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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Benny Begin

Benny Begin (L) with Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset in 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 23, 2025, 10:46 pm
Benny Begin, ex-minister and son of Likud founder, warns government is ending democracy
Son of late prime minister Menachem Begin writes that government ‘does not want to govern, but to rule without limits,’ urges early elections to halt ‘destructive process’
By ToI Staff
Then-MK Benny Begin on a tour of the northern city of Katzrin in the Golan Heights on April 27, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 14, 2023, 2:37 pm
Amid judicial overhaul, Benny Begin says nothing left of his father’s Likud
Son of ex-PM Menachem Begin laments party’s path; senior Likud members said concerned Netanyahu may agree to compromise over judicial reforms, vow to split from party if he does
By ToI Staff
New Hope MK Benny Begin leads a Knesset committee meeting on December 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 28, 2022, 9:16 pm
MK Benny Begin, son of first Likud PM, leaves politics
New Hope lawmaker, 79, cites old age as main factor in decision, but says he will support the faction in coming election campaign; Lapid praises ‘ethical, diligent’ legislator
By ToI Staff
New Hope MK Benny Begin leads a Knesset committee meeting on December 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 27, 2021, 10:11 pm
‘Traitor’: Benny Begin, son of 1st Likud PM, verbally harassed by Netanyahu backers
New Hope MK accosted in Beit Shemesh for breaking with the Likud party, which Menachem Begin founded; activist calls him ‘a crazy old man who is betraying his father’s legacy’
By ToI Staff
New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar (left) welcomes Benny Begin to his party, January 21, 2020 (Courtesy)
January 21, 2021, 2:45 pm
Former Likud MK Benny Begin, son of late PM, joins Sa’ar’s New Hope
Iconic Likud founder Menachem Begin’s son, who himself was party MK for 18 years, says Netanyahu government carrying out ‘nasty, crude’ attacks on state bodies, must be replaced
By ToI Staff
Then-Likud MK Benny Begin during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 17, 2019, 9:32 am
Former Likud lawmaker Begin: Netanyahu must resign
Son of party’s iconic founder, who himself served 18 years on its Knesset slate, slams Likud leader’s ‘lies’ against law enforcement, says he won’t vote for the party
By ToI Staff
Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor (left) speaks with MK Benny Begin at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
October 13, 2019, 8:31 am
Freshman Likud MK seeks to expel party veterans critical of its policies
Shlomo Karai faces backlash, with right-wing lawmakers and activists debating steps against Benny Begin, Dan Meridor and others who have said they can no longer vote Likud
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Then-Likud MK Benny Begin during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 10:38 am
Benny Begin: With ‘illegal’ camera bill, Likud has lost my support
Ex-Likud MK pans Netanyahu, cabinet for rejecting AG’s opinion against videoing voters during election, says now ‘impossible’ for him to back party, which his father led to power
By ToI Staff
Then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Likud Minister Dan Meridor at a party meeting in the Knesset in September 2011. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 23, 2019, 3:52 pm
Former justice minister for Likud warns of Netanyahu ‘dictatorship’
Dan Meridor blasts plan that seeks to curb the court’s power and ensure PM’s immunity from prosecution, saying it would ‘bulldoze’ the legal system and erode democracy
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon deliver a joint statement to the press about a new tax reduction, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 21, 2019, 7:31 pm
7 days in May: Moshe Kahlon’s chance to save Israeli democracy from Netanyahu
Finance minister said last year the PM would have to go if he were indicted. As Netanyahu now seeks legislation to keep himself out of the dock, Kahlon is best-placed to stop him
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Likud MK Benny Begin (L) at the Knesset on August 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 19, 2019, 11:56 am
Veteran former Likud MK blasts Netanyahu’s ‘corrupt’ immunity bid
Benny Begin, who didn’t run for reelection in April, says PM ‘intends to misuse his leadership power for personal gain,’ urges lawmakers to oppose him
By ToI Staff
Benny Begin (L) with Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset in 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 3, 2019, 11:51 am
Likud MK blasts PM for ‘trying to assassinate public trust’ in law enforcement
Benny Begin backs AG after Netanyahu’s criticism of indictment decision, saying Mandelblit ‘has a backbone’; prosecutors’ union slams ‘wild personal attacks’ on staffers
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Culture Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference on the "Culture Loyalty Bill" at the Knesset, November 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
November 26, 2018, 10:09 pm
Furious Regev bashes Liberman and Kahlon for blocking her culture loyalty bill
Culture minister accuses both of giving in to terror by not fully backing legislation that would pull funding from artists deemed disloyal, accuses them of working for dovish NGO
By Raoul Wootliff
Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev attends a Culture, Sports and Education Committee meeting at the Knesset, July 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 26, 2018, 12:19 pm
Vote on culture ‘loyalty’ bill put off after Kulanu pulls support
Party leader Kahlon gives his MKs freedom to vote as they see fit on contentious legislation pushed by culture minister
By Raoul Wootliff
Israeli artists burns works to protest the cultural loyalty bill in Tel Aviv on November 25, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 26, 2018, 1:44 am
Vote on culture loyalty bill set for delay as Kulanu party pulls support
Moshe Kahlon says he won’t enforce party discipline on Knesset vote for contentious legislation pushed by culture minister, after MKs balk at backing bill
By ToI Staff
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