In letter to activists, Noam party chair Avi Maoz decries prominence of same-sex couple at recent state ceremonies 'as though this were an authentic and acceptable Jewish norm'
Republican Congressional leader will arrive on April 30 along with bipartisan delegation of 20 lawmakers, will be first speaker to address parliament since Gingrich in 1998
Knesset speaker expected to convene MKs for vote to delay appointing representatives to judicial selection panel, which the government is seeking to cement political control over
In private meeting with dozens of diplomats, participants express fear that Israeli judiciary will be weakened; Ohana responds that proposals necessary and will likely be adapted
Openly gay Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana bucks coalition position, votes for legislation sponsored by MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzano, who slams government as most LGBTQ-phobic ever
Netanyahu once again lashes High Court ruling against fired minister, defends judicial shake-up: 'We haven't come to end democracy, we've come to save democracy'
Transportation Minister Miri Regev's pick for ministry's director-general rejected by vetting committee, but she vows to move ahead with nomination regardless
Amir Ohana says he prefers to hold his tongue and not criticize rabbis, as Deri claims Netanyahu tricked him with speaker's appointment; ex-Shas MK says Ohana should marry a woman
Ex-chief rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar, who has called LGBTQ people ‘wild animals,’ says it's 'unbearable' that a gay lawmaker was appointed to a position that is 'meant to be lofty'
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