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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

Elazar Stern

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2025, 8:55 pm
At Knesset hearing, AG dismisses accusation of selective enforcement in leak cases
Shin Bet admits to probing law enforcement, denies gathering intelligence on politicians in investigation of Kahanist elements infiltrating police
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox students at the Ateret Shlomo yeshiva chain dance and sing at the wedding of the seminary chief's son, in Mishor Adumim in the West Bank, March 11, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 13, 2025, 10:15 am
Outrage as students at state-funded Haredi yeshiva sing anti-Zionist, anti-enlistment anthem
‘We don’t believe in the government of infidels and we won’t show up at their [army] recruitment offices,’ sing thousands of Ateret Shlomo young men at mass wedding
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush attends the Jerusalem Masters 2024 chess event, at Safra Square in Jerusalem, September 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 5:04 pm
Hotline linked to cabinet minister is advising Haredi callers to ignore draft orders
‘You don’t have to do anything, just ignore them,’ assistance center established by Meir Porush tells father of yeshiva student who was instructed to report to IDF
By Sam Sokol
MK Elazar Stern attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2025, 7:48 pm
MK Elazar Stern: Imprisoning the ultra-Orthodox in yeshivas is ‘against Judaism’
‘Everyone should be a soldier,’ former IDF manpower chief tells Times of Israel, calls to provide limited number of service exemptions for top Talmudic scholars
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in Tel Aviv, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
October 20, 2023, 10:43 am
Poll: 80% of Israelis say Netanyahu must take public responsibility for Oct. 7 failures
PM still hasn’t said publicly that he will shoulder blame; 69% of Likud voters think he should; Yesh Atid MK criticizes leader Lapid, says party needs to join emergency government
By Michael Bachner
Elazar Stern of the Yesh Atid party attends a plenum session in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2023, 1:10 pm
Yesh Atid MK says he’s open to party joining unity government with Netanyahu
Party rejects idea as personal view of Elazar Stern, who is evasive as to whether Yesh Atid chief, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, is also open to it
By ToI Staff
A discussion on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2023, 2:19 pm
Yesh Atid mulling plan for all opposition MKs to resign to protest judicial overhaul
MK Elazar Stern says not all parties agree to potential move, colleague Debbie Biton says it’s ‘definitely on the table’
By ToI Staff
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Brussels ahead of the Association Council meeting with Israel (EU)
October 3, 2022, 7:38 pm
EU’s top diplomat presses Lapid on Palestinians at opening of Brussels meeting
PM emphasizes mutual interests and values at start of first Association Council session in a decade
By Lazar Berman
Knesset Member Elazar Stern. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 2, 2022, 5:01 pm
Intel minister to lead Israeli delegation to EU in Lapid’s stead
Yesh Atid’s Elazar Stern to travel to Brussels for Monday meeting of EU-Israel Association Council, which is being held for first time in a decade
By Lazar Berman
MK Ram Ben-Barak at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 20, 2022, 10:59 am
Far-right party would compel female TV hosts to cover hair, Yesh Atid MK claims
Religious Zionism’s Smotrich, who champions an Israel governed by religious law, slams Ben Barak’s ‘incitement’; MK Stern says party is threat to rights of women, LGBTQ community
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier takes cover as an Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 7, 2022, 2:41 pm
Efforts underway for Egypt-brokered full ceasefire between Israel and Islamic Jihad
Israel said to have accepted earlier Cairo offer of humanitarian lull in hostilities, but terror group refused; minister: ‘If they fire, we’ll respond, but we aren’t seeking war’
By ToI Staff
Workers roll up a red carpet after a welcome ceremony held by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)
August 3, 2022, 10:06 pm
After years of blooming trade, some see Israel-China relationship start to sour
Data presented at launch of Israel-China Policy Center shows bilateral economic activity has fallen since 2019, when Israel began scrutinizing deals with Beijing under US pressure
By Tal Schneider
Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern speaks during a conference for Young Leadership programs, at Haifa University, on April 11, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 14, 2021, 10:36 pm
After Israel reported to hit Syria chemical site, minister says WMDs unacceptable
Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern refuses to directly comment on Washington Post story claiming Israel struck facilities after identifying Assad effort to restart program
By ToI Staff
Knesset Member Elazar Stern. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 14, 2021, 3:28 am
‘Didn’t even own a shredder’: Stern’s wife says he used ‘metaphor,’ got raw deal
Dorit Stern, whose minister husband Elazar withdrew Jewish Agency candidacy after boasting about shredding anonymous complaints against officers in IDF, says media ‘pounced’ on him
By ToI Staff
Yair Lapid (L) speaks with Tzipi Livni in the Knesset on December 3, 2014 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 13, 2021, 12:58 pm
Tzipi Livni could join race to head Jewish Agency, potentially backed by Lapid
If ex-foreign minister throws hat into the ring, she’s expected to get support of Michaeli and other ministers; nominating panel considering selecting woman for 1st time
By Shalom Yerushalmi and Tal Schneider
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