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Israel's Knesset
2M5J61A Jerusalem, Israel. 29th Dec, 2022. The new speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana, receives his gavel as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on Thursday, December 29, 2022. Netanyahu became the Prime Minister of Israel for the third time. Pool Photo by Amir Cohen/ Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
September 7, 2023, 9:03 am
Knesset Speaker hints coalition won’t honour Supreme Court ruling on judicial reform
Benny Gantz's National Unity party called Knesset Speaker Ohana's speech a recipe for "anarchy".
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Israeli police using water cannons against protestors blocking roads to Knesset, July 24 2023.
July 24, 2023, 8:26 am
Protestors clash with police outside Knesset ahead of crucial judicial reform vote
'Given the range of threats and challenges confronting Israel right now, it doesn’t make sense for Israeli leaders to rush this,' U.S. President Biden warned ahead of the vote.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, 15 November 2022. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS REFILE -
January 31, 2023, 1:35 pm
Israel’s government plans to re-instate three-times convicted Dery as minister
The court ruled 10-1 earlier this month that Shas party leader Arieh Dery’s posting as health and interior minister was “unreasonable in the extreme” due to his criminal past.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addressing a delegation on his first official visit to the United Arab Emirates in November 2022. Credit: Olive Media
January 3, 2023, 11:40 am
Chief Rabbi defends LGBTQ in Israeli TV interview: All humans created in God’s image
In 2018, Rabbi Mirvis published the first guide for ultra-orthodox Jewish schools to help make lives easier for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
The new speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana, receives his gavel as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on Thursday, December 29, 2022. Netanyahu became the Prime Minister of Israel for the third time. Pool Photo by Amir Cohen/ Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
December 30, 2022, 11:57 am
Making history, Amir Ohana becomes first gay Knesset speaker
Ohana promised to protect the rights of LGBTQ in his opening speech at the Knesset
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
March 25, 2020, 10:39 am
Knesset speaker resigns instead of convening vote on his replacement
Yuli Edelstein steps aside after seven years in the job in wake of his decision to suspend parliament due to virus restrictions
By Jewish News Reporter
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in the Knesset in 2016
December 19, 2016, 8:10 pm
Israelis ‘increasingly losing faith’ in government, report shows
A survey by the Israel Democracy Institute shows growing cynicism in the Jewish state's public institutions
By Jewish News Reporter
The Israeli Knesset
August 23, 2016, 11:28 am
Knesset bills to protect the overweight from discrimination
Three pieces of legislation were introduced to ensure that measures are in place to prevent discrimination
By Jewish News Reporter and JTA
A previous March of the Living
May 5, 2016, 3:57 pm
Thousands take part in March of the Living on Yom HaShoah
People from around the world paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust with a sombre march from the barracks of Auschwitz to nearby Birkenau.
By Jewish News Reporter
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