While Netanyahu won a clear victory in the elections this week, the precise makeup of the new government remains a mystery for now, with several likely scenarios emerging.
“You have been lighting torches for many years, in your lives… you have illuminated the State of Israel in a great light that will burn for many years after the torches of the ceremony are extinguished,” Knesset Speaker Edelstein told the torch lighters.
‘A person is a murderer even if he committed murder just once in his life, so that’s what we can call the army, which murders occasionally and not every day of its life,’ Zoabi said.
‘Let us not delude ourselves about the chances of signing a peace agreement with the Palestinians in the near future,’ Edelstein told a gathering of foreign diplomats.
Israelis must do everything in their power ‘to express appreciation for those who have sacrificed their bodies for the good of the country,’ said the Deputy Defense Minister.
Israeli Arab MKs vented their anger about the IDF, rather than facing reality and dealing with the real perpetrators of crimes and the Arab leaders who remain silent.
Jews on campuses worldwide, including the US, hide their identity and pro-Israel stances as the result of rampant anti-Semitism, a Knesset committee revealed.
Jewish students are the most persecuted minority on US college campuses, a representative of an Israeli advocacy group told Israeli lawmakers during a meeting at the Knesset.
Israel’s parliament has long included people with disabilities as part of its workforce and Ambassador Danny Danon has encouraged the United Nations to replicate the altruistic program.
In 1948, the Jews achieved one of the most remarkable and inspiring accomplishments in human history. Take a quick look at Israel today, 68 years later, to know that our little country in an ongoing story of daily miracles!
Demonstrating the strength of Israel’s democracy, MK Bahaloul justified attacks against the Jewish State, in which he serves as a member of parliament.
In a speech at the United Nations, Israel's Parliamentary Speaker Yuli Edelstein took the topic of environmental preservation and turned it into a regional call for peace and cooperation.
Israel's parliament is leading the way towards a cleaner global environment after installing the largest solar field on any government building worldwide - while promoting other projects that highlight energy efficiency.