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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 476

Eli Ben Dahan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, June 30, 2019. (Oded Balilty/AP)
August 11, 2019, 3:08 pm
Reeling from the last election’s failures, Netanyahu turns on the right
Into the weeds of the prime minister’s narrowing electoral prospects, as a cornered political animal seeks to carve a path to victory at the right’s expense
By Haviv Rettig Gur
The Otzma Yehudit party's Michael Ben Ari (L) and Itamar Ben Gvir attend the Central Elections Committee for the 21st Knesset elections during a session to discuss a petition to disqualify them from running in the elections, at the Knesset, March 6, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 7:32 pm
Elections committee approves candidacy of Otzma Yehudit’s Ben Ari, Ben Gvir
Representatives narrowly strike down petition to disqualify far-right party head and deputy over incitement to racism, going against AG’s recommendation
By Jacob Magid
Michael Ben Ari, center, Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Lehava chair Benzi Gopstein, all of the Otzma Yehudit party, at an event in Jerusalem marking the 27th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Meir Kahane, November 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 1:26 am
AG recommends banning Otzma Yehudit leader from elections, but okays his deputy
Central Elections Committee to rule Wednesday on eligibility of ex-MK Michael Ben Ari; if it accepts AG’s position, Itamar Ben Gvir could be on course for Knesset
By Jacob Magid
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan speaks during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on January 19, 2017.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 5, 2019, 11:44 pm
Elections Committee clears Jewish Home MK’s run on Likud ticket
Committee members approve Eli Ben Dahan’s placement on Netanyahu’s roster as part of electoral deal between the two parties that brought in extremist party
By ToI Staff
Representatives of the Central Elections Committee, February 20, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 5, 2019, 10:38 am
AG rejects bids to bar Arab parties and far-right Jewish alliance from elections
Mandelblit unpersuaded by claims Ra’am-Balad and Hadash-Ta’al seek to eliminate Israel, ultranationalists are a threat to equality; further petitions against Otzma Yehudit remain
By Stuart Winer
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan speaks during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on January 19, 2017.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 21, 2019, 11:15 pm
Likud joins with defunct party to sidestep legal challenges to Jewish Home deal
Jewish Home MK Eli Ben Dahan, now technically a member of expired platform Achi, will temporarily run with Likud before rejoining his own party after elections
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a gathering of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in Jerusalem on February 18, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 21, 2019, 6:47 pm
PM’s plan to run Jewish Home candidate on Likud slate faces legal appeals
MK Eli Ben Dahan named as the cross-over political candidate; petitioners say running one party’s lawmaker on another party’s ticket is a form of election fraud
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, left, and Education Minister Nafatli Bennett announce the establishment of the New Right (HaYamin HeHadash) party at a press conference in Tel Aviv on December 29, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 30, 2018, 9:59 am
Bennett, Shaked said to plan to reunite with Jewish Home after elections
Two parties will reportedly run separately in April ballot before uniting for coalition talks with expected winner Netanyahu, in move to help grow the far-right’s Knesset bloc
By ToI Staff
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan speaks during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on January 19, 2017.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 18, 2018, 8:35 pm
After Jewish Home anger, Netanyahu says he’ll reappoint deputy defense minister
PM had pushed off vote to reinstate Eli Ben Dahan, who automatically lost job with Liberman’s resignation
By Raoul Wootliff
Jewish Home party member Eli Ben-Dahan at a Knesset plenum session on July 7, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 18, 2018, 4:47 pm
Jewish Home seethes as Netanyahu ‘dismisses’ deputy defense minister
Deepening crisis, PM pushes off vote to reinstate Eli Ben Dahan after he automatically loses job with Liberman’s resignation
By Raoul Wootliff
Israeli security forces inspect a building that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on October 17, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 17, 2018, 7:16 pm
EU says rocket fire toward Israel ‘completely unacceptable’
European body says the firing of missiles from Gaza must stop immediately, and that only a political solution can bring an end to ‘the cycle of violence and despair’
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
An Iron Dome anti-missile battery is seen near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on December 27, 2014. (Flash90)
October 17, 2018, 5:40 pm
Israel to place Iron Dome battery in Beersheba area after Gaza rocket fire
Deputy defense minister says air defense system could be deployed to southern city as soon as Wednesday evening
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Friends and family mourn at the funeral of 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem on July 27, 2018. Ovadya was murdered near his home in the settlement of Adam when a teenage Palestinian stabbed him and wounded two other Jews in a terror attack on July 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2018, 2:29 pm
Eulogizing terror victim Yotam Ovadia at funeral, ministers lay blame on PA
Tourism Minister Levin, deputy DM Ben Dahan tell hundreds of mourners Palestinian Authority will pay for incitement that led to killing of father of two at Adam settlement
By Jacob Magid
Knesset member Yael German at a committee meeting in the Knesset on January 1, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 12, 2018, 5:42 pm
MK slammed for likening ‘Jewish State bill’ to Nazi-era evil
Yesh Atid’s Yael German says she learned in Majdanek that ‘one cannot remain silent in the face of injustices against minorities’
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
A Defense Ministry unit detonates mines near the Karnei Shomron settlement in the northern West Bank. (Screen capture/Defense Ministry)
April 3, 2018, 7:33 pm
Defense Ministry clears minefield near settlement, pledges new housing on site
Detonation of buried bombs near Karnei Shomron part of broader project to blow up some 2,200 landmines across West Bank, ostensibly making way for more building
By Jacob Magid
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