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Knesset

Type: Organization

Name: Knesset

Nationality: Israel

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Knesset

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Joint Committee Meeting on Protecting Bedouin Women

Chairwomen Aliza Lavie of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Miri Regev of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee will hold a joint hearing on protection for at-risk Bedouin women. Doctor Lavie said, "It is time to address what ... [Published Israel National News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Miri Regev, Knesset, Infrastructure, Construction

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Israel's Knesset passes bill increasing number of women that elect Israel's chief rabbi

Expansion of electing body's size also likely to increase secular representation; vote highlights internal revolt within Habayit Hayehudi, as party leader Naftali Bennett struggles with ideological division. The ?Stern Law,? which would significantly ... [Published Haaretz - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Knesset, Israel, Habayit Hayehudi, Naftali Bennett

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Knesset

Knesset panel toughens terms of anti-concentration bill

Change states that publicly held companies will need approval from the board committee for transactions involving controlling shareholders. The Knesset Finance Committee hardened the terms in the pending bill on limiting economic concentration on Wednesday, ... [Published Haaretz - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Knesset

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 reports

Police officer fired into bathroom stall where Be'er Sheva bank hostage was being held, Knesset learns

Southern police district commander reveals new information at Knesset hearing, denies that officers knew the ethnic origin of the wounded Bedouin man they handcuffed. At the peak of the attack in the Bank Hapoalim branch in Be’er Sheva that left four ... [Published Haaretz - May 22 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Be'er Sheva, Hostage, Police Officer

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

We Are The Moral Compass

“There is an expectation of Zion to formulate a political monotheism that has never been formulated before.” (Emmanuel Levinas)The importance of the caucus on organ harvesting in China, sponsored recently by the Liberal Lobby in the Knesset, cannot be ... [Published Jewish Press - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Knesset, Compass, Ethical

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Knesset Votes for âJenin, Jenin Lawâ

The Knesset has approved a law prohibiting slander of IDF soldiers in an initial vote. The bill was put forth by MKs Yoni Chetboun (Bayit Yehudi), Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu), and Nachman Shai (Labor).It has been dubbed the “Jenin, Jenin bill” after the ... [Published Israel National News - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Jenin, Knesset, Yariv Levin, Bayit Yehudi

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Palestinian National Authority

Knesset Holds Special Session on PA Violence

The Knesset on Wednesday held a special session on violence emanating from the Palestinian Authority assigned regions against Israeli civilians. The session was attended by members of the Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, Jewish Home, and other Knesset ... [Published Israel National News - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Knesset, Palestinian National Authority, United Torah Judaism, Likud Party

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Arab Peace Initiative Makes Its Way to the Knesset

Most Israelis are familiar with the Arab League resolution from 1967 in Khartoum, Sudanif not by name, then certainly by its principles. Its infamous Three Nosno peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with itmade up the strategy ... [Published Miftah - May 22 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Arab Peace Initiative, Israel, League of Arab States

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

'Rebel' Feiglin barred from Knesset Education C'tee

Likud Beytenu MK has been voting against the coalition since PM, A-G banned him from going to Temple Mount.Likudnik Moshe Feiglin at the Kotel Photo: Marc Israel SellemLikud Beytenu removed MK Moshe Feiglin from the Knesset Education Committee Tuesday ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: Moshe Feiglin, Knesset, Consolidation (IL), Temple Mount, Coalition

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Experts tell Knesset c’tee: Bridges in good shape

Transportation and infrastructure professionals promised that no Israeli bridges are going to collapse. ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Infrastructure, Transportation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Knesset gives Council for Higher Education three months to draft rules on sexual harassment in academia

Two Knesset committees called a joint meeting to discuss sexual harassment in colleges, universities. Two Knesset committees on Tuesday gave the Council for Higher Education three months to formulate bylaws for handling sexual harassment complaints that ... [Published Haaretz - May 22 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Sexual Harassment, Higher Education

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

MK Gafni Facebook Page May Be Fan Created

The new Facebook page for Member of Knesset Moshe Gafni may not have been created by him or his staff. Associates of the longtime MK stated that the page was created by an outside source, possibly a fan. The page was opened on April 30th and has over ... [Published Israel National News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Moshe Gafni, Knesset, Facebook Inc

Quotes

"The more the Palestinian people continue to fertilize the land with hatred of Israel, the smaller the chance that the seedsseeds of peace in the MiddleMiddle East will sprout and take root" Prosor said during an exchange with Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat

Israel heatedly debates peace process, as Kerry returns [Published Israel Today - 40 mins ago]

..." Referring to Knesset member's Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, he concluded, "Hareidi representation did not participate in Perry Committee deliberations due to the clear trend of the Lapid-Bennett government, headed by [Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, to hurt those who study Torah, to restrict the steps of a huge public and centers for the mitzvah (commandment) observant, under the guise of concern for equality of burden."

Hareidi MK: Hareidi Draft Bill 'Detached from Reality' [Published Israel National News - 1 hour ago]

Regev said, "The Bedouin sector requires a methodical response and treatment on many issues: infrastructure, planning and construction, education and personal security. The issue of violence in the Bedouin family and society is recognized but demands a systemic examination by all the authorities in the country. The committee will stress the unique needs of the society and planning issues."

Joint Committee Meeting on Protecting Bedouin Women [Published Israel National News - 2 hours ago]

Porush added: "The future of our existence is in danger. There should be Knesset committees to reform the secular education, which creates criminals and murderers, rather than recruiting yeshiva scholars for army service." (Kobi Nachshoni)

MK Porush: Peri Committee designed to crush Torah world [Published Ynet News - 3 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Today’s letters: Let’s end NHL fighting, and th... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 16 2013] Re: A Hockey Enforcer’s Fate , Matt Gurney, May 14. Matt Gurney is right when he states that Derek Boogaard chose to be a hockey enforcer of his own free will. Mr. Gurney therefore concludes that the Boogaard family’s wrongful death lawsuit against ...
On the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, at least ... [Published Mondoweiss - May 15 2013] Nakba Day Video: Palestinians mark 65th Nakba anniversary 15 May -- Palestinians around the world are marking the 65th anniversary of al-Nakba Day - that's Arabic for "The Catastrophe". It commemorates the loss of Palestinian land because of the ...
Im Tirtzu protests ‘nakba bullshit’ at Tel Aviv... [Published Mondoweiss - May 14 2013] Nakba commemoration at Tel Aviv University, 13 May 2013. (Photo: Lazar Simeonov/ Palestine Monitor) For the second time in two years, students at Tel Aviv University (TAU) commemorating the 1947-49 Palestinian expulsion and the destruction of villages ...
CNN's GUT CHECK for May 14, 2013 [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 14 2013] CNN's GUT CHECK \|for May 14, 2013\|5 p.m.- n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle TABLES TURNED: JUSTICE TO EXAMINE IRS ACTIONS … Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday he has ordered an investigation ...
J14 is back– and still has nothing to say about... [Published Mondoweiss - May 12 2013] Protesters demonstrate against new austerity measures set to be included in the 2013-2014 national budget at a main junction in Tel Aviv May 11, 2013. (Photo:Amir Cohen/Reuters/RT) On Saturday, 10,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv calling ...

Audio/Video

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'Israelis love peace process, but achieving pea... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Mar 09 2013]
Inside Story: On the bus to Israeli apartheid? [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 09 2013]
Israelis turn to new party for 'future' [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jan 25 2013]
Israel's Netanyahu set to continue as leader [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jan 23 2013]
Israel wakes up to new political map [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Jan 23 2013]

Press Releases

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Correction: Members of Israeli Knesset & OneVoi... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 17 2013]
Members of Knesset & OneVoice Movement Inaugura... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 17 2013]
Mr. Jacob Perry Resigns his Post as Chairman Fo... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Technology - Jan 28 2013]
Media Advisory: Avi Benlolo, President & CEO, F... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 22 2013]
Arab Christian Hospital Receives Honour from th... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - Dec 05 2012]