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THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

Constitution Committee begins voting on judicial selection committee bill

By ELIAV BREUER

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump takes the oath of office at the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington on January 20. In his inauguration speech, Trump declared: ‘My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker.’

The wall Trump wants to tear down isn’t on the border: The fight over church and state

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

US SENATOR Ted Cruz speaks at an event in Phoenix last month. Last week, he introduced a proposed amendment setting limitations of three two-year terms for members of the House and two six-year terms for the Senate, the writer notes.

Who wins with term limits?

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

FORMER US president Ronald Reagan is joined by his wife, former first lady Nancy Reagan, and daughter Maureen Reagan, in 1991, in Sacramento, California. In 2004, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, he died at the age of 93.

Should age or term limits be introduced?

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

THEN-LIKUD MK Michael Eitan addresses the Knesset plenum, 2008. The writer notes that the last effort to reach a complete constitution in Israel was made during the term of the 16th Knesset in 2003-06, when the late Eitan was chair of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee.

To get governance back on track, Netanyahu must go

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

MK Avigdor Liberman attends Israel Hayom security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, 2024

PM term limits, no draft exemptions: Liberman reveals five principles for next coalition

By Mathilda Heller

MK Simcha Rotman, Head of the Constitution Committee, at a committee vote on the judicial reform legislation at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 5, 2023.

Constitution Committee begins debates on bill associated with judicial reform

By ELIAV BREUER

CEO of the Planning Administration Rafi Elmaliach in an interview with Ofer Petersburg.

Planning Administration CEO: 'Periphery no longer exists in modern planning terms'

By Ofer Petersburg

Tel Aviv.

Due to media pressure: A rehearing on the extension of TAMA 38

By Ofer Petersburg

Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, addresses the Knesset.

How a 'thin constitution' can help bring Israel some stability

By ELYAKIM RUBINSTEIN

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters ahead of the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2024.

Erdogan makes rare outreach to opposition in attempt to remain in power - analysis

By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE

April sees a 78% surge in apartment sales, surprising amid wartime

By Ofer Petersburg

THE UN Security Council observes a moment of silence for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, last week, after he was killed in a helicopter crash.

The US must evaluate its goals to ensure they align with Constitution

By DUVI HONIG

A frustrated construction worker.

Contractors Warn: War & Turkish boycott impact on construction

By Ofer Petersburg

AN ABORTION rights activist charges that the US Supreme Court is ‘illegitimate,’ at a protest in Washington, in June, on the first anniversary of the court ruling which overturned Roe v Wade.

‘Politicians in robes’: How a sharp right turn has endangered trust in the US Supreme Court

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Supreme Court justice Uzi Vogelman at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2023

Vogelman: Reform ruling part of constitutional process, need last Basic Law

By MICHAEL STARR

Housing market shift: 2023's impact on buyers and contractors

By Ofer Petersburg

Exceeding Expectations: In 2023, Approval Granted for Construction of 41,000 New Apartments.

Urban Renewal: Still strong despite the war

By Ofer Petersburg