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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) sits with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2025, 4:27 pm
It’s not leaks to the press that are at the heart of the new Shin Bet investigation
The fact that an employee of the security agency allegedly leaked classified information to a government minister close to the PM makes the recent affair a continuation of a dangerous pattern
By Yuval Yoaz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 8:22 pm
Bill to prevent prosecution of soldiers who send intel to PM passes preliminary reading
A separate bill to prohibit opening investigations into MKs without the Knesset’s approval also advances past the preliminary stage
By Sam Sokol
A photo contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on August 30, 2022, shows documents seized during the August 8 search by the FBI of former president Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Department of Justice via AP)
July 21, 2023, 6:43 pm
Judge sets May 2024 trial date for Trump classified documents case
Decision comes after prosecutors asked for proceedings to begin in December, while former president’s defense attorneys requested they be held after November 2024 election
By Gerard Martinez and Chris Lefkow
This image, contained in the indictment against former US president Donald Trump, shows boxes of records being stored on the stage in the White and Gold Ballroom at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. (Justice Department via AP)
June 10, 2023, 12:29 am
Trump indictment: Storing documents in bathroom, sharing intel on the golf course
Ex-president showed writer, publisher and 2 staff members — none with security clearance — a ‘plan of attack’ prepared by Pentagon, tried to conceal records from FBI, lawyers
By Michelle L. Price
US President Donald Trump sits at his desk after a meeting with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, and members of his staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 8, 2017, as a lockbag is visible on the desk, the key still inside at left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
June 9, 2023, 11:17 pm
Trump indicted over Espionage Act violation, which is not just for spying
Claims by ex-president’s supporters of innocuous nature of conduct miss the point, since Justice Department’s concern is over the connection to national defense information
By Joseph Ferguson and Thomas A. Durkin
US former president Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
June 8, 2023, 5:09 am
US Justice Department closes in on Trump indictment in classified documents probe
Former US president’s social media posts suggest he anticipates being charged; former top aide appears before Miami grand jury
By Eric Tucker
A IDF Sho't Kal (Centurion) tank is seen driving in the northern Golan Heights on October 11, 1973, during a counterattack by the 7th Brigade or 179th Brigade during the Yom Kippur War. (Avraham Vered/Defense Ministry Archives)
May 28, 2023, 4:00 pm
‘Egypt, Syria are coordinating’: IDF estimates on eve of Yom Kippur War declassified
New Defense Ministry website with over 20,000 files includes previously unseen intelligence assessments, diaries of SIGINT commander, eyewitness accounts of fall of Hermon outpost
By Emanuel Fabian
Outgoing Public Security Minister Omer Barlev speaks during a Knesset debate, December 14, 2022. (Knesset Channel screenshot)
December 14, 2022, 9:04 pm
Minister Barlev reveals confidential information during debate on successor’s powers
Outgoing police minister says reveal of potentially sensitive info was intended to address Ben Gvir’s ‘far-fetched claims’ on need to give him greater authorities
By Tobias Siegal
A letter from acting archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall to former President Donald Trump's legal team is photographed on August 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
August 24, 2022, 11:57 am
National Archives letter reveals scope of classified documents retained by Trump
Ex-US president held on to material relating to some of the country’s most sensitive secrets and may have obstructed an investigation into the matter, newly leaked letter indicates
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of the Israeli state archives in Jerusalem on September 3, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2017, 9:41 am
‘Arbitrarily’ marking papers secret, state created enduring kidnapping mystery
In declassifying hundreds of thousands of documents in the so-called ‘Yemenite children affair,’ state archive’s legal counsel sought to safeguard privacy without fueling cover-up claims. For the families, the story is far from over
By Marissa Newman
Yemenite immigrants in a camp near Ein Shemer in 1950. (Pinn Hans/GPO)
November 13, 2016, 4:05 pm
Government okays unsealing papers on vanished Yemenite children
400,000 documents deal with claims that hundreds were kidnapped from Israeli hospitals in 1950s and put up for adoption
By Raoul Wootliff
A conference on the Yemenite Children Affair in the Knesset on June 21, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 11, 2016, 10:24 am
Government likely to declassify Yemenite children archives
400,000 documents deal with claims that hundreds were kidnapped in Israeli hospitals in 1950s and put up for adoption
By ToI Staff
Yemenite immigrants in a camp near Ein Shemer in 1950. (Pinn Hans/GPO)
July 31, 2016, 12:55 am
Hanegbi says hundreds of Yemenite children were kidnapped in 1950s
Minister overseeing probe into classified documents linked to controversial affair says public may never know the full truth
By ToI Staff
Yemenite immigrants in a camp near Ein Shemer in 1950 (Pinn Hans/GPO)
July 9, 2016, 2:06 pm
National Library posts state report on Yemenite children online
Publicly available sections of commission’s findings can now be accessed by anyone, though protocols currently remain classified
By ToI Staff
A conference on the Yemenite Children Affair in the Knesset on June 21, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 21, 2016, 7:22 pm
Wounds over missing Yemenite children open, MKs renew push for truth
Families demand government declassify documents sealed until 2071 on dark affair involving alleged kidnappings; Netanyahu baffled on why they were sealed in first place
By Marissa Newman
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