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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Civil Service Commission

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 8, 2024. (Screen grab/GPO)
September 8, 2024, 6:07 pm
Cabinet approves extending civil service commissioner’s term amid storm over replacement
Move comes after Attorney General Baharav-Miara opposed government attempts to have Netanyahu appoint new commissioner directly, bypassing selection committee
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a farewell ceremony in honor of outgoing Police Chief Kobi Shabtai (not in picture), at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2024, 6:58 pm
AG to court: Move allowing Netanyahu to select civil service commissioner is illegal
Baharav-Miara says last month’s decision lets government pick candidate without ‘minimum professional threshold conditions of experience, skills or suitability’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting. (Maayan Toaf / GPO, undated photo)
August 11, 2024, 5:06 pm
Despite AG’s dissent, cabinet okays plan for PM to choose civil service commissioner
Netanyahu defends plan, says bureaucrats don’t ‘know better than the government’; watchdog warns move ‘threatens the independence and professionalism of the civil service’
By Sam Sokol
Daniel Hershkowitz, the head of the Civil Service Commission, attends a ceremony of turning the Ziv Medical Center in Safed into a Super Center, December 21, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 8:40 pm
Ministers pile on deputy AG over demand for panel to tap civil service chief
Amsalem reportedly calls Gil Limon the ‘most dangerous man in the country,’ after AG tells government to follow 2018 decision and form committee to fill key role
By Michael Horovitz
Sara Netanyahu (front) arrives for a hearing with her husband (unseen) at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on January 23, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
October 15, 2023, 8:22 pm
Civil service urges suspension of aide to PM’s wife for tirades against ‘traitors’
Head of discipline department slams posts by Tzipi Navon, who called critics of Netanyahu ‘treasonous kikes’ and ‘scum’ in wake of deadly Hamas assault on southern Israel
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
(L) MK David Amsalem in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022; and (R) Michal Rosenbaum. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90; Finance Ministry)
August 7, 2023, 9:37 am
Amsalem accused of illegitimate demands as he moves to fire government firms’ head
Minister asks for dismissal of Michal Rosenbaum, claiming she’s unsuitable for the job; Government Companies Authority director says she will not be cowed by threats
By ToI Staff
Students at Tel Aviv University on the first day of the academic year, October 10, 2021. (Flash90, via JTA)
July 17, 2023, 11:38 pm
Universities bristle at demand to use only masculine form in official documents
Tel Aviv University says it will ‘uphold its practice of publishing tenders that address men and women equally’; Bezalel art school to use only feminine form for a month
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to reporters at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on January 28, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 30, 2023, 4:51 pm
With his bogus attack on the attorney general, Ben Gvir is off to a furious start
The new national security minister is carrying on as he did in his rabble-rousing activist days, screaming and hurling insults instead of taking real steps to defeat terrorism
By Tal Schneider
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon, August 2, 2021 (Courtesy Gideon Sharon)
August 8, 2021, 2:30 pm
Cabinet approves Gil Limon as a deputy attorney general
Ministers unanimously authorize appointment of AG Mandelblit’s senior adviser to become one of his seven deputies
By ToI Staff
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon, August 2, 2021 (Courtesy Gideon Sharon)
August 3, 2021, 6:58 pm
Senior adviser to Mandelblit nominated as next deputy AG
Panel recommending Gil Limon for position was headed by the attorney general, despite the pair’s close personal ties
By ToI Staff
Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman attends a ceremony at the Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, August 31, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 25, 2021, 9:41 am
Watchdog demands cabinet secretary be suspended for picture of him voting Likud
Good governance group calls on Civil Service Commission to file official complaint against Tzachi Braverman for posting picture in breach of non-partisan requirements
By ToI Staff
Chezy Levy, CEO and medical director of Barzilai Hospital, Ashkelon. (YouTube screenshot)
June 5, 2020, 10:02 am
Civil Service Commission clears nomination of new Health Ministry director
Appointment of Chezy Levy, who will take over for Moshe Bar Siman-Tov amid uptick in COVID-19 cases, now awaits approval of government
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with his candidate for interim state attorney Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari, December 17, 2019. (Justice Ministry)
December 17, 2019, 4:35 pm
AG says minister cannot legally promote junior official to acting state attorney
Move to name deputy Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari as top prosecutor extremely unreasonable for transition government, Mandelblit argues, putting kibosh on posting
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with his candidate for interim state attorney Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari, December 17, 2019. (Justice Ministry)
December 17, 2019, 12:15 pm
Spurning AG’s candidate, justice minister names interim state prosecutor
Setting up potential clash, Amir Ohana picks Central District deputy prosecutor Orly Ginsberg Ben-Ari as temporary replacement for Shai Nitzan, whose term ended Monday
By Raoul Wootliff
Civil Service Commissioner Daniel Hershkowitz attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, December 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
December 16, 2019, 11:28 pm
Civil service czar and justice minister clash over acting state attorney posting
After commissioner demands he be consulted about appointment, Amir Ohana retorts that he got all the say he will be getting on decision of who will replace Shai Nitzan
By ToI Staff
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