Knesset
![Knesset.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/07/09/63fc5510-3dde-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3599_w5399.jpg)
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee unanimously passed a law proposal to designate UNRWA as a terrorist organization.
![Ben Gvir in the Knesset.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/09/81d74b70-3dda-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3159_w4739.jpg)
Knesset
Due to Ben Gvir's refusal to pass the "Rabbi's Law" and Shas' anger at Ben Gvir for doing so - the coalition lacks the majority
![Gideon Saar Right-Wing Knesset member](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/08/49a1a6b0-3d30-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h331_w650.webp)
IDF, draft law, military service
MK Gideon Sa'ar clarified that his faction will support the law to extend regular military service: "We will not politicize this issue; we are opposition to the government, not the state."
![Yoav Gallant.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/01/5955e2a0-37af-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3679_w5518.jpg)
IDF, Israel-Gaza War
Defense Minister Gallant spoke to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, saying that the IDF is in urgent need of more soldiers, not just from among Charedim but also from elsewhere.
![Knesset members Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/25/b224b0a0-32f5-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h4097_w6143.jpg)
Internal politics, Netanyahu elections
If Naftali Bennett, Gideon Sa'ar, Yossi Cohen, and Avigdor Lieberman run under one right-wing list, this party is expected to win the elections and become the largest party in Israel. Even in the question of suitability for prime minister, Bennett defeats Netanyahu.
![Protestors clashing in the Knesset with ushers.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/19/6ecc5140-2e50-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h331_w650.webp)
Politics, Hostages
Dozens of leftwing protestors against the government burst into the visitors' balcony and clashed with the ushers.
![Haredim and IDF Soldiers at Western Wall](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/13/c2cd1940-2992-11ef-b326-875a4c3cecda__h2838_w4258.jpg)
Haredi Draft Bill, Knesset Member
The Knesset member Elazar Stern refers to the issue of recruiting the ultra-Orthodox and says that it is difficult for him to define the ultra-Orthodox who do not enlist as "brothers". He also said: They tell us; "We can't be seen as Ultra-Orthodox."
![Haredim and IDF Soldiers at Western Wall](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/13/c2cd1940-2992-11ef-b326-875a4c3cecda__h2838_w4258.jpg)
IDF, Conscription Law, Opinion
The continuation of the controversial draft bill in Israel serves as a slap in the face to soldiers who have been serving since October 7th.
![Knesset.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/20/50157290-16d6-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h570_w1345.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War, International Criminal Court
The Labor Party and the Arab parties refused to sign, each for their own reasons. Labor MK Naama Lazimi called the petition a "meaningless statement" meant to be a "tool of Bibi's."
![Al-Jazeera website.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/01/ea63dd80-f04f-11ee-a0b8-59c8fdf35245__h2592_w3888.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Al-Jazeera
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced from his hospital bed that following the passage of the law against al-Jazeera's broadcasts in Israel by the Knesset, he will work to implement the law immediately.
![Evacuating the wounded. Illustration.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/26/9b3c26f0-eb6c-11ee-a65c-fd3f72bc574c__h2824_w4236.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
The ministry said that Israel has never had to handle so many wounded in such a short time.
![Anti-government protest at Knesset](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/20/39f6d200-e6da-11ee-a0b8-59c8fdf35245__h331_w650.jpg)
Protests in Israel
Dozens of protesters blocked the entrance to the Knesset demanding new elections. Two rioters tied themselves to the vehicle blocking the emergency exit.
![Knesset hearing](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/19/2644dce0-e60b-11ee-a65c-fd3f72bc574c__h331_w650.jpeg)
Fiancés of Fallen Soldiers
The bill to recognize fiancées of fallen IDF soldiers was approved today in its second and third readings. Noa Rubin who lost her fiancé in Gaza shared her pain: "The system I believed in abandoned me."
![Government during the final budget vote.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/13/ac7288b0-e14e-11ee-87ff-7f8f8e59a688__h3851_w5774.jpg)
Budget, Knesset
Minister Avi Dichter previously threatened to vote no, but ultimately changed his mind and voted in favor of the budget bill.
![Jonathan Pollard](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/12/b833e260-e069-11ee-bbda-93c9fb230a79__h331_w650.jpg)
Jonathan Pollard
The Israeli spy talked about the long and difficult time in the American prison, and revealed that the events of October 7 pushed him to run for office.
![99 MKs vote in favor of rejecting one-sided recognition of a Palestinian state](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/21/753ff960-d0bc-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3997_w5995.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Knesset, Palestinian State
The Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of a government statement rejecting global recognition of a Palestinian state without a negotiated settlement.
![Knesset Finance Committee approves raising VAT to 18% to cover wartime shortfall](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/20/1d6df140-cfec-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3704_w6000.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Taxes
The tax increase now goes to the Knesset for a second and third vote. Members of the committee, including on the coalition, criticized the move as too easy and harming the weakest members of society.
![Effort to expel MK Ofer Cassif from Knesset falls short of needed majority](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/19/905b7000-cf57-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h3506_w5259.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Knesset
Gantz, Lapid, and most Yesh Atid members were absent from the plenum during the final vote.
![Law Proposal for Expelling Terrorists' Families Passes Preliminary Vote](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/07/c3eaee40-c5da-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3994_w5991.jpg)
Knesset, Terrorism
The Knesset passed a proposed law allowing the Interior Minister to expel a relative of a terrorist, subject to a hearing to determine if they knew of their plan to commit a terror attack.
![MKs Join in Prayer for the Soldiers and Hostages | Watch](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/24/505a42b0-badf-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
A special prayer was held for the State of Israel, the soldiers of the IDF, and the hostages, in the Knesset synagogue in honor of Tu Bishvat.