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Culture Loyalty Law
Dani Dayan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, on July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
January 24, 2019, 10:55 am
NY consul leaves gala over speech claiming Israeli arts freedom under threat
Dani Dayan walks out of event for Jerusalem’s Bezalel arts academy in protest of ‘slander,’ after school’s head says freedom of expression is in danger
By TOI staff
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, right, and then-Jerusalem police chief Moshe Edri, left, at a press conference at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
November 30, 2018, 10:01 am
Bad cop, bad cop: 7 things to know for November 30
Moshe Edri is deemed unfit to be the next Police Commissioner, but a minister isn’t giving up the fight, and the outgoing chief is caught in the center of the hubbub
By Joshua Davidovich
Culture Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference on the "Culture Loyalty Bill" at the Knesset, November 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
November 27, 2018, 12:42 am
Regev’s supporters insult journalists, but she refuses to be held accountable
A hastily called ‘press conference’ turns hostile when reporters protest being denied the right to ask questions, and Likud supporters fight back with insults
By Raoul Wootliff
Israelis protest against the Culture Loyalty Bill, proposed by Culture Minister Miri Regev, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 26, 2018, 3:14 pm
Culture wars: 6 things to know for November 26
The so-called Culture Loyalty Bill has caused controversy since its introduction by Minister Regev, and now it may create yet another coalition crisis
By Adiv Sterman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan arrive for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 1, 2017. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)
November 25, 2018, 2:10 pm
Erdan reportedly targeted by Walla as part of Case 4000 deal with Netanyahu
Editors of news site say they were instructed to skew coverage of senior Likud minister by bosses who had allegedly promised PM to do so in return for regulatory help
By Raoul Wootliff
Culture Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on November 8, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Yedioth Ahronoth/ Pool/ Flash90)
November 21, 2018, 10:19 am
Regev booed at awards show over bill conditioning arts funding on ‘loyalty’
Audience members push back after culture minister says controversial legislation is misunderstood and tells critics to go ‘drink some water and calm down’
By TOI staff
Culture Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on November 8, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Yedioth Ahronoth/ Pool/ Flash90)
November 9, 2018, 2:14 am
Holocaust survivor compares minister behind culture loyalty bill to Hitler
Actor Yaacov Shapira likens law backed by Miri Regev to Nazi book burning, says ‘maybe she also wants to have a little mustache’
By TOI staff
Performance artist Ariel Bronz during a 2017 show. (screen capture: YouTue)
November 8, 2018, 7:45 pm
Artist who put flag in his rear end wins culture prize
Culture Minister Regev calls Ariel Bronz a ‘symbol of defamation,’ vows to continue advancing her controversial ‘loyalty law’ for the arts
By TOI staff
A statue of Miri Regev placed by an artist outside of Tel Aviv's Habima National Theater on November 8, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 8, 2018, 8:34 am
In apparent protest, statue of Minister Miri Regev placed in Tel Aviv square
Piece erected outside national theater overnight shows culture minister staring into mirror amid spat over Culture Loyalty Law; Regev: ‘I’ve held up a mirror to art’s arrogance’
By TOI staff
Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber speaks at a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting on the proposed "Loyalty in Culture" bill, which will limit state financial support for art deemed antithetical to the state's interests, at the Knesset on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 7, 2018, 12:16 pm
Attorney general defends deputy embattled for criticizing ‘loyalty’ bill
Justice minister demands Dina Zilber be fired for accusing MKs of seeking ‘obedient legal advisers, compliant artists, a complacent media, and a deferential public’
By TOI staff
Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 6, 2018, 9:01 pm
Justice minister calls for deputy AG’s ouster over criticism of loyalty bill
Ayelet Shaked says Dina Zilber will no longer represent government after criticizing proposed legislation on arts funding
By TOI staff
Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon attends a Knesset committee meeting on June 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 6, 2018, 1:53 pm
Knesset legal adviser blasts bill conditioning arts funding on state ‘loyalty’
Eyal Yinon tells parliamentary committee meeting that culture minister’s legislation faces ‘significant constitutional obstacles’
By TOI staff
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