Yuli Edelstein

Knesset speaker resigns a week after shutting down Israel’s government

Yuli Edelstein stepped down rather than accede to a Supreme Court order to call a vote on his replacement.

By Marcy Oster March 25, 2020 8:23 am

Israel’s Supreme Court orders Knesset speaker to reconvene parliament and schedule vote on his replacement

Yudi Edelstein has until Wednesday to schedule the vote, a five-judge panel ruled in response to a lawsuit filed by the Benny Gantz-led Blue and White party.

March 23, 2020 1:19 pm

The Tell

In Israel, the pandemic becomes an instrument of preserving power

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Politics goes on in a time of fear and quarantine, and each shapes the other. In my world, the coronavirus outbreak has led to at least three interesting developments over the past couple of weeks: 1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is drawing sharp criticism from political foes for what they say […]

March 19, 2020 10:43 pm

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Yuli Edelstein

Knesset speaker resigns a week after shutting down Israel’s government

Israel’s Supreme Court orders Knesset speaker to reconvene parliament and schedule vote on his replacement

In Israel, the pandemic becomes an instrument of preserving power

Israeli parliament shut down in move critics call a breach of democracy

Israel’s president charges Knesset with forming a government coalition for the first time

Israel lawmakers cancel visit to Ireland after parliament passes West Bank boycott

Knesset speaker refuses to sign lawmaker’s resignation letter written in Arabic

Why a gory Holocaust film is a blockbuster in Russia

Knesset speaker blasts Belgium’s Holocaust commemoration failures

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, a former Soviet refusenik, addresses Russian parliament

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