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Topic: Ofir Akunis

May 23, 2013
2:26 pm

Then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, Novermber 2008. (photo credit: Moshe Milner GPO/Flash90)

Hand-drawn map shows what Olmert offered for peace

Hastily drawn 2008 sketch by Abbas, made public for the first time, illustrates former prime minister’s dramatic territorial proposal for ‘Palestine’

By Stuart Winer

April 15, 2013
8:12 pm

Israelis stand for two minutes of silence next to graves of fallen soldiers at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, April 15, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

MKs remember the fallen, warn of new threats

Ya’alon, Livni, Shalom and others attend memorial ceremonies, link Israel’s bygone wars with today’s security challenges

By Yifa Yaakov

March 18, 2013
3:51 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and the incoming Minister of Energy Silvan Shalom (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90/File)

Netanyahu sorts out final ministerial posts

After late-night haggling, Shalom to serve as minister of energy and water, Steinitz to be minister of international relations

By Times of Israel staff

March 17, 2013
8:58 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and incoming Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon overlook the Old City of Jerusalem (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Ya’alon given defense portfolio and Sa’ar named interior minister

Erdan also gets big promotion as Netanyahu hands out ministerial posts; Shalom, unhappy with his intended role, meets with PM; disappointment among party’s young guard

By Times of Israel staff

December 30, 2012
8:09 pm

High Court was right to let controversial Arab MK run, legal experts say

Strict interpretation of the law would lead to numerous political bans, scholars say, and Israel is plenty strong enough to allow Hanin Zoabi’s radical parliamentary dissent

By Raphael Ahren

December 30, 2012
11:51 am

MK Michael Ben-Ari yells at MK Hanin Zoabi 'Go to Syria' as she leaves the hall at the Supreme Court on Thursday (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Right-wing politicians slam court for allowing controversial MK to run for Knesset

Verdict supports a terrorist, charge hawkish parliamentarians; Arab legislator calls decision ‘just’

By Aaron Kalman

December 30, 2012
10:59 am

Hanin Zoabi (center) and Jamal Zahalka (left) at the High Court of Justice on Thursday. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court overturns decision barring Arab MK Zoabi from running for Knesset

Balad legislator says decision to allow candidacy won’t erase bitter enmity between her and other lawmakers; Likud MK Akunis expresses chagrin over verdict

By Aaron Kalman

December 27, 2012
12:32 pm

Fracas erupts in Supreme Court after judges hear appeal against disqualification of Arab MK

Hanin Zoabi scourges ‘racist and fascist’ right, contends that ‘there is no legal basis’ for banning her from running in elections; ruling due by Sunday

By Aaron Kalman

December 19, 2012
5:30 pm

Arab parliament member Hanin Zoabi holds a press conference in the Knesset on Wednesday (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASh90 )

Central Elections Committee bans Arab MK Hanin Zoabi from running in elections

Supreme Court likely to overturn decision; Zoabi charges that the panel violated the rights of an entire population

By Stuart Winer and Adiv Sterman

December 19, 2012
10:51 am

Hanin Zoabi (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Controversial Arab MK faces disqualification as Central Elections Committee convenes

Hanin Zoabi and her Balad party support armed struggle against Israel, petitioners argue; ultra-Orthodox parties challenged for fielding female-less slates; any ban could be overturned by Supreme Court

By Stuart Winer

December 17, 2012
7:00 pm

Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to plead for the return of her diplomatic passport, which was taken away due to her participation in the 2012 flotilla to Gaza (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG rejects all petitions seeking to bar parties, Arab candidate from elections

Balad MK Zoabi, who joined an anti-Israel flotilla to Gaza in 2010, can run for Knesset again despite actions ‘bordering on the forbidden’

By Michal Shmulovich

December 10, 2012
3:27 pm

Defensive positions

Soldiers attack their commanders’ orders to stand down, and one MK may have to fight in order to run for the Knesset

By Ilan Ben Zion

October 16, 2012
11:44 pm

MK Hanin Zoabi addressing the Knesset in June 2010 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Likud MK calls for Zoabi to be banned from upcoming elections

Ofir Akunis claims Balad MK’s participation in Mavi Marmara flotilla episode was an act of terror that bars her from the Knesset

By Greg Tepper

September 27, 2012
11:49 pm

Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Nice sketch, but… Mixed political response at home to PM’s bomb diagram

Loyalists praise Netanyahu’s ‘red line’ speech to UN, opposition scoffs at his nuclear cartoon

By Philip Podolsky

September 2, 2012
11:00 pm

Likud MKs Zeev Elkin and Tzipi Hotovely, center and right, among the signatories of a petition on Sunday pledging support to military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

9 Likud MKs sign petition backing PM on his handling of Iran threat

Legislators pledge ‘unqualified support’ for any decision made by Netanyahu

By Philip Podolsky and AP

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Ofir Akunis

Hand-drawn map shows what Olmert offered for peace

Hastily drawn 2008 sketch by Abbas, made public for the first time, illustrates former prime minister’s dramatic territorial proposal for ‘Palestine’

MKs remember the fallen, warn of new threats

Ya’alon, Livni, Shalom and others attend memorial ceremonies, link Israel’s bygone wars with today’s security challenges

Netanyahu sorts out final ministerial posts

After late-night haggling, Shalom to serve as minister of energy and water, Steinitz to be minister of international relations

Ya’alon given defense portfolio and Sa’ar named interior minister

Erdan also gets big promotion as Netanyahu hands out ministerial posts; Shalom, unhappy with his intended role, meets with PM; disappointment among party’s young guard

High Court was right to let controversial Arab MK run, legal experts say

Strict interpretation of the law would lead to numerous political bans, scholars say, and Israel is plenty strong enough to allow Hanin Zoabi’s radical parliamentary dissent

Right-wing politicians slam court for allowing controversial MK to run for Knesset

Verdict supports a terrorist, charge hawkish parliamentarians; Arab legislator calls decision ‘just’

High Court overturns decision barring Arab MK Zoabi from running for Knesset

Balad legislator says decision to allow candidacy won’t erase bitter enmity between her and other lawmakers; Likud MK Akunis expresses chagrin over verdict

Fracas erupts in Supreme Court after judges hear appeal against disqualification of Arab MK

Hanin Zoabi scourges ‘racist and fascist’ right, contends that ‘there is no legal basis’ for banning her from running in elections; ruling due by Sunday

Central Elections Committee bans Arab MK Hanin Zoabi from running in elections

Supreme Court likely to overturn decision; Zoabi charges that the panel violated the rights of an entire population

Controversial Arab MK faces disqualification as Central Elections Committee convenes

Hanin Zoabi and her Balad party support armed struggle against Israel, petitioners argue; ultra-Orthodox parties challenged for fielding female-less slates; any ban could be overturned by Supreme Court

AG rejects all petitions seeking to bar parties, Arab candidate from elections

Balad MK Zoabi, who joined an anti-Israel flotilla to Gaza in 2010, can run for Knesset again despite actions ‘bordering on the forbidden’

Defensive positions

Soldiers attack their commanders’ orders to stand down, and one MK may have to fight in order to run for the Knesset

Likud MK calls for Zoabi to be banned from upcoming elections

Ofir Akunis claims Balad MK’s participation in Mavi Marmara flotilla episode was an act of terror that bars her from the Knesset

Nice sketch, but… Mixed political response at home to PM’s bomb diagram

Loyalists praise Netanyahu’s ‘red line’ speech to UN, opposition scoffs at his nuclear cartoon

9 Likud MKs sign petition backing PM on his handling of Iran threat

Legislators pledge ‘unqualified support’ for any decision made by Netanyahu

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