Initiator: Avi Dichter (Likud) and 13 MKs from coalition parties
Bill no.: 1989/20/F
On Wednesday, 10 May 2017, the Knesset endorsed in a preliminary ready the so-called Bill on “Israel the National State of the Jewish People” with a majority vote of 48 MKs from all coalition parties as well as 41 MKs from all opposition parties. However, the government representative minister announced that, in agreement with the bill initiator, the
Full consent can be given to the comment made by the New Israel Fund (NIF) on the incident, which involved the detention and interrogation of NIF Deputy Director Jennifer Gorovitz at the Ben-Gurion International Airport. NIF stated that the “Gorovitz incident” falls in the context of the nondemocratic Settlement Law. It was associated
Several key facts are highlighted by the prosecution of the Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who killed Abdul Fattah al-Sharif, a Palestinian young man, in Hebron city on 24 March 2016. These facts have received a general consensus not only on the Israeli level. First and foremost, the prosecution featured an obligatory mock trial, which has nothing to do with or reflect the approach of the Israeli army or policies of successive Israeli governments and respective parties. The trial was necessitated by one fact only: Contrary to
The Israel Hotel Association and National Restaurant Association have recently filed a new petition to the High Court to break the monopoly of Kosher certification, bringing the case back to the fore. The present government adheres to this monopoly. What is more, the government supports laws that prohibit all actions, which would lead to
An internal Israeli battle has recently broken out over the right to open commercial premises, including grocery stores, on Saturdays. At the forefront of the case is the municipal law, which the Tel Aviv Municipality approved years ago, allowing some commercial premises to be open under particular circumstances on Saturdays. However, the
