Christmas tree knesset

High Court names nine-justice panel to hear petitions on law halting arrest of haredi draft dodgers

The dispute comes after a succession of increasingly forceful High Court judgments on inequality in military service and the government’s failure to enforce the existing draft law.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
President of the Supreme Court Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026.
Christmas tree in the Knesset.

Muslim MK Ayman Odeh puts up Christmas tree in Knesset

“Christmas is part of the culture of people born in this country,” Odeh said.

|ByGIL HOFFMAN
THE NEW Knesset bill aims to take a serious bite out of the nation-wide problem of stray dogs.

Knesset hopes to fetch funds for stray dogs

Koren said the bill would represent a huge savings to the state if passed into law.

|ByMICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN
The Knesset

Law to boost female representation in municipalities passes

“Women are 51% of the population, but only 12% of those elected to local authorities,” says bill's co-sponsor MK Aliza Lavie of Yesh Atid.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV