Israel seeks to ban NGOs getting more than $30K in foreign funding from organizing protests

by mgall74 | Dec 10, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Wednesday deliberated a revised bill whose terms were distributed to lawmakers by the panel’s chairman, Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism), targeting nonprofits getting funding from foreign countries,...

Netanyahu's deluge of anti-democratic bills is a bargaining chip in his criminal trial

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The government’s blitz of antidemocratic legislation can be seen partly, or even primarily, as a particularly noisy campaign by members of the governing coalition to influence their placement on their parties’ next Knesset tickets before the next...

Bill would expand Israeli justice minister's control of police internal investigations department

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The full text of the legislation, which has been unveiled in the Knesset, calls for a new five-member committee to appoint the head of the Police Internal Investigations Department – with three of them appointed by the justice minister or his director general...

Netanyahu tells Knesset: October 7 inquiry will challenge everyone, including judiciary

by mgall74 | Dec 8, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the Knesset Monday that the panel his government is advancing to investigate the events surrounding October 7 will maintain “equality between the governing coalition and the opposition” in its establishment...

The assault on Israeli democracy in more dangerous than ever

by mgall74 | Dec 8, 2025 | Israeli News

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