Amichai Eliyahu

Chief Rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at the 'Besheva' group, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

November 14, 2023, 6:33 pm

Rabbi backs remark by his son, a far-right minister, that nuking Gaza is an option

Top Safed rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, no stranger to controversy, says authorities can’t fire him for echoing comments that got Minister Amichai Eliyahu suspended from cabinet meetings

By ToI Staff

The UN flag flies at half staff outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on November 13, 2023, in memory of those killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

November 14, 2023, 12:16 pm

At UN nuclear conference, China, Iran, Oman decry Israeli minister’s comment on Gaza

Beijing says Amichai Eliyahu’s suggestion Israel could nuke Strip was ‘extremely irresponsible and disturbing,’ as nations gather for fourth confab aimed at nuclear-free Mideast

By Edith M. Lederer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the Israel-Hamas war during a press conference on November 11, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

November 12, 2023, 7:56 pm

PM warns ministers to pipe down after comments on new ‘Nakba’ and nuking Gaza

Netanyahu cautions cabinet, ‘if you don’t know – don’t speak,’ as members’ comments seen to harm Israel’s international legitimacy

By ToI Staff

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

November 5, 2023, 7:45 pm

Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE decry Israeli minister’s remark on nuking Gaza

International outcry grows against Amichai Eliyahu’s comments, with Riyadh saying refusal to fire him shows ‘disregard for all values of humanity, morality, religion and law’

By ToI Staff, Michael Bachner and AFP

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu arrives at a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

November 5, 2023, 12:24 pm

Far-right minister says nuking Gaza an option, PM suspends him from cabinet meetings

Amichai Eliyahu asks why lives of hostages more important than troops; Netanyahu: Comments ‘detached from reality’; meanwhile, Smotrich says Israel will control Gaza post-war

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Deputy Knesset Speaker Likud MK Nissim Vaturi at a discussion and vote on the coalition's reasonableness bill at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, July 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 19, 2023, 10:57 am

Deputy Knesset speaker: Anti-overhaul protesters in US are ‘worse’ than Iran, PLO

Amid outrage over PM’s assertion that anti-overhaul demonstrators are ‘teaming up’ with Israel’s enemies, far-right minister calls them ‘wild anarchists’ and ‘evil people’

By ToI Staff

August 27, 2023, 7:45 pm

Minister compares Palestinians to prisoners in justifying curbs on their movement

Amichai Eliyahu backs Ben Gvir, the head of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party, insists restrictions on West Bank residents are not apartheid

By ToI Staff

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu attends a ceremony at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 2, 2023, 5:11 pm

Far-right minister says Green Line ‘fictitious,’ urges annexation of West Bank

Amichai Eliyahu says two-state concept ‘a mistake’; settler group calls on Netanyahu to refrain from using territorial concessions as bargaining chip for deal with Saudis

By ToI Staff

Jerusalem District Court Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman. (Israeli Judicial Authority)

July 26, 2023, 4:18 pm

Judge in Netanyahu trial and wife of PM’s chief of staff, also a judge, get promotions

Rivka Friedman-Feldman advances to senior judge at Jerusalem District Court; Nava Braverman promoted to Tel Aviv District Court

By ToI Staff

Protesters against the judicial overhaul block Route 4, July 6, 2023 (Screen grab from Twitter used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

July 6, 2023, 11:22 am

Protesters block key highway as anti-overhaul demonstrations show no sign of easing

Hospital decries use of water cannons in Tel Aviv a day earlier after protesters treated for eye wounds; far-right minister: Ousted Tel Aviv police chief ‘pus that must be removed’

By ToI Staff

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial at the Jerusalem District Court on May 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

June 23, 2023, 11:30 pm

Netanyahu allies claim doubts over bribery charge prove need to overhaul judiciary

After judges in Netanyahu trial reportedly warn prosecutors over weakness of accusation, politicians say it shows dangers of allowing a state body to act without oversight

By ToI Staff

June 18, 2023, 11:32 am

Far-right minister calls Bank of Israel governor a ‘savage’; Netanyahu condemns

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu receives wide criticism for comments accusing Amir Yaron of ‘sullying Israel’s name abroad and harming the credit rating’

By ToI Staff

April 17, 2023, 5:46 pm

Heritage minister aims to sideline funded Shabbat events with ‘Traditional Friday’

Amichai Eliyahu says he prefers project that encourages Israelis to pray on weekend, sparking fears government has decided to cut funding from previous coalition’s program

By Michael Horovitz

April 9, 2023, 5:07 pm

Minister accuses security chiefs of acting in ‘rebellion’ against current government

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu of far-right Otzma Yehudit party claims the right-wing government is ‘unable to carry out its policies’; Lapid: Prove your assertion or resign

By ToI Staff

The parents of Elon Ganeles, killed in a terror attack near the Dead Sea, eulogize their son at his funeral in Ra'anana, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/Youtube; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

March 1, 2023, 4:16 pm

‘A loss for the world’: Israeli-American Elan Ganeles, killed by terrorists, buried

Thousands join family and friends, who remember victim, 26, as passionate, caring; as funeral held, IDF arrests suspected gunmen; Otzma Yehudit minister: ‘We failed’ to protect him

By Ash Obel