Israeli knesset

Liberman calls for ‘decisive outcome,’ vows not to sit in government with Netanyahu

Launching the campaign at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman vowed not to sit in a government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avidgor Liberman at a press conference in Tel Aviv, launching new "decisive outcome" campaign, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
THE KNESSET during a meeting on December 24, 2025.

The next Knesset should belong to those who choose to serve - editorial

THE KNESSET building in Jerusalem holds one of the world’s smallest legislatures.

Knesset FADC approves extending declaration of emergency until March 12

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi recieved the Knesset Medal after his speech at the Knesset.

PM Narendra Modi becames first recipient of Knesset Medal during official Israel visit


Israeli ministers call for relocation of northern Gaza civilians to combat Hamas

A group of 27 Israeli ministers and MKs urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to implement a plan relocating northern Gaza civilians to combat Hamas.

 Palestinians walk next to a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 9, 2024

Finance Committee begins debate over 2024 budget amendment

The Knesset Finance Committee reviewed a new spending bill by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, aiming to allocate NIS 3.4 billion for war-related issues.

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on June 10, 2024.

Women’s voices will be catalysts for change - opinion

As the DNC in Chicago highlighted the powerful voices of Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, and more, the contrast in Israel’s political landscape revealed a critical gender imbalance.

 The writer speaks during a committee discussion in the Knesset about the demand for equality in Israeli politics.

Israel to hold annual commemoration of October 7 events amid deep divisions - opinion

Israel's new annual commemoration of October 7 has sparked controversy, highlighting deep national divisions as differing views on the events persist.

 TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev holds a news conference to address the issue of the planned state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, and the controversy surrounding it, in Jerusalem last week.

Smotrich advances extra-budgetary war funds despite Finance min professional warning

Finance Minister Smotrich seeks approval for a NIS 3 billion fund to cover war expenses, sparking internal tension over Israel's budget management.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the the The 10th Katif Conference for National Responsibility. August 5, 2024.

What will Israel’s right-wing camp look like in the next election?

The spell that Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has cast on Israeli politics for two decades seems to have ended.

 THEN-PM Naftali Bennett and then-justice minister Gideon Sa’ar in the Knesset in 2022. Could the two join forces to form a new right-wing party?

Coalition leaders begin summer recess with political gains, but without hostages - analysis

Stuck in the middle of these political vicissitudes are the families of the 115 remaining hostages, dead and alive.

 Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends a conference called "Israel's return to the Temple Mount", at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on July 24, 2024.

Ben-Gvir 'totally failed' to curb 'internal threat of Arab Israelis,' Smotrich says

Smotrich said the "internal threat of Arab Israeli's" could not be ignored as he described what he viewed as a multi-pronged Iranian effort to counter Israel.

 Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon", in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024.

The Israeli couple who started a NYC protest movement

“I think what this conflict has shown is that the Israeli expat community in New York has a place within the broader Jewish community.”

 Omer Lubaton-Granot, left, and Shany Granot-Lubaton, right.

'Haredim must remain haredim': Israeli lawmakers debate IDF haredi draft

Knesset begins discussions on controversial haredi draft exemption bill.

 Yuli Edelstein in Knesset debate on Haredi draft bill, 18 June 2024