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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 641

Israel Inside

The people and the land
Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
AG says government’s new method for firing her is ‘fundamentally illegal’
By Jeremy Sharon
Baharav-Miara tells High Court any hearing on her dismissal by new ministerial committee would be a sham; Justice Minister Levin retorts: Israel ‘deserves impartial AG’
Volunteers pack kits to distribute to young families in Jerusalem, during the war between Iran and Israel, June 15, 2025. (Rachel Alroey/Flash90)
Inside story‘We are an emergency response empire’: 40,000 volunteers mobilized for Israel-Iran war
By Sue Surkes
ToI podcastFriday Focus with Lazar Berman and guest John Spencer: Is the IDF winning in Gaza?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a destroyed home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, July 3, 2025. (Benjamin Netanyahu/X)
Anger, protests, tears and courtesy as Netanyahu finally visits Nir Oz, worst-hit Oct. 7 kibbutz
By Michael Horovitz, ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
An abandoned lifesavers' station at the Kiryat Hayyim beach in northern Israel. (Courtesy, Zalul)
July 8, 2025, 5:31 pm
Environmental groups appeal against ‘outdated’ breakwater project on Haifa beach
Lamenting absence of policy to deal with Mediterranean beach erosion, Zalul and Adam Teva V’Din say newest plan will obstruct views, endanger bathers, create pollution
By Sue Surkes
Smoke billows from the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, northern Israel, after an Iranian missile hit early on June 16, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 8, 2025, 4:18 pm
Interior Ministry seeks to exempt oil refinery hit by missiles from building permit
Haifa Municipality petitions High Court, says move lacks transparency and is being made over the heads of residents and elected authorities
By Sue Surkes
Tel Aviv's cityscape. February 11, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
July 7, 2025, 11:32 pm
Tel Aviv ranked 8th most expensive place to buy home in report on world’s key cities
Deutsche Bank says prices in city center jumped 110% since 2012; Tel Aviv ranked 28th for quality of life, 3rd most expensive city to buy car
By Michael Horovitz
Anan Phetkaew (Courtesy)
July 7, 2025, 10:14 pm
Anan Phetkaew, 39: Thai laborer who was the pillar of his family
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Alumim on October 7
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Ori Gerby (Courtesy)
July 7, 2025, 10:10 pm
Staff Sgt. Ori Gerby, 20: Givati soldier and talented tennis player
Died on January 18, 2024, of wounds sustained while battling Hamas in Khan Younis a day earlier
By ToI Staff
Almog Sarusi (Courtesy)
July 7, 2025, 10:05 pm
Almog Sarusi, 27: Engineering student planned to propose to girlfriend
Kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on October 7, murdered in captivity in August 2024
By ToI Staff
Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, speaks with United Torah Judaism No. 2 MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 8:11 pm
Coalition pulls all legislation after Haredi parties mutiny over conscription bill
United Torah Judaism party says it ‘will not vote with the coalition’ until presented with an updated draft of a law exempting yeshiva students from military service
By Sam Sokol
Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 6:51 pm
AG says government’s new method for firing her is ‘fundamentally illegal’
Baharav-Miara tells High Court any hearing on her dismissal by new ministerial committee would be a sham; Justice Minister Levin retorts: Israel ‘deserves impartial AG’
By Jeremy Sharon
Chaim Rotter, arrested on suspicion of numerous sex offenses, at a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 5:44 pm
Confidant to Haredi patrol chief suspected of sexual assault to be kept in custody
Chaim Rotter, head of Shomrim organization in Bnei Brak, is suspected of assaulting women and minors over decades
By Charlie Summers
Undated photo of Daniel Edri. (Courtesy: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 7, 2025, 11:09 am
Family demands PTSD sufferer who took his life be recognized as fallen soldier
Daniel Edri served as reservist in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon; mother describes his descent into self-harm and suicidal thoughts, pans authorities for not saving him
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi at a committee meeting at the Knesset, June 24, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 10:03 am
Karhi rejects High Court order to extend term of public broadcaster council member
Communications minister says ‘unlawful’ order ‘will not be honored,’ says he will fill Kan broadcaster’s vacant council seats; council cannot operate until empty spots filled
By Jeremy Sharon
Volunteers pack kits to distribute to young families in Jerusalem, during the war between Iran and Israel, June 15, 2025. (Rachel Alroey/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 8:09 am
‘We are an emergency response empire’: 40,000 volunteers mobilized for Israel-Iran war
A Hebrew University expert says Israel leads the world in organized and prolonged grassroots efforts during times of crisis, but asks: Why has the government left such a gap?
By Sue Surkes
MK Simcha Rothman leads a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on June 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 9:40 pm
Far-right MKs push bill allowing police to probe incitement without state attorney’s go-ahead
Legal experts warn the legislation could harm freedom of expression, a concern reportedly shared by high-ranking police officers
By Charlie Summers
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators clash with police during a protest against the drafting of Haredi youth near Bnei Brak, June 5, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 9:20 pm
Haredim shown watered-down conscription bill, as IDF set to get tough on draft-dodgers
Opposition fumes as Edelstein presents softened text to Shas rep; IDF to send out 54,000 draft orders to Haredi men this month, said planning to set up checkpoints to catch evaders
By Sam Sokol
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 6, 2025, 8:54 pm
Government panel backs bill stripping AG of authority over ministry legal advisers
‘If the bill is legislated, the ability of the attorney general to protect the rule of law will be diminished,’ warns Israel Democracy Institute researcher Guy Lurie
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