Knesset

Knesset approves bill to cut payments of Palestinian prisoners

Tuesday-6-March-2018

The Israeli Knesset approved on Monday the first reading of a bill to deduct welfare payments paid out by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Palestinian prisoners and martyrs’ relatives.

Knesset okays bill allowing detention of martyrs’ bodies

Tuesday-27-February-2018

The Israeli Knesset on Monday evening approved by the first reading a bill that allows the Israeli occupation authorities to detain the bodies of Palestinian martyrs and ban funerals.

Hamas: Israel’s Palestinian bodies bill seeks to rein in uprising

Thursday-25-January-2018

Hamas on Wednesday evening condemned Israel’s approval of a bill that would make it harder for the bodies of slain Palestinian protesters to be given over for burial.

Knesset to discuss bill allowing detention of Palestinian bodies

Monday-22-January-2018

The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation on Sunday gave the Knesset its approval to discuss a bill allowing the security authorities to detain bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire.

Israelis protest supermarket law demand action against corruption

Sunday-21-January-2018

Thousands of Israelis on Saturday evening staged protests against the so-called supermarket law and premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption.

PPS: Knesset’s death penalty bill a new crime against the Palestinians

Friday-5-January-2018

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has condemned the Knesset’s death penalty bill that targets Palestinian prisoners as a “new Israeli crime.”

“Unified Jerusalem” bill passes in Knesset plenum

Tuesday-2-January-2018

The "unified Jerusalem" bill which provides for separating Palestinian neighborhoods from Jerusalem and prohibits relinquishing any part of the city under any future agreement has passed its second and third readings at the Israeli Knesset.

Knesset to vote on unified Jerusalem bill

Monday-1-January-2018

The Knesset is set on Monday to vote on the "unified Jerusalem" bill which provides for separating Palestinian neighborhoods from Jerusalem and prohibits relinquishing any part of the city under any future agreement.

Islamic Jihad inmates slam Israeli MK’s assault on prisoners’ families

Wednesday-27-December-2017

Prisoners affiliated with the Islamic Jihad Movement held the Israeli occupation responsible for Monday's assault on the families of Gazan prisoners while on their way to visit their relatives in Israeli jails.

Israeli Knesset approves first reading of ‘Supermarket Law’

Tuesday-12-December-2017

The Knesset approved early Tuesday morning the first reading of the “Supermarket Law” which will grant the Interior Minister the powers to disqualify municipal bylaws promoted by the local authorities effectively shutting down supermarkets that had been operating on the Sabbath with permission from the local authority.