WAFA: “Knesset passes bill in preliminary reading to ban UNRWA operations”
TEL AVIV, Thursday, February 15, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, today passed a bill in its preliminary…
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Far Right Knesset Member Pulls A Gun On Palestinians Over A Parking Spot
Ben Gvir, far-right Israeli parliament member and follower of Jewish supremacist Meir Kahane was caught on video waving a gun…
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REPORT: Lands to be Annexed following Knesset Elections
(photo: Oranit settlement near Qalqilya, northern occupied West Bank) The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements stated, in…
Early Knesset Elections Campaign Meets with Settler Councils
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Avichai Mandelblit (R) during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 16, 2014.…
PCHR Strongly Condemns Israeli Knesset’s Approval of First Preliminary Reading of Bill to Expel Families of Palestinians Involved in Attacks
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): On Wednesday, 19 December 2018, the Israeli Knesset approved the first preliminary reading…
Knesset Approves Colonialist Constructions In Silwan
The Israeli Knesset approved, Monday, the construction of residential units for colonialist settlers, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa…
Knesset Members, Israeli Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Heavily armed Israeli forces escorted an Israeli Knesset member, Shuli Mualem, as she entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the…
Israeli Government: Knesset Can Make Laws Everywhere in the World, Violate Sovereignty of Foreign States
The Israeli government has declared that “the Knesset [is permitted] to legislate laws everywhere in the world” and that it…
Israeli Knesset Passes “Breaking The Silence” Bill
The Israeli Knesset approved, on Monday night, the “Breaking The Silence” bill, granting the Minister of Education the power to…
Knesset Bill to Deduct PA Funds Approved
The Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved a bill, on Wednesday, to deduct funds transferred to the Palestinian…
Ashrawi: Knesset Bill a Blow to the Judicial System
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, on Wednesday, said that the Israeli Knesset bill limiting Palestinian access to Israel’s…
Zoabi Excluded from Knesset
The Ethics Committee of the Israeli parliament of the Knesset decided to exclude Arab MK Haneen Zoabi from the Knesset…
Extra-Judicial Executions Never Stopped: New Attempts Before Israeli Knesset to Legitimize Killing of Palestinians
The Israeli Knesset intends to vote on Wednesday, 03 January 2018, to amend the Penal Code in order to legalize…
Oren Hazan’s Assault is A Stigma to him, to Israeli Knesset and to Israeli Forces
On Monday, 25 December 2017, a group of extremists led by Oren Hazan, Member of Israeli Knesset of the Right-Wing…
Knesset Head to Push Bill Promoting Arabs as Second Class Citizens
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked Head of the Israeli Knesset, David Amsalem, to promote the nationality bill, which…
Israeli Bill to Annex Jerusalem Passes Knesset Reading
View of Jerusalem’s Old City district, seen on April 14, 2014. (AFP/Thomas Coex/File) A bill claiming to be about stopping…
Report: Israeli Planning 67,000 New West Bank Housing Units, Knesset Calls for Total Annexation
Israeli news site Yedioth Ahronoth (Ynet) has published a report on housing unit construction plans made by the West Bank Israeli…
Knesset Approves Prelim Reading of ‘Jewish State’ Bill
The Israeli Knesset approved, on Wednesday, a preliminary reading of bill that considers Israel to be a “Jewish” state and…
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Revised Version of ‘Azan Bill’ Approved by Knesset
A revised version of the controversial ‘Muezzin Bill’, which imposes further restrictions on the Muslim call to prayer, traditionally known…
Knesset Approves Bill Muffling Muslim Call to Prayer
The Israeli Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation, Sunday, gave approval for a new draft of the muezzin bill prohibiting mosques…
PCHR Strongly Condemns Israeli Knesset’s Approval of “Regularization Bill”
PCHR Strongly Condemns Israeli Knesset’s Approval of “Regulation Bill” and Calls upon International Community to Stop Immediately Treating Israel as…
Knesset to Pass Bill “Legalizing” Settlements, New Sanctions for Palestinians Building without Permits
The Israeli parliament of the Knesset is expected to pass a bill legalizing settlements built on private Palestinian private lands, in…
Palestinians Protest Policies of Occupation in Front of Knesset
Hundreds of Palestinians respond to house demolitions, extrajudicial executions, and the confiscation of Palestinian corpuses with peaceful protest. On Monday,…
Knesset Member Ghattas Released, Placed Under House Arrest
The Israeli Central Court released, Tuesday, Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Bassel Ghattas, after ordering him under strictly-monitored house arrest…
Knesset Committee Strips Prisoners of Right to Meet with MKs
Special session of the Knesset to vote Thursday over whether to strip Basel Ghattas of parliamentary immunity. Member of Knesset…
Knesset Approves Plans for 770 Housing Units
The Local Committee for Planning and Building for the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem approved, on Wednesday evening, a plan to…
Knesset Advances Bill to Legalize Vigilante Confiscation of Palestinian Land
A bill to retroactively legalize Israeli settlements advances in the Knesset. Israeli defense minister begs: wait for Donald Trump presidency.…
Knesset Authorizes Bill to Ban BDS Supporters from Israel
A bill preventing supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement from entering Israel was authorized on Monday, for…
Knesset Rebukes Zoabi
The Israeli parliament of the Knesset rebuked Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi over her remarks about Israeli soldiers who participated in the…
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Knesset Approves Controversial NGO Law
The Israeli parliament of the Knesset has approved a controversial law forcing NGOs to declare the funds they receive from…
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Zoabi: Netanyahu Requests Expulsion of MK from Knesset (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday, spoke with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit regarding the possible expulsion of Arab MK…
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Knesset: Racist “Emergency Provision” on Family Unification Law Extended for 13th Year
The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset voted, on Monday evening, to re-extend Israel’s “Citizenship and Entry into Israel” provision, which…
Knesset Approves First Reading of MK Suspension Bill
The Israeli Knesset approved the suspension of lawmakers accused of backing ‘terrorism’, a bill which seems to target Arab MPs,…
The Ethnic Cleansing of the Knesset
On February 8th, the Knesset Ethics Committee suspended three Joint List Members of Knesset (MK) for several months. The committee…
ISIS – Israeli Style, In Knesset Too
New photos recently emerged, and were also published by Israeli TV Channel 2, of Israeli soldiers — mostly masked —…
Knesset Approves 3-year Minimum Jail Sentence for Throwing Stones
The Israeli Knesset approved, by second and third reading, minimum prison terms for stone-throwing attacks against vehicles or pedestrians.In a…
Israeli Knesset Approves Amendment Allowing Force-feeding of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Israel Legalizes Torture against Palestinian Prisoners; On Thursday, 30 July 2015, the Israeli Knesset passed in the second and third…
Stone Throwing Bill Passes in Knesset
Israeli Knesset passed, on Monday evening, a bill allowing Palestinian youth caught throwing stones to be held up to 20…
Knesset Postpones Vote on Execution of Palestinian Prisoners
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sunday, gave instructions to his ministers to vote against the bill which allows execution of…
Israeli Knesset brings back bill to forcibly transfer Palestinian Bedouins
The Israeli Knesset (Parliament) announced that on Sunday July 12th, they will bring back a bill to forcibly remove 40,000…
Knesset Votes to Force Feed Hunger Strikers
Israeli politicians have voted to continue work on a bill to allow hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be force-fed. Those who…
Knesset Debate: Lawmaker to Join Gaza Flotilla
The Knesset is currently holding a ‘heated debate’ on whether or not to rescind the diplomatic immunity of MK Basel…
Israeli Knesset to Vote on Dissolution December 12th
Israeli Knesset is expected to vote on Monday, the 12th of December, 2014, on dissolving itself and officially setting March…
Netanyahu To Dissolve Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his current government became incapable of running the country’s affairs, and that he intends…
Knesset Approves $5.2m for East Jerusalem ‘Settlement Security’
The Israeli Knesset Finance Committee recently approved an additional 20 million NIS (roughly $5.2 million) for funding security in settlements…
Fanatic MK Calls For Firing Arab MK Tibi From Knesset
Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Miri Regev of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu called for firing Arab (MK) Dr.…
Knesset to Fight High Court After Asylum Ruling
Prominent Knesset members propose curbing the powers of Israel’s High Court following Monday’s ruling that upended official policy concerning asylum…
Knesset Passes New Bill Preventing Pardon for Palestinian Prisoners
The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset passed, on Monday, a bill which prohibits the grant of pardon or the ease…
Knesset Postpones Vote on Force-feeding
The Israeli Knesset has postponed voting on a bill facilitating the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners, in its second and third…
Hunger Strike: Knesset Member Proposes No-Confidence Vote Against Israeli Government
Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, Masoud Ghanim, has proposed a no-confidence motion against the Israeli government. Concerned about the…
Knesset Draft Bill: NGOs Receiving Foreign Funds = ‘Foreign Agents’
A new draft bill initiated by the Jewish Home and Likud Beitenu members of the Knesset aims to define non-governmental…
WCC Expresses Concern over Knesset Law
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit expressed ‘grave concern’ about a law recently passed by…
Knesset to Approve Extension of Law Prohibiting Palestinian Reunification
It is expected that the Israeli Knesset will approve, on Wednesday, the extension of a law which prohibits Palestinian families…
Knesset Opposition to Boycott Parliament This Week
Israeli opposition parties in the Knesset announced, Sunday, that they will not be taking part in discussions and will vote…
Knesset Bill to Deprive 1948 Prisoners of Insurance
Israeli Knesset passed, on Wednesday, in its first reading, a bill to deprive Palestinian prisoners from 1948 territories of national…
Prawer Plan Resurfaces In Knesset
[December 16, 2013] The Prawer Plan may not be shelved after all, reports +972. Just four days after the co-author…
Knesset Head: “Jerusalem Not Part of Negotiations”
Head of the Israeli Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that settlement construction in Jerusalem…
Knesset Disbands, Israel Spears For Elections
Israel has officially started its new season for the 12th Knesset elections after 100 Members of Knesset (MK), out of…
Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset to Speak in Ireland
Palestinian citizen of Israel Haneen Zoabi, who was elected to the Israeli Knesset in 2009, will embark on a speaking…
Hackers Penetrate Knesset Website
A group of hackers calling themselves “Pirates Of Gaza, the Winds of Victory”, managed Thursday to hack the official webpage…
Finance Committee of the Knesset Ratifies Allocation of NIS 44 million Support Settlements
The Palestinian News Network has reported that the Finance Committee of the Knesset approved on Tuesday the allocation of NIS…
Knesset To Discuss Formal Accession of Kadima to Government Coalition
The Palestinian News Network reported that the Knesset will be discussing today the agreement of the Kadima opposition party to…
Knesset Committee Removes Dr. Tibi For One Week
The so-called “Ethics Committee” of the Israeli Knesset decided to remove member of Knesset (MK) Dr. Ahmad Tibi, from participating…
Head of Knesset: Zionism is a Policyof Settlement
Reuven Rivlin, head of the Israeli Knesset said on Wednesday that all ‘the land of Israel’ belongs to the Jewish…
Knesset Report Does Not Predict Violence in September
A report to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee indicates that intelligence officials do not expect Palestinian violence in…
Israeli Knesset considers bill to end ‘democratic’ element of Israeli state
A new law currently under consideration by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) recognizes the inherent contradiction in Israel’s self-definition as both…
Knesset Committee: “Palestinian UN Bid Would Harm Israel Internationally”
The Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Israeli Knesset stated that the Palestinian UN bid to seek international recognition…
Knesset Grants Fundamentalist Settlement Groups Admin “National Gardens” Rights
On Wednesday, The Israeli Knesset approved in Preliminary Reading a law that allows “nonprofit” and nongovernmental fundamentalist Israeli settler groups,…
Israeli Knesset member stripped of rights for participating in 2010 flotilla
Palestinian-Israeli Member of the Knesset (Parliament) Hanin Zoabi has been stripped of her rights as a Parliamentarian, and will be…
Knesset Set To Vote On Law Allowing Probing Of Israeli Leftist Groups
Just one day after the controversial Boycott Bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset the Yisrael Beiteinu faction has announced…
Knesset Set To Vote On Boycott Bill
The Israeli Knesset is Monday set to vote on a bill that will make illegal the boycott of Israeli goods,…
‘Hacktivist’ Group To Target Israeli Knesset
The decentralised hacker group ‘Anonomous’ have declared the next target of their Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDOS) to be…
Knesset to Vote on Proposal to Investigate Organizations Critical of Israeli Military
The Knesset will vote on Wednesday on a proposal initiated by Yisrael Beiteinu to establish a committee of inquiry into…
Knesset Approves NIS 2 billion to Settlements in the New Year’s Budget
The Israeli Knesset approved its 2011-2012 budget on Wednesday, which includes two billion shekels (approx. US$ 564 million) to settlements…
Knesset Members Call for Execution of Former MK Bishara
Several Israeli Knesset members have demanded the assassination of the ex-Arab MK Bishara after listing him as ‘terrorist’, Quds Press…
Knesset Approves New Law Preventing Detainees From Meeting Lawyers For Six Month
The Legal Committee of the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday to approve a new draft submitted by the Israeli Interior…
Israeli Knesset Passes Referendum Bill
With a majority of 65 votes in favor and 33 opposing, the Israeli Knesset passed the Referendum Bill in the…
Police Attacks Residents, Arab Members of Knesset, in the Negev
Salem Abu Mdeighim, field researcher of the Adalah center, stated that a large Israeli police force attacked on Wednesday the…
Knesset Revokes Privileges of Arab MK Over Participation In Gaza Flotilla
The Israeli Knesset held a vote that led to revoking the parliamentary privileges of Arab Member of Knesset, Hanin Zoabi,…
New Knesset Bill To Demand Sending P.A Money To Settlements
25 fundamentalist members of Israeli Knesset submitted a bill proposing that the Knesset transfer money allocated to the Palestinian Authority…
Knesset Revokes Privileges of MK Zo’by for Flotilla Participation
The Israeli Knesset house committee decided to revoke three key parliamentarian privileges of MK Zo’by for being part of the…
Three Fundamentalist Knesset Members To Tour the Al Aqsa Mosque
Three Israeli Knesset members of the National Union fundamentalist party stated that they intend to tour the yards of the…
Knesset Approves Bill To “Compensate Jewish Refugees”
The Israeli Knesset debated and passed a new bill on Monday evening to ensure compensations are paid to Jews who…
Brown address the Israeli Knesset (Parliament)
In the first ever Knesset address by a British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown on Monday hailed Israel’s successes in the…
Brown se dirige al Knesset (Parlamento) IsraelÃ
En la primera alocución que nunca hubiera dirigido un Primer Ministro Británico al Knesset, Gordon Brown felicitó el lunes los…
Miembro del Knesset Ãrabe: “La policÃa trata a los árabes como enemigos del Estadoâ€
Talab Al Sane’, miembro Ãrabe del Knesset (Parlamento) IsraelÃ, y presidente del Bloque Ãrabe Unido, presentó al Knesset, el caso…
Knesset approves law barring withdrawals without referendum
On Monday evening the Israeli Knesset approved by preliminary reading a new law barring any withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian…
El Knesset aprueba la ley para impedir la retirada de los asentamientos sin referéndum
El lunes por la noche el Knesset o Parlamento israelà aprobó la lectura preliminar de una nueva ley que impedirá…
Diputados árabes del Knesset critican duramente las declaraciones de Livni
Los miembros árabes del Knesset israelÃ, Wasel Taha y Jamal Zahalka, rechazaron la declaración de la Ministra de Asuntos Exteriores,…
El miembro Ãrabe del Knesset pide mejoras en las condiciones de detenidas Palestinas
El miembro Ãrabe del Knesset (Parlamento IsraelÃ), Mohammad Baraka, mandó el miércoles una carta el Ministro de Seguridad Interna IsraelÃ,…
Knesset members: “Bush more Zionist than Olmertâ€
After the US President, George W. Bush, gave a speech at the Israeli Knesset on Thursday, several right wing members…
Miembros del Knesset: ‘Bush más sionista que Olmert’
Después de que el Presidente de los EE.UU, George W. Bush, pronunciase un discurso en el Knesset israelà el jueves,…
MK Lieberman holds Arab members of Knesset responsible for the recent attack in Jerusalem
On Friday, Member of Knesset Avigdor Lieberman, a leader in the extremist Yisrael Beiteinu party, stated that Arab members of…
Israeli Knesset to discuss the demolishing of 246 homes in Al Teera
The Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday demolishing orders which were issued against 246 houses in Al Teera Arab town within…
Dr. Azmi Bishara resigns from Knesset, Police close his office
Arab Member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara submitted his resignation to the Israeli Embassy in Cairo- Egypt on Sunday. Israel…
Israeli Knesset to extend law baring family unifications
An Israeli online daily reported on Wednesday at dawn that the Knesset is expected to vote on Wednesday on the…
Israel holds a Knesset session on captured soldiers
Six months after the United Nations issued it resolution number 1701 calling for the release of the captured Israeli soldiers…
40 members of Knesset sign petition calling for impeachment of Katsav
A petition calling for the removal of President Moshe Katsav from office was submitted to the Knesset House Committee on…
Several members of Knesset call on Olmert to resign
Israeli sources reported that several Knesset members from different parties called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to resign…
Israeli Knesset approves preliminary proposal to revoke citizenship of `unpatriotic` Israelis
The general assembly of the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading on Wednesday a proposal of a new Israeli law…