Israeli PoliticsKnesset advances contentious bill to establish politically-appointed October 7 inquiryThe Opposition boycotted the bill’s first reading, which saw it pass 59-0By Minnie Peters2 min read
KnessetKnesset advances controversial Torah study Basic Law amid draft exemption rowThe law would designate religious education as a foundational value of Israel, but critics claim it could be used to help students avoid the draftBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Israel‘Trials of the modern Nazis’: Knesset establishes tribunal to prosecute October 7 terroristsThe law details how judges are to be selected, how trials are to be conducted and provides for an appeals processBy David Isaac 2 min read
Israeli PoliticsSpiritual leader of Charedi faction orders MKs to take steps to dissolve KnessetRabbi Dov Lando indicated a final split with the Netanyahu coalition as he called on lawmakers to force early elections amid the long-running row over yeshiva conscriptionBy Melanie Swan1 min read
IsraelKnesset passes largest ever state budget to avert early electionsThe bill carried on the promise of greater defence spending, but set up a fresh row over Charedi conscriptionBy Melanie Swan1 min read
IsraelDeath penalty bill set for final Knesset voteThe bill has the backing of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, but critics point to the fact that it fails to enforce equal punishment against Israelis convicted of terrorism against PalestiniansBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli PoliticsKnesset advances key state budget law after Charedi parties back down from rebellion threatThe parliament will be dissolved and fresh elections called unless the budget bill is passed by the end of next monthBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Knesset displays 2,000-year-old jar used by ancient JewsThe jar, known as a ‘kalal’, is part of an exhibition to celebrate the history of Israeli governanceBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||February 3, 2026 14:56
Coalition MKs submit bill to scrap fraud and breach of trust offences from criminal codeThe crimes make up two of the three charges currently face by Prime Minister Netanyahu, though it is not clear whether the law could be changed retroactivelyBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||January 12, 2026 15:16
Three MKs ejected as Knesset advances bill on death penalty for terrorist murderersOne lawmaker labelled National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir a ‘terrorist’ for championing the legislationBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||November 11, 2025 10:39
Knesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terroristsThe bill would not impose the same sentence for Israelis convicted of killing PalestiniansBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 4, 2025 11:54
Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination commemorated by grassroots group in LondonMembers of We Democracy gathered in London on Sunday to remember the Israeli prime minister who was murdered in 1995By Jamie Shapiro1 min read||November 3, 2025 16:52
Row breaks out in Israel over Tommy Robinson visitOpposition politician calls on Chikli to apologise for inviting the far-right activist who has largely been warmly received in IsraelBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||October 22, 2025 16:45
‘The best friend Israel ever had’: Trump cheered in Knesset after hostage releasesKnesset Speaker Amir Ohana hailed the US President, whose speech was interrupted by a vocal protest, as ‘the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House’By Jacob Jaffa5 min read||October 13, 2025 12:11
Knesset to hold committee hearing on possible West Bank annexationThe meeting comes after ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party unanimously called for a plan to absorb the territory to be in place by the end of the monthBy JC Reporter2 min read||July 15, 2025 15:38
Trump calls for end of Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ corruption trialThe US president claimed that the charges against his Israeli counterpart were ‘unfair’ and called for a pardon for ‘a ‘great hero’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||June 26, 2025 16:14
