How active are first-time Knesset members as law-makers?
This is a follow-up to a recent article in which I showed the kinds of laws proposed by MK Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit, the purpose of which was to give some indication...
Category: Keeping Up With Our MKs
What racist laws did MK Ben Gvir propose in the 24th Knesset?
Convicted in 2007 of incitement to racism and supporting a terrorist organization (Kach), it is legitimate to see MK Itamar Ben Gvir as a racist or at least it was once legitimate. He was...
The opposition missed the chance to turn things around for Israel
For a people with a history measured in thousands of years, why are contemporary Israeli politicians thinking in terms of two years, four years, six months? Based on the behaviour of the opposition leader...
Why is Likud boycotting Asaf Liberman?
Not every journalist who conducts television or radio interviews with individuals important to the state of our nation show tenacity in face of interviewee attempts to slip away from directly answering difficult questions.Asaf Liberman...
Abu Shahadeh: Perhaps you are running in the wrong elections
Perhaps this man is running for elections in the wrong country. Journalist Kalman Liebskind interviewed Member of Knesset Sami Abu Shahadeh (Balad – on the Joint List) and here is how it went (English...
Education Reform: A Leftist Plot?
Education Minister Yifat Shasha Biton proudly announced that she has embarked upon a process of reform for the educational system. She calls it a revolution. In her Facebook post she exclaims: Education reform —...
Ahmad Tibi: For the Glory of Israel
Ahmad Tibi, a member of the Israeli Knesset for decades, loves to find tidbits he can use to beat down the country that pays his salary and supposedly to which he owes allegiance as...
Usually silent Israeli Arab MKs in Arab parties not silent this time.
Israeli Knesset members from the Arab parties have not been known for denouncing terrorist attacks against their fellow citizens. Now, however, some Arab members of the Knesset are tweeting comments. What are they saying...
