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Likud MK Sharren Haskel arrives for a court hearing at the Court of the Likud Movement in Tel Aviv on January 8, 2018. (Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 7:27 pm
Likud court rejects bid to oust MK over opposition to Shabbat bill
Judges urge Sharren Haskel to reconsider vote, but slam coalition chairman Amsalem for seeking to expel her from party
By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK David Amsalem during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 5:48 pm
Ahead of Shabbat bill ballot, Netanyahu says a ‘no’ vote betrays coalition
Opposition plans 14-hour filibuster on controversial proposal, as coalition heads into vote with just 59 MKs backing legislation
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
MK Motti Yogev at a meeting of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, June 14, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 10:33 am
Shabbat bill threatened as death of MK’s mother shakes coalition majority
For second week, bereaved Knesset member complicates math needed for government to secure final approval of controversial measure to shutter stores on Jewish day of rest
By Raoul Wootliff
An 'AM PM' convenience store, which open on Shabbat, in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2016. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
January 7, 2018, 4:52 pm
Coalition heads reach compromise on Shabbat bill, but majority not guaranteed
Amended bill would allow gas station's convenience stores to stay open on Jewish day of rest but would not exempt tourist city of Eilat as some MKs had hoped
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 7, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)
January 7, 2018, 2:56 pm
Likud ministers spar with PM over bid to oust MK for opposing Shabbat bill
With Sharren Haskel facing possible ejection from party, Netanyahu doubles down on legislation that would shutter mini-markets on Jewish day of rest
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox women working at the Malam Group IT company in the settlement of Beitar Illit, August 19, 2009. (Nati Shohat/Flash90/File)
December 18, 2017, 12:14 am
Cabinet sets minimum quota of 7% public sector jobs for ultra-Orthodox
Over next three years, religious sector to gain greater representation in government work in effort to integrate community
By TOI staff
This combination of pictures shows US producer Harvey Weinstein and (1st row from L) US actress Rose McGowan, US actress Angelina Jolie, Italian actress Asia Argento, US actress Gwyneth Paltrow, US actress Ashley Judd; (2nd row fromL) French actress Lea Seydoux, US actress Mira Sorvino, US actress Rosanna Arquette, US actress Louisette Geiss, British actress Kate Beckinsale; (3rd row fromL) Television reporter Lauren Sivan, US actress Jessica Barth, US producer Elizabeth Karlsen, French actress Emma De Caunes, and French actress Judith Godreche (AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA AND AFP PHOTO / STAFF)
October 18, 2017, 3:30 pm
Breaking their silence
The #MeToo campaign, raising awareness for sexual harassment amid increasing allegations against Weinstein, makes its way to the pages of one daily
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on October 15, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
October 15, 2017, 4:43 pm
PM pledges West Bank bypass roads for settlers
Netanyahu says funds will be found even if he has to take them from all ministries, but some settler leaders accuse him of empty promises
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from right) presides over the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem, October 15, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
October 15, 2017, 4:21 pm
Cabinet approves controversial expansion of political appointments
Directors of large ministries will receive the right to appoint deputies in move that backers say will aid good government
By Sue Surkes
Children wearing traditional outfits wait before a march marking one year since the death of Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in Sighetu Marmatiei, northern Romania, Sunday, September 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
September 11, 2017, 1:11 pm
Protesting anti-Semitism, hundreds retrace Elie Wiesel’s path to deportation
A year after the death of the Holocaust-surviving author and activist, international dignitaries join residents of his hometown in Romania to celebrate his legacy
By Yaakov Schwartz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 30, 2017. (Ohad Zweigenberg/POOL)
August 6, 2017, 6:33 pm
More Likud support emerges for Netanyahu, but key allies mum
Gilad Erdan says claims of guilt are 'ludicrous'; PM's rival Gilad Sa'ar says 'no grounds' for Netanyahu to resign now
By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman
IDF Sgt. Elor Azaria, a soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting an injured, disarmed Palestinian attacker in Hebron, seen during an appeal hearing at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2017. (FLASH90)
July 31, 2017, 2:33 pm
As Azaria case roils politicians, IDF ethicist slams soft sentence
Army ethics code drafter Asa Kasher says only 18 months for Hebron shooter sends 'terrible message'; opposition party leaders say politicians should butt out
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, February 19, 2017. (Olivier Fitoussi/Pool)
March 21, 2017, 11:30 am
Kahlon says coalition crisis over new broadcaster is ‘all spin’
Netanyahu's threat of new elections surprised the finance minister, he says; Likud minister warns her ruling party could lose
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of elderly men playing backgammon at a country club in northern Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 14, 2017, 11:28 pm
By law, Israelis over 80 can now skip to front of lines
Legislation allows elderly to ask to be served first at public offices, stores
By Sue Surkes
Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion prepare for a hike as part of their training on September 3, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 8, 2017, 8:52 am
Rabbi comes under fire after deriding ‘crazy’ female troops
Defense minister says he will reconsider position of Yigal Levinstein as head of pre-army academy; female general calls comments 'infuriating'
By TOI staff
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