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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

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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)
April 2, 2025, 4:53 pm
Kibbutz Nir Oz and state agree on $95 million budget to rebuild devastated community
Plan, expected to be approved by members’ assembly in coming days, will include building of new neighborhood for first returnees to the community worst-hit on Oct. 7
By Sue Surkes
Protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and against the firing of the government's top gatekeepers, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 22, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 26, 2025, 9:47 am
Moody’s warns Israel’s economy has been weakened by ‘very high political risks’
Credit agency cites risks to high-tech sector, ‘given its important role as a driver of economic growth and significant contributor to the government’s tax take’
By ToI Staff
Haredi Jews clash with police during a protest against the ultra-Orthodox draft on Road 4 outside Bnei Brak on March 2, 2025 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 16, 2025, 12:59 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 16: Day 527 – Haredi groups help yeshiva students dodge draft
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses the issue of ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions amid current budget debate and his ongoing investigation into draft dodging organizations
By Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol
Singer Kobi Oz and the Teapacks band perform for Einav Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky, mother and girlfriend of hostage Matan Zangauker, on March 13, 2025, at the hostage tent encampment on Tel Aviv's Begin Road outside the Defense Ministry (Amir Yaacobi)
March 13, 2025, 2:47 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 13: Day 524 – Is Steve Witkoff the only hope for a hostage deal?
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses how to save the talks on freeing the hostages, the March 31 budget deadline, and Trump’s latest comments on Gazans’ future
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset on December 31, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg / Flash 90)
January 4, 2025, 11:00 pm
Ben Gvir apologizes to Netanyahu, Bismuth for forcing them to attend Knesset vote
Far-right minister says he ‘did some soul-searching,’ was wrong to compel PM to rush from hospital after surgery, Likud MK to leave shiva; but also pledges to continue voting against coalition
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, on December 31, 2024. He left the hospital less than two days after prostate surgery to vote on a budget-related law. Yariv Levin is seated next to him. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 1, 2025, 1:35 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 1: Day 453 – Drama in Knesset as PM leaves hospital bed for vote
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses tense politics in parliament as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir duke it out over budget
By Sam Sokol and Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left), and Shas pary leader Aryeh Deri seen during a Knesset vote on a budget-related law, December 31, 2024. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who opposed the legislation, is at bottom right with back to camera. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 31, 2024, 11:22 pm
PM leaves hospital to cast decisive vote on a budget law, thwarting Ben Gvir revolt
Netanyahu enables passage of bill that will end tax exemption on companies’ ‘trapped profits’ that are reinvested, after coalition convinces several would-be rebels to back measure
By Sam Sokol
File: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a plenum session on the state budget in the Knesset, December 16, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)
December 25, 2024, 6:46 am
Otzma Yehudit again votes against budget-related bill, which passes anyway
Ben Gvir tries to shoot down Finance Ministry taxation measures intended to boost state coffers for wartime needs as he fumes over police funding
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, December 16, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
December 17, 2024, 10:32 pm
Knesset panel passes 2025 tax hikes set to hit working people in their pockets
Finance committee approves Jan. 1 tax measures, including VAT hike, increase in National Insurance payments, and freeze on income tax brackets to rein in ballooning war costs
By Sharon Wrobel
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a Knesset session on the state budget, December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
December 16, 2024, 11:25 pm
Otzma Yehudit votes against state budget, as coalition argues over bid to fire AG
Bills pass first readings despite coalition infighting; Ben Gvir feuds with fellow far-right leader Smotrich, who says, ‘It’s a shame to undermine the coalition over nonsense’
By Sam Sokol
Bank Hapoalim chairman Reuven Krupik speaks at the Globes business conference in Tel Aviv on Dec. 3, 2024. (Shlomi Yosef/Globes)
December 3, 2024, 8:19 pm
Business leaders worry about government priorities to support war-battered economy
Prominent entrepreneurs see the continued prioritization of political budget allocations, over economic ones, delaying recovery at a cost to the public
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 1, 2024, 4:05 pm
Cabinet approves 2025 budget proposal after last-minute backtrack over stipend freezes
Ministers agree to scrap proposed freeze for Holocaust survivors, bereaved families; opposition pans agreement; Gantz: Anyone who supports this should feel shame for rest of their life
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Temporary housing built for members of Kibbutz Be'eri in Kibbutz Hatzerim, southern Israel, October 8, 2024. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 30, 2024, 10:24 am
Gaza border-area development on hold as treasury freezes NIS 5 billion
Release of funds contingent on government deciding whether they will also be shared by cities beyond traditionally recognized southern frontline
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ministers and lawmakers attend a vote in the Knesset plenum on the inclusion of MK Gideon Sa'ar as a minister in the government, September 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2024, 4:39 am
Knesset winter session to feature battles over budget, judiciary and Haredi enlistment
As MKs return from 3-month break, Rothman says bill to change composition of Judicial Selection Committee will become law ‘the second there is political will in coalition to pass it’
By Sam Sokol
An undated picture of temporary housing being built at Kibbutz Hatzerim in southern Israel for residents of Kibbutz Be'eri. (Tekuma Authority)
October 11, 2024, 5:17 am
Tekuma Administration reports spending NIS 6.4b on Gaza border reconstruction this year
Authority waiting for government to release over NIS 2 billion of this sum as local mayors appeal to Finance Ministry and PM’s office, fearing program cuts in 2025 budget
By Sue Surkes
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