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Freed hostage Arbel Yehoud to Knesset: 'Your hands will be stained with blood' • May 19, 2025, 10:15 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
MK Halevi removed from foreign affairs committee - report • May 19, 2025, 8:03 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Haredi parties' Knesset boycott to continue for third straight week • May 18, 2025, 11:57 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Knesset c'mtee discusses scam stealing millions from elderly, Holocaust survivors • May 16, 2025, 8:11 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Father of Haymanot Kasau asks Knesset to change her status from 'missing' to 'kidnapped' • May 6, 2025, 2:06 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Date 1949 - present
Areas Of Involvement unicameral legislature
Related People Abba Eban • Nathan Yalin-Mor

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