Ministerial Committee on Legislation

Why dividing Jerusalem in a peace deal just got harder

Legislation advanced by a Knesset committee and expected to pass would require a two-thirds majority of Israelis lawmakers rather than the simple majority now.

July 16, 2017 2:47 pm

Bill giving Chief Rabbinate control over all conversions in Israel advances

The legislation would circumvent a Supreme Court ruling on private Orthodox conversions.

June 25, 2017 10:51 am

Knesset committee delays vote on bill to annex large West Bank settlement

Discussion of the measure, which would apply Israeli law to Maale Adumim, was postponed to avoid a conflict with visiting Trump administration official Jason Greenblatt.

March 14, 2017 11:01 am