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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

22nd Knesset

Blue and White election campaign poster showing party leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hebrew slogan reading 'Netanyahu cares only for himself,' February 18, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 27, 2020, 2:12 pm
Campaigns use tens of millions in extra state funds for ‘all-out’ election push
Vastly increased allocations of state funds have been put into parties’ coffers to allow them pitch voters for third time in a year. And most have been saving up
By Raoul Wootliff
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein speaks to new lawmakers ahead of the swearing-in ceremony for the 21st Knesset on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 20, 2020, 12:05 pm
Knesset speaker faces fierce Likud backlash for allowing Netanyahu immunity vote
Edelstein caught between his own party’s ire, the demands of the law and opposition’s threat of ouster; ‘Now we won’t support him for president,’ vows one Likud official
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Bejnamin Netanyahu meets with heads of right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties in Jerusalem, October 23, 2019 (Likud)
December 12, 2019, 3:15 pm
Knesset’s dead, but right-wing clique to stick together, Shas head says
Aryeh Deri says bloc will work together head of new election, but predicts band of right-wing and religious parties may not last if it fails to clinch a majority this time around
By ToI Staff
A general view of the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 11, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 12, 2019, 11:06 am
As new elections agreed, parties get set for fresh campaigns with budget boost
MKs okay pumping millions of extra shekels of state funds into coffers of factions, some of whom are debt-ridden, as candidates prepare to pitch voters for third time in a year
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz walks during a session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 11, 2019.(Gali TIBBON / AFP)
December 12, 2019, 12:31 am
Knesset dissolves, sets unprecedented third election in under a year
Israelis to head back to polls on March 2 in latest bid to solve political deadlock that has engulfed country; short-lived 22nd Knesset automatically disperses at midnight
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The plenum hall of the Israeli parliament on the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 11, 2019, 10:44 pm
Lawmakers advance bill to disperse Knesset, call elections for March
MKs green-light elections for March 2 ahead of final two readings; debate likely to extend past midnight; Knesset allowed to legislate until president, Knesset speaker talk
By ToI Staff
Knesset members vote in favor of fast-tracking a bill to set elections for March 2, 2020, at the Knesset Arrangements Committee on December 12, 2019. (Knesset)
December 11, 2019, 7:34 am
Lawmakers fast-track bill to dissolve Knesset at midnight, trigger new elections
Unprecedented third national vote within 11 months all but inevitable as bill setting next elections for March 2 expected to pass into law on Wednesday night
By ToI Staff
PM Netanyahu speaking at the Jewish Agency's Board of Governors in Jerusalem, October 28, 2019. (Dudi Salem)
October 28, 2019, 11:31 pm
Netanyahu proposes slashing civilian budgets to fund anti-Iran defense
‘We will have to change our priorities,’ Netanyahu tells Jewish Agency leadership; also vows to increase Diaspora Affairs ministry’s budget to fight anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of Likud party members at the Knesset in Jerusalem on October 3, 2019. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
October 28, 2019, 2:45 pm
Netanyahu takes over Diaspora Ministry, his fourth portfolio
After firing Bennett in June, PM assumes new position as Jewish Agency board convenes in Jerusalem and tensions linger over pluralistic prayer at Western Wall
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on October 3, 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
October 4, 2019, 2:19 pm
On your mark, get set, just kidding: 7 things to know for October 4
Hours after Likud floats the idea of a primary, and Netanyahu’s main rival hints at a challenge, the contest is suddenly off. So who is scared of whom?
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approaches rival Benny Gantz as they and other party leaders including Avigdor Liberman and Aryeh Deri prepare to pose for a group picture during the swearing-in of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 3, 2019, 7:51 pm
Riffing on Elvis, Netanyahu warns of ‘heavy price’ if no unity government
PM does not mention possible Likud leadership contest or Lapid unity offer in speech to newly sworn-in Knesset; says Iran working to wipe out Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
Preparations for the opening of the 22nd Israeli parliament session, October 02, 2019 (FLASH90)
October 3, 2019, 7:51 am
22nd Knesset sworn in under shadow of possible 3rd elections
For the second time in five months, MKs go through pomp and ceremony, although notably don’t vote on speaker of the house
By Raoul Wootliff
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein speaks to new lawmakers ahead of the swearing-in ceremony for the 21st Knesset on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 2, 2019, 5:22 pm
Edelstein to remain interim Knesset speaker until new government sworn in
Blue and White wants to replace Likud nominee with its member Meir Cohen to increase chances of successful legislation of policies if Gantz becomes prime minister
By Raoul Wootliff
Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein (C) speaking to the newly-elected rookie MKs of the 22nd Knesset, September 25, 2019. (Yitzhak Harari/Knesset)
September 25, 2019, 7:36 pm
Smallest-ever group of rookie MKs enjoy intimate Knesset induction day
After April’s election, an all-time high of 49 new lawmakers were sworn in. The incoming Knesset will, conversely, be the most familiar
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, in the Jordan Valley on September 15, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
September 24, 2019, 11:18 am
With no proper coalition since 2018, Israeli governance is lost in transition
Netanyahu has held caretaker role for 9 months, remaining PM purely by dint of being the last person elected to the job, with diplomatic and military wiggle room legally limited
By Raphael Ahren
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