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.

Bill giving Chief Rabbinate control over all conversions in Israel advances

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

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.

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