If the cabinet approves the agreement, it will be brought to the Knesset, and then, under a law passed during the previous government’s tenure, to a national referendum. Jerusalem, October 29 – The political fragmentation of Palestinian society has led ...
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“I hope it happens soon, or someone will get killed.” Tel Aviv, October 25 – Meretz Party leader Zehava Gal-On again warned of incitement against left-wing political figures as the twentieth anniversary of Prime Miinister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination approaches, and ...
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None of the other countries in the region have laws prohibiting calling for harm to Jews. Jerusalem, October 19 – The current spate of violence has prompted the government to impose certain limits on basic freedoms and rights, including freedom of ...
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“People who harm the defenseless, whether it is Palestinian children or Californian pines that leave behind a lone remnant, must face consequences.” Jerusalem, October 15 – An Arab lawmaker in Israel’s parliament said she has reviewed the video evidence of ...
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There may be hundreds of thousands of Israelis with the condition, which disproportionately affects those of Ashkenazi ancestry. Meretz Party Chairwoman Zehava Gal-On was informed by neurologists today that she suffers from an inability to process events that occurred prior to ...
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Despite some of world’s best non-Caspian caviar being produced in Israel at Kibbutz Dan, only the wealthy can afford to purchase any, and even they do so only in tiny quantities at a time. Tel Aviv, October 1 – Opposition ...
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“What’s going to be made illegal next – declaring solidarity with a terrorist organization?” asked MK Basel Ghattas. Jerusalem, September 20 – Members of the Joint Arab List delegation in the Knesset voiced their objections to various security measures in ...
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Zandberg said she had not once spied a bartender in traditional Muslim garb, and concluded that discrimination must be the root cause of that absence. Jerusalem, September 9 – New legislation brought by the left-wing Meretz Party would outlaw what ...
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“In fact the term ‘Knesset’ is merely a corruption of an indigenous Arabic name for the region, Knish.” Jerusalem, September 7 – Joint Arab List Member of Knesset Jamal Zahalka laced into lawmakers from the Labor Party this afternoon, saying ...
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“For too long, the reins have been held by a small group of people representing the majority of voting Israelis.” Jerusalem, September 2 – Opposition leader Isaac Herzog laced into the government’s proposed budget today, saving his most vociferous criticism for ...
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