Idit Silman

Prosecution challenges Netanyahu’s account of Walla’s importance in Case 4000

Prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh presses Prime Minister Netanyahu in Case 4000, questioning his stance on editorial influence and the importance of internet coverage.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.
Activists gather at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square, October 11, 2025.

Cabinet ministers, Gantz denounce booing of Netanyahu's name during Witkoff's Hostage Square speech

 View of the pitot spread out near the home of Likud MK Idit Silman. April 14, 2025.

Protesters spread pita in front of Likud MK's home in call for hostages' return

 Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman is seen at the handover ceremony replacing outgoing minister Tamar Zandberg, in Jerusalem, on January 2, 2023.

Israeli arrested for slapping Minister Idit Silman in Rehovot


Toporovsky to serve as de facto coalition head

Toporovsky will convene the meetings of faction chairmen who decide what bills will be legislated and their timetable. He will also ensure a majority for every bill brought to a vote.

Yesh Atid MK Boaz Toporovsky

Israel's coalition pep rally canceled due to lack of pep

“The next in line is just a matter of time,” Idit Silman said. “This government is living on borrowed time. The train has left the station.”

 Ra'am head Mansour Abbas attends a a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on November 4, 2021.

MK Amichai Chikli may form new party if declared rebel by Yamina

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said at a Mimouna celebration in Or Akiva on Saturday night that he sensed new hope that he would soon return to power

 MK Amichai Chikli reacts during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 19, 2022.

Passover hametz controversy 'crummy' excuse for Idit Silman - opinion

Idit Silman learned the wrong lesson! The Holocaust shows the dangers of giving the state too many coercive powers violating individual autonomy.

 CLEARLY, THE BIG hametz controversy is a crummy excuse for Idit Silman’s behavior.

Smotrich's words on the current coalition are appalling - editorial

Smotrich has no doubt whatsoever that he is right, that his path is the correct one, and that his worldview is the one most pleasant in God’s eyes.

 Religious Zionist leader MK Bezalel Smotrich.

Netanyahu offered Silman's husband a 'senior political position' - report

MK Idit Silman's husband reportedly told his inner circle of opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu's offer.

 Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu at his party faction meeting, December 13, 2021.

Israel needs to fight for true freedom of religion - opinion

What Idit Silman, et al., describe as a Jewish identity is the identity of a small minority in the state of Israel and an even smaller minority among world Jewry.

 MK IDIT SILMAN, chair of the Knesset Health Committee, sits alongside Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at a committee meeting in February.

Silman's vote with government will prevent declaring her a 'defector'- Bennett

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will refrain from declaring Yamina's MK Idit Silman a defector following her resignation.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman seen in better days for them at a Knesset plenum session last July.

Will Israel's government be brought down by bread? - opinion

Many point to the hametz crisis as the catalyst which brought this coalition government to its knees. Yet, I argue this should be looked at through a wider lens.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks with MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in January.

Bennett’s coalition shaky as Silman says her decision to go is final

Yamina MK Idit Silman urged her coalition partners to take steps to help replace the existing government with a right-wing one without bringing down the government.

 Idit Silman, head of the Health Committee leads a Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2021.