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Israeli soldier hangs an Israeli flag in Kibbutz Nir Am, near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, August 12, 2024

Knesset greenlights 4.9 billion NIS budget to rebuild war-torn Gaza border communities

By Peled Arbeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of a Qatari flag.

How does firing Ronen Bar, Qatargate affect voting in next elections?

Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman leads a vote during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on March 17, 2025.

Constitution Committee finishes preparation of judicial reform bill

By ELIAV BREUER

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana

Knesset speaker apologizes to families of Oct. 7 victims after violent altercation

By Bentzi Rubin , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid

Rolling the dice: Knesset committee approves Idan Roll's secession from Yesh Atid

By ELIAV BREUER

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid suffers leadership blow as Idan Roll resigns from Yesh Atid

By ELIAV BREUER

MK Simcha Rothman attends the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

Constitution Committee debates controversial judicial oversight bill

By ELIAV BREUER

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament on November 13, 2024

Judges in response to Ohana – Netanyahu testimony to continue as scheduled

By ELIAV BREUER

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

Constitution Committee advances ‘softened’ version of controversial Bar Association bill

By ELIAV BREUER

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: The military’s top brass has yet to take responsibility for the intelligence and operational failures that led to October 7. While soldiers and reservists continue to pay the price, the leadership remains unscathed, the writer argues.

Israel's leadership is failing IDF soldiers

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset, November 18, 2024.

October 7 victims decry Likud plot to block state probe with political inquiry

Inside the Knesset building.

Contentious legislation poised for revival in Knesset winter session

By ELIAV BREUER

Initial Knesset war room meetings in Ramat Gan, October 10, 2024.

The untold story of the Knesset War Room, part one

By ELIAV BREUER

People take part in a rally marking the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 3, 2021.

'Cult, mutilation' – Knesset committee erupts after anti-LGBT comments

By ELIAV BREUER

A plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024.

MKs to begin debating Oct. 7 commemoration bill

By ELIAV BREUER

Palestinians walk next to a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 9, 2024

Israeli ministers call for relocation of northern Gaza civilians to combat Hamas

By ELIAV BREUER

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on June 10, 2024.

Finance Committee begins debate over 2024 budget amendment

By ELIAV BREUER

The writer speaks during a committee discussion in the Knesset about the demand for equality in Israeli politics.

Women’s voices will be catalysts for change

By Yael Yechieli