Israel’s Knesset approves new government

Published on March 18, 2013

Israel's Knesset approved the country's 33rd government.

Netanyahu clinches coalition deals

Published on March 14, 2013

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched deals for a coalition government on Thursday reflecting a shift to the center in Israel and a domestic agenda that has shunted peacemaking with Palestinians to the sidelines.

On Election Day, Israel’s undecided voters face moment of truth

Published on January 22, 2013

Israelis are almost never shy about offering their opinions, especially when it comes to politics.

The problem with Israel’s electoral system

By Gidi Grinstein
Published on January 16, 2013

Israel’s electoral system is the root cause of the disheartening polarization and superficiality on display in Israel’s current election season. Many wrongly point to the egos of our politicians as the underlying reason. In reality, powerful constitutional disincentives for collaboration shape our politics.

Polls: Netanyahu set to win Israel election but rightists gain

Published on December 28, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is set to win a parliamentary election on January 22 although the popularity of a far-right party opposed to Palestinian statehood is growing, polls showed on Friday.

German Parliament passes law guaranteeing legality of ritual circumcision

Published on December 12, 2012

The German Parliament passed a law protecting the right of Jewish and Muslim parents to choose a ritual circumcision for their sons, after months of heated debate over efforts to ban the practice.

Hungarian lawmaker proposes ‘registering’ Jewish lawmakers

Published on November 27, 2012

A far-right Hungarian lawmaker suggested that members of the Hungarian Parliament who are Jewish or of Jewish origin be counted and registered.

Tzipi Livni to run in upcoming Israeli elections at head of new party

Published on November 27, 2012

Tzipi Livni has reentered Israeli politics at the head of a new left-of-center political party.

Computer woes force Likud to extend hours in primary vote

Published on November 25, 2012

Polls will remain open past midnight in Likud Party primary voting following computer malfunctions at several polling stations.

Netanyahu announces early Israeli election

Published on October 9, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced early national elections.

Netanyahu may dissolve parliament in mid-October, official says

Published on October 5, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will decide before parliament reconvenes on October 15 on whether to seek a snap election, a government official said on Friday.

Anti-Semitic Polish priest invited to speak at European parliament

Published on June 12, 2012

Conservative Polish lawmaker Miroslaw Piotrowski's invitation to a controversial priest to speak in Brussels has led to a split among the European Conservatives and Reformists group, or ECR.

Knesset committee rejects law to annex settlements

Published on May 14, 2012

A bill aimed at applying Israeli law on West Bank settlements was rejected by a Knesset committee.

Likud moves to dissolve Knesset, eyes Sept. 4 election

Published on May 3, 2012

The Likud Party, which leads the ruling coalition, has submitted a bill to dissolve the current Knesset and is pushing for new elections on Sept. 4.

Tzipi Livni resigns from Knesset

Published on May 1, 2012

Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni resigned from Israel's Knesset.

Iran parliament vote seen bolstering Supreme Leader

Published on March 2, 2012

Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Netanyahu wins new party mandate

Published on January 31, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a new mandate to head his right-wing Likud party, defeating an ultranationalist challenger opposed to any land-for-peace deal with Palestinians.

Likud voters electing party chairman

Published on January 31, 2012

Members of Israel's Likud Party went to the polls to elect a party chairman and a new Central Committee, more than a year before scheduled national elections.

Israelis advised to ‘be alert’ in Britain

Published on August 11, 2011

Israel's Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory for citizens visiting Britain.

Reject unilateral Palestinian statehood, European Parliament members urge EU

Published on July 11, 2011

More than 100 members of the European Parliament signed a letter urging the European Union to reject the unilateral Palestinian bid for statehood.

Rabbi elected to Buenos Aires parliament

Published on July 11, 2011

Argentine Rabbi Sergio Bergman handily won a seat on the Buenos Aires municipal legislature.

Lithuanian parliament approves compensation for confiscated property

Published on June 21, 2011

Lithuania's parliament has agreed to pay $52 million over 10 years in compensation for properties confiscated from the country's Jewish community by the Nazis and by Soviet authorities. The bill was passed by the parliament on Tuesday and still must be signed into law by the president.

Warrior mom

By David Suissa
Published on November 12, 2008

Back in 2002, when the Second Intifada was raging, she would regularly put on a hijab and attend Islamic conferences all over Southern California. She was there to document the hateful venom that often permeated these events, reporting her findings to private investigators of radical Islam in America.