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Avi Dichter

Dairy farmers and their supporters protest against the milk reform led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the HaGoma Junction near the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, January 6, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
January 5, 2026, 2:32 pm
Hundreds of farmers protest ‘destructive’ dairy reform plan at junctions nationwide
Demonstrators chant, ‘Zionism and security can’t be imported,’ as agriculture minister says he’ll thwart Smotrich proposal to deregulate industry that’s likely to cost local farms
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
Left to right: Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, July 22, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90); Energy Minister Eli Cohen attends the conference for Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria at the Knesset, July 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 29, 2025, 2:15 pm
Coalition calls for Qatargate consequences mount; poll finds 50% say allegations are treason
Energy Minister Cohen slams alleged boosting of Qatar by PM’s staff, says suspects, if guilty, must be ‘brought to justice’; Channel 12 poll finds scandal won’t change many votes
By ToI Staff
For illustration: A farmer harvests wheat in the Hula Valley, northern Israel, May 17, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 4, 2025, 10:34 pm
Israel and US sign agriculture trade agreement to clinch concessions on Trump tariffs
From January, Israel will lift remaining duties on US agricultural goods, amid wider discussions with Trump administration to ease tariffs on exports, remove trade barriers
By Sharon Wrobel
Yehuda Cohen protests outside the home of Defense Minister Israel Katz on August 24, 2025. (Tanya Zion-Waldoks/Hostages Forum)
August 24, 2025, 12:35 pm
‘Sacrificed on the altar of eternal war’: Hostage kin protest outside ministers’ homes
Hostages and Missing Families Forum tells government there will be ‘no absolution’ if it torpedoes efforts to reach an agreement to bring home the captives
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Avi Dichter attend a committee meeting in Jerusalem, November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 11, 2025, 6:04 am
Ex-Shin Bet chief Dichter, now a Likud minister, said among PM’s candidates to head agency
Netanyahu reportedly weighing making ‘professional appointment’ for 2 years to revitalize the agency, but Dichter says the idea of him as a candidate is ‘delusional’
By ToI Staff
People stand still as a two-minute siren sounded across Israel, marking Memorial Day at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
April 30, 2025, 3:23 pm
As Israelis mark Memorial Day, PM honors troops who ‘broke the grip of our enemies’
Netanyahu heckled by protesters at Mount Herzl who urge him to free the hostages and to resign; key torch-lighting ceremony marking transition to Independence Day nixed due to fires
By Lazar Berman, Charlie Summers, Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and cabinet ministers pose for a picture during a special government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
With Otzma Yehudit out of government, Netanyahu set to appoint replacement ministers
Three ministerial positions, two committee chairmanships open up after Ben Gvir pulls far-right party out of coalition; Dichter being considered for new national security minister
By Sam Sokol
A house hit from missiles fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Metula, on the Israeli border with Lebanon, November 20, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 25, 2024, 11:15 pm
Security cabinet member signals Lebanon deal uncertain, amid pressure to oppose it
As northern mayors cast impending 60-day truce with Hezbollah as ‘surrender deal,’ Likud minister Dichter vows to oppose agreement if it is ‘copy paste’ of UN resolution from 2006
By ToI Staff
L-R: Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90), IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90), Transportation Minister Miri Regev (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 22, 2024, 10:58 am
Ministers blast IDF chief in ‘ambush’ over Gaza, drone attack on Netanyahu – reports
Cabinet members assail Herzi Halevi, after reportedly deciding in pre-meeting huddle to berate him, demanding strong response to strike targeting PM’s Caesarea residence
By ToI Staff
Security forces and emergency personnel deploy at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, on May 5, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 23, 2024, 1:56 am
Government delays vote on rehabilitation plan for northern border towns
Cabinet to now vote Monday on proposal once details hashed out, with ministers and council heads criticizing plan; one minister says some money allocated to already funded projects
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a meeting of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset, on March 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2024, 8:22 pm
Ben Gvir said to ask IDF chief why so many Gaza gunmen arrested: ‘Can’t you kill some?’
Reports say minister complained during briefing that too many terror operatives captured alive; a cabinet member retorted: ‘Are you a minister in Israel or a different country?’
By ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta’al chairman Ahmad Tibi argues with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a vote on the amended 2024 budget, March 13, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
March 13, 2024, 6:45 pm
Following rancorous debate, Knesset passes amended wartime budget
While Opposition Leader Lapid decries the most ‘sectoral, detached and profligate budget’ ever, Likud says legislation ‘guarantees the continuation of war until complete victory’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the Israel-Hamas war during a press conference on November 11, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
November 12, 2023, 7:56 pm
PM warns ministers to pipe down after comments on new ‘Nakba’ and nuking Gaza
Netanyahu cautions cabinet, ‘if you don’t know – don’t speak,’ as members’ comments seen to harm Israel’s international legitimacy
By ToI Staff
Elisha Yered, suspected of being involved in the death of 19-year-old Palestinian Qusai Jamal Maatan in the West Bank village of Burqa, arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, August 8, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 8, 2023, 7:04 pm
Settler suspected in fatal shooting of Palestinian released to house arrest
Court finds evidence against Elisha Yered, who did not pull trigger, not enough to justify custody; shooter, hospitalized since clash with Palestinians, still in remand
By ToI Staff
Composite photo, left to right: MK Eli Dellal at the Knesset in April2023; MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset in July 2023; MK David Bitan at the Knesset in July 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 7:40 pm
Several Likud MKs indicate they may not back more overhaul laws without consensus
Eli Dellal say he won’t support further overhaul legislation without broad public backing; Yuli Edelstein says cases of hardline lawmakers vetoing compromises are ‘over’
By ToI Staff
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