Amir Ohana

Netanyahu, officials lay wreaths after siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

The wreaths in memory of Holocaust victims were hung on pedestals before a memorial torch. Netanyahu was the second to place his flowers, but stopped to steady and straighten the wreath.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials stand at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana lights memorial candles on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Knesset entrance, Tuesday April, 14, 2026.

WATCH: Knesset holds annual ‘Every Person Has a Name’ ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Holocaust survivor Yeshayahu Foyer.

WATCH: Survivor recounts how he held on to hope, as Knesset Speaker marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, March 23, 2026; illustrative.

Smotrich: 'Establishing settlements destroys idea of Palestinian state in our heartland'


McCarthy at Western Wall: Israel, US bonded by shared values

The US House Speaker also placed a note in the Western Wall during his visit.

  Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visits the Western Wall on a trip to Israel, April 30, 2023.

McCarthy on landing in Israel: Ties with US will only grow stronger

During his visit, McCarthy will visit Yad Vashem and lay a wreath in memory of the six million Jewish victims.

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana greets US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Israeli far-right MK Avi Maoz 'filled with shame' over gay Knesset Speaker

"We will no longer agree to be silent about the blasphemy and dishonor of the State of Israel," wrote Maoz.

 Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana’s welcome words - opinion

Keeping gratitude for Israel going will require the kind of resolve that is hard to come by under the present circumstances. 

 MK Amir Ohana attends the Knesset's Mimouna on April 12, 2023.

Israelis protest against Netanyahu outside Mimouna in Hadera

Israeli media also reported that protesters gathered outside the Mimouna celebrations at the home of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

 Israelis who oppose the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul protest outside a Mimuna event attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau and his wife Sara, in Hadera on April 12, 2023.

Hundreds protest judicial reform outside ministers' homes

On Silman's street, people who opposed the protest sprayed the demonstrators with pepper spray.

 Israelis block the Ayalon highway and clash with Police in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023.

Amir Ohana votes against coalition on LGBTQ+ rights bill

Ohana was given the leeway to vote against the coalition in the cases of LGBTQ+ rights as part of the initial coalition agreements. 

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana with his husband and children at a Likud faction meeting following the swearing in of the new government, December 29, 2022.

Herzog: There's still time for dialogue on judicial reform

The first reading of the judicial reform passed its vote in the Knesset on Monday night.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

Shevah Weiss, former Knesset speaker, Holocaust survivor dies at 87

"[He] loved his people and the state that he represented with pride," President Isaac Herzog eulogized on Twitter.

 Portrait of Shevah Weiss, an Israeli political scientist and former politician and speaker of the Knesset. Sep 18 2007

Grapevine January 4, 2023: A strange pecking order

 President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal greet leaders of various Christian Churches