Placards from an anti-Netanyahu demonstration in Jerusalem, May 2020

Joint List Urges Barring Indicted MKs from Forming Government

The Knesset’s ministerial committee on legislation will vote unanimously tomorrow (Sunday, November 14) in favor of setting term limits for Israel’s prime minister, Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who chairs the committee, announced on Thursday, November 11.  Placards from an anti-Netanyahu demonstration in Jerusalem, May 2020 (Photo: Crime Minister) Another Sa’ar-sponsored bill, which would prevent any…

Knesset security personnel eject Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej (Meretz) from the Knesset plenum during the debate of the Hadash-sponsored bill to memorialize the 1956 Kfar Kassem massacre, Wednesday October 27, 2021.

Knesset Defeats Hadash-Led Bill to Memorialize Kafr Kassem Massacre

The Knesset struck down on Wednesday, October 27, proposed legislation that would have seen the state formally accept responsibility for the 1956 Kafr Kassem massacre. The bill was put forth by Hadash MKs Aida Touma-Sliman, Ofer Cassif and Ayman Odeh. “The ‘government of change,’ the unity government, the supposed Jewish-Arab government, toppled the bill to memorialize…

Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with UN General-Secretary Antonio Guteress at the UN headquarters in New York, Tuesday, September 27, 2021.

Hadash MK: Bennett’s UN Speech Follows in Footsteps of Netanyahu

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, September 27, warning his audience that Iran’s nuclear weapon program is at a “critical point,” while eschewing approaches to combating the COVID-19 pandemic that rely on lockdown measures. Following Bennett’s speech, Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash) attacked it claiming that his address…