From IsraelNN.com: MK Aryeh Eldad (NU/NRP) has submitted a draft version of a law that would empower the Knesset to declare that a government had become “a government of disgrace” if one tenth or more of its members were under police investigation at a certain point in time. Should the Knesset declare the government to be a “government of disgrace” according to the...
Israeli cabinet approves appointment of first Muslim minister
From CBCNews: The Israeli government overwhelmingly approved the appointment of the country’s first Muslim cabinet minister Sunday, Raleb Majadele. Israel’s parliament has always had Arab lawmakers — today, they number 13 members out of 120. But the country has had only one Arab cabinet minister before: Salah Tarif, a Druse, who was appointed in 2001 and forced to resign nine months...