Israeli knesset

Gov’t faces one-week deadline to pass first reading of state budget amid haredi draft bill threats

A first reading of the budget must be approved for the state to approve it in March. 

THE KNESSET during a meeting on December 24, 2025.
 Shas faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2025.

Who's pulling the strings? Haredi parties draft bill tactics ahead of Iran war - analysis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.

Israel is sliding toward authoritarianism, and elections won’t stop it - opinoin

Opposition party leaders Yair Golan, Yair Lapid, and Benny Gantz. Israel’s opposition needs to find unity, the writer says.

Israel's opposition must unite to defeat Netanyahu, restore responsibility in politics – opinion


Constitution Committee finishes preparation of judicial reform bill

Opposition MKs boycott votes after pleas from hostage family members

 Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman leads a vote during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on March 17, 2025.

Knesset speaker apologizes to families of October 7 victims after violent altercation

Families were blocked from entering the visitors’ section of the plenum to observe a discussion regarding a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana

Rolling the dice: Knesset committee approves Idan Roll's secession from Yesh Atid

The law’s purpose is to deter MKs from switching sides during a given Knesset for opportunistic reasons, i.e. to prevent “political bribery.”

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid

Idan Roll resigns from Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid faction, forms 'National Majority' party

The move was not a total surprise since Roll had expressed his dissatisfaction with the party line on a number of occasions since October 7.

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid

Constitution Committee debates controversial judicial oversight bill

Rothman and other supporters of the bill have argued that there is an inherent conflict of interest in the current system

MK Simcha Rothman  attends the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

Judges in response to Ohana – Netanyahu testimony to continue as scheduled

“There is no place for considerations detached from reality when the security of the state and national resilience are at stake,” they added.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament on November 13, 2024

Constitution Committee advances ‘softened’ version of controversial Bar Association bill

Members of the IBA and the opposition argued that the bill was an attempt to exact revenge on the IBA by harming its independent ability to set its budget.

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

Israel's leadership is failing IDF soldiers - opinion

For soldiers, the parallels between the Knesset’s betrayal and the IDF leadership’s failures are glaring.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: The military’s top brass has yet to take responsibility for the intelligence and operational failures that led to October 7. While soldiers and reservists continue to pay the price, the leadership remains unscathed, the writer argues.

October 7 victims decry Likud plot to block state probe with political inquiry

The new probe will begin within 30 days after the government announces the end of the Israel-Hamas War or after a year passed since the new legislation will reportedly be made.

 Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset, November 18, 2024.

Contentious legislation poised for revival in Knesset winter session

Coalition leaders in closed-door negotiations have attempted to find a compromise between the IDF's needs and the demand of the haredi parties that yeshiva students remain exempt from service.

Inside the Knesset building.