals, put together by a government committee headed by Eli Groner, director of the Prime Minister's Office, only two Sundays a year will be official days off initially, with the number gradually rising to four.
Globes
January 5, 2017
Opposition Knesset members were absent from the discussion. Yesterday they attempted to postpone the committee session on the grounds that they had not had enough time to study the material, but Knesset legal counsel Adv. Eyal Yinon decided thatÃÂ ...
Yated.com
January 5, 2017
Moshe Gafni, as the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, made sure that the funding was in the budget, and Shas also did its share.
Haaretz
January 3, 2017
On Monday, the Knesset Science and Technology Committee held a discussion about the annual report of the Israel Internet Association, in which the executive director, attorney Yoram Hacohen, spoke about the problematic nature of the proposed ...
JerusalemOnline
January 3, 2017
In response to the recent UN Security Council resolution, the Knesset Education Committee held a photo exhibition titled "Jerusalem, now and forever," which celebrated 50 years since the reunification of the city.
LeapRate
January 3, 2017
After several months of discussion, a meeting of Israel's Knesset State Control Committee met yesterday to discuss the issue of unregulated binary options.
Breaking Israel News
December 29, 2016
The Knesset Education Committee on Tuesday held the inauguration of "Jerusalem Now & Forever," a photo exhibition celebrating the 50th year of the reunification of Jerusalem.
Al-Monitor
December 15, 2016
This background information is important in understanding the confrontation between Naor and Knesset member Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beitenu), member of the Judicial Selection Committee. This clash was reported Dec. 14 in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaperÃÂ ...
World Israel News
December 14, 2016
The details of Zoabi's trip, originally reported on by Galey Israel Radio, were gleaned out of a report by the Knesset's Ethics Committee, which monitors trips abroad taken by Members of Knesset as well as those who sponsor and provide for travel expenses.
Globes
December 14, 2016
After marathon meetings, the Strum Committee bill for increasing competition in the banking system was enacted by the Knesset this morning after passing its second and third reading. The Israel banking bill is based on the recommendation of the StrumÃÂ ...
JP Updates
December 14, 2016
After a week in which two female Knesset aides complained of being detained because of their clothing, Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein announced Wednesday that a committee would be established to look into the parliamentary dress code. Edelstein saidÃÂ ...
JerusalemOnline
December 7, 2016
The trip was authorized by the Ethics committee of the Knesset. The experiment, which was revealed to the Knesset members prior to the date of the start of the trip, sparked various forms of reasoning from the politicians who had signed up for the trip.
Haaretz
December 7, 2016
Gilon's bill must pass three more Knesset votes and may be amended or stonewalled in committee. Before Tuesday's vote Social Affairs Minister Haim Katz read out the government's objection to the bill, noting it would cost 6.8 billion shekels over two ...
Globes
December 7, 2016
Sheinberger, who was Kulanu's head of public relations in the most recent election campaign, entered all the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee discussions in recent weeks on the main reforms affecting HOT Communications and its competitors.
Haaretz
December 7, 2016
If approved in three Knesset readings, the bill would legalize Israeli settlement homes built on private Palestinian land. The legislation - in its new version, which was submitted on Monday - will not apply to the illegal outpost of Amona, slated for ...
JerusalemOnline
December 6, 2016
Coalition chairman David Bitan announced that Begin has been suspended from one of the committees of which he is a member, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. Bitan decided to suspend Begin despite the fact that the bill passed itsÃÂ ...
Haaretz
December 6, 2016
Coalition Chairman David Bitan suspended on Tuesday Benny Begin from the Knesset Legislative Committee for three weeks as punishment for voting against the Regulation Bill, a controversial proposal to retroactively legalize appropriations of privateÃÂ ...
Forward
December 5, 2016
Jerusalem - Usually I'm the one sitting in the audience or the press section, covering legislative hearings or committee meetings or the endless speeches of lawmakers, hoping someone, somewhere, is listening. In all my years as a journalist, I've ...
Globes
December 1, 2016
The Finance Committee is due to approve the arrangements bill and the budget by December 12, so that the Knesset plenum can approve it in time.
Al-Monitor
November 11, 2016
13, the Knesset's Ministerial Committee on Legislation will debate a proposed bill banning muezzins from using public address (PA) systems, that is, loudspeakers, to call the faithful to prayers.
Jewish Journal
November 10, 2016
The head of the Knesset Interior Committee called for the Israeli government to cancel the Western Wall egalitarian prayer agreement, saying, "It's not the end of the world if American Jews get offended.
http://hamodia.com
November 8, 2016
YERUSHALAYIM - The Chief Rabbinate is boycotting a tour of the Kosel area set by the Knesset Interior and Environmental Committee for Tuesday, after MKs invited members of the Reform and Conservative movements to participate. In a letter to theÃÂ ...
Haaretz
November 8, 2016
On Monday, the Knesset approved the assignments of various provisions from the bill to the Knesset committees that will consider them.
Middle East Eye
November 1, 2016
He attacked Alliance representatives in the Knesset who met with Jerusalem families who were demanding the return of the bodies of their children who were killed.
Haaretz
November 1, 2016
Knesset House Committee Chairman Yoav Kisch (Likud) announced that an agreement had been reached with the workers committees at the IBA about cost cuts. He said they had agreed to 300 more job cuts and other measures that would save 100 millionÃÂ ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
November 1, 2016
JERUSALEM (JTA) - A Knesset committee advanced a bill that would require internet service providers in Israel to block pornographic and other websites deemed offensive by the country's communications minister - currently Prime Minister BenjaminÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
October 27, 2016
Until his resignation from the Knesset in September 2015, Gal lashed out at the left whenever he had a chance - in Knesset committees, social networks and news shows. Sharp and eloquent, he had no reservations about saying exactly what he felt.
Haaretz
October 27, 2016
Shaked announced her plan together with her fellow Habayit Hayehudi party member MK Bezalel Smotrich, after his bid to deprive Amnesty International Israel of its tax-deductible donation status failed earlier in the day in the Knesset Finance Committee.
Eurasia Review
October 23, 2016
On October 9th, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he plans to support his coalition's initiative to boycott the Joint List, the third largest party in the Knesset. The move, initiated by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is aimed ...
Haaretz
October 21, 2016
Barak's hints galvanized the media and members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, who demanded to know what Barak, also a former defense minister, meant.
Aljazeera.com
October 20, 2016
On October 9, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he plans to support his coalition's initiative to boycott the Joint List, the third largest party in the Knesset. The move, initiated by Defence Minister Avigdor ... to support it ...
