Asia Israel Since Thursday, government has been in a minority in parliament: Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, a deputy from the left-wing Meretz party, said she no longer wanted to support the coalition led by Prime Minister Bennett, who now has only 59 out of 120 MPs
Asia Israel The High Court of Justice froze the transfer of hundreds of millions of shekels in budget allocations to ultra-Orthodox schools, the Settlements Ministry and the Religious Services Ministry made the previous day by the Knesset Finance Committee
Asia Israel The Knesset has passed a media overhaul law giving government greater regulatory control; PM Netanyahu attended the debate, skipping the vote; the news has been released by a number of online media in the late hours of 16 July
Asia Israel Ben Gvir has been ordered to delete flotilla abuse video from media as it constituted unlawful election propaganda; the head of the Central Elections Committee also ruled that the minister pay $7.800 in legal fees
Asia Israel The ruling coalition has submitted a proposal to dissolve parliament to pave the way for early elections as PM Netanyahu came under mounting pressure from ultra-Orthodox parties; the move was initiated by his own rightwing Likud party