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NEWS ABOUT: Knesset

Knesset stories: 13 news summaries

 Israeli Race Neck and Neck 


Feb 10, 09 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Today's parliamentary elections in Israel are still too close to call, with polls showing foreign minister Tzipi Livni locked in a statistical dead heat with hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu, reports Reuters. Centrist Livni closed in on the right-winger's lead following Israel's 22-day incursion into Gaza. More »

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Israel • Tzipi Livni • Ehud Barak • Benjamin Netanyahu • Knesset • Likud Party • Kadima party

Fight Over Holocaust Victims' Assets Rocks Israel

Mission to trace assets of murdered Jews facing resistance from Israeli government, businesses

Nov 12, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The quest to return assets of Holocaust victims to their heirs, instigated by the Israeli parliament, is now focusing on Israel itself, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it's meeting as much resistance at home as it did in Europe. Many European Jews invested in what was then Palestine during... More »

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Israel • Holocaust • Jews • Knesset • Nazi • World War II • Nazis

ANALYSIS

 Israel's 
 'Mrs Clean' 
 Has Quite a 
 Mess to Tackle 

But Livni faces uphill climb if she becomes prime minister

Sep 18, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - When she cast her ballot yesterday, Tzipi Livni took a page from Barack Obama and told the Israeli media that party members should "bring about change by voting for what you believe in." Now, writes an analyst in the Jerusalem Post, Israel's prime minister-designate has a tough job:... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Knesset • Kadima • coalition

Israelis: Olmert Successor Is Unlikely to Forge Coalition

Netanyahu calls for snap elections

Jul 31, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a snap election after Ehud Olmert's sudden announcement that he will resign as Israel's PM. Riding high in the polls, the head of Likud said that "it doesn't matter who heads Kadima. They are all partners in this government's total failure." The call... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Benjamin Netanyahu • Knesset • Kadima

Olmert Pact Saves Israeli Parliament

Deal means PM will face leadership challenge this fall

Jun 25, 08 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert narrowly averted the collapse of the Israeli government today by pledging that his party would hold a leadership election by late September, Haaretz reports. In exchange, Labor Party withdrew its support for a motion of non-confidence. Olmert is facing investigation in connection with $150,000 he took from... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Knesset • Kadima • Israeli Labor Party

analysis

 Bush vs. Obama:
 It's Just the Start  

Expect more disputes between them in the general election

May 15, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the president set off a political firestorm today by essentially likening Barack Obama to those who appeased the Nazis, he likely presaged a common theme in the general election, writes Massimo Calabresi in Time. Bush is trying to stay relevant—no better way than to inject himself in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Knesset • George W. Bush • appeasement • Nazis

Bush: Obama Would 'Appease' Terrorists

Obama: Bush 'politics
of fear' haven't made US or Israel safer

May 15, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - He didn't name names, but he didn't need to. President Bush used an appearance before Israel’s Knesset today to accuse Barack Obama of the “foolish delusion” that “we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals.” In comments aimed at Obama’s support among American Jews, CNN notes,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Knesset • terrorist • the Jewish vote • George W. Bush • appeasement • Nazis

 I Took Cash,
 No Bribes: Olmert 

Vows to resign if indicted 

May 9, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert resisted calls for his resignation today, after admitting on national TV last night that he accepted contributions from a New York businessman—but denying that any of it was a bribe. Olmert, under criminal investigation for allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Long Island millionaire Morris... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • campaign finance • bribery • corruption • Knesset • Morris Talansky • Likud Party • criminal investigation

Merkel Addresses Knesset

German chancellor speaks to lawmakers of Holocaust 'shame'

Mar 18, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angela Merkel addressed the Knesset today, speaking to Israel's parliament about Germany's shame over the Holocaust. "I bow to the victims. I bow to all those who helped the survivors," said the chancellor. Five MPs boycotted to protest the speaking of German in the legislative chamber, but Merkel... More »

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Iran • Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Holocaust • Knesset

Merkel Holds Cabinet Meeting in Jerusalem

German celebrates Israeli statehood
with 3-day trip

Mar 17, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Angela Merkel holds her weekly cabinet meeting today, it will meet not in Berlin but in Jerusalem—a special gesture to mark the 60th anniversary of Israeli statehood. Only a few decades ago Israelis marched in protest when the country welcomed its first German ambassador, but now the chancellor... More »

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Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Ehud Olmert • Holocaust • Knesset • World War II • Third Reich • Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Israel: Land of Milk and Honeys

Maxim flap exposes Jerusalem's risque pitch

Jun 21, 07 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if it didn't have anything else to do, the Israeli parliament is embroiled in a flap over an American skin mag. Maxim is about to publish an article on "the Women of the Israel Defense Force," featuring the Hebrew hotties in stages of undress some back home... More »

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Israel • women • Knesset • Gal Gadot • Maxim

Israel's Parliament Elects Peres President

83-year-old former PM vows to unite country

Jun 13, 07 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Knesset voted in Vice Premier Shimon Peres as president of Israel today, after his two rivals for the office dropped out. Peres, a former PM and Nobel laureate, says his job is to unite Israeli society and "expel despair from our midst." He follows Moshe Katsav, who... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Kadima Party • Shimon Peres • Moshe Katsav • Knesset • Israeli Labor Party • Ariel Sharon • David Ben Gurion

Deputy PM Wants Olmert Out

May 3, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's foreign minister has called on Ehud Olmert to resign, the highest ranking Kadima party official to call for his ouster. Tzipi Livni, who also serves as deputy prime minister, says she's prepared to stand to replace Olmert in the wake of the damning Winograd report. But the majority of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Winograd Report • Tzipi Livni • Knesset • Kadima

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