Israeli Government Dissolved, Elections In March, Budgets Halted
One of the side effects of going to early elections is that all budgets are frozen at 2014 levels of spending.
Election Date Set for March 17, 2015
Party faction leaders were actually able to sit together in a room and agree on something.
Netanyahu Accuses Livni and Lapid of Attempting ‘Putsch’
“Lapid and Livni worked as the Opposition within the government.”
New Election Poll Released
The first poll released since the announcement of new elections.
PM Netanyahu Addresses Nation on New Elections in Kickoff Campaign Speech
Netanyahu laid the blame for new elections squarely on Lapid and Livni and the fact that the Likud did not have enough mandates to govern unhindered.
Lapid Calls Netanyahu a ‘Failure, Irresponsible and Afraid’
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, who until an hour ago was Finance Minister before Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired him, called said the Prime...
Netanyahu Fires Lapid and Livni
"I will not tolerate this opposition from within."
Elections Likely after Purim Parties but MKs Already Take Off Masks
All of the rats are leaving the sinking ship.
Knesset Buzz Says Elections in March
MKs are busy talking about potential dates for general elections.
Bayit Yehudi Sets Date for Primaries
The Bayit Yehudi party will be running primaries to elect the head of the party on January 5, 2015.
Either Bibi Wants Elections or Livni and Lapid Want Political Suicide
Netanyahu, who once scored a stalemate with chess master Natan Sharansky, has everyone in check.
Coalition Runs Away from Elections and Delays Vote on Jewish State Bill
The rats run away from the ship so it won’t sink.
Jerusalem Arabs Planned to Attack Feiglin and Glick on Temple Mount
Barring MKs from the Temple Mount is surrender to murderers.
Knesset Synagogue Bars Reform and Conservative Jews from ‘Mixed Prayer’
Liberal Jews are for tolerance until they also have to be tolerant.
Moshe Feiglin: I Will Not Allow Verbal Violence in Knesset Plenum
On Monday evening, tTwo Arab MKs hurled epithets at MKs David Rotem and Feiglin from the podium. Here is Feiglin's response.
Israel’s Controversial Plastic Bag Law Delayed
MK Miri Regev said the law is a difficult and complicated one, and it requires a serious discussion about its downsides, and therefore shouldn't be rushed into implementation.
Shas: For 0% VAT on Basic Goods, We’ll Join Coalition
Shas head Aryeh Deri said this evening on Radio Kol Chai that if Netanyahu met his two non-negotiable conditions, Shas could join the coalition.
Likud Proposes Multipoint Plan to Fight Arab Terrorism in Israel
The proposal includes some extreme measures to fight the current wave of terrorism.
MK Yuli Edelstein Tells Chabad Rabbis Why He ‘Lost It’ Over Tefillin
Israeli MK Yuli Edelstein tells Chabad rabbis why he "lost it" over tefillin in a Soviet labor camp.
Additional Security for MK Tzipi Hotovely
MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) will be receiving additional security protection.
Feiglin Bans Arab MK from Podium for Calling Him ‘Fascist’
Does democracy allow even a legislator to call a fellow MK a “fascist?
Nationality Bill Shakes Coalition
Fierce debate, both inside Israel and abroad, has been raging over a piece of legislation that would become a Basic Law. This legislation, dubbed "the Nationality Bill", would enshrine in law the definition of Israel as a state of the Jewish people.
Coalition Plays ‘Chicken’ and Runs Away from New Elections
Lapid has everything to lose and Livni has nothing to lose.
State Weighing Measures Against Terrorist’s Families
Government ministers are examining steps the state can take to deter more terrorist attacks.
Israel Belatedly Freezes ‘Goodwill Measures’ in Palestinian Authority
Israel has a tough job trying to correct 20 years of concessions to terror.
Un-Caged Knesset Beasts Claw Each other as Election Bait
The coalition likes to survive by blood-letting.
Poll: 77% of Israelis Oppose Bill to Ban Free Newspapers
The legislation targets the free daily Israel Hayom, the country’s top-read print newspaper for more than four years.
Israeli and Kenyan Parliaments Sign Cooperation Agreement
Israel and Kenya signed an agreement today, pledging to strengthen ties and increase cooperation between the two countries.
Yehuda Glick Phones the Knesset: ‘I Am Breathing on My Own!’
Will the US say that Glick ascending the Temple Mount to thank God for his recovery is inciting violence?
Israel’s Third Intifada Ratchets Up
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro condemned PA Arab attacks on Israelis saying "there's no justification for terror."