Amid unrelenting wave of violence, stakeholders call for smarter approach to organized crime, dialogue with local leaders, community-wide cooperation, and putting politics aside

With municipal elections approaching, a municipality director and a mayoral candidate have been shot to death. Researcher Badi Hasisi says violence is seeping into politics

With National Unity MK making a tearful address to parliament and protesters amassed in Jerusalem, Knesset plows ahead with debate preceding final votes

Opposition MKs plan to slow down committee voting, with coalition seeking to add unplanned plenum day in Knesset; Liberman calls for boycott of votes

A failure to prioritize the fight against organized crime, infighting between Arab criminal gangs, and deep seated societal problems are all part of the problem, say MKs, experts

National guard will target 'lack of governance,' terror, nationalistic and organized crime and illegal firearms proliferation; demonstrators protest plan

Far-right committee chair Rothman aims to get through thousands of reservations to planned judicial overhaul, amid heated protests; Knesset legal adviser called in to restore order

National security minister reportedly makes remarks at meeting on slashing funding for project run by American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

MKs Mickey Levy and Yoav Segalovitz, both former police commanders, call last week's legislation unconstitutional, claiming it aims to 'turn police into a political entity'

Omer Barlev rails at his successor, links far-right lawmaker's expected appointment to rising violence: 'This is what happens with the transfer of power'