If Israeli lawmakers do not pay more attention to this, they say, they will bring their hives to the Parliament.

"I haven't seen him so gloomy for some time," said Uri Savir, an Israeli lawmaker and former peace negotiator.

The Israeli police on Wednesday revealed further details of allegations that they said could result in charges of treason against a former Israeli lawmaker, Azmi Bishara.

Captain Abu Shamla said that recent visitors to the post have included three Israeli lawmakers and Omri Sharon, the prime minister's son, who has served as a liaison to the Palestinians.

In what was seen as the most critical day yet for his faltering Government, Israeli lawmakers postponed a vote, at the last minute, to take the first step toward dissolving Parliament and calling new elections.

In July 2010, some Israeli lawmakers and women's rights activists proposed a bill to the Knesset banning face-covering veils.

Israeli lawmakers, convening for the opening of the summer session, bustled through the halls of Parliament, focused on the political game at hand: who would vote how and whether it would reshape the government.

He also displays considerable chutzpah, even for an Israeli lawmaker, and especially for one who grew up Christian, Communist and Arab in the Jewish homeland.

During her speech, she was repeatedly interrupted by the other Israeli lawmakers, who furiously shouted "Go to Gaza, traitor"!

An Israeli lawmaker, Naomi Chazan, of the left-wing Meretz party, denounced the sentence, saying, "It shows how little respect is shown for Palestinian life."