Yoav Kisch

Tainted views, distorted teaching: Should Haaretz be banned from Israeli high schools? - opinion

Education Minister Yoav Kisch requested a professional oversight unit to review complaints that highly critical Haaretz content has been included in high school exams.

A "Haaretz" newspaper being read in the middle of Times Square.
People attend a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on December 27, 2025.

Right-wing activist arrested after allegedly pepper spraying protesters in Tel Aviv

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in February 2025.

Israel must halt funding of haredi schools lacking legal standards, court rules

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

High Court to hear two cases blocking haredi education funds amid legal disputes


American-made Sofia rapid coronavirus test kits land in Israel

The latest shipment is part of an ongoing effort to deploy a total of 300 of the advanced kits made by American company Quidel throughout the country.

Right: A Sofia test kit in action. Left: The shipment that landed in Israel.

Health Ministry launches historic reform in medicinal cannabis treatment

The new regulations exclude for the first time CBD-based products from the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance from 1973.

CBD [Illustrative]

Deputy Health Minister criticizes COVID-19 Shin Bet surveillance critics

"There's no civilian alternative, not in Israel and not anywhere else in the world," Kisch said and added that "using this tool will save human lives and prevent economic damage."

Likud MK Yoav Kisch

Publisher takes victory lap as deregulation of book prices kicks in

Culture Minister Miri Regev decided last week that she was not taking steps to renew the Books and Authors Law, which regulated the industry and went into effect in 2014.

Books

Likud MK urges U.S. to recognize Israeli Golan Heights

The 1981 Golan Heights Law, passed when Menachem Begin was prime minister, states that "the law, jurisdiction and administration of the State [of Israel] will take effect in the Golan Heights."

An old military vehicle can be seen positioned on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

MK pushes Israel to recognize Kurdistan as an independent state

Likud MK Yoav Kisch's motion comes in response to rising tensions between Israel and Turkey.

Israelis from Kurdish origin take part in a rally in support of the Kurdish referendum outside the American consulate in Jerusalem September 24, 2017

Senior minister slams 'antisemitic' Haaretz over ‘Israel Massacre Forces’

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan lashed out against Haaretz over a recent "antisemitic" headline.

A wounded Palestinian is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to their homeland, the southern Gaza Strip March 30, 2018

Settlement sovereignty vote postponed over security situation

The legislation would change the current situation in which Israeli laws do not automatically extend to the West Bank.

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

Trump administration is an opportunity for West Bank sovereignty, MKs say

“The time has come to make practical moves.”

A general view of houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank

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.

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.