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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Avi Dichter

Security forces and emergency personnel deploy at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, on May 5, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 23, 2024, 1:56 am
Government delays vote on rehabilitation plan for northern border towns
Cabinet to now vote Monday on proposal once details hashed out, with ministers and council heads criticizing plan; one minister says some money allocated to already funded projects
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a meeting of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset, on March 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2024, 8:22 pm
Ben Gvir said to ask IDF chief why so many Gaza gunmen arrested: ‘Can’t you kill some?’
Reports say minister complained during briefing that too many terror operatives captured alive; a cabinet member retorted: ‘Are you a minister in Israel or a different country?’
By ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta’al chairman Ahmad Tibi argues with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a vote on the amended 2024 budget, March 13, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
March 13, 2024, 6:45 pm
Following rancorous debate, Knesset passes amended wartime budget
While Opposition Leader Lapid decries the most ‘sectoral, detached and profligate budget’ ever, Likud says legislation ‘guarantees the continuation of war until complete victory’
By Sam Sokol
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
Elisha Yered, suspected of being involved in the death of 19-year-old Palestinian Qusai Jamal Maatan in the West Bank village of Burqa, arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, August 8, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 8, 2023, 7:04 pm
Settler suspected in fatal shooting of Palestinian released to house arrest
Court finds evidence against Elisha Yered, who did not pull trigger, not enough to justify custody; shooter, hospitalized since clash with Palestinians, still in remand
By ToI Staff
Composite photo, left to right: MK Eli Dellal at the Knesset in April2023; MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset in July 2023; MK David Bitan at the Knesset in July 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 7:40 pm
Several Likud MKs indicate they may not back more overhaul laws without consensus
Eli Dellal say he won’t support further overhaul legislation without broad public backing; Yuli Edelstein says cases of hardline lawmakers vetoing compromises are ‘over’
By ToI Staff
Opposition leader Yair Lapid (left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a vote on the 'reasonableness' bill at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 12:14 pm
Gallant said to eye unity government with Lapid, Gantz to counter overhaul strife
Senior Likud member reportedly wants opposition chiefs to replace Ben Gvir and Smotrich, willing to step aside as defense minister if need be; Dichter slams ‘thugs’ on both sides
By Michael Horovitz
A protester is seen hitting Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter with a flag on March 23, 2023 (Screencapture/Twitter)
July 18, 2023, 11:18 am
Woman indicted for hitting Dichter with flag at anti-overhaul protest in March
Agriculture minister was not hurt in incident, but PM responded by demanding harsher action against demonstrations; separately, man charged for biting minister’s guard
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on March 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 28, 2023, 1:40 am
Gallant’s future unclear as calls grow for PM to roll back his firing
With Netanyahu yet to sign letter giving Gallant 48-hour notice, defense minister remains in his post; Deri, Gantz, Edelstein and others urge premier to rethink dismissal
By ToI Staff
Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant (left) and MK Yuli Edelstein arrive for a meeting of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, in the Knesset on March 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )
March 27, 2023, 10:44 am
Ousted defense minister warns overhaul rift is an opportunity for Israel’s enemies
Gallant sets out concerns in closed meeting of Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, whose chairman Edelstein says: ‘We heard alarming things’
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan set up bonfires and block a highway during a protest moments after he fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 27, 2023, 1:55 am
‘We are not afraid’: Mass protests erupt nationwide after Netanyahu fires Gallant
Waving Israeli flags, protesters rally across nation, converge on PM’s home, Knesset, light bonfires and block Tel Aviv highway for hours; police use water cannons to disperse them
By ToI Staff
Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan set up bonfires and block a highway during a protest moments after he fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2023. (AP/Oren Ziv)
March 27, 2023, 12:52 am
US ‘deeply concerned’ after PM fires Gallant, urges compromise on judicial revamp
White House highlights recent call with PM where Biden raised concern over legislative efforts, stresses importance for checks and balances as bilateral ties deteriorate further
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Knesset, on March 22, 2023, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits soldiers hurt in a shooting attack, at Belinson Hospital, on March 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel; Avshalom Sasson/Flash90)
March 26, 2023, 9:36 pm
Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Gallant for calling to pause judicial overhaul
Huge crowds take to streets in protest; ‘Israel’s security remains my life’s mission,’ ousted minister says; Dichter said in line for post as gov’t barrels on with legal shakeup
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair MK Avi Dichter, left, at an FADC meeting in the Knesset, November 19, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 26, 2023, 4:14 pm
Dichter, possibly in line for defense chief seat, says he will back overhaul
Declaration of ex-Shin Bet chief’s full support for court-curbing legislation follows reports that he’d joined calls for talks; Likud MK Dallal also won’t break with party
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2023, 12:01 pm
PM said to mull firing dissenting defense chief Gallant, tapping Dichter instead
Dichter, a former Shin Bet chief, says he will back the judicial overhaul despite reportedly supporting a slowdown of the legislative onrush
By ToI Staff
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