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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

Eitan Cabel

State witness Ari Harow testifies in the trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, May 9, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 9, 2023, 5:16 pm
Former aide says Netanyahu sought deal with Yedioth publisher to secure election win
State witness Ari Harow tells court PM asked him to set up meetings with Arnon Mozes in bid to get favorable coverage in exchange for a law that would hobble a competing paper
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 31, 2019, 11:53 pm
PM’s wife during police questioning: Media ‘stepping on me like a cockroach’
Leaked transcripts detail Sara Netanyahu’s defense of her meddling in Walla news site; ex-MK said to testify billionaire Adelson offered to make him ‘king of the world’
By Michael Bachner
Labor Party chairman Avi Gabbay addresses supporters and media, as the results in the elections are announced at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 9, 2019. (Flash90)
April 17, 2019, 6:39 pm
Labor leader to move up party primaries, set to bow out, after stunning loss
Avi Gabbay not expected to seek reelection after center-left party fell to worst-ever six seats in last week’s election
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: Withdrawing money at Bank Leumi on Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, January 18, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 17, 2019, 2:07 pm
Bank bailouts for failed tycoons have cost the Israeli public billions, MKs find
Knesset commission of inquiry lambastes ‘negligent’ financial sector for ‘systematically’ extending or writing off loans for rich while pursuing small debtors ‘to last cent’
By Sue Surkes
Then-education minister Naftali Bennett and then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked from the New Right party at an election campaign tour in central Jerusalem on January 23, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 12, 2019, 3:50 pm
Fired: Shaked, Bennett & the 30 other MKs forced to add ‘former’ to their titles
New Right co-leaders are joined by 9 from Likud, 11 from Labor and 10 other lawmakers who ran in the 2019 elections but failed to make it into 21st Knesset
By Jacob Magid
New Labor Party member Tal Russo speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 12, 2019, 12:51 pm
Labor’s No.2 Russo denies he is under pressure to quit party
Former IDF general issues statement after reports he could make way for Merav Michaeli to enter Knesset; says he and party need time for ‘soul-searching’
By ToI Staff
Labor party chairman Avi Gabbay (right) with party member Tal Russo as the results of the Knesset elections are announced at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 9, 2019. (Flash90)
April 11, 2019, 6:38 pm
Urged to go, Labor’s Gabbay may agree to leadership race; No.2 Russo could quit
After party’s worst-ever election results, Labor head says he plans to serve the public ‘from the opposition’ as an MK, does not explicitly say he’ll resign
By ToI Staff
Leader of Labor Party Avi Gabbay (R) and Labor's secretary-general Eran Hermoni at a party conference in Tel Aviv, April 24, 2018. (Gili Yaari/FLASH90)
April 11, 2019, 4:29 pm
Labor secretary-general calls on Avi Gabbay to resign as party leader
After dire showing in Tuesday’s election, Eran Hermoni says he’s told the former Kulanu minister that his time at the helm of the center-left party is up
By Raoul Wootliff
Labor Party chairman Avi Gabbay addresses supporters and media, as the results in the elections are announced at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 9, 2019. (Flash90)
April 10, 2019, 1:34 pm
After worst result in Labor’s history, party members look to oust leader Gabbay
Official says a decision to fire chairman ‘a matter of time,’ as MK Yachimovich bemoans ‘nightmare’ result of 6 seats for party that ruled Israel for decades
By Michael Bachner
Labor party chairman Avi Gabbay (podium) flanked by Tal Russo (right) and former Labor leader Amir Peretz (left) addresses supporters and media as the results in the general elections are announced in Tel Aviv, on April 09, 2019 (FLASH90)
April 10, 2019, 1:39 am
Labor bemoans ‘worst result ever’ after polls show historic failure
Party leader Avi Gabbay admits ‘huge disappointment’ but does not comment on calls to resign, as exit polls give Labor between 6 and 8 seats in elections
By ToI Staff
Avi Gabbay, leader of the Labor Party, speaks with the media before the release of the results in the Labor party primaries in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 3:26 pm
A political funeral and some sham marriages: 9 things to know for February 12
Eitan Cabel is gunned down by Labor’s Avi Gabbay; Netanyahu tries to match up rightists and ‘his’ paper tries to make a leftist union; plus a fake marriage courtesy of the Shin Bet
By Joshua Davidovich
Former Labor MK Eitan Cabel delivers a speech at the Labor party conference in Tel Aviv on January 10, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 12:56 pm
Falling short in primary, veteran Labor MK Eitan Cabel says Gabbay ‘took me out’
Lawmaker drops to 15th on slate, likely to miss out on return to Knesset since sinking party expected to garner only 5-7 seats
By Raoul Wootliff
Avi Gabbay (C), leader of the Labor Party with party members and MKs after the results of party primaries are announced in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 6:03 am
Hopeful Labor members see lifeline in youthful, progressive primary winners
With social protest leaders Itzik Shmuli and Stav Shaffir taking top spots, members want to believe the party can be saved from destruction and head back to former glory
By Raoul Wootliff
MK Itzik Shmuli casts his vote at a Labor Party polling station in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 11, 2019, 11:00 pm
Social protest leaders Shmuli, Shaffir take top spots in Labor primaries
Gabbay rival Cabel drops to 15th on slate, likely to miss out on return to Knesset since sinking party only expected to garner 5-7 seats
By Raoul Wootliff
A scene from the 1997 movie 'Titanic' showing the last lifeboat leaving the sinking ship. (Paramount Pictures)
February 11, 2019, 3:00 pm
Meet the top candidates jostling for deckchairs on board Labor’s sinking ship
With the center-left mainstay party bound for a poor showing in April’s general elections, several veteran lawmakers’ careers are on the line
By Raoul Wootliff
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