November 5, 2016
8:05 pm

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog speaks at a rally marking 21 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on November 5, 2016. (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Herzog slams PM at Rabin rally: No more talk of unity government, we have to save the state

As tens of thousands turn out to mark 21 years since late leader’s assassination, Livni and Galon also hit out at Netanyahu after his coalition chairman denies the murder was political

By Times of Israel staff and Video by Iacopo Luzi

November 5, 2016
2:44 pm

Coalition chairman David Bitan during a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on July 11, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Coalition chairman: Rabin’s murder was ‘not political’

Hours before Tel Aviv gathering memorializing PM slain in 1995, Likud MK David Bitan criticizes annual ‘left-wing rally’

By Times of Israel staff

November 5, 2016
2:24 pm

From right to left, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Miri Aloni, foreign minister Shimon Peres and Knesset speaker Shevah Weiss sing a 'Song for Peace' at the end of a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday, November 4, 1995. Rabin was assassinated as he left the rally minutes later. (AP photo)

Thousands expected at 21st Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv

Labor Party stepped in after event was nearly cancelled over lack of funds; Meretz leader Galon among the speakers

By Times of Israel staff

October 30, 2016
10:01 pm

Thousands attend a rally on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, marking 18 years since the assassination of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. October 12, 2013. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

After organizers cancel, Labor steps in to save Rabin rally

Herzog vows annual memorial for party’s slain leader will go ahead, hours after planners say they cannot afford to fund event

By Times of Israel staff

October 9, 2016
6:30 am

Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit. (Courtesy)

In US, entrepreneurial MK promotes plan he hopes will help make him PM one day

By boosting Israeli-Arab economic ties, Zionist Union’s Erel Margalit believes he can ‘change the discourse’ of peacemaking

By Eric Cortellessa

October 5, 2016
2:46 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, standing, shakes hands with opposition leader Zionist Union party MK Isaac Herzog during a special plenum session marking the 50th anniversary of the Knesset, January 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Same stories, different year

News that bubbled below the surfeit of Peres coverage last week — such as unity talks, Aleppo and US elections — is finally able to see the light after a Rosh Hashanah break

By Joshua Davidovich

September 28, 2016
5:32 pm

Then-prime minister Shimon Peres meets with the Nahal Brigade on October 16, 1986. (Gil Ne'eh/Bamahane/Defense Ministry Archives)

Peres, a man of peace, made Israel a military powerhouse

By bringing fighter jets and, allegedly, nuclear weapons to the Jewish state, Shimon Peres gave the tiny country the tools to survive

By Judah Ari Gross

September 28, 2016
6:48 am

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres at the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli politicians mourn loss of ‘the head of a family’

Netanyahu to hold special cabinet session on Peres’s death; Rivlin cuts short state visit to Ukraine

By Times of Israel staff

September 28, 2016
5:19 am

President Shimon Peres in 2009 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Beloved abroad, polarizing at home, Peres was the peace-making face of Israel

Ultimately respected as Israel’s elder statesman, Peres — who was prime minister and president but never won a popular vote — enjoyed a uniquely lengthy and turbulent political career

By Raphael Ahren

September 11, 2016
6:42 am

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, center, after a speech at a May Day rally in London on May 1, 2016. (AFP/Justin Tallis)

UK Labour’s Corbyn turns down Herzog invite to Yad Vashem

Leader of opposition party facing accusations of rampant anti-Semitism reportedly plans to send his deputy or general secretary to Holocaust museum in his stead

By Times of Israel staff

August 29, 2016
5:53 pm

Knesset member Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (photo credit: Flash90)

Arab press (mostly) yawns at death of Ben-Eliezer

Most highlight his friendship with Mubarak, corruption scandal; websites affiliated with terror groups recall war-crime allegation

By Times of Israel staff

August 28, 2016
6:19 pm

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Former defense minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer dies at 80

Ex-general and Labor Party veteran passes away at Tel Aviv hospital; decades-long career ended in December 2014 with allegations of corruption

By Times of Israel staff

August 26, 2016
3:13 pm

Ex-minister Ben-Eliezer hospitalized for heart problem

Former Labor leader in stable condition at Assaf Harofeh hospital; was indicted in absentia on multiple graft charges last year

By Times of Israel staff

August 20, 2016
8:31 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with leader of the opposition Isaac Herzog during the opening session of the 20th Israeli parliament on March 31, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Labor MKs slam Herzog for reported talks with PM on unity government

Likud and Labor leaders both deny any negotiations are taking place, but skeptics note they denied the last round of contacts, too

By Times of Israel staff and Tamar Pileggi

August 19, 2016
8:27 pm

In this undated photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Leader of the Zionist Union party Isaac Herzog (C) and Leader of the Joint (Arab) List, Ayman Odeh in the Knesset. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu-Herzog again holding talks on unity government — TV report

Both sides rush to deny meeting in Caesarea; Channel 2 stands by its story, notes that the parties denied they were talking last time, too

By Times of Israel staff and Tamar Pileggi

Topic: Labor Party

Herzog slams PM at Rabin rally: No more talk of unity government, we have to save the state

As tens of thousands turn out to mark 21 years since late leader’s assassination, Livni and Galon also hit out at Netanyahu after his coalition chairman denies the murder was political

Coalition chairman: Rabin’s murder was ‘not political’

Hours before Tel Aviv gathering memorializing PM slain in 1995, Likud MK David Bitan criticizes annual ‘left-wing rally’

Thousands expected at 21st Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv

Labor Party stepped in after event was nearly cancelled over lack of funds; Meretz leader Galon among the speakers

After organizers cancel, Labor steps in to save Rabin rally

Herzog vows annual memorial for party’s slain leader will go ahead, hours after planners say they cannot afford to fund event

In US, entrepreneurial MK promotes plan he hopes will help make him PM one day

By boosting Israeli-Arab economic ties, Zionist Union’s Erel Margalit believes he can ‘change the discourse’ of peacemaking

Same stories, different year

News that bubbled below the surfeit of Peres coverage last week — such as unity talks, Aleppo and US elections — is finally able to see the light after a Rosh Hashanah break

Peres, a man of peace, made Israel a military powerhouse

By bringing fighter jets and, allegedly, nuclear weapons to the Jewish state, Shimon Peres gave the tiny country the tools to survive

Israeli politicians mourn loss of ‘the head of a family’

Netanyahu to hold special cabinet session on Peres’s death; Rivlin cuts short state visit to Ukraine

Beloved abroad, polarizing at home, Peres was the peace-making face of Israel

Ultimately respected as Israel’s elder statesman, Peres — who was prime minister and president but never won a popular vote — enjoyed a uniquely lengthy and turbulent political career

UK Labour’s Corbyn turns down Herzog invite to Yad Vashem

Leader of opposition party facing accusations of rampant anti-Semitism reportedly plans to send his deputy or general secretary to Holocaust museum in his stead

Arab press (mostly) yawns at death of Ben-Eliezer

Most highlight his friendship with Mubarak, corruption scandal; websites affiliated with terror groups recall war-crime allegation

Former defense minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer dies at 80

Ex-general and Labor Party veteran passes away at Tel Aviv hospital; decades-long career ended in December 2014 with allegations of corruption

Ex-minister Ben-Eliezer hospitalized for heart problem

Former Labor leader in stable condition at Assaf Harofeh hospital; was indicted in absentia on multiple graft charges last year

Labor MKs slam Herzog for reported talks with PM on unity government

Likud and Labor leaders both deny any negotiations are taking place, but skeptics note they denied the last round of contacts, too

Netanyahu-Herzog again holding talks on unity government — TV report

Both sides rush to deny meeting in Caesarea; Channel 2 stands by its story, notes that the parties denied they were talking last time, too

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