Donald Trump‘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
West BankKnesset 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
US PoliticsTrump 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
AntisemitismIsrael’s antisemitism envoy warns Jews being used as a ‘political tool’ in Trump policiesMichal Cotler-Wunsh called for equal legal treatment for Jews as a minority and for Israel as a nation-state amid rising antisemitism and anti-ZionismBy Jane Prinsley5 min read
LabourIsraeli source denies claims that Emily Thornberry was secretly filmed at Knesset meetingLabour MP claims she was secretly filmed at Knesset; Israeli source hits back against allegationsBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
IsraelViolent clashes break out in Knesset as October 7 families barred from entering public galleryFootage shows guards wrestling with campaigners ahead of a special session set to decide on the necessity of a public inquiry into the massacresBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelIsraelis fear democracy remains in ‘grave danger’While Israelis feel they can rely on their fellow-citizens for support, their trust in the political echelons is lowBy Simon Rocker2 min read
Knesset passes controversial law allowing deportation of terrorists’ families from IsraelThe new law empowers the interior minister to deport family members of terrorists who had advance knowledge of attacks but failed to report itBy JC Reporter2 min read||November 8, 2024 09:14
Bill to deport relatives of terrorists is unconstitutional, warns Israeli civil rights groupThe proposed legislation will now be considered by the Knesset after being approved in committeeBy Imogen Garfinkel2 min read||October 30, 2024 14:29
A law to permanently commemorate October 7 to be discussed this week in IsraelThe bill will look to establish a national memorial authority and create a permanent day of commemoration based on the Hebrew calendarBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||September 15, 2024 12:22
Knesset votes 68-9 against establishment of Palestinian stateThe motion opposed a Palestinian state ‘on any piece of land west of the Jordan River’By JC Reporter1 min read||July 18, 2024 09:29
Knesset member banned from speaking because she was holding a babySharren Haskel said she felt 'pain and humiliation' after being removed from the podiumBy JC Reporter1 min read||June 28, 2023 10:59
Charedi politician says he would 'donate clothes' to Noa KirelThe MK was speaking in a debate in the Knesset about funding for orthodox schoolsBy JC Reporter1 min read||May 22, 2023 14:55
Controversial Bill banning chametz in hospitals over Pesach passes first readingThe Bill, backed by strictly Orthodox Knesset members, went through by 51 votes to 46By Jenni Frazer1 min read||March 6, 2023 17:40
UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protestAt least 11 protesters were treated in hospital for injuries sustained after police used stun grenades, tear gas, and water cannons to disperse demonstrationBy Ben Bloch2 min read||March 1, 2023 16:33
Chaos erupts in Knesset over judicial reforms amid nationwide protestsSome opposition lawmakers were ejected from the committee room after heckling the chairman as thousands of Israelis take to the streetsBy Ben Bloch4 min read||February 13, 2023 12:01
