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Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi

Former Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (right) tours the The Holy Family Hospital in Nazareth with Health Minister Moshe Arbel of the Shas party, July 4, 2023. (Social media screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 3, 2023, 4:04 pm
Ex-Meretz MK who voted against her own coalition takes job with current gov’t – reports
Calls made for police bribery probe of Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, who helped expedite the demise of Bennett-Lapid coalition, over reports she has taken a position in Interior Ministry
By Jeremy Sharon
Zehava Galon speaks at a launch event of the 'Mehazkim' movement in Tel Aviv on August 24, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2022, 12:25 am
Former Meretz chief Zehava Galon to launch fresh bid to lead party — report
According to Kan, the ex-chairwoman has been convinced by officials that her return to leadership could be key to the party’s survival
By ToI Staff
Outgoing Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg attends a discussion regarding violence in Arab society on May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2022, 2:20 pm
MK Zandberg to take political time out, in latest resignation from left-wing Meretz
Former party chair commits to serving out term as environmental protection minister, but says she’s ready to depart political ‘wheel of fame’
By Michael Horovitz
Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2022, 11:35 pm
Meretz minister says he won’t run in next election, urges party chair to step aside
Esawi Frej insists he’ll remain active in public service to strengthen left-wing bloc, Jewish-Arab partnership; argues that Horowitz failed leadership test
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then justice minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset on December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 23, 2022, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing June 23: Rebels, kingmakers & unlikely reunions as coalition unravels
Carrie Keller-Lynn updates us on the coalition’s collapse; Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman projects forward, and one of the world’s oldest mosques is found
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (L) speaks with Ra'am MK Mazen Ghanaim (R) during a Knesset discussion on a bill to renew the application of some Israeli law to settlers, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2022, 8:17 pm
Rebel Ra’am, Meretz MKs bow out of their parties after turbulent stints
Mazen Ghanaim to leave national politics and become mayor of Sakhnin; Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi not ruling out run with different party in coming vote
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, second-right, attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 21, 2022, 7:28 pm
Knesset appears to kill bill that would bar Netanyahu from becoming premier
Knesset presidium refuses to add legislation banning person charged with serious offenses from becoming PM to measure dissolving Knesset and calling new elections
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach seen leaving the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, where he met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, June 12, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 16, 2022, 10:36 am
Yamina rebel Orbach said nearing deal to defect to Likud
Report says lawmaker was promised 19th spot on Likud’s electoral slate for next election, plus a ministerial role; coalition fears preliminary Knesset dispersal vote next week
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset during a '40 signatures debate' in the plenum hall on June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2022, 10:56 pm
Bennett warns coalition will collapse within a week or two unless MKs end rebellion
On 1st anniversary of taking power, PM says ruling bloc members ‘haven’t internalized’ importance of the hour; Netanyahu claims premier fighting for his job, not the country
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach seen leaving the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, after meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, June 12, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2022, 6:28 pm
Yamina MK Nir Orbach quits coalition; PM admits it could collapse ‘in a week or two’
Departing MK puts gov’t into minority; claims Arab MKs Ghanaim, Zoabi held it hostage; won’t yet vote for elections but will work to form alternative gov’t with ‘patriotic spirit’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (2nd right) and Yair Lapid (C) at the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 12, 2022 (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/POOL)
June 12, 2022, 2:09 pm
Bennett, Lapid in unity plea as coalition teeters: ‘We won’t give up on our country’
PM, Yamina’s Orbach meet again; Sa’ar advances contentious settler law bill; Meretz leadership to discuss rebel MK Rinawie Zoabi; Ra’am seems to prep for wayward MK Ghanaim’s exit
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, President Reuven Rivlin and ministers pose for a group photo of the newly sworn-in government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2022, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Jun 12: That’s the way the coalition crumbles?; Israel-bashing report
Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn tries to make sense of Knesset chaos; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on what’s in a label and what Baltic states learn from Israel
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 12, 2022, 6:49 am
Rebel Meretz MK says she’s ‘lost faith’ in coalition leaders
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi indicates she won’t submit to pressure to quit; coalition also dealing with threats from the right, with Bennett set to meet Sunday with Yamina MK Orbach
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi in the Knesset plenum on May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2022, 5:37 pm
Meretz activists protest outside rebel MK’s home, call for her resignation
Report says left-wing party and fellow coalition faction Ra’am have told PM they’ve lost control of Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi and Mazen Ghanaim
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 15, 2022 (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2022, 9:37 pm
Lapid warns rebel MKs ‘will pay a price’ as polls show Netanyahu strength
Latest surveys have former PM’s current opposition bloc at 60 seats; Yamina’s Orbach said to give Bennett ultimatum to solve voting problems with Meretz, Ra’am within a week
By ToI Staff
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