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The prime minister is down: inside the 1957 Knesset bombing

Grenade thrown from visitors’ gallery wounded David Ben-Gurion and three ministers, exposed security failures and led to years of hidden correspondence that surfaced decades later, revealing unexpected postscript to only violent attack inside Knesset

Liran Friedmann | 02.16.26

Lawmakers: Immigration Ministry funds meant for new immigrants, not religion-state agendas

The Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee convened after a ynet report found most ministry funds go to ultra-Orthodox and religious groups, with MKs warning of biased criteria and messages that immigrants are 'not Jewish enough'

Itamar Eichner | 02.12.26

'This law will pass over my dead body': heated clashes in Knesset over political Oct. 7 probe

Opposition lawmakers boycotted the session as bereaved families warned against shaping the Oct. 7 narrative before a state inquiry is formed, playing final voice messages from loved ones killed in the attack

Amir Ettinger | 02.11.26

Bereaved families work to block Palestinian-American billionaire from building East Jerusalem hotel

‘Terrorist in a suit': Bashar al-Masri currently facing a lawsuit filed by 200 families of October 7 victims, alleging that he funded Hamas and enabled the terror group to use facilities he owned in the Gaza Strip; Knesset committee meets over allegations

Hila Tsion | 02.09.26

‘I picture my wife like the mutilated woman I saw’: the desperate cry of Israel’s war-traumatized IDF soldiers

Survivors of combat trauma confront lawmakers with harrowing testimony, warning of suicide, burnout and systemic failures as experts say Israel is unprepared for a looming mental health crisis among thousands of soldiers

Or Hadar | 02.09.26

Haredi boycott of key draft exemption bill vote throws state budget into jeopardy

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers claimed there was no progress in the discussions on draft bill so they decided not to support vote on the Arrangements Law; צove threatens timetable set by coalition and the advancement of its reforms, including milk reform

Shilo Freid | 02.05.26

Haredi bloc to back budget in first reading despite draft dispute

Parties condition support on progress toward draft exemption law, but with legal concerns unresolved, receive rabbinic approval to back coalition in initial vote

Shilo Freid, Amir Ettinger | 01.28.26

Following lone soldier suicide: IDF changes policy on defining reserve lone soldiers

In discussion that dealt with gaps in support and accompaniment for servicemen without family ties, an IDF representative pledged that lone soldiers in regular service who continue to reserve service would be recognized as 'lone reservists'

Gal Ganot | 01.19.26

Netanyahu vows Turkish, Qatari troops won’t be part of Gaza force as he rejects Oct. 7 state inquiry

Prime minister tells the Knesset Turkish and Qatari forces will not enter Gaza, acknowledges disputes with the US over postwar governance and insists only a political inquiry into October 7 will gain public trust as opposition leaders accuse him of failure

Amir Ettinger | 01.19.26

Knesset orders IDF probe into US lone soldier Josh Boone’s death after 750 days of service, denied fallen status

Lawmakers ask the military to review whether the reservist, who served about 750 days and struggled with mental distress, should be recognized as a fallen IDF soldier rather than classified as having died after service

Gal Ganot | 01.19.26

Knesset panel advances political inquiry bill as families demand state commission on Oct. 7 attack

After the government told the Supreme Court it lacks authority to order a state inquiry into Oct. 7, the Knesset Constitution Committee began talks on a political probe, boycotted by the opposition, as bereaved families protested outside parliament

Amir Ettinger | 01.19.26

Failure to pass 2026 budget this week will likely trigger early elections, finance ministry warns

Will national elections be brought forward to July? If the state budget is not approved in first reading in Knesset this week, it will not pass the second and third readings by the March 31 deadline; the Haredi parties will not vote to pass the budget unless a draft law also is passed

Gad Lior | 01.19.26

In major legal shift, Israel curtails judges’ power to interpret contracts

Knesset overturns decades-old Supreme Court precedent that let judges override contract wording in favor of presumed intent, adopting new rules that give primacy to text in business deals and split interpretation by contract type

Tova Zimuky | 01.06.26

הריסת בניינים ב רמת גן שנפגעו מטיל מ איראן

Knesset committee launches debate on bill to fast-track rehabilitation of war-hit housing

Lawmakers begin deliberations on proposed legislation aimed at rehabilitating residential areas damaged during the war by accelerating urban renewal processes that often take nearly a decade but critics warn of deep legal and social concerns

Hila Tsion | 12.25.25

Attorney general warns government is using Knesset panels to meddle in ongoing criminal probes

Gali Baharav-Miara says parliamentary committees are being used to interfere in active investigations and intimidate officials, citing abusive discourse toward legal advisers and warning of harm to the rule of law

Tova Zimuky | 12.25.25

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