Israeli knesset

Should Israel consider a new method for voting lawmakers into the Knesset? - opinion

In Israel, the voter has no influence on which individuals will serve in the Knesset; thus, the selection and ranking of candidates by the parties is decisive.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025.
Minister Dudi Amsalem attends a conference on education for the prevention of racism in football and in the education system, held in Rishon Lezion, September 16, 2025.

MK Amsalem says Mizrahim still blocked from centers of power, should hold senior positions in Likud

Israeli politicians react following a vote to dissolve the Knesset before the end of its term, in the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Knesset panel advances dissolution bill ahead of first reading, debates date election date

 MK Galit Distal-Atbaryan arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset. December 3, 2023.

Likud MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan says she will not run in party primaries, next Knesset elections


New law makes it illegal to fire evacuees, hostages, and their families

A new Knesset legislation passed prevents employees from firing those unable to work because they are evacuees or families of hostages.

 The assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023

Israel's forensic center at 10-15% level of manpower compared to West

Conditions at the Institute of Forensic Medicine are pathetic and inadequate to cope with ordinary work, not to mention the current disaster.

 Dr. Nurit Bublil, head of the DNA laboratory in Israel’s National Center for Forensic Medicine, stands next to a blood-stained baby's mattress, Oct. 16, 2023

War is not the time for slogans - opinion

Imagine a person – for convenience let us call him Issy, short for Israel – who faces a challenging medical problem. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Tel Aviv, last Saturday night. Replacing a suit, white shirt, and tie with a black open-necked shirt is a political act, meant to convey a message, according to the writer.

Israel sorely needs reliable information on judicial reform effects - analysis

Eight months into Israel’s toxic debate over the judicial overhaul plan, it is emerging that in some cases honest information is being kept from the public and the decision-makers.

Anti-judicial reform demonstrators protest against the judicial reform in Haifa, on July 20, 2023.

Law Committee holds last session before reasonableness bill reservations

The reservation amendments will be voted on by the committee, and if rejected added to the bill during final reading votes at the Knesset.

 MK Simcha Rotman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting on the planned judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on July 4, 2023.

Israel's Knesset to hold Judicial Selection Committee vote on June 14

The committee will be required to appoint a woman to one of each of the roles, including justices, Knesset members, ministers, and Bar Association members.

 The Law Committee votes on changes to the Judicial Selection Committee.

Is the Israeli government, budget actually in peril? - analysis

The budget must pass by next Monday, May 29. If it does not, the Knesset automatically disperses and an election is called.

 MEMBERS OF THE opposition react during a past speech by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset.

Israeli school pupils to learn Holocaust survivor stories with AI chatbot

The first story to be featured on the new app is that of Tovah Feder who survived by posing as the orphan of a German officer.

 A CANDLE is lit and a flower is placed on the railway tracks at Birkenau, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, last year.

Israelis across the political spectrum dissatisfied with current gov't - poll

52% of Likud voters polled by N12 gave the government a "bad" grade, despite having turned out in droves to give the party 32 seats in Knesset. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a meeting of the parliamentary faction of his Likud party, in the Knesset, last month.

Is Israel headed towards a dramatic political realignment? - opinion

Netanyahu’s coalition has given different voter blocs good reasons to become angry and concerned.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the Knesset plenum, earlier this year.