Legislation
'Correct a historical injustice': Yair Lapid to table Knesset bill branding Qatar as 'enemy state'
Lapid plans to table legislation defining Qatar as an enemy state, accusing it of acting against Israel’s security interests, including by funding terror groups, such as Hamas.
Wisconsin lawmakers hear bill to codify IHRA antisemitism definition
New judiciary procedure tightens rules on photography in court buildings
Bill to give Knesset power to freeze Netanyahu's criminal trial postponed upon PM's opposition
'Breaking the Silence' bill passed into law
"Organizations that undermine Israel and besmirch IDF soldiers will no longer be able to reach Israeli students," Education Minister Naftali Bennett said.
Knesset to vote on bill limiting Palestinian access to High Court
The legislation transfers land cases from the High Court of Justice to Administrative Courts, by expanding its ability to hear legal cases outside of the judicial purview of sovereign Israel.
Facebook anti-incitement bill advanced to final readings
The bill was initiated by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi) and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud).
Orthodox group asks for no compromise on Kotel
They asked Netanyahu and Steinitz to follow the lead of Regev, who declined to authorize plans to change anything at the Western Wall.
Israel summons Irish ambassador over settlement criminalization bill vote
Kelly to 'Post': "Our government opposes the proposed legislation.”
Single women soon to get access to surrogacy, gay couples denied option
Until now, state-supported surrogacy has only been available for married heterosexual couples; the new law will expand the eligibility to single women as well.
![A couple with their twin babies delivered by a surrogate mother. [Illustrative]](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/238073 "A couple with their twin babies delivered by a surrogate mother. [Illustrative]")
Bill to decriminalize cannabis use set to become law
The bill mandates that such a person would pay NIS 1,000 for the first offense, NIS 2,000 for the second if done within five years of the first, and a “conditional arrangement” for the third offense.
Ministers stymie effort to ban tobacco advertising
Knesset Economics Committee chairman Eitan Cabel said the government was “addicted to working for the tobacco companies.”
UTJ MK: We will quit govt if fiscal sanctions not removed from draft bill
“There won’t be any compromise on the financial sanctions, we will not accept them,” Moses told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Bill keeping far-left NGOs from schools advances to final vote
The bill will move to a final vote in the Knesset plenum in two weeks.
