Knesset

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knes

Knesset dispersal vote uncertain as haredim, Edelstein hold late meeting

The negotiations were held in a series of meetings in the Knesset, and involved, intermittently, representatives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Argentina will move embassy to Jerusalem, Milei announces at Israel's Knesset

Argentinian President Javier Milei criticized what he called a “corruption” of Western values, arguing that the global Left has lost its moral compass and was “siding with Hamas.”

Knesset passes law to require gov't to formulate national security policy

Behind the law is the idea that often Israeli governments let politics and short-term considerations govern their major decisions.

Netanyahu using Iran tension, threats to try and stop Knesset dispersion vote

The vote to dissolve the Knesset is expected to happen around 10 p.m. after opposition party heads unanimously agreed to vote on the issue.

11/06/2025

US House speaker Mike Johnson to visit Israel, address Knesset in late June

Johnson is also expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem during the brief trip.

By REUTERS
11/06/2025

Opposition leaders announce they will go through with Knesset dispersal vote

Despite public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

Dramatic preliminary vote to disperse Knesset expected on Wednesday

The coalition’s ultra-Orthodox parties have threatened to support the bill due to Netanyahu’s prolonged failure to push through a law to regulate haredi service in the IDF.

  A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish man holds a placard next to a police horse as he takes part in a

Prove Israel's progressiveness by preventing violent acts

The warning signs are no longer warnings - they are violent actions. Words can kill.

 MK Gilad Kariv leads an Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee meeting at the Kness

'Remove the reformist': Likud MK hints in debate that Reform Jews are not really Jewish

“As long as I am leading the committee for Bible studies in schools, I will personally prevent the takeover of the education system by reformist organizations," said Distal Atbaryan.

Israel's Knesset considers rescue, rehabilitation of children from Jewish cult Lev Tahor

The committee discussed the support framework provided to cult survivors arriving in Israel. 

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