Israel

The coalition-led Knesset committees continued to discuss and vote on the numerous clauses of the national budget for 2023 and 2024, which is on track to be approved by the 29 May deadline

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation unanimously approved the bill to unify the emergency telephone numbers and dispatch centres of the Magen David Adom and the United Hatzalah, which have been battling over the issue for decades

Around 200.000 people gathered outside the Knesset on Thursday evening in support of the judicial review, with several government ministers and coalition deputies in attendance, among them Justice Minister Yariv Levin

The World Zionist Congress, which brings together representatives of Jewish Zionists from 40 countries, has begun; the Congress is the supreme body in terms of legislation and policy-making of the WZO

Several water monitors - which control irrigation and wastewater treatment systems - remained dysfunctional on Sunday after a cyber attack targeted the monitoring systems

An Israeli minister with responsibility for the administration of the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people

A proposed bill that would allow US law enforcement to access fingerprint data from the Israeli police database passed its first reading and was approved for second and third reading

Israeli writers signed a petition against plans to transfer the authority of the National Library to the Ministry of Education, which would allow the Ministry to control appointments to the library's board and increase 'transparency and public oversight'

There have now been eight consecutive weeks of Israelis across the country demonstrating against the government over judicial reform, with dozens of arrests

PM Netanyahu submits costly requests to renovate PM's home worth tens of thousands of shekels; government has no legal obligation to fund renovations to PM's private home

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is reportedly considering recruiting legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to promote the possibility of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia

Although thousands demonstrated against new government on 7 January with motto 'Together against fascism and apartheid', Minister of National Security ordered to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces, calling its display an act of 'terrorism'