Netanyahu is ready to expand the government with Lapid's Yesh Atid Party, but the rabbis nixed the idea. "Lapid is a red line."
Arab MK Ayman Odeh on Thursday refused to enter a meeting with Jews in New York because the same office building also houses Zionist organizations.
MK Oren said Israel must not interfere in U.S. politics but also should not stay silent over Trump's "No Muslims" speech.
At least two MKs want Trump kept out of the country. Several Opposition MKs demand Netanyahu cancel Dec. 28 meeting with Trump. Herzog mum.
MK and Minister Uri Ariel was discharged home with orders to "rest for a while" after a blood clot was removed from his heart."
The indictments against the former Defense Minister are considered even more shocking than those against former Prime Minister Olmert.
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Several coalition MKs are opposing the committee’s proposed changes to the draft law. The ultra-Orthodox have made it clear that the issue is a deal breaker,
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MK Israel Eichler (UTJ) threatened the Opposition--he'd be happy to let the Supreme Court review each of the 32,000 amendments...
A bill submitted by a Likud MK would require a label on all products from EU countries that label Israel products from Judea and Samaria.
Netanyahu: MK Ghattas went up to the Temple Mount, not in order to pray buy only to inflame the situation.
Aryeh Deri, chairman of the Shas Sephardi Hareidi party, will leave the Ministry of Economy and be given another Cabinet post following the failure of the Netanyahu government to convince him to relinquish authority over the roadmap for governing Israel's off-shore natural gas fields. Deri will continue to serve as Minister of the Development of […]
Lapid is the only opposition party leader who is giving Netanyahu some kind of support instead of trying to bring down the house.
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“At the moment I’ve decided not to build,” Netanyahu is heard in the recording, “That does not mean that tomorrow it won’t change, on the contrary, the way it changed before, it will change [again].”
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Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud), told the Knesset on Tuesday there was an urgent need to form a unity government.
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The Prime Minister did not like the behavior of some of the Likud ministers and MKs who criticized his government’s policy on confronting terrorism.
The Prime Minister told the Knesset that Arab MKs who call for murder of Jews must be investigated as criminals.
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Zoabi presents herself as a Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament—although she is an Israeli citizen.
The Prime Minister used his speech as a cover-up to spar with Opposition leader Herzog.
Netanyahu is only restricting Jewish ministers and MKs from the Temple Mount, not the Arabs.
The "Norwegian Law" that the Knesset has adopted allows a Cabinet Minister to continue even if he quits the Knesset.
Chief Rabbi David Lau, Cabinet ministers and Knesset Members attended the funerals.
A Meretz Knesset Member was among those who fought against anti-religious coercion.
The annual conference features 22 legislators from 18 countries and will attack the BDS movement.
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Weinstein decided there will be soccer league games in Israel this Shabbat, despite a ruling by Labor Court Judge Ariela Glitzr Katz to the contrary.
The Knesset approves a gas outline which also transfers authority from the economy minister to the government.
The Knesset approved part of the natural gas framework Monday by a 59-51 vote after two years of constant threats by natural gas companies to pull out of the development of off-shore energy fields. However, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu postponed a vote on the critical part of the deal that gives the government full authority […]
MK Jamal Zahalka said everything that a right-winger thinks but would not dare say about leftists - "racist", "spoiled" and "engineers of expulsion."
By Rachel Levy
Israel's government is gambling with a Knesset vote in hopes of finding a way past the latest obstacle in the gas deal drama.
Abbas want Israel to allow Syrian refuges into West Bank, for the time being, but Herzog doesn't want to wait. Gulf States accept zero refugees.
"I, Yaakov Litzman, pledge…to be faithful to the government of Israel and to its laws."
Opposition MK Avigdor Liberman strongly criticized Netanyahu for making the agreement.
Moshe Krausz died alone and almost forgotten despite his saving more Jews than Schindler and Kasztner combined.
Torah sages surrendered to the High Court's ruling that a "Deputy Minister" cannot act as Minister.
Meir Ettinger, the Shin Bet's most wanted Jew, is suspected of leading a national underground revolutionary movement.
Homosexual leaders who organized last night's rally in Tel Aviv demanded that speakers sign a pledge supporting their cause.
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This will allow the ministers to quit their Knesset positions and concentrate exclusively on their ministerial jobs.
High Court ordered the "illegal" building to be torn down. Bayit Yehudi MK threatens to tear down coalition government.
Terrorists whom Israel freed to being back home kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit have killed six Israelis since 2014.
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The law allows government ministers to quit the Knesset and be replaced with new MKs who can concentrate on their legislative jobs.
Former Likud Knesset Member Moshe Feiglin announced Friday he is launching a new party called "Identity." Feiglin lost his bid for re-elected earlier this year after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu out-maneuvered him and left him in a low rank on the list of candidates. He served one term in the Knesset after succeeding in the […]
She apologized for insulting an Arab policeman, and the State Prosecutor dropped charges of incitement.
The pathetic failure of the Marianne to reach Gaza is the best thing that has happened to Israel since Hamas mis-fired a rocket on its own civilians.
Pro-Arab activists are warning that they will charge the IDF with a war crime if it stops the flotilla.
Proposed law will place a 37% tax on NGOs who work for foreign governments.
Kachlon seems to be concerned about an apparent delusion that he will visit the White one day as Israel's Prime Minister.
Oren spilled the beans on Obama one week before his new book is released and four months after he dumped Netanyahu in the election campaign.
Leftists, whose free speech may have cost Labor the election, once again shoot themselves in the mouth.
Bennett's party was skinned by Netanyahu the elections. The "consensus" on the Golan is a safe haven for him.
The Ramallah regime is aiming its "one state of Palestine" campaign to Arabs who are card-carrying Israeli citizens.
The law backfired and the sale of new books dropped by 35%.
Israel finally has a Foreign Minister who is not ashamed to say the word "God."
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met with Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein at a special Cabinet meeting held in the Israel Museum on May 19, 2015. The position of Attorney General is one of those that Shaked hopes to reform.
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Who says you can't sit in the opposition and do something positive?
Shaked: ' the judiciary, rather than the elected representatives of the people, wield the power to govern'
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Dear Opposition Members... You seem confused... Let me clear it up for you... You lost.
Like a squabbling couple Netanyahu and Liberman, are both probably realizing life apart is much worse than life together.
Do you doubt the full-throated democracy of Israel? Witness the swearing in (and swearing at) the Israeli cabinet?
Several holes remain on the road to a new government, which is supposed to take office at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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During a Knesset voice vote, an MK yelled out "in favor" in place of the missing MK Xenia Svetlova. Is this 2003 all over again?
"The public has advanced to the point that they understand that cannabis users are normative citizens who are not harming anybody and that there's no reason to persecute them and incriminate them."
A government of Israel's size needs more ministers who can focus on their specific jobs.
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Haaretz is upset because the coalition guidelines don't list the delusional two-state solution as the only path to peace.
Herzog's idea sounds stupid, but if it is taken seriously, it might be a great brainstorm.
120 Knesset voted today on whether or not to allow the coalition to expand beyond its 18 minister limit.
Members of the Bayit Yehudi party voted on Sunday for the coalition deal. From a quick look at the hands in the air, it appears that support was overwhelming. If you look more carefully, you can find Waldo in there, giving the thumbs up instead of waving.
Lapid won headlines for his grandstanding and now suffers an embarrassing loss.
Shaked is known as an outspoken and intelligent advocate for Zionism and democracy.
A personal armed guard now is escorting Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked following death threats. Shaked is slated to be the Justice Minister, an appointment that has riled up the left-wing, which usually goes to bat for women but not if they are on the "wrong side" of the road. The decision […]
The new coalition, like most of the 33 previous governments, was formed with an auction.
Likud Knesset Member Tzipi Hotovely said Thursday she is will to settle for any ministry so long as she can be the first religious women to hold a Cabinet post. Hotovely was a deputy minister in the last government She told Reshet Bet (Voice of Israel) radio, "It does not make any difference what [ministry] […]
Bayit Yehudi will bear full responsibility for settlements. Herzog insists he will remain in the Opposition.
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The deadline is tonight, and if Bibi hadn't abused Bayit Yehudi, he wouldn't be in this situation right now.
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With just a day to go, Bennett finally gives serious push-back to Netanyahu's threats and inadequate proposals.
"High noon" is 8 p.m. Wednesday. New elections, anyone?
Bayit Yehudi settles for three Cabinet posts. Shas to head Religious Affairs with Bayit Yehudi as Deputy.
The officer of a Hareidi IDF unit was in Mea Shearim to visit two of his soldiers whose families have social or financial problems.
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Bayit Yehudi wants the Religious Affairs Ministry, Yisrael Beytenu wants the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and both feel Netanyahu is trying to short-change them. It's a match made in heaven.
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Liberman is adamantly insisting on receiving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Netanyahu wants Liberman to step back and take something else.
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The Likud could reach agreements with most of its potential coalition partners by next week.
ISIS has taken control of almost the entire Yarmouk camp near Damascus.
Marzel not sorry Yachad party's loss cost Bayit Yehudi seats in Knesset. Bennett accuses Netanyahu of thinking he is a sucker.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The Knesset opening session was buzzing with new faces, as 39 new Members of Knesset joined their veteran colleagues in the swearing in ceremony.
The clowns are back in town while ringmaster Netanyahu tries to tame the beasts.
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PA Chairman Abbas congratulated the Arab party on its success in the March 17 Israeli elections.
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If there are no surprises, Netanyahu is expected to form a coalition, after some tough negotiations, with the Likud, Bayit Yehudi, Kulanu, Yisrael Beytenu, UTJ and Shas.
Lieberman won’t admit he is responsible for the increase in the number of Arab Knesset Members.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
While the antisemites celebrate "Israel Apartheid Week", a local survey found that 65% of Israeli-Arabs are proud to be Israeli.
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One wonders how many Prime Ministers Herzog envisions sitting in that one chair at the same time.
There's much disappointment within Yesh Atid as they head into the oppositions.
Netanyahu said he wants to have a government formed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
Baruch Marzel, candidate for the Knesset on the Yachad list, and activist Itamar Ben-Gvir have warned that they will ask that the Elections Committee to void the votes at Arab polling stations if Jewish observers are not allowed. Marzel and Ben Gvir told Independent Media Review and Analysis (IMRA) during the right-wing rally in Tel […]
His death is a great loss to his family and to Israel at-large well as the Bayit Yehudi party.
The Elections Committee tossed out Marzel hours after eliminating Arab MK Zoabi.
The Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.
Likud is siphoning off seats from Bayit Yehudi.
Haaretz may not be too pleased with the results of the latest election poll they ran...
The barbed-wire political fence was more than Lieberman could stand.
That's it. If you didn't register your party by now, you're not running for the upcoming Knesset elections.
National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.
Yair Lapid has announced his Yesh Atid list for the upcoming elections....