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Eight detained by police on Temple Mount after reopening

The holy site has been shut for worship for over two months due to the COVID-19 epidemic

|ByJEREMY SHARON
Israeli police officers secure the area following a suspected shooting attack in which an Israeli policeman was injured lightly near the entrance to the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City February 6, 2020
Representatives of women's rights NGOs and MKs after passage of Knesset law criminalizing the hiring of prostitutes, December 31, 2018

Israel becomes 10th country to criminalize hiring prostitutes

When the law goes into effect, a first-time offender will be fined NIS 2,000 for hiring or attempting to hire a prostitute and NIS 4,000 for further offenses.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, LAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked enter the room before delivering their statements in Tel Aviv, Israel December 29, 2018

Bennett, Shaked and Moalem-Refaeli officially break away from Bayit Yehudi

The trio made up more than a third of the eight-seat faction, allowing them to take government funding for the next election with them.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaking with IDF officers during a special Gaza evaluation meeting

MK Shuli Moalem calls for surprise inspections at IDF bases

"As the body that supervises the work of the defense establishment and the Israel Defense Forces, we must examine these matters in depth," Mualem asserted.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

West Bank sovereignty push continues in Knesset with higher education bill

The bill is meant to facilitate the opening of a medical school in Ariel University in Samaria, but also is part of a trend of coalition lawmakers moving to apply Israeli laws to the West Bank.

JANUARY 30, 2018
The Knesset building

Child custody bill set for first reading with mixed messages

The two debating sides did not agree on whether each parent’s financial situation, and who primarily took care of the children in the previous two years, should be taken into account.

JANUARY 17, 2018
MK YIFAT SHASHA-BITON, chairwoman of the Knesset’s Special Committee for the Rights of the Child, signs an agreement for responsibility in advertising yesterday at the annual Marketing Conference for Children and Young Adults in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu on Bennett rebellion: Do you want to break up the coalition?

Bayit Yehudi, Likud MK holding all new bills hostage in fight over child custody law

JANUARY 7, 2018
Likud MK Yoav Kisch