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The proposal reduces penalties for illegal marijuana use from possible imprisonment to only civil fines.
MK Amir Ohana, who describes himself as not a religious person, described the incredible experience he felt while visiting the site.
Some 40,000 people are expected to apply under the expanded eligibility rules.
Zahalka did not hide the bill’s primary objective: To strip Israel of nuclear weapons.
Get an insider’s look into the exciting events at the Knesset Monday night. Gil Hoffman speaks about a bill that could draft yeshiva students, plus a law that removes funding for the Palestinian Authority that is given to terrorists and their families today on Inside Israel Today.
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"Netanyahu will not tell Muslims, MKs and others, when to enter and when to pray. For non-Muslims, there is nothing to look for in that place," MK Haneen Zoabi declared.
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Attorney Ella Skat of the ITIM Institute asked, “Why not compel mohalim to carry malpractice insurance?”
The new bill pushes off economic sanctions against Haredi yeshivot that fail to meet their quotas.
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The new civil service policy intends to replace the need for legislation, the Civil Service Commission announced.
By JoeSettler
The American Jewish leadership don't realize yet how completely manipulated they were by Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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Netanyahu told the three Haredi coalition leaders at the meeting, who insist they oppose the draft law in its present form: "I do not want new elections, but I'm not afraid of elections, and if there are elections, I'll do fine."
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The new bill seeks to permit a first-degree relative or guardian to review the adoption file of family members who have disappeared, been kidnapped or whose fate is unknown.
By Zvika Klein
An inside look at 'IfNotNow' trying to influence the younger generation of American Jewry and bring 'the end of the occupation.'
Heniyeh blessed Tibi in honor of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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"I hope the citizens of South Korea will gain the quiet they have been seeking for years.”
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The decision to ban a Knesset debate on the proposed “Basic Law: A Country of All Its Citizens” was adopted by a vote of 7-2. MK Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) abstained.
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The satisfaction with Netanyahu and Liberman is reflected in the survey's snapshot of the election results, if said elections had been held today.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The left-wing NIF non-governmental organization, which is headquartered in New York with offices in various countries, is a main financial backer of the delegitimization campaign against Israel by supporting various local Israeli-based NGOs that are often at odds with the state.
Only Meretz and the Joint Arab List opposed the bill.
MK Uri Maklev called MK Forer’s initiative a “populist move by Yisrael Beteinu” with no real chance to succeed.
Barkat announced he won't be running for a third term as Jerusalem's mayor.
The law will not apply to minors under 18, soldiers and persons with previous cannabis or criminal convictions.
Police said they had found evidence of wrongdoing during the 2013 and 2015 election campaigns.
Arab MKs began holding up signs and yelling as VP Pence began to speak.
The rally will take place Monday, Jan. 22 at 1:00 pm outside the Knesset gate in Jerusalem.
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MK Yulia Malinovsky, whose coalition party Yisrael Beiteinu broke rank and voted against the bill, asked the Likud members from the podium Monday night when did they become a Haredi party.
The bullet-proof buses in Judea and Samaria – about 150 buses – haven’t been replaced for about 20 years.
Up to the last minute, it wasn't clear the bill had a chance of passing in the Knesset.
VP Pence will be addressing the Knesset during his visit.
Congressmen and MKs: Territorial concessions have not brought peace and Israel should be encouraged to use all diplomatic, economic and military tools to end the conflict
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The notion presented by the authors of the bill that Jewish halacha is a well-defined body of law, a streamlined set of answers to judicial questions, if you will, is absurd.
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Israel, Cyprus and Greece are three democratic countries in a "challenging and complex region."
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The Jerusalem Biennale exhibition entitled Balfour at 100, featuring the artwork of three British artists, will be temporarily re-sited from its location in the Museum of Underground Prisoners into the Knesset.
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"The fact that the judges' decision was based on their way of life expresses more than anything else that this is not a matter for trial, but a matter of their worldview."
'We have Arabs in our party and therefore by definition, we cannot be Zionist.'
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Justice Hayut's reputation as a jurist far outshines Naor's.
MKs will debate laws to legalize the Jewish character of the state, and to limit the power of the Supreme Court.
"You ... turned the word ‘leftist’ to a synonym for ‘enemy,'” Zionist Camp MK Isaac Herzog accused the prime minister.
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Last month, Gal-On, the first director general of anti-Zionist NGO B'Tselem, was spared a vote to oust her from the chairmanship in her party's national convention.
“I do not call on the Palestinian people how to resist, but certainly support any struggle that will not harm civilians.”
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"Ayman Odeh is a terrorist in a suit. What he has managed to conceal for two years of smiling – he revealed in one phone call with Haniyeh."
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Recently retired Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, also an Orthodox Jew, told Army Radio he saw no problem in his former colleague's attending the ceremony as a private person.
Israeli Arabs feel generally good in Israel, but “attitudes toward the institutions of the State of Israel are very critical.”
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Both Smotrich and Shaked have shown their ability to mobilize considerable political might in the pursuit of their ideas
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"The struggle for same-sex couples' right to marry is part of the struggle for civil marriages in Israel, since it is clear that religious law, which regulates marriages and divorces in the state, does not allow it."
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In the picture there's only one occupying force, way back, behind the nice storming lady in the green shirt. All the other occupying forces were probably having lunch at the time.
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Channel 20 CEO Sachi Franz issued a statement expressing his frustration at the "absurd" situation in which a ratings-based, commercial channel is expected to offer screen time to every Tom, Dick and Shlomo who represent insignificant Jewish movements.
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The government's response was submitted by attorney Harel Arnon, after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit had refused to represent the government in this case.
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In honor of the Balfour Declaration centennial, Biennale2017 will showcase specially-commissioned works by three British artists exploring this watershed in recent Jewish history and host a special event in the Knesset.
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Some have argued that Mandelblit just established a dangerous precedent in Israel's mishmash of the branches of government, whereby the Knesset would have to await the court's approval for its legislation, as would the government depend on the court's not to execute new laws.
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The Joint Arab List would retain its power with 13 seats, followed by Habayit Hayehudi which would rise from 8 to 12 seats.
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Joubran remained all alone when he objected to the suspension of MK Hanin Zuabi from the Knesset for inappropriate public conduct (she spat at Police, among other things) – four Jewish judges approved the temporary removal.
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Disagreement over a rotation agreement is threatening to dismantle the Joint Arab List, which to date has been a monumental success story in Israeli politics.
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Since the Elor Azaria affair, there is hesitation by security forces and ordinary citizens to carry out the protocol of verifying the killing of a terrorist.
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To date, Israel's record has been abysmal on developing renewable energies rapidly and extensively.
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'Often times I found myself asking foreign presidents not to speak at the Knesset for fear of a disgraceful outburst,' Speaker Edelstein said.
By JoeSettler
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely recommended that UNESCO and the Arab MKs read and familiarize themselves with two books.
By JNi.Media
While the law prevents enforcement against 2,000 structures belonging to Israelis, it is also making it difficult for the authorities and the IDF to act against more than 10,000 illegal Arab structures.
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In his ruling, Judge Itay Bresler-Gonen wrote that Ghattas "took advantage of his status as a member of the Knesset and the trust given him by the democratic system and the IPS.'
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Speaker Edelstein was invited to give the speech exactly 30 years after he had completed a three-year sentence in a Soviet labor camp for his Zionist activities.
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In the 1990s, European countries complained about Israeli citizens with Israeli passports who were engaged in criminal activity, which affected Israel's visa agreements.
Liberman believes that the quality of life of Arabs in Israel would improve if they voted for an Arab party that concentrated on improving the lives of its constituents.
"It is important to make clear, before the start of a diplomatic process, that Jerusalem will never be divided under any circumstance."
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The pressure to go ahead with the bill came from rightwing Likud members, as well as from Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Habayit Hayehudi) and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beiteinu).
The Palestinian Authority Martyr Fund makes payments to 35,000 families, including families of suicide bombers.
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The Knesset joker, MK Oren Hazan (Likud), grabbed his phone and asked the president's permission to snap a selfie. Trump was happy to oblige, but the Prime Minister physically tried to block the shot.
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The discussion, then as now, revolved around annexation versus a two-state solution, although at the time the most these Israeli ministers could imagine was a Palestinian autonomy under Israeli rule (a solution that's to the right of today's Likud).
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MK Oren Hazan invited MK Rosenthal to a chess match.
Ghattas was caught smuggling cellphones to convicted terrorists in jail.
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The bill's sponsors also claim that Justice Barak's constitutional revolution 'disrupted the delicate balance between the legislative and judicial branches.'
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Shaked is not ready to commit to the new appointment which, in Hayut's case, would undermine the central agenda of Habayit Hayehudi.
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The new Knesset amendment to the Campaign Finance Law does not deal with the possibility of super PACs.
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The highest rate of those who wish to leave was among secular Jews, where 36% said they would have left. Among religious Jews only 7% expressed the same wish.
State prosecutors will also ask the court to attach a clause of moral turpitude to the confession.
“I hope that this time, when the auditor’s report before us and the public demanding the correction of deficiencies, security will win over politics.”
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According to Nazri, a Ghattas conviction would be considered a 'disgraceful crime,' which would prevent him from seeking public office for seven years.
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Sources in Ya'alon's circle said the former defense minister would not align himself with the left, and that any attempt to associate him with the left 'is ridiculous.'
Is the Knesset next on the High Court's hit list?
Every Israeli receiving or renewing their ID or passport will be required to replace them with a smart biometric document.
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Health Ministry data on the internship preferences of medical students suggest all too clearly that 'they are not interested in going to the periphery!'
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Moments after the law was passed, the three main anti-Zionist NGOs who made it necessary in the first place, Peace Now, Adalah, and Yesh Din, announced they would appeal it at the Supreme Court.
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PM Netanyahu has been on both sides of the fence regarding the new bill, but mostly, people in his circle explained, out of fear of retribution from the Obama Administration.
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The regulation act which would have been met by outraged condemnation of the Obama Administration is expected to be ignored, if not applauded by the new tenant at the White House.
If the bill passes, it may put an end to the Supreme Court's guillotine hanging over the settlements.
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Kara, who was born in 1955, originally planned to slaughter 61 sheep, to mark his 61 years on God's green earth.
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'This is a warning sign and all of the involved entities should take action – here and now, before a disaster will occur and it will cost us in blood.'
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'We can present an excellent picture of assistance and aircraft and military aid, and we can also talk about less successful meetings.'
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MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) accused the chief rabbinate of enforcing inappropriate, capricious rules, saying, 'You can't count on the chief rabbinate's kosher certification because it is corrupt.'
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Isaac Herzog said that 'recently there has been a certain attempt to dim Peres' peace doctrine; his faith in the two-state vision and [his efforts to achieve] a comprehensive peace with our Palestinian neighbors.'
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The amendment has been dubbed the 'V15 Law' a leftwing movement that received $349,000 in funding from the US State Dept. to unseat PM Benjamin Netanyahu in 2015.
When even the Knesset's leftwing parties want to kick out an Arab MK, you know it's bad.
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The opposition bill was submitted against a backdrop of growing expectations that Israel's police will soon recommend to the state prosecution to open criminal procedures against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Temporary residents who support boycotts against Israel would not be upgraded to permanent residency, meaning they could be expelled.
PM Netanyahu says he's not going to Davos this year, cancelled an appearance at a Knesset Committee meeting and said he's busy working to prevent another UNSC resolution.
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Canada's former Justice Minister, said the current level of anti-Semitism 'is the highest in 40 years, and includes the rejection of Israel's right to exist at all, and the portrayal of Israel as a monster and enemy of mankind.'
The running joke in the Knesset today was the similarity of Mike Huckabee's name to the Maccabees.
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'we are in a narrow window of opportunity, it's our last chance before the world forces on us a terror state along Route 6.'
August 14, 2026 
