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Interior Minister Aryeh Deri attends a swearing in ceremony for the Rabbinate Council at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2018, 5:40 am
Haredi minister apologizes for implying secular Jerusalem candidate is the devil
Shas leader Aryeh Deri says his comments on Ofer Berkovitch were misunderstood; he was merely referring to divisions in the religious community
By TOI staff
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri speaks at a Shas party event in Jerusalem marking the Sukkot on September 27, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
November 11, 2018, 5:15 pm
Haredi minister appears to liken secular Jerusalem candidate to devil
In blistering attack on Ofer Berkovitch, Shas leader Aryeh Deri says ‘Satan’ calling up his troops; Hitorerut faction says increasing security for leader amid threats
By TOI staff
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri speaks at a Shas party event in Jerusalem marking the Sukkot on September 27, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
November 10, 2018, 7:47 pm
Police said set to recommend charging Aryeh Deri with fraud, money laundering
According to TV report, investigators believe they’ve gathered sufficient evidence to indict both the interior minister and his brother in corruption probe
By TOI staff
Moshe Lion (R) seen with Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, during the wedding of Lion's daughter in Neve Ilan, June 19, 2016. (Yaakov Cohen/Flash90)
November 7, 2018, 10:45 pm
Incumbent Nir Barkat endorses Moshe Lion for Jerusalem mayor
In blow to rival Ofer Berkovitch, candidate receives backing from local branches of Likud, Jewish Home and several ministers from ruling party
By Marissa Newman
Religious Affairs Minister David Azoulay arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem for the weekly cabinet meeting on December 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2018, 8:55 pm
Religious Affairs Minister Azoulay dies after battle with cancer
Politicians mourn death of Shas member, 64, who resigned from Knesset earlier this year to fight illness
By Alexander Fulbright and Raoul Wootliff
US student Lara Alqasem sits for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on October 11, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 18, 2018, 11:14 pm
A ‘big victory for BDS’: Ministers pan Supreme Court for letting student stay
Government officials condemn ruling overturning deportation of US-born Lara Alqasem, say it will harm efforts to combat boycott movement
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the funeral of prominent defense attorney Yaakov Weinroth, in Netanya. October 16, 2018. (Flash90)
October 16, 2018, 9:38 pm
Netanyahu, senior ministers join hundreds at funeral of top lawyer
PM, a former client, eulogizes Yaakov Weinroth as ‘a great man and a unique personality’ who ‘spread a great light’
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 9, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 9, 2018, 11:21 pm
Kahlon says he’ll bring down government if Netanyahu indicted
But as early election talk returns, a second coalition party head tells Israeli TV he would support law to grant serving premier immunity
By TOI staff
View of the Arab-Israeli town of Baqa al-Gharbiya. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 9, 2018, 12:30 am
Arab town cancels launch event for convicted terrorist’s book
Baqa al-Gharbiya abandons plans after interior minister warns it against using public buildings to ‘give voice’ to Walid Daka
By TOI staff
Education Minister Naftali Bennett shakes hands with Minister Ze'ev Elkin in the Knesset on December 7, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 20, 2018, 8:51 pm
Bennett backs Elkin in Jerusalem mayoral race as cabinet tensions simmer
Likud minister trades barbs with Yisrael Beytenu’s Liberman over latter’s alleged behind-the-scenes support for Moshe Lion in October vote
By Marissa Newman
Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion at the opening of his campaign headquarters in Jerusalem on August 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 20, 2018, 12:17 pm
Trailing Jerusalem mayor candidate Moshe Lion bags key Haredi endorsements
Backing from spiritual leaders of Degel HaTorah and Shas ends speculation that ultra-Orthodox candidate Deitch could win; Agudath Yisrael faction expected to support rival Elkin
By Marissa Newman
Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 18, 2015. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 16, 2018, 5:12 pm
PM seeking to lower electoral threshold, after raising it before last election
Move could help Netanyahu cobble together government following the next national ballot and prevent right-wing votes from being wasted
By Raoul Wootliff
Argentinian-born soccer player Pedro Galvan playing for Bnei Yehuda club on 19 September, 2015. (CC BY-SA Botend, Wikimedia Commons)
September 2, 2018, 6:06 pm
Argentine soccer player scrambles to stay in Israel after contract is canceled
Sports Minister Miri Regev trying to help Pedro Galvan and his family gain citizenship after 10 years of playing for local teams
By JTA
Residents of south Tel Aviv protest the government's failure to remove tens of thousands of African refugees and asylum seekers from the area's impoverished neighborhoods, on August 30, 2018. (AFP/Jack Guez)
August 31, 2018, 2:50 pm
AG orders probe after minister’s photo burned at anti-migrant rally
PM decries act, says government ‘working tirelessly’ to deport asylum seekers, and setting alight picture of Aryeh Deri at south Tel Aviv demonstration is ‘illegitimate’
By TOI staff
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his dog Kaia at the PM's residence in Jerusalem in December, 2015. (Facebook)
August 31, 2018, 11:41 am
Dead dogs and inactive shooters: 7 things to know for August 31
More Netanyahus are in the hot seat, refugees are a burning issue in Israel and the US, and Elor Azaria thinks he could be back in uniform and armed
By Joshua Davidovich
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