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Haredi lawmakers attend emergency meeting on avoiding IDF draft

Meeting held in Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Landau's home , where United Torah Judaism Knesset members sit in after decree calls on all yeshiva students to stay away from recruiting offices

Shilo Freid | 12.04.24

Israel's climate bill is a joke and not how you deal with the climate crisis

Opinion: The Israeli government continues to ignore the climate risks and the climate bill to be submitted to the Knesset for approval next week is nothing more than a PR stunt

Prof. Adi Wolfson | 12.04.24

Iran planned to assassinate former Canadian justice minister, report claims

Canadian authorities say foiled plot against human rights and anti-IRGC advocate Irwin Cotler, whose daughter served as a Knesset member in Israel; Tehran denies allegations

Daniel Edelson, New York | 11.18.24

Knesset approves bill banning teachers who support terrorism, cutting funds to schools

'Terror supporters can no longer be teachers in Israel - it is regrettable that this took us nearly two years, but better late than never,' says bill sponsor MK Amit Halevi

Sivan Hilaie | 11.05.24

‘We are in the beginning of a third world war’

ILTV News interview with MK Sharren Haskel

Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | 10.31.24

הכינוס הראשון של השדולה בנוכחות משפחות החטופים והחוזרים מהשבי

Israel moves to block UNRWA: MK Boaz Bismuth explains the bold new law

Bismuth: 'Terror organizations like UNRWA won' operate in Israel'

Lidar Grave-Lazi, ILTV | 10.30.24

Guterres says UNRWA indispensable, after Israel banns agency

UN secretary-general says bill passed by Knesset could have devastating consequences for Palestinian refugees and will be detrimental for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Sivan Hilaie, Reuters | 10.29.24

לוחמי צה"ל לצד סמל של אונר"א ברצועת עזה ארכיון

Knesset passes law banning UNRWA activity in Israel, despite opposition from US

Under the law which passed overwhelmingly, an agreement from 1967 that allowed the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency to work in Israel will be canceled, and UNRWA activities in the country will cease. Some of the agency's employees are suspected of participating in the massacres on October 7. US is "very concerned"

Sivan Hilaie | 10.28.24

Israel's UN membership could be suspended if it severs ties with UNRWA, officials warn

Bill up for final vote Monday could be an Israeli violation of the UN charter, leading to a suspension of its membership in the international body

Itamar Eichner | 10.27.24

Far-right lawmaker threatens to block Palestinian Authority from top court

Simcha Rothman introduces bill aimed at preventing PA from appealing to Israel's Supreme Court, addressing what he calls 'distortion' allowing hostile entities to petition against government policies

Tova Tzimuki | 10.22.24

Knesset moves to ban TikTok on government phones, citing security risks

Amid fears of data transfer to Chinese government, MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen proposes bill to ban apps controlled by foreign states on government-issued devices; similar laws exist in US, Australia and EU

Itamar Eichner | 08.18.24

Soldiers still in limbo as draft legislation stalls

Knesset begins summer recess without legislating law to extend mandatory military service; an estimated 1,000 additional troops suffer physical mental injury each month

Yoav Zitun | 08.04.24

Knesset Museum presents rare WWI letters of Jewish soldiers

Marking 110 years to the war Israel presents letters from various Jewish soldiers who fought in the British Army including some by Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Shilo Freid | 07.20.24

Knesset votes against Palestinian statehood ahead of Netanyahu's US visit

Resolution passes with decisive 68-9 majority, with opposition from Arab parties; Yesh Atid, Labor and National Unity’s Gadi Eisenkot absent from vote

Shilo Freid | 07.18.24

צרפת בחירות פרלמנט תוצאות שמאל חוגג דגל גאווה דגל פלסטין

'They called our children filthy Jews': French Jews feel unsafe amid rising antisemitism

Paris Jewish community leader says antisemitic attacks increased four-fold since the outbreak of war, adding French Jews are in immediate danger in some parts of the country: 'Members of the Jewish community prefer to hide their Jewish symbols when in public spaces'

Itamar Eichner | 07.15.24