Knesset Member: My Father’s Survival
Knesset member Yair Lapid speaks before the Hungarian Parliament about his father’s story of survival against all odds in the Holocaust and his dream of Zionism.
Special Knesset Subcommittee to Examine Jewish Right to Pray on Temple Mount
For the first time, the Knesset will be holding a meeting to hear arguments for allowing Jews to pray on the Temple Mount. A special Knesset subcommittee will be gathering on Monday for the purposes of carrying out an in-depth examination of Jewish demands to pray on Judaism’s most holy site.
Poll Shows Most Israelis Oppose Territorial Concessions
A poll conducted for the Knesset TV channel reveals that the majority of Israelis oppose territorial concessions as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority.
Arab Christians No Longer Grouped as Muslims in Israel
The Knesset passed a controversial law this week that now legally differentiates between Israeli Muslim’s and Israeli Christian Arabs. The bill, which was sponsored…
Knesset: “Crimes Against Humanity Occurring in China”
JERUSALEM – “It is the moral duty of the Jewish people to oppose the crimes against humanity occurring in China”, said Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and Chair of the Liberal Lobby, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud). MK Feiglin made this statement during a special session of the Liberal Lobby in the Israeli parliament on Monday […]
Israeli Christian Leader Threatened by Arab MKs at Debate
An Israeli Christian leader was threatened by Arab Israeli Knesset members in a heated exchange during a Knesset committee meeting Wednesday. The hearing was part of an effort to legally differentiate Christians as a separate minority group from Arabs, similar to the Druze and Bedouins. That effort has been led by Likud MK Yariv Levin […]
56,000 Fewer Abortions and Not a Single Protest
Israel has some of the most liberal laws on abortion in the western world. Around 40,000 abortions are carried out each year; that is about 110 abortions every single day. There is no protest or public outcry; there is no real debate in the public discourse. No pro-life or pro-choice movements. Recent legislation is making […]
Knesset Christian Allies Caucus Honors Foreign and Local Christians (Photos)
The Israeli Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus and the World Jewish Congress hosted their eighth annual Night to Honor Israel’s Christian Allies last week. Knesset members and governmental leaders from across the political spectrum joined Jews and Christians in honoring Father Gabriel Naddaf and Jane Hansen Hoyt for their steadfast commitment to Israel. Father Gabriel Naddaf […]
Israeli Knesset Heads to Auschwitz for Holocaust Memorial Day
Today marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in commemoration of the savage crime perpetrated by the Nazis against Jews during the Second World War. On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. In 2005, the United Nations passed a resolution marking January 27 as an international day of Holocaust commemoration. In what […]
Same-Sex Bill Rejected in Knesset
A heated debate in Knesset Wednesday ended with the rejection of a bill to recognize the family rights of same-sex couples.  The bill, proposed by Knesset’s only openly gay member, Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz), was shut down by a vote of 42 to 17. This is just the latest in a series of controversies in Knesset […]
