Israel set to approve controversial force-feeding bill
Jewish Journal
July 6, 2015
The Israeli Knesset is set to approve a bill that would allow force feeding of Palestinian prisoners under certain conditions.
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$1 coffee chain taps into Israeli anger over high cost of living
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2015
With a $1 cup of coffee, Avi Katz is starting to do something Israelis have been demanding for years and politicians have failed to achieve – lower the cost of living.
Knesset panel votes to discipline Arab-Israeli lawmaker for joining Gaza flotilla
Jewish Journal
June 23, 2015
A Knesset committee voted to discipline an Arab-Israeli lawmaker because he is taking part in a flotilla seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
Knesset members call for policy, diplomatic shifts in wake of Obama interview
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2015
Israeli lawmakers have called for policy and diplomatic changes following a warning by President Barack Obama that Israel could lose international backing unless it supports a two-state solution.
Embattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in
Jewish Journal
May 14, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts.
Israel’s vulnerable governing coalition passes first test
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s emerging government scraped by its first parliamentary test on Wednesday, paving the way for the new cabinet to be sworn in after two months of difficult coalition building.
Proposal to add gov’t ministers narrowly advances in Israel’s Knesset
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2015
A proposal to expand the number of Israeli government members from the current 18 passed a first reading in the Knesset after a five-hour filibuster.
Netanyahu clinches deal to form new Israeli government
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2015
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched a deal to form a new government on Wednesday, just before a deadline was to expire, but the coalition will rule by only the slimmest of majorities in Israel\’s turbulent parliament.
Netanyahu set for go-ahead to form Israel’s next government
Jewish Journal
March 25, 2015
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, grappling with fierce White House disapproval, was poised to win the nod from Israel\’s president on Wednesday to try to form a new coalition government.
My prayer for an incoming Knesset member
Jewish Journal
March 24, 2015
Mordechai Bar-Or, founder of KOLOT, wrote this on the election to the Knesset of his friend Roy Folkman, a member of the Kulanu party.\n
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