Updates from Israel’s Parliament. For informative purposes only, not as a substitute for official statements by the Knesset or its units. RT /= endorsements
Marking 300 days of captivity in Gaza:
The Knesset hasn't relinquished hostage issue for a moment; families address Knesset committees, and share in activities held on the issue.
With hopes for speedy return of all 115 hostages
Video:
#BringThemHomeNow
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Shana Tova from the Knesset
Best wishes from the Knesset for a good and peaceful Rosh Hashanah, with heartfelt hopes for the swift and safe return of all the hostages and IDF soldiers.
May the New Year and its blessings begin
#RoshHashanah2024
#ShanaTova
Read the Knesset Research and Information Center's paper on “Rising Global Antisemitism as a Result of the Swords of Iron War” (Nov 2023), now in English:
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Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hears briefing from Prime Minister MK Netanyahu; PM tells committee members about Iran’s “destruction plan” for Israel, saying that Israel is determined to thwart the plan
Knesset Speaker MK Ohana dedicates Israeli embassy together with President of Paraguay; Father of October 7 victim affixes mezuzah: “This mezuzah is the continuity of my son”
For video, see here:
Mother of hostage Omer Wenkert to Committee for Developing the Negev and Galilee: We will have an empty chair for the holiday, what kind of revival and momentum are you talking about?
#BringThemHomeNow
Opposition Leader MK Lapid in the Knesset Plenum: You’re responsible, you’re to blame. You’ll go home because we’re a country that wants to live; Minister MK Karhi: Lapid continues cynically to exploit the suffering of the families
Political debates? Israel has had its own over the years, with the first in 1977 between candidates Shimon Peres (Alignment) and Menachem Begin (Likud).
For more, watch this video, presented by the Knesset’s Dr. Fuksman Shal:
Photo: Chanania Herman, GPO