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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Amit Halevi

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, and Mossad chief David Barnea attend a ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 8, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90)
November 20, 2024, 6:40 pm
Bill creating new intelligence oversight body passes preliminary Knesset reading
Legislation aims to establish a devil’s advocate unit reporting to PM, in order to challenge consensus conclusions of other bodies and avoid October 7-style failures
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits on one side of a desk, as his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman takes notes at the head of the desk, in a meeting with top security officials: (L-R) Maj. Gen. Ronen Gofman, the premier's military aide; IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi; then-defense minister Yoav Gallant; Mossad chief David Barnea; and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at the IDF's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 2, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
November 17, 2024, 10:51 pm
Ministers back bills creating new intelligence oversight body, banning ‘enemy’ flags
Despite PMO classified documents scandal, legislation establishes a ‘devil’s advocate’ unit, reporting directly to Netanyahu, that would challenge other intel bodies’ findings
By Sam Sokol
From left: Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Mossad chief David Barnea and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi at a Holocaust Day ceremony on May 5, 2024. (Haim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 7, 2024, 11:25 pm
MKs push bill to create new intelligence oversight body under Netanyahu
Ministerial Committee for Legislation set to discuss proposal despite ongoing leak scandal at the Prime Minister’s Office
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
November 5, 2024, 6:21 pm
Knesset passes law allowing government to fire teachers it asserts identify with terror
Right-wing MKs call new law an important tool in preventing radicalization; rights group ACRI says it ‘violates the rights to expression, employment and pedagogical autonomy’
By Sam Sokol
FILE — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
September 22, 2024, 9:13 pm
PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive
During closed-door meeting with lawmakers, Netanyahu argues putting pressure on Hezbollah could help force Hamas’s Sinwar to the table, predicts ICC arrest warrants coming soon
By Sam Sokol
IDF troops with the 162nd Division are seen operating in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on September 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 19, 2024, 8:40 pm
Right-wing lawmakers question IDF’s claimed defeat of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade
Likud MK Halevi accuses military of ‘misleading’ public over Hamas death toll; former top defense official argues matter ‘irrelevant’ so long as group controls food distribution
By Sam Sokol
Llkud MK Amit Halevi (center) visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 19, 2024, 4:49 pm
‘This is a religious war’: Likud MK calls for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount
While repeatedly challenging Netanyahu on a range of issues, lawmaker Amit Halevi insists the PM is a ‘hero’ whose coalition deserves support despite internal disagreements
By Sam Sokol
MK Amit Halevi (left) attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, July 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90); Likud MK Dan Illouz attends a meeting of the Jerusalem lobby at the Knesset, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 11:25 pm
2 Likud MKs say current hostage deal proposal would undermine government’s legitimacy
Doubling down on warning to PM, two lawmakers say they cannot be part of a coalition that fails to dismantle Hamas, removes troops from Gaza-Egypt border
By Sam Sokol
Palestinians displaced war in the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave the eastern part of Gaza Strip's second largest city on July 1, 2024. (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)
July 2, 2024, 3:42 am
IDF tells Gazans to evacuate some Khan Younis neighborhoods in wake of rocket attack
Signaling fresh offensive, army publishes list of areas in southern Gaza city whose residents should leave for their safety; troops find, destroy major Islamic Jihad rocket factory
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Energy Minister Eli Cohen during a Knesset debate on January 3, 2024. (Screenshot/Knesset Channel; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 3, 2024, 6:08 pm
Knesset passes law requiring fealty pledge from diplomats
Legislation, panned as ‘hypocritical’ by opposition MK, requires envoys to swear ‘loyalty to the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state’
By Sam Sokol
Left to right: Israeli Ambassador to Romania Reuven Azar, AUR party leader George Simion and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan meet at the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, August 28, 2023. (Courtesy: AUR)
August 28, 2023, 8:10 pm
Israeli envoy meets head of Romanian party accused of antisemitism, drawing rebuke
Foreign Ministry lifts ban on AUR party, which issues statement partly walking back glorification of fascists and objection to Holocaust studies; Yad Vashem: We weren’t consulted
By Michael Bachner and Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a Knesset committee hearing, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 4, 2023, 6:57 pm
Foreign minister denies lifting ban on Romanian party accused of antisemitism
But Eli Cohen acknowledges assessing whether the Alliance for the Union of Romanians has undergone ‘a real change that will open the door for Israel to revisit its boycott’
By Lazar Berman
Jews pray at the entrance to the flashpoint Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, during Tisha B'Av, on July 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 8:53 pm
Bahrain postpones plans to host Israeli FM, hours after Ben Gvir tours Temple Mount
Official justification given by Manama is scheduling conflict, but official says far-right minister’s visit to flashpoint site was actual reason
By Jacob Magid
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av, July 27, 2023. (Temple Mount Administration)
July 27, 2023, 11:29 am
Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, drawing rebuke from US, Jordan, Saudis
Minister, other lawmakers ascend to flashpoint site without incident; 16 Jewish visitors, 2 Arabs arrested over disturbances; record numbers said to tour site on fast day
By Michael Horovitz
Health and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri seen outside his home in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023 following the High Court of Justice ruling barring him from ministerial office. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 20, 2023, 7:25 pm
Court temporarily blocks law benefitting Deri ally in Tiberias municipal race
Justices issue injunction against legislation which removes requirement for caretaker mayors to sit out an election period before running for the office they were appointed to
By ToI Staff
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