Knesset voting on Adhan ban bill postponed
Wednesday-16-November-2016
The Israeli Knesset postponed voting on the Adhan ban bill which aims to prevent mosques from using loudspeakers to announce prayer times in occupied Jerusalem.
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Arab MK recites Muslim call to prayer on Knesset plenum
Monday-14-November-2016
Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset Ahmad al-Tibi called for a vote of no-confidence in the incumbent Netanyahu government after the latter okayed a bid to ban Muslim call to prayers in the occupied territories.
Israeli ministerial MKs to discuss bill barring mosque loudspeakers
Sunday-13-November-2016
The Knesset ministerial committee on legislation is due to discuss a bill calling for banning the use of loudspeakers to recite the daily mosque adhan (call to prayer) in Arab neighborhoods where Jews also live.
Lieberman to Arab MK: Get out of the Knesset
Saturday-12-November-2016
Israeli Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) blasted Israeli Arab Joint List head Ayman Odeh over the latter’s participation in a memorial ceremony held in Ramallah for late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s death.
Knesset snubs bid to recognize Palestinians of 1948 land as minority
Wednesday-9-November-2016
The Israeli Knesset on Wednesday voted against a proposal to recognize the Palestinians of 1948 occupied territories (Green Line) as a national minority.
Knesset lobby flouts Jordan’s sovereignty over Aqsa Mosque
Tuesday-8-November-2016
Israeli ministers and MKs announced on Monday their intents to alter the status quo at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque challenging a 1993 deal with Jordan granting the latter sovereignty over the Mosque among other Islamic holy sites in Occupied Jerusalem.
New Knesset bill to legalize settlers’ outposts in W. Bank
Thursday-3-November-2016
Knesset members from Habayit Hayehudi and Likud (government coalition parties) on Wednesday tabled a bill that would legalize Jewish outposts built on privately owned Palestinian land in the West Bank.
