Tag: house committee
Blue&White Wins Committee Control of Knesset Dispersal, Likud Members Walk Out
The decision to hold the deliberations on the bill in the House Committee passed by a vote of 10-0, with one abstention.
Edelstein to Convene Knesset Plenum on Netanyahu Immunity Next Week
Edelstein said he neither expedited nor delayed the meeting, making “all decisions based on the values I have had my entire life."
Knesset’s Legal Advisor: Edelstein Can’t Block Committee Formation to Rule on Immunity; Edelstein: Convening...
The Likud believes that the Knesset Advisor has a conflict of interest, as his wife participated in the state prosecution’s ruling on Netanyahu’s cases.
Netanyahu to Reduce Vote Threshold to Save Right-Wing Block from Splintering
So far, the only significant effect of the 3.75% threshold has been the forced unification of four Arab parties as the Joint Arab List.
Knesset Gives Preliminary Approval to Denying Security Prisoners Early Release
"Any intelligent person understands that security prisoners should not enjoy the privilege of having a third of their sentence commuted."
Likud MK Pushing Bill Against Prosecuting Sitting PM
As is customary in other democratic parliaments, Knesset members enjoy a legal immunity from prosecution, but in 2005 the High Court changed the rules.
Knesset Committee Confirms Revised Nationality Law for Final Plenum Vote
Committee Chairman MK Amir Ohana (Likud): "The Jewish people deserve a Jewish state by law."
At Least 40 MKs Approved Removing Zoabi
Zoabi's impeachment is being sought for her call a few weeks ago to millions of Arabs to move on Jerusalem.
Knesset Rule Change: Remove Immediately MK Disrupting Foreign Visitor’s Speech
'Often times I found myself asking foreign presidents not to speak at the Knesset for fear of a disgraceful outburst,' Speaker Edelstein said.
MK Hazan Darling of Israeli Left over Dismissal by Netanyahu in Gaza Inquiry Brawl
The Likud has launched a move to remove MK Hazan from the State Control Committee, because Hazan suggested he was in favor of an inquiry of the 2014 Gaza war
Poll: Americans Not Eager to Attack Syria
While some lawmakers, including Sen. Bob Corker, republican of Tennessee, senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel of New...