World & Nation
Right-wing Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the militant Jewish Defense League, was stripped of most of his parliamentary privileges Monday for refusing to take an oath of allegiance that could cause him to lose his U.S. citizenship.
June 9, 1987
Militant Rabbi Meir Kahane won back his parliamentary voting privileges Wednesday by swearing full allegiance to the state of Israel.
July 2, 1987
Mideast: Parliament member is likely to face charges he voiced support for terrorists. Some fear Knesset move could backfire.
Nov. 8, 2001
Israel: Prime minister’s move could eliminate rivals, including ex-Premier Netanyahu, from vote, which he sets in 60 days.
Dec. 10, 2000
The Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, allowed anti-Arab legislator Rabbi Meir Kahane to return to the floor today after he declared loyalty to the laws of Israel.
July 1, 1987
The measure passed in the Israeli Knesset, stripping one of its own members, namely Rabbi Meir Kahane, of his preferential rights as a legislator, limiting his immunity and freedom of movement for the sake of protecting the rights of the Arab settlers on Israeli soil, is an absolute outrage!
Jan. 9, 1985
Ahmed Korei, who heads the legislature of the Palestinian quasi-state, on Monday visited the legislature of the Israeli state.
July 27, 1999
Israeli lawmakers came to blows in the Knesset as visiting members of the Soviet Committee for World Peace watched in bewilderment.
Jan. 20, 1987
A woman member of Parliament was injured today in a fistfight in the Israeli Knesset over a meeting between leftist parliamentarians and a Soviet delegation.
Jan. 19, 1987
In a major shift in Israeli political opinion, more than two-thirds of the members of Parliament from the ruling Labor Party want the government to open direct negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to the results of a poll released Saturday.
Dec. 27, 1992