
TEL AVIV – In an unprecedented move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed his Likud party’s first openly gay lawmaker as he was sworn in to the Knesset on Monday. It is rare for the prime minister to welcome new Knesset Members,
by Deborah Danan29 Dec 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

A bill enacting an annual day celebrating immigration to Israel passed the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday, paving the way for a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. The legislation, sponsored by Likud MKs Miki Zohar and
by Breitbart Jerusalem28 Dec 2015, 1:19 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – The Likud party tapped its first openly gay Knesset Member to take over as Interior Minister following former minister Silvan Shalom’s resignation. Amir Ohana, a lawyer, IDF reserve officer (pictured second from left), and veteran of the
by Deborah Danan21 Dec 2015, 4:59 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – A bill closing all stores on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, has been approved by the Israeli government, the Haaretz newspaper reported. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved Likud Knesset Member Miki Zohar’s bill preventing grocery stores and other
by Deborah Danan21 Dec 2015, 4:27 AM PST0

JERUSALEM (AFP) – An Israeli parliamentary committee refused to give its blessing Monday to a natural gas deal aimed at tapping a huge field in the Mediterranean despite a strong push by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The 7-6 vote against the
by AFP14 Dec 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Member of Knesset Miki Zohar presented a bill on Thursday to prevent automatic access to pornographic sites on the Internet.
by Deborah Danan10 Dec 2015, 2:09 PM PST0

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently adopted dog Kaiya has sunk her teeth into her new position, biting two visitors at an event on Wednesday, including the husband of the deputy foreign minister. At a candle-lighting ceremony to
by Reuters10 Dec 2015, 1:47 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump when the presidential candidate visits Israel at the end of the month, according to multiple reports.
by Aaron Klein9 Dec 2015, 6:55 AM PST0

The Israeli government has banned the radical northern branch of the Islamic Movement for its alleged ties to terrorist groups and for inciting a recent wave of Arab violence in Israel. Israeli Defense minister Moshe Ya’alon issued an edict forbidding
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Nov 2015, 4:18 AM PST0

JERUSALEM, Israel — “Only in Israel can you win an election and lose it the next day,” intoned the announced on Israel’s Army Radio on Tuesday morning, over audio of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory speech from the elections in March. On Monday, Netanyahu’s fragile coalition-building effort suffered a dangerous setback with the sudden departure of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, which leaves Netanyahu with a slim and unstable 61-59 majority in the Knesset.
by Joel B. Pollak4 May 2015, 11:38 PM PST0

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party is set to achieve a landslide victory and gain 29 seats in Israel’s next Knesset (Parliament).
by Jordan Schachtel17 Mar 2015, 11:01 PM PST0

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just warned that Israeli Arab voters are being brought to the polling booth by V15 (Victory 2015) and other NGOS funded from abroad. He said: “We do not have NGOs. We do not have V15.”
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler17 Mar 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

In a use of extremely aggressive rhetoric to describe the punishment for those who commit treason against the State of Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Arab-Israelis who side with the enemy should have their heads “chopped off with an axe” as punishment.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 1:29 PM PST0