Gilad Kariv

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."

DR. ALEX Sinclair's kippah, after police cut off the Palestinian flag.
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

 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

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir in a Knesset plenum about the death penalty bill, in Jerusalem. March 24, 2026.

Knesset panel advances death penalty bill for final readings, Ben-Gvir vows law will pass


'Hold on Matan': Einav Zangauker decries Netanyahu after reported Edan Alexander release announced

"The news of Edan’s imminent return is deeply moving," MK Gilad Kariv wrote on X. "However, it is clear that this development is due to US efforts, not those of the Israeli government.

 The mother of Israeli hostage Edan Alexander hugs an organizer at a pro-Israel rally, nearly one year after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US October 6, 2024.

Israeli singers reject Miri Regev's request to participate in torch ceremony

However, released hostage Eli Sharabi will be one of the ceremony's torchbearers • MK Gilad Kariv criticizes Regev's choice in choosing Ben Shapiro as a torchbearer.

 Israeli singer Yardena Arazi performs with The Gevatron, an Israeli Kibbutz folk singers group in Gush Wtzion on March 28, 2017.

MK Gilad Kariv sends letter of support to Josh Shapiro after arson attack

In his letter, Kariv emphasized that the attack represented not just a threat to Shapiro personally but "an assault on the values of freedom, tolerance, and religious faith."

 A view of the damage inside the Governor's Residence on the day Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania State Police provide an update on the act of arson that took place at the residence, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 13, 2025.

Police question Gilad Kariv on suspicion of leaking confidential documents

Kariv was previously linked to a leak from a June 2023 committee where PM Netanyahu downplayed warnings from security officials about the implications of the anti-judicial reform protests.

 MK Gilad Kariv leads an Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 11, 2025.

'Stabbing Jews in the back': Diaspora heads warn against Chikli's antisemitism conference

“I expect the Israeli government and the Knesset to take just as clear a stand,” Kariv said.

 Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli seen during a protest in Tel Aviv, November 27, 2024

Judicial reform bill passes in Constitution Committee, final plenum vote remains

Lapid said the "violent and extortionate bill" would be repealed in the first week of next Knesset.

 MK Simcha Rothman at the Knesset Constitution Committee. March 17, 2025.

Knesset committee begins rejecting opposition objections as they advance judicial appointment bill

So far, the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has rejected 2,700 out of 70,000 objections. The coalition enjoys a majority in the committee.

 Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman leads a vote during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on March 17, 2025.

Israel must withdraw invitation of far-right European politicians, Kariv tells Chikli

Controversy surrounds Israel's upcoming antisemitism conference. MK Gilad Kariv calls for rescinding invitations to far-right European politicians with antisemitic ties.

MK Gilad Kariv seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2025

Knesset slam delay in rape kit preservation law

While some 6,500 sex offense cases were opened in these years, the police representative could not say how many of them were rape cases.

 View of a DNA kit during a press conference at La Rochelle tribunal, western France, on April 14, 2014; illustrative.

Aliyah committee will be ‘home’ for non-Orthodox Jewish denominations, Kariv says - interview

The committee would also examine the issue of people emigrating away from Israel, which Kariv claimed the government was not concerned about.

 MK Gilad Kariv attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on October 15, 2024.