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Knesset Plenum votes down no-confidence motions submitted by parliamentary groups from the opposition main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
The Knesset Plenum (file photo)

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House Committee accepts request by MK Gotliv for immunity from criminal prosecution main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
House Committee (center: Committee Chair MK Ofir Katz; right: MK Tally Gotliv)

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President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina Menem visits the Knesset for the first time main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/… @MenemMartin
Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (right) with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Martín Menem

ALT Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (right) with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Martín Menem

Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (right) with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Martín Menem

ALT Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (right) with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Martín Menem

Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (2nd from right) with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Martín Menem, and his delegation (left: chair of the Argentina-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, Deputy Sabrina Ajmechet)

ALT Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana (2nd from right) with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, Martín Menem, and his delegation (left: chair of the Argentina-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, Deputy Sabrina Ajmechet)

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Education Committee votes unanimously to approve for final readings the bill for day marking heritage of Moroccan Jews and North African Jewish communities main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
Education, Culture and Sports Committee (left: Acting committee chair, MK Yosef Taieb)

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Approved in final readings: Bill to separate Department of Internal Police Investigations from State Attorney’s Office main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Moshe Saada (file photo)

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Approved in preliminary reading: Basic Law Proposal: Torah Study. Bill’s sponsor MK Gafni: Torah study held Jewish people for thousands of years; Opposition Leader MK Lapid: This is not a bill about Torah, it’s about money main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Moshe Gafni

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Leader of the Opposition MK Yair Lapid

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Immigration Committee holds special debate marking 25 years since Dolphinarium terror attack. MK Kariv, chair: “We must ask ourselves whether we know how to provide some relief to the grief of families who chose to live here” main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs with members of bereaved families (4th from right: Committee Chair MK Gilad Kariv)

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National Security Committee approves for first reading bill barring entry of Red Cross representatives to Israeli prisons. MK Foghel, chair: “Preventing visits of terrorists in prisons is part of the war” main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
National Security Committee (center: Committee Chair MK Tzvika Foghel)

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Approved in final readings: State recognition for Israeli Sign Language main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Chili Tropper (file photo)

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MK Avichay Buaron (file photo)

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Approved in final readings: Offense of unlawfully bringing items into or out of Israel other than through an official border crossing to carry penalty of nine years in prison main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Amit Halevi (file photo)

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Approved in final readings: Bill for freezing funds paid by the PA in connection with terrorism from revenues transferred by the Israeli Government main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Avichay Buaron (file photo)

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Israel-Estonia Parliamentary Friendship Group in statement marking centenary of cultural autonomy for Estonian Jewry: “Exceptional and forward-looking step for its time” main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Simon Davidson, chair of the Israel-Estonia Parliamentary Friendship Group (file photo)

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Approved in final readings: Tax benefits for community in confrontation line zone in Judea and Samaria main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Tzvi Sukkot (file photo)

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MK Limor Sonn Har Melech (file photo)

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Knesset Plenum elects Michael Rabello as state comptroller main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana casting a ballot in the Knesset Plenum

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Knesset Plenum holds special debate marking Gay Community Day main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Yorai Lahav Hertzanu

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Minister of Social Equality and Advancement of the Status of Women MK May Golan

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Approved in first reading: Opening investigation against senior officeholder will require authorization of district court, indictment will require approval of special committee main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Simcha Rothman, Chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee

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Approved in first reading: Bill for splitting post of the Attorney General main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
MK Hanoch Milwidsky

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MK Yitzhak Kroizer

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Bill for dissolution of the Twenty-Fifth Knesset approved in first reading main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
The Knesset Plenum

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Knesset delegation, led by Speaker MK Ohana and including MKs from the coalition and the opposition, participates in Israel Day Parade in New York See video here: youtube.com/shorts/WZa5mn_hh…
Knesset delegation at the Israel Day Parade (left to right: Consul General of Israel in New York Ofir Akunis; Speaker of the Knesset MK Amir Ohana; former Mayor of New York Eric Adams)

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Subject to renewed debate, House Committee approves for first reading bill for dissolution of the Twenty-Fifth Knesset. Proposed range of dates for Election Day: Sept 8–Oct 20 main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/…
House Committee (left: Committee Chair MK Ofir Katz)

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