Stormy Debate in Knesset on Bill for Preventing Administrative Detention of Settlers

​The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, chaired by a settler in the Palestinian occupied West Bank, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism), on Wednesday, November 6, began to prepare for first reading the Emergency Powers Bill (Detentions) (Amendment—Administrative Detentions for Membership in a Terrorist Organization), 2024, sponsored by Committee Chair. Settles set fire to a number…

Knesset Passes Law on Deporting Terrorists’ Relatives Despite Anti-Constitutional Concerns

The Knesset passed on Thursday, November 7, two more draconian laws that severely violate the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of occupied East Jerusalem. The passage of these two laws—one aimed at expelling family members of individuals defined as “terrorist operatives” under Israeli law and the other targeting Palestinian minors as young as…

Knesset Plenum Rejected No-Confidence Motion Submitted by Hadash-Ta’al, Protests in JLM

The opening sitting of the Summer Assembly of the Israeli parliament the Knesset Plenum voted down three no-confidence motions submitted by parliamentary groups from the opposition. The motion submitted by Hadash-Ta’al, entitled “Continuation of the war and its destructive consequences for the public, including the Arab public,” was supported by 32 members of Knesset, without…