The Knesset

A second suspect is detained on suspicion of providing MK Basel Ghattas with cell phones to give to terrorist prisoners.

According to the British system, in the event that the Supreme Court identifies a conflict between a law passed by Parliament and the UK precedent laws, it draws the attention of Parliament to the contradiction and asks it to remedy.

While leftwing groups are laboring on a multi-million dollar anti-settlement campaign for 2017, the folks at Hebron are working on a long gratitude list.

Knesset Counsel Eyal Yinon's opinion will certainly determine Benjamin Netanyahu's political future.

Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by nationalists Michael Ben-Ari, a former Knesset Member, and Itamar Ben-Gvir, to demand criminal charges be filed...

MK Basel Ghattas was suspended from participating in Knesset activity for six months, but is still allowed to vote in the Knesset plenum.

The law fell 52 to 46.

These rules were added following a decision taken two months ago by the House Committee under then chairman MK Yoav Kish (Likud).

"The head of Investigations and Intelligence Branch has power by virtue of his position. Power corrupts, and great power corrupts more. Therefore, he must act with caution."

There are no simple solutions to Israel's tight deadlock, other than Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman waking up from his 4-month drunk and saying, "I did what?"

The law will include support for community religious, cultural and educational institutions; and the strengthening of Druze towns and villages.

The warped “Jewish and democratic” equation is about to be bent out of shape again with Yesh Atid bills to allow homosexual “unions” and public bus transportation on the Sabbath.

MK Biran called MK Hazan "Pimp,", to which he responded, "Do you want to fill out a work form?"

A ministerial committee has approved tougher criminal standards for dealing with stone throwing.

The first round of votes is over and Israel does not yet have a new president. Rivlin leads, but not by much.

“The biggest troubles for religious issues and the ultra-Orthodox public came from the Supreme Court. There is no area where it did not hurt us.”

Habayit Hayehudi headed by Naftali Bennett receives 11 seats in the new poll, compared to 8 in the current Knesset.

Pure ideologues like Itamar Ben Gvir are Netanyahu’s nightmare.

Nasty threats, mistreatment, rumors, and a general lack of trust define this government's coalition building attempts.

If the bill passes, UTJ will be able to divide itself, enabling its two religious Ashkenazi parties, Degel HaTorah and Agudath Israel, to run for the Knesset separately.

Israel's Supreme Court demands that Agudath Israel show cause why it excludes women from its list of Knesset candidates.

The committee also succeeded in repelling the Israeli tax authority, which wanted initially to be able to use information gathered by Israeli banks for the IRS.

Is it too late to note that President Assad is a big supporter of the seniority system?

Sadly, MK Rothman thinks we live in a democracy where the courts feel bound by ethical standards.

The Interior Minister will keep his cabinet post but resign as a Knesset Member.

"The memory of Michal and Maya Vishniyak (another domestic murder victim) will start a revolution."

The meeting is part of a series of [secret and not-so-secret] meetings held by the president in recent days regarding judicial reform.

What appears to be a bill driven by the urgent need to block Reform expansion in Israel may really be a land grab on the part of the Haredim.

Voters on the extreme left and right are empowering the flanks, the former out of despair, the latter to watch over Netanyahu.

"Once the proceedings are exhausted and the attorney general announces he decided to file an indictment against the prime minister – the prime minister would not be able to continue serving as prime minister while under the indictment."