Legislation

Norway's parliament rejected a bill to establish a national terror list and designate groups like Hamas, leaving the country reliant solely on UN designations.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill making the state the first in the US to recognize Jewish identity as an ethnic group for data collection and policy formulation.

An amendment to the law has expanded the registrar's powers in the fight against crime in the industry. A court ruling clarifies how a decision based on classified information is made and what the oversight mechanisms are.

Australia has determined that tech giants, including Google, Meta, and TikTok, will be required to pay a levy of 2.5% of local advertising revenue unless they sign commercial agreements with local media outlets.

In the UK, a legal loophole allows sex offenders to change their names online for 50 pounds, concealing their criminal past. Jason Brown exploited this 20 times, deceiving Julie, who let him into her home after two weeks of dating. "I felt violated," she says.

Governments worldwide are shifting away from relying on tech giants' self-regulation toward strict legislation to curb children's access to social media, citing addictive algorithms and rising depression rates. While some nations implement total bans, others argue that the burden of responsibility must lie with the platforms themselves rather than the users.

California is poised to become the first U.S. state to officially treat Judaism as an ethnic group rather than just a religion. A new bill would require state agencies to include a "Jewish ethnicity" checkbox on all demographic data forms.

New York City Council member Zohran Mamdani has announced his support for a bill requiring Amazon to hire couriers as direct employees. The move aims to curb exploitative employment models in the gig economy.

Is the State of Israel retreating from the policy it set for itself to combat prostitution? Five years after the entry into force of the Prohibition of Consumption of Prostitution Law, a report by the Knesset Research and Information Center raises troubling questions.

Meta announced that since the Australian ban took effect in December, 462,000 Instagram accounts and 294,000 Facebook accounts suspected of belonging to users under 16 have been disabled.

The parliament in Beirut approved a general amnesty bill intended to release thousands of prisoners and ease overcrowding in prisons. Following the approval of the law, Member of Parliament Ghada Ayoub clarified that Lebanese who fled to Israel will be able to return to their country. The move sparked protests in the country due to fears regarding the release of those who killed security...

No security system, however skilled and creative it may be, has a guarantee of eternal success. Failures have always existed and always will. The Shin Bet did not prevent all the attacks initiated by our enemies; books have already been written about the IDF's failures on October 7. And in the Mossad, too, there are human beings prone to error.

The Senate Republican leader has initiated a decisive vote on the "Transparency Act," which proposes the first comprehensive federal rulebook for cryptocurrency regulation. The bill represents a significant policy and economic victory for the US President but is sparking a political storm and fierce opposition from the banking sector.

Media outlets identified with the regime in Tehran published photos they claim show American and Israeli aircraft that were shot down. No response has yet been received from official American or Israeli sources. At the same time, Iran is advancing a bill that would restrict the movement of Israeli and American vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

A new bill in Tehran seeks to ban the passage of American and Israeli ships through the Strait of Hormuz and impose heavy fines on violators. The legislation taking shape in the Iranian parliament could ignite a new confrontation.

A Bank of Israel study reveals that overly lenient bankruptcy laws lead to credit contraction and higher interest rates. Banks react more severely and for a longer period than the temporary spike in insolvency filings.

The acting director-general of the Central Elections Committee has reminded polling institutes and media outlets that, starting tomorrow, they must submit full poll data to the committee to ensure transparency and prevent public deception.

The hedge fund in trust sector, managing approximately 6 billion shekels, faces regulatory uncertainty as its temporary authorization expires. The Knesset is set to vote on a permanent legal framework today, while the proposed metropolitan transport authorities reform remains stalled.

The Supreme Court is hearing petitions today against a temporary order law that strips the Military Police of the authority to arrest yeshiva students whose draft status remains temporarily regulated.

When the second Rabin government promoted the Oslo Accords and when the Sharon government led the Disengagement Plan, fateful moves passed in the Knesset within a few months. In those days, the pace of legislation was presented as "governing determination," whereas today the same tools are described as a "blitz." The struggle is not over the parliamentary procedure, but over the right of the...

The Constitution Committee is expected to discuss an amendment to the Class Action Law during the Knesset recess, following agreements between the coalition and the opposition. The amendment aims to curb the abuse of class actions, particularly against small businesses.

For decades, the basic democratic concept in Israel was clear. The public elects its representatives to the Knesset, and they are assisted by a professional team of jurists to translate policy into proper legislation. Legal counsel was supposed to serve as a professional aid, a compass that helps navigate the thicket of law and bureaucracy.

After Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the Supreme Court to make the interim injunction against the law freezing arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers permanent, Knesset Legal Advisor Sagit Afik also challenged the legislation. She stated that the process failed to meet the required legal standards.