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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

David Bitan

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, during a discussion in the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, December 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 24, 2025, 8:37 pm
Effort to remove AG will start in next few weeks, claims communications minister
Shlomo Karhi says ‘an actual impeachment process will begin’ in 2-3 weeks, but spokesman for Justice Minister Levin says he doesn’t know ‘anything new about the matter’
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK David Bitan chairs a meeting of the Knesset Economic Committee, January 15, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 5:49 pm
Criticizing own party, Likud MK blocks bill to shutter public broadcaster
‘Public broadcasting is needed in Israel,’ David Bitan declares, criticizing ‘those in Likud who are causing damage to the party for the sake of politics’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 31, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 11:20 pm
Israel to cut travelers’ flight cancellation compensation to woo back foreign airlines
MKs advance measure under which passengers will be entitled only to a refund of ticket cost; government also announces plan to assist airlines operating US flights
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers stand in line at Ben Gurion Airport during a nationwide strike demanding the government reach a hostage release deal, September 2, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 10:08 pm
Knesset panel delays vote on compensation policy changes to bring back foreign airlines
Committee head demands steadfast commitment that carriers will resume their services; lambastes war profiteering by Israeli airlines
By Sharon Wrobel
David Bitan, chairman of the Knesset Economics Committee (c) at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2024, 11:13 am
Likud MK David Bitan orders relative of dead hostage ejected from Knesset meeting
Chair of Economics Committee clashes with Hannah Cohen, aunt of slain captive Inbar Haiman, over her lengthy address; other lawmakers block his move to have her kicked out
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers walking next to buildings destroyed by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 12, 2024, 10:32 am
Ravaged Kibbutz Nir Oz votes to rebuild as ‘victory’ over Oct. 7 destruction
Community calls on government to help reconstruction while also providing support for those who feel they cannot return to their homes due to trauma of Hamas massacre
By Jessica Steinberg
Temporary housing built for members of Kibbutz Be'eri in Kibbutz Hatzerim, southern Israel, October 8, 2024. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 30, 2024, 10:24 am
Gaza border-area development on hold as treasury freezes NIS 5 billion
Release of funds contingent on government deciding whether they will also be shared by cities beyond traditionally recognized southern frontline
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A woman walks next to an advertisement for Golan Telecom in Jerusalem, November 5, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
July 23, 2024, 11:25 am
Kosher cellphone bill sparks debate on Haredi consumer freedoms vs communal coercion
New legislation would reinforce phone plans that are under rabbinical censorship, raising questions about internal societal pressures and control
By Canaan Lidor
A member of Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi's delegation holds up a Torah scroll during a morning prayer service in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 3, 2023. (Spokesman's Office, Communications Ministry)
October 3, 2023, 12:24 pm
Israeli government delegation holds Jewish prayer service in Saudi Arabia
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, in Riyadh for UN postal conference, joins minyan for Sukkot holiday complete with Torah scroll and four species
By Lazar Berman
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (left) and Knesset Economy Committee chairman David Bitan arrive in Saudi Arabia on October 2, 2023. (Communications Ministry)
October 3, 2023, 1:30 am
None ever, then 2 in a week: 2nd Israeli minister makes official visit to Saudi Arabia
Shlomo Karhi heads 14-strong delegation to Universal Postal Union congress; group includes MK David Bitan, who hails ‘small steps’ toward peace with Saudis
By ToI Staff
Tourism Minister Haim Katz poses next to a UNWTO poster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 26, 2023. (Courtesy: Haim Kaitz)
September 26, 2023, 6:21 pm
In first, Israeli minister leads official delegation to Saudi Arabia
Haim Katz says tourism ‘a bridge between nations’ while attending UN World Tourism Organization event, as Jerusalem and Riyadh seem to edge closer to US-brokered normalization pact
By Lazar Berman
The entrance to the offices of the Kohelet Forum, the conservative think tank deeply involved in the judicial overhaul, blockaded by protesters, March 9, 2023. (Flash90)
August 4, 2023, 3:09 pm
Main donor stops funding Kohelet think tank behind overhaul, calls to heal rifts
Breaking from divisive institute, US billionaire Arthur Dantchik urges Israeli unity: ‘When a society becomes dangerously fragmented, people must come together to preserve democracy’
By Michael Horovitz
Composite photo, left to right: MK Eli Dellal at the Knesset in April2023; MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset in July 2023; MK David Bitan at the Knesset in July 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 7:40 pm
Several Likud MKs indicate they may not back more overhaul laws without consensus
Eli Dellal say he won’t support further overhaul legislation without broad public backing; Yuli Edelstein says cases of hardline lawmakers vetoing compromises are ‘over’
By ToI Staff
Likud MK David Bitan leads a hearing at the Knesset Economic Committee in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:49 pm
Likud MK says party’s actions should no longer be determined by ‘one person’
Comments by David Bitan, who says he and others ‘will get involved’ in coming elements of judicial overhaul, widely seen as criticism of Netanyahu and Levin
By ToI Staff
L-R: Likud MKs David Bitan, Yuli Edelstein, and Shalom Danino in the Knesset in 2022 and 2023. (Flash90, File)
June 10, 2023, 6:12 pm
Likud MKs say plans to skew judicial selection panel in coalition’s favor ‘shelved’
Remarks come ahead of Knesset vote this week to select two lawmakers to committee, with the ruling party’s Danino saying he’s ‘convinced’ an opposition MK will be appointed
By ToI Staff
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