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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Avigdor Liberman

A composite image shows Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman (L), Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (C), and Blue and White - National Unity chairman Benny Gantz (R), at their respective faction meetings at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2025. (All photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 14, 2025, 9:02 pm
Lapid leads opposition pushback to ‘crazy’ plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza
Liberman slams ‘delusion’ of a plan that ‘will endanger our soldiers’; Gantz says it’s a more dangerous, more expensive attempt to solve problems he raised at war’s start
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
L to R: The Democrats leader Yair Golan, National Unity leader Benny Gantz, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, lead their respective faction meetings at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2025. (All photos Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 29, 2025, 4:52 pm
Yair Golan urges center-left merger for ousting Netanyahu, but Lapid uninterested
The Democrats head calls for Yesh Atid and National Unity to join forces with him, insists broad center all on the same team; officials close to opposition leader say it’s a losing strategy
By Stav Levaton and Michael Bachner
Head of The Democrats party Yair Golan, head of National Unity party Benny Gantz, head of Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid and head of Yisrael Beytenu party Avigdor Liberman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 3:32 am
Liberman urges opposition parties to draft own version of Haredi enlistment bill
Lapid says ‘Zionist parties’ will meet next week to discuss the issue; Golan says he is on board; former PM Bennett also invited to join effort, but hasn’t yet responded
By Sam Sokol
(L) Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on May 16, 2022 and (R) Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 11:47 pm
Liberman files police complaint against ex-chief rabbi for encouraging draft dodging
Yisrael Beytenu party head accuses former Sephardic chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and other leading rabbis of violating the law by urging yeshiva students to ignore enlistment orders
By Sam Sokol
The Democrats chairman Yair Golan leads his party's weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 12, 2025, 8:10 pm
As Edan Alexander freed, opposition chiefs accuse PM of bungling ties with Washington
The ‘Americans are fed up with Netanyahu,’ says Lapid, while Golan asserts release of hostage lone soldier due to US intervention constitutes an Israeli ‘national failure’
By Sam Sokol
Noam party leader Avi Maoz speaks at the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 31, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 8, 2025, 8:00 pm
Coalition revives contentious bid to limit Law of Return; this time, it may pass
An amendment that would deny people with only one Jewish grandparent the automatic right to immigrate to Israel is expected to be approved when it is discussed again in two months
By Zev Stub
Hod Hasharon Mayor Amir Kochavi speaks at the city's ceremony for the onset of Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 23, 2025. (Screen capture via Facebook)
April 24, 2025, 7:36 pm
Mayor sparks uproar with Holocaust day speech condemning ‘lust for revenge’ in Gaza
Hod Hasharon Mayor Amir Kochavi says Israelis must not be silent, even against atrocities ‘carried out in our name,’ amid call for hostages’ return
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionist party, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 1:31 pm
Smotrich says returning hostages ‘not the most important thing,’ sparking fierce backlash
Hostages’ families say ‘history will remember’ far-right minister; top Haredi coalition lawmaker disputes his statement, and opposition politicians say he’s ‘sacrificing’ captives
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman (left) leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, in Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 12:30 am
With only 2% of Haredim heeding IDF draft orders, Liberman urges action against leaders
Opposition MK accuses senior ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Dov Lando and Yitzhak Yosef of promoting evasion during wartime, a crime punishable by 15 years in prison
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with his lawyer Amit Hadad (R) at a hearing in his corruption trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, March 31, 2025 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 5:12 pm
Netanyahu’s party: Arrest of PM’s aides in Qatargate probe is ‘coup d’état’ by AG, Shin Bet
As advisers are held and premier himself is summoned by police, opposition figures say his ‘wave of spin’ is meant to divert attention from other issues, call for him to be probed
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) with coalition lawmakers as the 2025 state budget law is passed by the Knesset, March 25, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 25, 2025, 5:26 pm
In major success for government, Knesset approves 2025 budget, staving off elections
Coalition lawmakers escorted into Knesset under guard as anti-government protesters block entrance. Opposition MKs chant ‘shame’, families of hostages protest from gallery, as law passes final reading
By Sam Sokol
A composite image shows The Democrats chair Yair Golan (L), Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid (C), and National Unity leader Benny Gantz (R), leading their respective faction meetings at the Knesset on March 17, 2025. (All photos by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 6:31 pm
Opposition party chiefs to petition High Court against PM’s effort to fire Ronen Bar
Lawmakers accuse Netanyahu of targeting Shin Bet chief to stop probe of aides’ Qatar links, while ministers say AG’s demand that the dismissal face legal review is ‘illegitimate’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
L to R: The Democrats chair Yair Golan, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, and National Unity chair Benny Gantz. (Flash90)
March 16, 2025, 11:37 pm
Opposition lawmakers vow ‘resistance,’ legal action against firing of Shin Bet chief
Lapid accuses PM of ousting Ronen Bar in order ‘to sabotage’ probe into aides’ alleged ties to Qatar; Ben Gvir, Smotrich and Karhi praise decision; Bennett: Netanyahu has to go
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox students at the Ateret Shlomo yeshiva chain dance and sing at the wedding of the seminary chief's son, in Mishor Adumim in the West Bank, March 11, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 13, 2025, 10:15 am
Outrage as students at state-funded Haredi yeshiva sing anti-Zionist, anti-enlistment anthem
‘We don’t believe in the government of infidels and we won’t show up at their [army] recruitment offices,’ sing thousands of Ateret Shlomo young men at mass wedding
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers walking next to buildings destroyed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 27, 2025, 11:45 pm
Bereaved parents, opposition MKs welcome IDF’s October 7 probes, urge state inquiry
Prime Minister’s Office complains military didn’t brief Netanyahu on probes into failures surrounding Hamas attack, but report indicates otherwise; Halevi acknowledges blame
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
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