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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

coalition crisis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, right, arriving for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 2, 2025, 1:48 am
Haredi party threatens to topple government unless it gets NIS 1 billion for yeshivas
Writing to cabinet secretary, UTJ chief Goldknopf demands ‘immediate’ action on issue to ensure his party backs the crucial state budget; previous ultimatums haven’t been acted on
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen in the Knesset, January 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 2:57 pm
His far-right party now in the opposition, rebel MK Almog Cohen is in political limbo
Freshman lawmaker declines to resign with rest of his Otzma Yehudit faction, but won’t say if he considers himself part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition
By Sam Sokol
Then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Chaim GoldbergFLASH90)
January 19, 2025, 1:00 pm
Otzma Yehudit exits coalition over Gaza deal, blasting it as ‘victory for terrorism’
Chairman Ben Gvir tells Netanyahu he’s proud of party’s ‘significant achievements under your leadership’ but slams him for crossing ‘all ideological red lines’
By Sam Sokol
Left: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, January 16, 2025; Right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, January 13, 2025. (Both photos by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2025, 10:35 pm
Otzma Yehudit to quit coalition Sunday; Religious Zionism condemns deal but remains
Otzma leader Ben Gvir says PM offered to fire IDF chief of Staff and credit him for it, a claim Netanyahu says is a lie
By Sam Sokol, Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a press conference together with members of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
January 16, 2025, 11:51 pm
Ben Gvir says his party will quit government if cabinet implements hostage-ceasefire deal
‘Reckless deal’ will lead to ‘the release of hundreds of murderous terrorists’ and ‘effectively erase the achievements of the war,’ warns far-right leader
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 10:00 am
Despite failed revolt against Netanyahu, Ben Gvir seen as unlikely to get the boot
Some call for prime minister to can recalcitrant ally, but coalition math will make it hard to fire the Otzma Yehudit chief, as the move could send the whole party packing
By Sam Sokol
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
(L) Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf attends a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90) and (R) National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, November 10, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
December 30, 2024, 11:09 pm
Coalition factions threaten to vote against key budget bill over cuts, Haredi draft
Ben Gvir, Israel Police slam Finance Ministry over budget cuts. Smotrich brands fellow minister a populist endangering the ability of the government to pay for the war
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
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
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Shas leader Aryeh Deri seen speaking separately in the Knesset in this composite image. (Flash90)
July 24, 2024, 3:14 pm
Itamar Ben Gvir’s exclusion from Netanyahu’s security forum sparks public feud with Shas
Shas chief Deri reportedly ‘vetoes’ far-right minister’s inclusion in proposed high-level decision-making body, whereupon Otzma Yehudit threatens to block coalition legislation
By Sam Sokol
Chairman of the Shas party, MK Aryeh Deri, speaks during an interview at his home in Jerusalem, on April 15, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 3:13 pm
Shas to resume voting with coalition, but Ben Gvir digs heels in, keeping crisis alive
As Haredi party backs off from confrontation, Otzma Yehudit party still refuses to support coalition legislation, though it agrees to vote down Wednesday’s opposition bills
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Shas leader Aryeh Deri seen speaking separately in the Knesset in this composite image. (Flash90)
July 8, 2024, 11:40 pm
Some in coalition threaten its demise as Ben Gvir blocks key Shas bill, slams PM and Deri
Far-right minister says he won’t back law unless given a spot on disbanded war cabinet; Shas calls Otzma Yehudit chief an ‘inflated balloon,’ he labels Deri a lapdog of the left
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, July 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2024, 6:26 pm
As coalition tensions mount, top Haredi MK hints at potential dissolution of coalition
Growing discord within Netanyahu’s alliance of parties has some lawmakers questioning how long the government can last
By Sam Sokol
MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 26, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
June 26, 2024, 2:21 pm
Edelstein delays IDF reservists law amidst growing coalition tensions over draft
Haredim said to consider exiting government but staying in coalition over senior Likud MK’s statement that enlistment legislation will pass ‘with broad agreement’ or not at all
By Sam Sokol
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