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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

Almog Cohen

Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 7:13 am
Cabinet unanimously reappoints Ben Gvir as police minister, ignoring AG’s objections
Move by ministers to bring Otzma Yehudit back into coalition expected to win Knesset support Wednesday despite concerns over far-right firebrand’s disregard for court rulings
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 18, 2025, 12:56 pm
Far-left MK’s tweet comparing Israel to Nazi Germany sparks renewed calls for impeachment
Hadash-Ta’al legislator Ofer Cassif compares Israeli plans for ‘voluntary migration’ from Gaza to flight of Jews from Germany ahead of World War II
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen in the Knesset, January 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 2:57 pm
His far-right party now in the opposition, rebel MK Almog Cohen is in political limbo
Freshman lawmaker declines to resign with rest of his Otzma Yehudit faction, but won’t say if he considers himself part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and cabinet ministers pose for a picture during a special government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
With Otzma Yehudit out of government, Netanyahu set to appoint replacement ministers
Three ministerial positions, two committee chairmanships open up after Ben Gvir pulls far-right party out of coalition; Dichter being considered for new national security minister
By Sam Sokol
Then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Chaim GoldbergFLASH90)
January 19, 2025, 1:00 pm
Otzma Yehudit exits coalition over Gaza deal, blasting it as ‘victory for terrorism’
Chairman Ben Gvir tells Netanyahu he’s proud of party’s ‘significant achievements under your leadership’ but slams him for crossing ‘all ideological red lines’
By Sam Sokol
Left to right: The Democrats party leader Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Likud MK Tally Gotliv at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 1, 2025 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a Labor and Welfare Committee meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 10:24 pm
Democrats head threatens legal action against coalition MKs for pushing conspiracies
‘I am determined to dismantle the poison machine,’ Yair Golan says, slamming MKs Tally Gotliv and Almog Cohen for allegedly defaming him with unfounded claims
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a meeting of the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2025, 8:21 pm
Otzma Yehudit rebel Almog Cohen abstains from vote to delay key budget bill
Far-right MK goes his own way after party attempts to remove him from Knesset Welfare Committee, says he is ‘forced to be the responsible adult in the face of childish acts’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left), and Shas pary leader Aryeh Deri seen during a Knesset vote on a budget-related law, December 31, 2024. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who opposed the legislation, is at bottom right with back to camera. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 31, 2024, 11:22 pm
PM leaves hospital to cast decisive vote on a budget law, thwarting Ben Gvir revolt
Netanyahu enables passage of bill that will end tax exemption on companies’ ‘trapped profits’ that are reinvested, after coalition convinces several would-be rebels to back measure
By Sam Sokol
Eyal Naveh,, one of the leaders of Brothers in Arms, attends a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, on April 4, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 2, 2024, 10:04 am
Katz nixes reserve duty of protest leader who urged refusal to serve over judicial overhaul
Defense minister says Eyal Naveh, a leader of Brothers in Arms and reservist commander in elite unit, is not fit to train soldiers; opposition MKs pan move as politicization of IDF
By Stuart Winer
MK Almog Cohen argues with MK Ofer Cassif during a Knesset House Committee meeting, October 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2024, 9:19 pm
Following stormy debate, lawmakers advance measure to deport terrorists’ relatives
Bill allowing interior minister to expel, without trial, citizens who encourage family members to commit attacks ‘not constitutional,’ says rights organization ACRI
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen reacts during a discussion in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 21, 2024, 4:29 pm
Prosecutors close brutality probe against far-right MK Almog Cohen
National Security Minister Ben Gvir accuses attorney general of using ‘so-called criminal cases against Otzma Yehudit people in order to grab them by the throat’
By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir (L) and MK Almog Cohen embrace at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 18, 2024, 3:47 pm
Police probe far-right MK Almog Cohen on suspicion of decade-old police brutality
Party leader Ben Gvir decries AG’s authorization of investigation as ‘political persecution’; MK’s office says he ‘does not regret anything he did in his service’
By Sam Sokol
Justice Minister Yariv Levin arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 5:11 pm
Justice minister urges High Court not to issue reasonableness law ruling during war
After bombshell leaking of draft decision to void key judicial overhaul law, far-right MK Cohen says move would be ‘call for civil war’; justices said to convene emergency meeting
By Jeremy Sharon, Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (R) and Coastal Police commander Yoram Sofer in Jerusalem to present a new proposal to eradicate crime in the Arab sector, August 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2023, 5:42 pm
Internal pressure builds to end truce as Israel weighs extending it into an eighth day
Ben Gvir accuses Hamas of breaking Gaza ceasefire after the terror group takes responsibility for deadly Thursday terror attack in Jerusalem
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Almog Cohen of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party shouts at relatives of hostages held in Gaza during a hearing of the Knesset National Security Committee, November 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 20, 2023, 3:32 pm
Far-right MKs scream at hostages’ families in Knesset hearing on death penalty bill
Relatives of Israelis being held by Hamas in Gaza plead with Otzma Yehudit lawmakers not to advance legislation; MK Fogel: You’re representing Hamas more than Israel
By Jeremy Sharon
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