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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

David Keyes

Israel's then-Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mark Regev delivers a speech at the annual Holocaust Memorial Commemoration event, co-hosted with the Israeli Embassy, in central London on January 23, 2019. - The Foreign Secretary will deliver a keynote speech and unveil the Frank Foley bust. Frank Foley was a British Secret Intelligence Service Officer who in the late 1930s saved thousands of Jews by helping them escape Nazi Germany. (Tolga AKMEN / POOL / AFP)
August 12, 2020, 4:41 pm
After four years in the UK, Mark Regev returns to Netanyahu’s office
Australian-born career diplomat became the prime minister’s spokesperson to the foreign media in Ehud Olmert era; will be replaced as UK ambassador by Tzipi Hotovely
By Raphael Ahren
Evan Cohen, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (GPO)
March 3, 2020, 1:39 pm
After 7 months on the job, PM’s foreign media spokesman calls it quits
Evan Cohen, a tenured linguistics professor and former LGBT rights activist, is expected to return to teaching at Tel Aviv University
By Raphael Ahren
Evan Cohen, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (GPO)
July 14, 2019, 4:16 pm
Netanyahu taps linguist and LGBTQ rights activist as foreign media spokesperson
South Africa-born Evan Cohen last year criticized government’s surrogacy law as ‘shameful’; has no previous experience in public diplomacy
By Raphael Ahren
An Israeli teen wrapped in an LGBT Pride flag near the settlement of Efrat, June 3, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
December 28, 2018, 9:10 am
14 Times of Israel stories that mattered most in 2018
ToI journalists in Israel and around the world discuss their articles from the past year that have left the deepest impressions
By ToI Staff
David Keyes, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on their way to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, pool)
December 12, 2018, 8:14 pm
Netanyahu spokesman Keyes officially quits after sexual misconduct allegations
Keyes thanks commission for closing probe into wrongdoing, indicates he will enter the private sector; PM praises California native for videos explaining Israel’s positions
By Raphael Ahren
Police and medical personnel outside the home of Sylvana Tsegai, after she was found dead on November 26, 2018. (Flash90)
November 29, 2018, 1:19 pm
See no evil: 10 things to know for November 29
A suspected killer is found in plain sight after a manhunt, a former flack accused of sexual misconduct has case closed, and Tel Aviv is warned its coffee-sipping days may be over
By Joshua Davidovich
David Keyes speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, July 23, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)
November 29, 2018, 11:56 am
Civil Service Commission drops probe of Netanyahu spokesman David Keyes
Body also ends examination of Ambassador Ron Dermer, who did not pass on information about alleged sexual misconduct
By Raphael Ahren
David Keyes, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on their way to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, pool)
November 21, 2018, 10:21 pm
PM spokesman David Keyes to resign after sexual misconduct probe closed – report
Civil Service Commission also said to end examination of Ambassador Dermer, who did not pass on information about alleged bad behavior
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, at the president's guest house, in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO/ File)
September 26, 2018, 8:07 pm
Netanyahu backs US envoy’s handling of sexual misconduct claims against aide
PM says he’s sure Ron Dermer acted properly in choosing not to alert PMO to warning about David Keyes, notes the ambassador’s decision is being checked by Civil Service Commission
By Raphael Ahren
David Keyes, right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on May 7, 2017. (AP/Oded Balilty, Pool)
September 20, 2018, 11:46 am
Civil Service Commission drops probe into Keyes’s alleged misconduct in Israel
After brief, ‘frustrating’ call, complainant told that behavior by PM’s spokesman may have been ‘inappropriate’ but was not a criminal or disciplinary offense
By Raphael Ahren
Journalist and political analyst Ksenia Svetlova, formerly an MK from the Zionist Union party. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 17, 2018, 11:52 pm
Opposition lawmaker files request for emergency Knesset hearing on Keyes affair
Ksenia Svetlova calls to summon US envoy Dermer for not alerting PMO to warning about spokesman’s alleged improper behavior, slams ‘thunderous silence of all those involved’
By Raoul Wootliff
David Keyes speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, July 23, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)
September 16, 2018, 6:43 pm
Civil Service Commission looking into complaints against Keyes, Dermer
But commission’s disciplinary unit says it cannot formally open probe against PM’s spokesperson for actions taken before he took office
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, at the president's guest house, in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO/ File)
September 16, 2018, 12:17 pm
MK calls for sacking ambassador to US over failure to report Keyes
Karine Elharrar joins demands for disciplinary action against Ron Dermer, who didn’t convey sexual misconduct allegations against Netanyahu spokesman
By ToI Staff
Paul Manafort walks from Federal District Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 16, 2018, 10:07 am
Naming names and cutting funds: 10 things to know for September 16
Trump and Abbas hit new lows, but Manafort is a bigger problem, and may be an issue for an Israeli as well; plus diplomats under fire, Barak pulls a Monica, and Syria’s crappy name
By Joshua Davidovich
David Keyes, right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on May 7, 2017. (AP/Oded Balilty, Pool)
September 15, 2018, 9:46 pm
MK asks Civil Service Commission to review Dermer handling of Keyes allegations
Michal Rozin says anti-sexual harassment laws apply to foreign service officials, and ambassador’s decision to ignore warning should be investigated
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
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