Tag: Knesset

Draft Bill to Promote Judea and Samaria, Downgrade Arabic

Coalition Chairman Yariv Levin (Likud) has proposed a new draft bill of the Basic Law which could legitimize settlement in Judea and Samaria, as well as downgrade the status of Arabic as an official language.  Israel does not have a constitution, but its Basic Law serves as a foundation for a future constitution. The proposed […]

Yesh Atid MK Proposes Change in Law to Encourage Aliyah

MK Dov Lipman in the Knesset (Photo: YouTube) MK Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) proposed an amendment to the current immigration law, eliminating the six-month waiting period for medical coverage currently imposed on Israelis returning to Israel alongside family members making aliyah for the first time.  MK’s from Yesh Atid, Likud-Beiteinu, Bayit Hayehudi, Hatnua, Labor, […]

10,000 Signatures Presented to Knesset in Support of Jerusalem

This week marks the forty-sixth anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967.  To mark this special date, 10,000 people worldwide added their digital signatures to the Jerusalem Covenant, a document proclaiming the city’s eternal unity as Israel’s undivided capital.  The signatures were presented Tuesday to MK Gila Gamliel, Chairperson of […]