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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Eli Cohen (politician)

Power-generating solar panels on the rooftop of a house in central Israel. (Chen Leopold / Flash 90
August 7, 2024, 3:54 pm
Planning board sets rules for solar panels on new houses, nonresidential buildings
Panels to be mandatory for new detached homes with roofs of 100 m² and up, nonresidential buildings with roofs of 250 m² and up; energy minister: Apartment buildings next on list
By Sue Surkes
View of the Foreign Ministry's Jerusalem headquarters, July 10, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 7, 2024, 3:14 pm
Police raid Foreign Ministry over diplomatic passports for Likud bigwigs, PM’s son
Investigators search offices, seize evidence; former foreign minister Eli Cohen reported to have overridden staff to issue documents to individuals who were not eligible for them
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls US President Joe Biden from IDF's Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 14, 2024. (GPO)
July 4, 2024, 2:17 pm
Netanyahu to speak with Biden as Israel studies Hamas response to hostage deal offer
PM will hold meeting with negotiators, security cabinet to formulate response amid some optimism from senior officials
By Lazar Berman
Then-Foreign Minister Eli Cohen addresses the press at United Nations Headquarters, accompanied by family members of individuals kidnapped by Hamas, on October 24, 2023 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)
January 23, 2024, 10:10 pm
Saudi peace is possible without Palestinian state, says senior minister
Eli Cohen, who left the Foreign Ministry for Energy Ministry, says war emphasizes joint Iranian threat; argues against return to warm ties with Turkey as long as Erdogan rules
By Lazar Berman
Energy Minister Eli Cohen during a Knesset debate on January 3, 2024. (Screenshot/Knesset Channel; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 3, 2024, 6:08 pm
Knesset passes law requiring fealty pledge from diplomats
Legislation, panned as ‘hypocritical’ by opposition MK, requires envoys to swear ‘loyalty to the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state’
By Sam Sokol
Outgoing Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) and his replacement Israel Katz shake hands at the ceremony in Jerusalem marking the handover, January 2, 2024. (Shlomi Amsalem/Foreign Ministry)
January 2, 2024, 9:52 pm
New Foreign Minister Israel Katz: My priority is bringing hostages home
At handover ceremony, Katz says country is fighting its ‘World War III’; Eli Cohen highlights achievements during year in office
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (l) and Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman (r), during a hearing on January 1, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 1, 2024, 7:26 pm
Bill demanding fealty pledge from diplomats advances through Knesset
Legislation, which still needs to pass two more readings, would require envoys to swear ‘loyalty to the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd right) chairs a cabinet meeting at the the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Dec. 31, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 31, 2023, 2:49 pm
PM rejects South Africa’s claims of genocide, as Cyprus-Gaza sea corridor set to open
Netanyahu says IDF acting with unprecedented ‘morality’ in Strip, notes Hamas would ‘murder all of us if it could’; outgoing FM says humanitarian shipments can begin ‘immediately’
By Agencies
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) and Energy Minister Israel Katz. (Collage/AP)
December 31, 2023, 1:49 pm
Cabinet okays Israel Katz replacing Eli Cohen as foreign minister, in planned move
Change during wartime, while in keeping with rotation agreement, indicates that ‘the centers of diplomatic power lie elsewhere’ in the government, says expert
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) and Energy Minister Israel Katz. (Collage/AP)
December 28, 2023, 9:34 pm
Cabinet set to vote Sunday on replacing Eli Cohen with Israel Katz as FM
Per internal Likud agreement, foreign minister will swap roles with energy minister; Cohen says rotation is ‘strange’ during a war, but respects it
By Michael Horovitz
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen gives a press conference about a humanitarian aid corridor from the Cyprus to the war-torn Gaza Strip, in Larnaca, Cyprus on December 20, 2023. (Elisa Amouret / AFP)
December 20, 2023, 6:56 pm
In Cyprus, Foreign Minister Cohen backs plan to ‘fast track’ aid to Gaza via island
Cypriots propose establishing corridor to collect, inspect and store resources in Larnaca before shipping them to Palestinian enclave
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: Then-Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks during a press conference at the European Office of the United Nations, Palais des Nation, in Geneva on November 14, 2023. (Pierre Albouy / AFP)
December 19, 2023, 4:27 pm
Foreign Ministry says no issue with diplomatic passports for Likud bigwigs
Ministry deputy director Yossi Dayan says decisions to grant requests despite internal opposition were made for ‘specific reasons,’ including for PM’s son
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (R) meets with visiting French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on December 17, 2023 (Shlomi Amsalem/Foreign Ministry)
December 17, 2023, 1:39 pm
French FM urges ‘immediate and durable’ truce, which Cohen casts as ‘gift for Hamas’
In joint briefing, Colonna says Paris believes testimonies of Oct. 7 rape victims; Israeli counterpart says France could play major role in preventing war with Hezbollah
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a detention facility in southern Israel where Hamas operatives detained in the Gaza Strip are being questioned by the IDF's 504 human intelligence unit, December 13, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 13, 2023, 11:36 pm
Israeli leaders: War to go on until Hamas defeated, ‘with or without’ world’s approval
Netanyahu says ‘nothing will stop’ Gaza op, while FM Cohen tells visiting Australian minister ceasefire would be a ‘gift’ to Hamas; Washington welcomes recent humanitarian efforts
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
File: Then-Foreign Minister Eli Cohen during an interview in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 7, 2023, 11:53 pm
Report: FM arranged diplomatic passports for top Likudniks, sought one for PM’s son
Despite professionals’ recommendations, the prized documents were reportedly given to influential party officials; Cohen also said to have tried to arrange one for Yair Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
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