Gilad Kariv

Gilad Kariv warns of potential violence during Jerusalem Day flag march

"To our regret, this parade - which ends with a mass rally in the Western Wall Square - has become an arena for acts of violence, hatred, looting, and racism in recent years," he wrote in a letter.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.
DR. ALEX Sinclair's kippah, after police cut off the Palestinian flag.

Police officers under investigation after detaining man, cutting Palestinian flag off his kippa

Dr. Alex Sinclair, a 53-year-old from Modi'in, wrote in a Facebook post that he was sitting at a café when a religious man began to shout at him that his kippah was "against the law."

|ByTZVI JASPER
MK Gilad Kariv pictured in the Knesset, January 26, 2026.

MK Kariv, Zulat Institute, Rabbis for Human Rights ask High Court to strike down death penalty law

A new petition to the High Court challenges Israel's controversial death penalty law, focusing on its impact in the West Bank and seeking urgent action to prevent its immediate implementation.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.

'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers

Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes the High Court’s decision restricting Passover prayers at the Western Wall, calling the judges "heretics" and "Shabbat desecrators."

|ByAVI SOLOMON

Israeli opposition MK bashes Rothman's 'chutzpah' over judicial reform bill

Likud MK Moshe Saada said that reasonableness is a complex issue, but decried those that engaged in rioting.

JUNE 27, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 20, 2023

Breaking the taboo on sexual abuse in all communities - opinion

Shame is a weapon used by abusers and predators across the social and religious spectrum, and we have got to take it away from them.

JUNE 18, 2023ByDANIEL GOLDMAN
YAEL SHERER, a survivor of domestic sexual abuse and founder of the Lobby for the Fight Against Sexual Violence, was one of the torchlighters at the Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl last year.

Let them eat cake: What's at stake with Israel's controversial Hametz law?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Why are hospitals being targeted with a new law banning Hametz over Passover? How will it affect staff, and is there a halachic basis for it?

APRIL 1, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
BURNING HAMETZ in Jerusalem before the start of Passover.

Grapevine February 24, 2023: Celebrating Kosovo’s independence

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Fleur Hassan Nahoum, Gil Haskel, Ines Demiti and MK Boaz Bismuth.

Confidential meeting on judicial reform security impact set for Wednesday

Wednesday's session focused on a bill to limit judicial review to a full bench of High Court of Justice justices in full consensus, and an override clause.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman is seen gesturing amid a chaotic session of the Knesset Law and Constitution Committee in Jerusalem during a debate on judicial reform, on February 13, 2023.

Politicians will need approval to enter schools - Education Minister Kisch

Previous Education Minister Shasha-Biton called the move a 'giant step towards dictatorship'.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Likud MK Yoav Kisch

Western Wall: Chaos breaks out between guards, Women of the Wall

A dispute broke out between the guards at the Western Wall and Women of the Wall after MK Kariv tried to hand a Torah scroll to the latter.

DECEMBER 25, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Women of the Wall read from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on the seventh day of Hanukkah, December 25, 2022.

Diaspora minister invested NIS 30m. in Jewish org. without A-G approval - report

It was revealed that MK Gilad Kariv was serving as an executive for Panim organization as it was chosen to receive the Diaspora Affairs Ministry grant.

AUGUST 15, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Labour party parliament member Nachman Shai seen outside a Labour party polling station in Jerusalem on February 11, 2019, Party members go to the polls to choose the party list for the upcoming general elections.

Election process becomes heated debate as MKs spar 

"The Israeli public cannot be held captive by political moves," MK Gilad Kariv said.

JUNE 23, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
APPOINTEE GILAD KARIV leads the committee in the Knesset, July 5.

Celebrate Israel Parade: Jews come together in New York - opinion

The parade is symbolic of the connection that the New York Jewish community feels for our homeland of Israel.

MAY 17, 2022ByGILAD KARIV, OFIR AKUNIS
Participants carry Israeli flags at the 'Celebrate Israel'' parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City in 2017