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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Coalition Tensions

View of a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, August 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 11:41 pm
Parties trade blame as coalition chaos enables opposition to defeat bill for first time
This is ‘how governments fall apart,’ declares Lapid; coalition forced to nix day’s agenda after losing vote on traffic bill; Otzma Yehudit, absent from vote, denies boycott
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
August 5, 2024, 10:35 pm
Ben Gvir blocks ‘Rabbis Law’ for 3rd time, demands inclusion in PM’s security forum
Religious Services Law and three pieces of Otzma Yehudit-backed legislation removed from Knesset agenda, as national security minister launches attacks on both Shas and Likud
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends a Lag B'Omer celebration in Safed, on May 26, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 22, 2024, 8:05 pm
Top religious Zionist rabbis call for scrapping ‘dangerous’ hostage deal
Clerics with sway over coalition’s hard-line flank argue risk posed by possible agreement trumps imperative to free captives; senior UTJ lawmaker Gafni takes opposite position
By ToI Staff
MK Amit Halevi (left) attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, July 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90); Likud MK Dan Illouz attends a meeting of the Jerusalem lobby at the Knesset, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 11:25 pm
2 Likud MKs say current hostage deal proposal would undermine government’s legitimacy
Doubling down on warning to PM, two lawmakers say they cannot be part of a coalition that fails to dismantle Hamas, removes troops from Gaza-Egypt border
By Sam Sokol
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri pictured at a faction meeting in the Knesset on February 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 2:04 am
Amid squabbles, lawmakers in government no longer take its survival for granted
As parties turn on each other and trust in the prime minister erodes, coalition politicians are increasingly voicing concern their fractious alliance may not last
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a court hearing in Jerusalem on July 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 2:38 pm
Coalition pulls all bills from Knesset agenda, blaming ‘irresponsible’ Otzma Yehudit
Coalition whip Ofir Katz takes step a day after far-right party’s leader torpedoes Shas-fronted bill on funding religious councils and accuses PM of ‘running a one-man government’
By Sam Sokol
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