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Knesset Committee Authorises call-up of 430,000 reservists amid Haredi Dra
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
An Israeli parliamentary committee narrowly approved on Monday the extension of emergency powers to summon reservists, authorizing the military to call up as many as 430,000 soldiers as the war in Gaza intensifies.
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Israel: Knesset committees to tackle smoking reforms
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Finance Committee will discuss cancelling the tax exemption on duty-free tobacco, while the Economy Committee will review regulations mandating graphic health warnings on cigarette packs.
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UNRWA is out: Knesset Committee moves to curb UNRWA activities in Israel
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee unanimously approved two legislative proposals on Sunday aimed at curbing the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) within Israel. The committee's decision marks a significa
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'Every hostage goes through sexual harassment,' former captive tells Kness
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Former hostage of Hamas, Mia Regev, told a Knesset committee that "every hostage goes through sexual harassment in one way or another."
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12,000 foreign workers have returned to Israel since war
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Inbal Mashash, the director of the Population and Immigration Authority's Foreign Workers Administration, testified to the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers that the 12,000 is made up of new laborers as well as workers who had returned to their homelands after Hamas's October 7 massacres
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Knesset committee meetings cancelled as coalition tensions rise
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Tensions within Israel's governing coalition escalated on Monday as Knesset committees chaired by lawmakers from the Otzma Yehudit party cancelled meetings.
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