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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Haim Bibas

Education minister Yoav Kisch attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 11:02 pm
High school teachers go on strike Sunday after talks founder on eve of school year
Crisis talks don’t yield breakthrough; Education Minister Kisch slams union head Ran Erez and Finance Minister Smotrich, says both ‘want this strike’ and are locked in ‘ego battle’
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Likud MKs Tally Gotliv, left, and Moshe Saada attend a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 18, 2024; they both expressed opposition to the so-called "Rabbis Bill." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 10:28 pm
PM boots rebel MKs from committee, insists on urgent vote on jobs-for-rabbis law
Otzma Yehudit accuses Shas of making ‘political deal’ with Arabs to pass controversial bill; ultra-Orthodox party slams ‘lies’ and ‘blackmail,’ demands coalition partner’s support
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee discusses a bill to expand the number of municipal rabbis across the country, June 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 2:02 pm
Knesset panel pushes off vote on contentious bill expanding Chief Rabbinate’s influence
Likud MKs object to promoting law during wartime; with municipalities expected to shoulder part of the cost, mayors express outrage, demand funds go to help residents during war
By Sam Sokol
MK Eli Dallal leads a joint meeting of the Special Committee for the Rights of the Child and the Special Committee for Combating Drug and Alcohol Abuse at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 17, 2024, 3:21 pm
Likud MKs slam revival of bill expanding Chief Rabbinate’s influence
MK charges Religious Zionism party reintroduced bill ‘like thieves in the night’; it would create hundreds of publicly funded jobs for Orthodox rabbis, erode women’s role
By Sam Sokol
Left to right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at an announcement in Jerusalem on August 20, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 20, 2023, 5:10 pm
Cabinet okays $843m development plan for East Jerusalem, while other funds withheld
Move comes as local authorities call for nationwide two-hour strike on Monday in solidarity with Arab towns across country that are protesting ongoing budget freeze by Smotrich
By ToI Staff
Arab citizens protest the budget cut in the Arab sector, outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023. Banner reads 'Objecting to cutting budgets protesting for life.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2023, 9:22 am
Arab towns plan Jerusalem rally, strike action over Smotrich’s freeze on funds
General strike set for next week; mayors say they won’t let school year start unless government transfers needed millions
By ToI Staff
File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
August 8, 2023, 11:22 am
Amid rising accusations of racism, Smotrich adamant funds for Arab towns will be cut
Far-right finance minister says he has Netanyahu’s backing to halt East Jerusalem funding, alleges money earmarked for Arab authorities goes to organized crime
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 17, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 18, 2023, 9:28 pm
Smotrich said to want millions from Arab economic plan to cover yeshiva stipends
Finance minister reportedly orders drawing funds from economic development plan to cover stipends demanded by ultra-Orthodox parties; local authorities chief asks PM to block move
By ToI Staff
Modiin Mayor and Federation of Local Authorities chair Haim Bibas, left, speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Rosh Hashanah toast event for municipal leaders at Airport City, August 30, 2018. (Flash90)
May 17, 2023, 1:21 pm
Veteran Netanyahu ally: Government ‘captive of extremists’ who will wreck Likud
In scathing attack, Modiin Mayor Haim Bibas says coalition ‘launched every move on the wrong foot’; criticizes judicial overhaul push, tax redirection plan
By Michael Bachner
Hizky Sivak of the Emek Hefer Regional Council is taken out by Knesset guards from a Finance Committee meeting and a vote on the Arnona Fund at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 4:41 pm
Lawmakers scuffle in Knesset over municipal tax plan as Arab communities join strike
Smotrich looking to compel cities to end strike that has shuttered schools and services in dozens of towns; Labor MK threatens to go to court, says move discriminates against Arabs
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 9:36 am
Several major municipalities strike over coalition plan to redistribute local taxes
Cites including Tel Aviv, Holon, Ashdod, Haifa shut schools, halt garbage collection and welfare services; ex-welfare minister: Many areas need aid, but not with ‘ugly hijacking’
By ToI Staff
Federation of Local Authorities chair and mayor of Modiin Haim Bibas speaks at a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on May 14, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
May 14, 2023, 5:33 pm
Mayors call sweeping strike Monday to protest being forced to share municipal taxes
Coalition plans to create a tax fund that will draw resources from wealthier communities and redistribute them to poor or more far-flung localities
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Illustrative (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 23, 2023, 9:12 am
Local authorities strike kicks off, shuttering schools around country
Small number of municipalities, led by Jerusalem, not participating in action called over dispute over funding of education system
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv, following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 22, 2023, 9:03 pm
‘Significant disruptions’ expected Thursday amid national school strike
Primary and secondary school teachers and education professionals to join local authorities’ general strike amid ongoing wage, budget negotiations with Finance Ministry
By Harry Roper and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox students in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov neighborhood on August 9, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2023, 6:53 am
Battle over municipal funding for Haredi schools foreshadows local election showdown
Prominent ultra-Orthodox MK’s threat to mayors could backfire, as factions mobilize to address what some see as a threat to the secular way of life
By Tal Schneider
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