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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on December 29, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 2:26 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 1: Day 818 – Coalition, Haredim and judiciary on collision course
Political reporters Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel discuss government clash with High Court over ultra-Orthodox school funding, finance minister’s threats and Jerusalem rabbinate battles
By Jessica Steinberg, Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol
Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri after a meeting on the Haredi draft bill, outside the party's Jerusalem headquarters, June 4, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 4, 2025, 11:46 pm
Shas said planning to back Knesset dissolution over stymied draft-exemption bill
Netanyahu meets with Edelstein, seen as major obstacle to bill exempting Haredi youth from military service, says hopes deal can be reached to avoid elections
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and coalition lawmakers attend a vote on the 2025 state budget in the Knesset plenum, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 1:55 pm
Clearing path for budget vote, MKs pass Economic Arrangements Law as Haredim back down
Ben Gvir’s return to the coalition defangs UTJ chief Yitzchak Goldknopf’s threat to scuttle 2025 state budget unless law exempting yeshiva students from IDF service is passed first
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir after the Knesset votes to approve his return to the cabinet, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 2:07 am
Ben Gvir reappointed police minister as Knesset okays his party’s return to government
Far-right Otzma Yehudit rejoins hours before critical budget vote, raising Netanyahu’s majority to 68; Ben Gvir links move to resumption of Gaza war after he opposed hostage deal
By Sam Sokol
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)
March 18, 2025, 4:53 pm
Far-right Otzma Yehudit returning to the government after resumption of war in Gaza
‘Together in strength, for the sake of the people of Israel,’ Ben Gvir exults following end of two-month stint in the opposition over party’s objection to ceasefire deal
By Sam Sokol
New Hope MKs Gideon Saar and Ze'ev Elkin in the Knesset, September 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 30, 2024, 1:41 am
Ministers say Sa’ar joining coalition boosts national unity crucial for winning war
Some opposition members blast move that is expected to bolster Netanyahu’s standing, while New Hope chair’s former partner Benny Gantz remains mum
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2024, 1:00 pm
Avigdor Liberman says Netanyahu offered him defense minister post
Hawkish opposition figure says he won’t accept role in beleaguered government, calls for elections now
By ToI Staff
War cabinet minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan, May 18, 2024, at which he delivered an ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 19, 2024, 1:14 am
Gantz sets June 8 deadline for PM to make postwar plan, or he’ll bolt coalition
Minister lists 6 key goals including alternative to Hamas rule in Gaza, return of hostages, Saudi normalization; Netanyahu’s office: He should issue ultimatums to Hamas, not the PM
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu with Otzma Yehudit party head Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (courtesy, Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 29, 2022, 12:57 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 29: What looms for Law of Return, and final coalition details
Settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon on coalition deals for Ben Gvir and Smotrich; religion correspondent Judah Ari Gross on new Diaspora affairs minister and Chaim Druckman legacy
By ToI Staff
A man stands at a cash machine of the Israel Discount Bank in Jerusalem, on July 1, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
December 26, 2022, 7:22 pm
Bank bans credit for bigots as firms in Israel decry planned pro-discrimination laws
Microsoft, Wiz among businesses expressing concern incoming government will seek to amend rules to allow firms to refuse services if it violates their religious beliefs
By Sharon Wrobel
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