Tag Archives: Knesset

Knesset votes to dissolve, sets new elections for March 17

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff December 8, 2014 Members of Israel’s 19th Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to dissolve the parliament, officially putting an end to the current government and paving the way for new elections in … Continue reading

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Why Does the State Department Endorse Palestinian Fight to Exclude Jews?

COMMENTARY by Jonathan S. Tobin October 27, 2014 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made headlines around the world again today with his assertion in the Knesset that he will defend the right of Jews to live in any part of his … Continue reading

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Shunning taboo, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox seek to volunteer for IDF

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Elhanan Miller August 5, 2014 ‘We want to show both the army and our own public that there is a different way of doing things,’ says Haredi coordinator An unusual advertisement appeared on a number of … Continue reading

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Talk of feared new Holocaust at Knesset meeting on European anti-Semitism

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Amanda Borschel-Dan July 29, 2014 Incitement against Jews in Germany at levels not seen since 1933, says speaker at emergency session The room was packed to capacity at the Knesset on Monday for an emergency meeting … Continue reading

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