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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Amichay Eliyahu

Reza Pahlavi, an Iranian opposition figure and son of the deposed shah, holds a press conference in Paris on June 23, 2025. (Joel Saget/ AFP)
June 24, 2025, 1:07 am
Son of Iran’s ousted shah pleads with world not to give Khamenei a ‘lifeline’
Reza Pahlavi says regime’s days are numbered: ‘This is our Berlin Wall moment’; Israeli minister asserts that Jerusalem is cooperating with Iranian opposition figures
By AFP
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu speaks at a conference of the Sovereignty Movement, June 12, 2025. (Screenshot, courtesy Sovereignty Movement)
June 12, 2025, 9:52 pm
Cabinet ministers vow to annex West Bank, Gaza and more at far-right confab
Heritage Minister Eliyahu seemingly calls for Israeli rule over Syria and Lebanon, alleges lack of ‘spirit’ in Israel led to weak territorial policy
By Jeremy Sharon
Left to right: The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu at the archaeological site of Sebastia in the West Bank on May 12, 2025. (Courtesy of Heritage Ministry)
May 22, 2025, 1:43 pm
Far-right ministers blame Yair Golan for shooting of Israeli embassy staffers
‘Yair, the blood of the embassy employees is on your hands and on those of your friends,’ tweets Amichay Eliyahu; President Herzog calls on public to ‘stop this ugly mudslinging’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and newly reinstated National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 6:30 am
‘Insanity’: Hawkish politicians and groups pillory Netanyahu for resuming aid to Gaza
Ben Gvir slams ‘grave mistake,’ as MKs in PM’s Likud lament ‘immoral decision’; right-wing hostage families voice shock at move, which leaders repeatedly insisted wouldn’t be made
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu (center) and MK Nissim Vaturi (right) attend a protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of severly abusing a Palestinian inmate, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
May 11, 2025, 4:38 pm
Three coalition members summoned for questioning over July riot at IDF holding facility
Nissim Vaturi says he won’t show up for interrogation; he, Zvi Sukkot and Amichay Eliyahu joined mob that stormed Sde Teiman to protest arrest of troops suspected of inmate abuse
By ToI Staff
Heritage Amichay Eliyahu speaks during a protest against the hostage deal with Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 18, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 12:17 pm
Far-right minister says Israel should bomb humanitarian aid, ‘starve’ Gazans
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu – who previously urged considering nuclear strike on Strip – says the civilian population in Gaza is complicit and should suffer to pressure Hamas
By ToI Staff
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu arrives at a government meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 6:02 am
Major archaeological conference canceled after interference by far-right minister
Israel Exploration Society calls off event with less than a day’s notice due to Amichai Eliyahu’s objection to participation of archaeologist who opposed confab on West Bank archaeology
By Rossella Tercatin
Portrait of former naval chief Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit at his home in central Israel, January 19, 2024. (Israel Hadari/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 1:58 pm
Tapping of ex-navy chief to lead Shin Bet draws mixed reactions on both sides of aisle
Heritage minister says Eli Sharvit is of the same mold as fired predecessor; opposition MK Gantz cautions appointment should wait until High Court hearing on Ronen Bar
By ToI Staff
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu (center) and MK Nissim Vaturi (right) attend a protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of severly abusing a Palestinian inmate, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
March 27, 2025, 2:43 am
Lawmakers who broke into IDF base during far-right riot to be investigated by police
Two of the coalition members say they’ll refuse to answer summons; Eliyahu, Vaturi and former MK Sukkot echo conspiracy that ‘deep state’ targeting them, rail at attorney general
By ToI Staff
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
Far-right Otzma Yehudit rejoins hours before critical budget vote, raising Netanyahu’s majority to 68; Ben Gvir links move to resumption of Gaza war after he opposed hostage deal
By Sam Sokol
The IDF holds a ceremony in the Gaza Strip honoring the four slain Israeli hostages whose bodies are apparently in coffins returned by Hamas, February 20, 2025. The coffins are seen draped in Israeli flags as they are carried by officers of the Nahal Brigade. (IDF)
February 20, 2025, 3:12 pm
Herzog asks forgiveness, coalition MKs invoke Amalek as slain hostages handed over
Condolences come from diplomats after Hamas hands over caskets said to be holding bodies of 4 captives; minister: ‘Society that cultivates a culture of murder has no right to exist”
By Sam Sokol, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
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
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu speaks during the funeral of terror victim Matan Elmaliach at the Maale Adumim cemetery, February 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
December 27, 2024, 12:27 am
Far-right minister says firing AG more important than freeing hostages, Iran nukes
Amichay Eliyahu says ‘nothing more important’ than reform of Israel’s ‘legal problem,’ total victory unachievable without dismissing Gali Baharav-Miara
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters who broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists suspected of abusing Palestinian terrorist detainees, in Kfar Yona, July 29, 2024. (Oren Ziv/AFP)
December 15, 2024, 10:04 pm
Report: Police ID 20 rioters who broke into IDF bases, but isn’t investigating them
Senior cops said to oppose prosecuting right-wing activists and MKs who stormed bases in July in response to detention of soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian inmate
By ToI Staff
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