Tag: Yoav Kisch (Likud)
Knesset Committee Chair: Arab on Arab Crime ‘Intolerable’
"How do we deal with uncontrolled gangs? It's intolerable and cannot continue."
AG Boycotts Knesset Hearing on Police Conflict-of-Interest in PM’s Investigations
Kisch informed the AG that he intended to ignore his opinion.
Knesset Internal Affairs, Defense Committees Meet near Gaza Border to Discuss Damage from Arab...
“We are preparing a new plan to support Gaza-vicinity communities, similar to that which was implemented after operation Protective Edge.”
Haredi Parties Collude with Joint Arab List Against Likud Bill
Apparently, according to a behind-the-scenes agreement, in return for the Haredim blocking the Kisch bill, the Joint Arab List will support the latest Haredi-inspired version of IDF draft law.
Knesset Committee Disregards Counsel’s Opinion, Approves Fines for Boycotts
The committee's legal advisory team recommended that “alternatives to the proposed arrangement should be considered that would be congruent with accepted constitutional tests.”
UTJ to Kill Greater Jerusalem Law Fearing Influx of Non-Haredi Voters
The Greater Jerusalem Law calls for applying Israeli sovereignty over all the towns and villages in the vicinity of Jerusalem, including the Gush Etzion communities, Ma'aleh Adumim, Givat Ze'ev and Beitar Illit.
Knesset Passes ‘V-15 Law’ to Limit PACs Influence on Elections
The new Knesset amendment to the Campaign Finance Law does not deal with the possibility of super PACs.
Deputy AG Offers MK Ghattas Plea Deal: Resignation, Prison
According to Nazri, a Ghattas conviction would be considered a 'disgraceful crime,' which would prevent him from seeking public office for seven years.
Trump or Not, Govt. May Push Ma’ale Adumim Annexation Bill
The new law would create an urban Jewish gap across the heart of a future Palestinian State.
Bill Monitoring NGOs’ Campaign Spending Passes Preliminary Vote
The purpose of the bill is to 'prevent an inappropriate intervention' of non-party entities in the elections to the Knesset.
Report: Netanyahu Struggling to Restrain Shaked’s Sunday’s Push for Sovereignty
A source inside the Trump White House reportedly stated that the new Administration has no inclination to intervene in Israeli policy, or to thwart the sovereignty legislation.
Knesset Committee Approves ‘V15 Law’ Limiting Campaign Contributions
The amendment has been dubbed the 'V15 Law' a leftwing movement that received $349,000 in funding from the US State Dept. to unseat PM Benjamin Netanyahu in 2015.
Bennett Promising Ma’ale Adumim Sovereignty Bill By Month’s End
The Knesset Constitution Committee is scheduled to debate a plan to apply Israeli sovereignty in Ma'aleh Adumim on Monday.
Arab MK Gives Up Immunity as Police Reveal How He Got Caught
MK Ghattas is aware that police have the goods on him: during his initial interrogation, he was shown video documenting clearly how he passed the phones and the documents to Arab terrorists behind bars.
UPDATE: Knesset Committee Votes to Remove MK Ghattas’ Immunity
MK Ghattas will be allowed by law to appear at the Knesset Committee and argue his case, following which the committee would vote on whether or not it recommends a vote at the plenum on removing his immunity.
Knesset Committee Approves Bill Protecting Minorities Serving in the IDF
The legislation, proposed by MK Yoav Kisch (Likud), seeks to protect Israeli minorities who voluntarily serve in the IDF and suffer from increasing incitements against them.