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Israel: Chief Rabbinate elections delayed amid power struggle
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Knesset voted overnight Monday to postpone the elections for the country's Chief Rabbinate, extending the tenure of the serving rabbis until next spring. The elections were originally scheduled for August.
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Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich wants to let foreign banks compete in co
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Israel's Finance Minister wants to increase competition in the country's banking sector by bringing opening the market to foreign banks.
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Knesset delegation holds 46th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting with European Pa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
At the meeting in the European Parliament, the Knesset was represented by the head of the Knesset Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament, MK Ariel Kallner (Likud), as well as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Moshe Turpaz and MKs Evgeny Sova (Yisrael Beitenu) and Tsega Melaku (
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Israel moves to increase natural gas use
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Knesset's Economic Committee approved Monday the extension of the license of the Gas Routes Israel Company for an additional 15 years until the year 2049.
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FM Cohen talks Iranian threat with Japanese Deputy FM
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On Thursday Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Shigeo Yamada in Jerusalem.
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Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calls for immediate pa
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Israel's Minister of National Security and the leader of the right-wing Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) Party in the Knesset Itamar Ben-Gvir called Monday evening for immediate passage of the government's plan to drastically change the way in which justices are selected in Israel.
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Negotiations over Israeli Judicial Reform frozen until key vote on Judicia
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Israeli opposition has brought negotiations over judicial reform to a standstill until a June 15 Knesset vote to choose two members of parliament to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee.
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Knesset Speaker presents Morocco with world's smallest Koran made with nan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In a historic visit to Morocco, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana presented his Moroccan counterpart with the world's smallest Koran on Thursday, created with Israeli nanotechnology. The visit is the first by a Knesset speaker to the parliament of a Muslim country.
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Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel dies
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Turkel was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv to Austrian immigrants. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's law school in 1960.
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Knesset approves state budget after marathon session
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The final vote passed 64-56, with lawmakers voting along coalition lines. The state budget for 2023 will be 484 billion shekels (USD 130 billion) while the budget for 2024 will be 514 billion shekels (USD 138 billion).
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New coalition tensions flare as Otzma Yehudit party boycotts Knesset vote
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Tensions within Israel's governing coalition flared out in the open on Wednesday as the right-wing Otzma Yehudit party boycotted a Knesset vote on Wednesday.
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Knesset committee meetings cancelled as coalition tensions rise
Updated : 2 years, 10 months 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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