Idit Silman

Ben-Gvir barred from using crocodiles to guard terrorists, court announces

The court issued an injunction against Ben-Gvir's plan due to a petition by the animal rights organization Let the Animals Live.

A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) rests at the National Zoo of Managua November 13,2007.
A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) rests at the National Zoo of Managua November 13,2007.

Silman declares Nile crocodile ‘cultivated wild animal’ to allow Ben-Gvir's 'crocodile prison' plan

Opposition Leader and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speak during a press conference announcing a joint list named “Together” ahead of upcoming elections, to be led by Bennett, in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026.

Bennett files defamation lawsuit against MKs, Channel 14, for mental illness claims

A GENERAL view of the Sharon region under heavy haze, February 14, 2026.

Malfunction in Ashdod sewage plant causes Hydrogen sulfide leaks in Yavne


Israel needs to fight for true freedom of religion - opinion

What Idit Silman, et al., describe as a Jewish identity is the identity of a small minority in the state of Israel and an even smaller minority among world Jewry.

 MK IDIT SILMAN, chair of the Knesset Health Committee, sits alongside Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at a committee meeting in February.

Silman's vote with government will prevent declaring her a 'defector'- Bennett

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will refrain from declaring Yamina's MK Idit Silman a defector following her resignation.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman seen in better days for them at a Knesset plenum session last July.

Will Israel's government be brought down by bread? - opinion

Many point to the hametz crisis as the catalyst which brought this coalition government to its knees. Yet, I argue this should be looked at through a wider lens.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks with MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in January.

Bennett’s coalition shaky as Silman says her decision to go is final

Yamina MK Idit Silman urged her coalition partners to take steps to help replace the existing government with a right-wing one without bringing down the government.

 Idit Silman, head of the Health Committee leads a Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2021.

Israel needs to focus on terrorism, not politics - analysis

It was stunning how quickly Yamina MK Idit Silman’s decision changed the conversation in the country, and how the focus went from terrorism to politics.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett shakes hands with Counterterrorism Unit officers.

Idit Silman proves that ideology trumps goodwill

Idit Silman's resignation from the coalition throws Israel back into a state of political instability.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks with MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in January.

It’s too soon to call time on Bennett’s tenure - analysis

Netanyahu predicted that Bennett's coalition was on its last legs, but on television screens across Israel, polls showed that his celebratory tone was premature.

THANK PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett for modeling how to cross traditional and modern wires constructively, demolishing binary stereotypes.

Politics is the problem in Bennett's coalition, not hametz - opinion

Idit Silman claimed that she was resigning from the coalition because she could not support a government that allowed hametz in hospitals.

 Those were the days: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in November.

Matza maneuvers and Israel's crumbling coalition - opinion

MK Idit Silman resigned from the government, leaving four different scenarios for how it may turn out.

 MK Idit Silman attends a plenum session for the 73rd establishment of the Knesset,  in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 17, 2022.

My word: Passover, the House, the laws and disorder - opinion

MK Idit Silman resigned her seat in Knesset, throwing the government into disorder as it enters the Passover recess.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman seen in better days for them at a Knesset plenum session last July.