December 16, 2015
1:38 am

File: Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog speaking at the faction's convention in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Herzog may delay Labor primary in bid to stave off challengers

Facing likely competition for leadership from Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai and MKs Peretz and Yachimovich, opposition chief seeks to postpone vote

By Times of Israel staff

December 15, 2015
10:20 pm

President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the Haaretz and New Israel Fund conference in the Roosevelt Hotel, NYC, on December 13, 2015. (Amir Levy/Flash90)

In shadow of Rabin murder, anti-Rivlin remarks test limits of free speech

A public TV channel is under fire for saying the president ‘spat in the faces of IDF soldiers,’ but critics face criticism themselves for appearing to place the president above reproach

By Marissa Newman

December 13, 2015
9:30 am

Economics professor Dr. Avi Simhon on June 16, 2010. (Flash90)

Netanyahu taps Hebrew U. professor as economic czar

Haredi, opposition MKs protest Avi Simhon’s appointment, say he ‘hates families blessed with children’ and the poor

By Times of Israel staff

November 19, 2015
4:58 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by Knesset members after a vote on the 2015-2016 state budget, November 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Knesset passes 2015-2016 budget by 61-59 majority

Lawmakers vote on hundreds of amendments submitted by opposition; fiscal plan stands at $85b for 2015, rising to $89b in 2016

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

November 18, 2015
11:08 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon during vote on the state budget for 2015-2016, November 18, 2015. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset expected to pass budget after all-night slog through objections

Opposition trying to filibuster bill beyond Thursday’s deadline with 700 ammendments that must be voted on one by one; if not passed, government will be forced to resign

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

October 27, 2015
2:20 am

Illustrative photo of women dancing with a Torah scroll at the Western Wall, April 20, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker compares Women of the Wall to banned Muslim group

UTJ’s Rabbi Yisrael Eichler says women’s group like the ‘Murabitat’ who are paid to harass Jewish visitors to Temple Mount

By JTA

September 22, 2015
2:58 pm

Former Yesha Council leader Dani Dayan (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

Opposition leaders unite behind PM’s choice for envoy to Brazil

Lapid, Herzog join Knesset speaker in calling Brazilian ambassador after ex-Israeli diplomats try to scupper Dani Dayan’s appointment

By Times of Israel staff

August 16, 2015
12:39 am

Likud member Danny Danon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Likud Party conference on November 9, 2014. (Photo credit: Flash90)

Likud hawk Danon vows he’ll represent PM’s ‘two-state vision’ as UN envoy

Hitherto outspoken minister says he has new ‘appreciation’ of vital alliance with US; Meretz leader says appointment shows true face of government

By Times of Israel staff

July 27, 2015
1:11 pm

Illustrative image of someone purchasing medicinal marijuana in Tel Aviv. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

In ‘revolutionary’ shift, cannabis to be sold in pharmacies

Deputy health minister says medical marijuana will be prescribed and supervised like medications classified as narcotic

By Tamar Pileggi

July 26, 2015
11:26 am

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid speaks at a party meeting at the Knesset on June 1, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid scolds kibbutzniks for booking left-wing group

Yesh Atid head slams inclusion of ‘slandering’ NGO Breaking the Silence at gathering for pre-army teens

By Adiv Sterman

July 24, 2015
3:18 pm

Ayman Odeh (second right) at a Peace Now conference in Tel Aviv, Friday July 24, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Arab MK: Israeli left guilty of crimes against Palestinians

Ayman Odeh, head of Joint list, calls Herzog’s disavowal of Gaza disengagement ‘racist,’ cites examples where leftist governments ‘did the killing’

By Marissa Newman

July 17, 2015
5:47 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog during the opening session of the Knesset on March 31, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Despite Iran deal, Israeli unity government said unlikely

Talks between Likud, Zionist Union falter over policy, ministerial posts, Channel 2 reports

By Times of Israel staff

July 16, 2015
12:59 pm

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog in the Knesset, January 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Zionist Union said in talks to join Netanyahu coalition

Rivlin mediating between PM, Herzog, report says; Herzog denies rumors, but sources in his party and Likud confirm them

By Marissa Newman

July 10, 2015
1:11 pm

Agurnesh Mengistu, the mother of Avraham Mengistu, center, seen at a press conference at their home in Ashkelon, after a gag order was lifted over his disappearance in the Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2015. (Flash90)

Hostage’s family accepts negotiator’s apology for threats

Lior Lotan had warned relatives of Avraham Mengistu not to accuse government of racism; Bennett slams media ‘lynching’

By Judah Ari Gross and Tamar Pileggi

July 10, 2015
1:18 am

Lior Lotan speaking to Channel 2 television in 2011. (screen capture:Channel 2)

PM’s rep apologizes for threats to hostage’s family

Lior Lotan regrets ‘content and style’ of conversation with relatives of Avraham Mengistu, help captive by Hamas in Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross and Tamar Pileggi

Topic: Shelly Yachimovich

Herzog may delay Labor primary in bid to stave off challengers

Facing likely competition for leadership from Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai and MKs Peretz and Yachimovich, opposition chief seeks to postpone vote

In shadow of Rabin murder, anti-Rivlin remarks test limits of free speech

A public TV channel is under fire for saying the president ‘spat in the faces of IDF soldiers,’ but critics face criticism themselves for appearing to place the president above reproach

Netanyahu taps Hebrew U. professor as economic czar

Haredi, opposition MKs protest Avi Simhon’s appointment, say he ‘hates families blessed with children’ and the poor

Knesset passes 2015-2016 budget by 61-59 majority

Lawmakers vote on hundreds of amendments submitted by opposition; fiscal plan stands at $85b for 2015, rising to $89b in 2016

Knesset expected to pass budget after all-night slog through objections

Opposition trying to filibuster bill beyond Thursday’s deadline with 700 ammendments that must be voted on one by one; if not passed, government will be forced to resign

Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker compares Women of the Wall to banned Muslim group

UTJ’s Rabbi Yisrael Eichler says women’s group like the ‘Murabitat’ who are paid to harass Jewish visitors to Temple Mount

Opposition leaders unite behind PM’s choice for envoy to Brazil

Lapid, Herzog join Knesset speaker in calling Brazilian ambassador after ex-Israeli diplomats try to scupper Dani Dayan’s appointment

Likud hawk Danon vows he’ll represent PM’s ‘two-state vision’ as UN envoy

Hitherto outspoken minister says he has new ‘appreciation’ of vital alliance with US; Meretz leader says appointment shows true face of government

In ‘revolutionary’ shift, cannabis to be sold in pharmacies

Deputy health minister says medical marijuana will be prescribed and supervised like medications classified as narcotic

Lapid scolds kibbutzniks for booking left-wing group

Yesh Atid head slams inclusion of ‘slandering’ NGO Breaking the Silence at gathering for pre-army teens

Arab MK: Israeli left guilty of crimes against Palestinians

Ayman Odeh, head of Joint list, calls Herzog’s disavowal of Gaza disengagement ‘racist,’ cites examples where leftist governments ‘did the killing’

Despite Iran deal, Israeli unity government said unlikely

Talks between Likud, Zionist Union falter over policy, ministerial posts, Channel 2 reports

Zionist Union said in talks to join Netanyahu coalition

Rivlin mediating between PM, Herzog, report says; Herzog denies rumors, but sources in his party and Likud confirm them

Hostage’s family accepts negotiator’s apology for threats

Lior Lotan had warned relatives of Avraham Mengistu not to accuse government of racism; Bennett slams media ‘lynching’

PM’s rep apologizes for threats to hostage’s family

Lior Lotan regrets ‘content and style’ of conversation with relatives of Avraham Mengistu, help captive by Hamas in Gaza

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