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


Israel needs to focus on terrorism, not politics - analysis

It was stunning how quickly Yamina MK Idit Silman’s decision changed the conversation in the country, and how the focus went from terrorism to politics.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett shakes hands with Counterterrorism Unit officers.

Idit Silman proves that ideology trumps goodwill

Idit Silman's resignation from the coalition throws Israel back into a state of political instability.

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

It’s too soon to call time on Bennett’s tenure - analysis

Netanyahu predicted that Bennett's coalition was on its last legs, but on television screens across Israel, polls showed that his celebratory tone was premature.

THANK PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett for modeling how to cross traditional and modern wires constructively, demolishing binary stereotypes.

Politics is the problem in Bennett's coalition, not hametz - opinion

Idit Silman claimed that she was resigning from the coalition because she could not support a government that allowed hametz in hospitals.

 Those were the days: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in November.

Matza maneuvers and Israel's crumbling coalition - opinion

MK Idit Silman resigned from the government, leaving four different scenarios for how it may turn out.

 MK Idit Silman attends a plenum session for the 73rd establishment of the Knesset,  in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 17, 2022.

My word: Passover, the House, the laws and disorder - opinion

MK Idit Silman resigned her seat in Knesset, throwing the government into disorder as it enters the Passover recess.

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

Bennett combats ultimatum that could bring down coalition

His ultimatum follows the decision by fellow Yamina Party parliamentarian Idit Silman on Wednesday to resign from the coalition.

MK Nir Orbach attends a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on September 25, 2021.

Bennett neglected his home party and paid a heavy price - analysis

Putin and Zelensky are important, but you’re not going to be able to deal with them if your own house is not in order.

 Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks with MK Idit Silman a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.

Did Likud break the law by offering Silman a spot?

Silman was reportedly offered the 10th spot on the Likud Party's list and a ministerial position in return for her leaving the coalition.

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

Silman: What bothered me is a minister said to abide by High Court

The MK lamented that while she is considerate of others, others in the coalition are not considerate of her.

 Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and MK Idit Silman attend a press conference in the Israeli parliament discussing the working conditions of Israeli medical interns.