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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Israel Inside

The people and the land
Reporter's notebook
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
By Diana Bletter
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
Ben Gvir reappointed police minister as Knesset okays his party’s return to government
By Sam Sokol
Ludmilla Furman, 78: Seamstress who ‘put her family first’
By ToI Staff
For hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a film imagines salvation through all things Japanese
By Jessica Steinberg
Anat Hetz-Golan, left, manager of Solaris, and Dr. Marina Hetz, CEO of Space Valley, which built and operates the first and only national solar observatory, in the Druze village of Isfiya on Mount Carmel on February 24, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel
March 20, 2025, 7:33 am
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
By Diana Bletter
Eli Feldstein (left), a former spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the main suspect in an investigation, launched in late October 2024, of alleged illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material. (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at a plenum session at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 6:07 am
Police detain, grill 2 suspects as part of probe into Qatari payments to PM’s aides
Hebrew media reports say the pair are suspected of maintaining contact with a foreign agent and money laundering, describe them as ‘central figures’ in case
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Beit Shemesh Mayor Shmuel Greenberg (in helmet) is rescued by police from a mob of ultra-Orthodox extremists, late March 19, 2025. (Screen capture X)
March 20, 2025, 5:02 am
Haredi extremists attack Beit Shemesh mayor and his family, overturn his car
Assailants injure Shmuel Greenberg’s 19-year-old son; video shows armored police rushing mayor from scene as mob shouting ‘Nazi’ chases him
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir after the Knesset votes to approve his return to the cabinet, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 2:07 am
Ben Gvir reappointed police minister as Knesset okays his party’s return to government
Otzma Yehudit rejoins coalition only hours before critical budget vote, bringing coalition majority to 68; Ben Gvir links move to resumption of Gaza war after he opposed hostage deal
By Sam Sokol
A car rams into an anti-government protester outside the Prime Minister's Residence, March 19, 2025. (Social media/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 19, 2025, 10:32 pm
Driver rams anti-government protester in Jerusalem, drags him for 50 meters
Activist hospitalized after incident, waiting for diagnosis; Democrats party chief Golan labels incident ‘a terrorist attack,’ blames government incitement
By Charlie Summers
Naftali Bennett attends a commemoration ceremony for a slain Israeli soldier at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, December 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90/ File)
March 19, 2025, 10:04 pm
Bennett: PM must quit over Qatari payments to aide; if received knowingly, it’s ‘treason’
Former PM calls out Netanyahu for ‘cover-up’ of scandal and resistance to investigation; Likud retorts that he’s a ‘crook’ for building 2021 coalition with Arab party Ra’am
By Sam Sokol
President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony at the United Nations to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at UN headquarters in New York City on January 27, 2025. (UN screenshot)
March 19, 2025, 9:39 pm
Herzog offers compromise to salvage controversial antisemitism conference
President will host a private meeting with Jewish leaders at his home, without far-right European politicians many find objectionable
By Zev Stub
Four widows whose husbands' bodies are being held hostage in Gaza. From left, Hadas Adar, widow of Tamir Adar; Saphir Zohav Hamami, widow of Asaf Hamami; Yaffa Rudaeff, widow of Lior Rudaeff, Ela Haimi, widow of Tal Haimi in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2025. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/IDFWO)
March 19, 2025, 6:50 pm
With new Gaza fighting, 4 IDF widows worry the bodies of their fallen husbands won’t return
Women from the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization whose spouses are among the 35 dead hostages in Gaza call for ‘the immediate release of all hostages — living and dead’
By Diana Bletter
Ilay Nachman (Courtesy)
March 19, 2025, 5:43 pm
Ilay Nachman, 23: Off-duty Shin Bet agent defended friends at rave
Killed while fighting Hamas gunmen near the Supernova music festival on October 7
By ToI Staff
Dan Ariel (Courtesy)
March 19, 2025, 5:40 pm
Dan Ariel, 22: Partygoer and global traveler ‘took the world by storm’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on October 7
By ToI Staff
Ludmilla Furman (Courtesy)
March 19, 2025, 5:37 pm
Ludmilla Furman, 78: Seamstress who ‘put her family first’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Sderot on October 7
By ToI Staff
Democrats MK Gilad Kariv is ejected from the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee following a vote on a highly controversial law changing Israel's judicial appointments process, March 19, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
March 19, 2025, 4:32 pm
Bill to increase political control over judicial appointments approved by Knesset panel
Opposition chief Lapid urges mass protests against key judicial overhaul bill, that could become law next week, to limit judiciary’s influence over picks
By Jeremy Sharon
From the trailer for 'Guygu,' a short film about hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, being released in March 2025 (Courtesy)
March 19, 2025, 12:25 pm
For hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a film imagines salvation through all things Japanese
22-year-old anime fan planned on traveling to Japan before he was abducted by terrorists on October 7, 2023; his story is now the subject of ‘Guygu,’ a six-minute animated short
By Jessica Steinberg
Eli Feldstein, one of the suspects in the classified documents leak case, arrives for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on March 11, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 11:53 am
Israeli businessman says he moved cash from Qatari lobbyist to PM’s aide Feldstein
Kan public broadcaster shares audio in which Gil Birger, owner of Israeli holding company, reports transferring money from Qatar-employed US lobbyist Jay Footlik
By ToI Staff
MK Gilad Kariv speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 11:28 am
MK Kariv: Overhaul bill will leave judges ‘eternally fearful’ of their political bosses
Democrats’ Gilad Kariv warns legislation changing the judicial appointments process, which the coalition aims to quickly push through, will ‘totally politicize the justice system’
By Jeremy Sharon
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