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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) of the Religious Zionism party talks to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 8:12 pm
Committee on Arab affairs to include 18 ministers and only one Arab official
Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are among the far-right members of the committee, which will devise policy on combating soaring wave of deadly crime in Arab community
By ToI Staff
Disinfecting the Knesset ahead of the swearing in of MKs amid the coronavirus crisis, March 16, 2020 (Knesset spokeswoman)
December 19, 2021, 11:39 am
9 Knesset members sent to quarantine after contact with suspected Omicron carrier
MKs from 7 parties told to self-isolate due to exposure to Knesset Channel reporter suspected of having new strain; parliament considering further restrictions to prevent spread
By ToI Staff
A man offers elderly Israelis hand sanitizer to desinfect their hands for fear of coronavirus, in Jerusalem on March 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
August 13, 2021, 1:49 am
Report: Ministers, legal adviser shot down proposed lockdown only for over-60s
Suggestion to order only those over 60 to stay home was floated at recent coronavirus cabinet meeting, but deputy attorney general warned legality was doubtful
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party at the Knesset, on July 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 5, 2021, 11:23 am
Like Lapid, Liberman also not attending coronavirus cabinet meetings
Finance minister says he has been busy preparing state budget; opposition MKs slam both ministers for ‘negligent’ attitude
By ToI Staff
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
July 14, 2021, 6:24 pm
Knesset rejects bill to provide compensation to Meron disaster victims
UTJ’s Ya’akov Asher’s proposal falls in a 59-55 vote; minister says government has not yet formulated its position on the issue
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approaches rival Benny Gantz as they and other party leaders including Avigdor Liberman and Aryeh Deri prepare to pose for a group picture during the swearing-in of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 3, 2019, 11:29 pm
As unity talks falter, details of proposed pact show annexation, 30 ministers
TV report lays out far-reaching deal said to be on table, which would include Netanyahu as PM for 3-6 months; Yisrael Beytenu said contemplating forcing unity on the sides
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, on October 27, 2019. (Elad Malka)
December 3, 2019, 7:32 pm
No progress on unity as Netanyahu-Gantz meeting breaks up after 45 minutes
Likud and Blue and White blame each other for stalemate with eight days to go to reach a coalition deal before new elections are called for 3rd time in a year
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu MKs Oded Forer and Hamad Amar at the Knesset on July 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 3, 2019, 3:49 pm
2 Yisrael Beytenu MKs said pressing Liberman to join right-wing government
Party leader says hard to decide whether fresh elections or narrow coalition is worse, understands why his lawmakers ‘rebelling’ against Blue and White’s conduct
By ToI Staff
Then-education minister Naftali Bennett and then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked from the New Right party at an election campaign tour in central Jerusalem on January 23, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 12, 2019, 3:50 pm
Fired: Shaked, Bennett & the 30 other MKs forced to add ‘former’ to their titles
New Right co-leaders are joined by 9 from Likud, 11 from Labor and 10 other lawmakers who ran in the 2019 elections but failed to make it into 21st Knesset
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze regional council heads at his office in Jerusalem to discuss the nation-state law on July 29, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 1, 2018, 8:19 pm
Netanyahu team presents plan to mollify Druze over nation-state law
Offer includes advancing legislation anchoring minority’s status in law; community leaders say they will consider proposal
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meets with Sheikh Muafak Tariff, spiritual leader of Israel's Druze community, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara (L) and other Druze leaders at his office in Jerusalem to discuss the nation-state law on July 27, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
July 27, 2018, 2:55 pm
Netanyahu meets with Druze leaders but won’t commit to changing nation-state law
PM expresses ‘great appreciation the State of Israel has for unique partnership’ with the minority group, says he will continue consultations
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center-right) meets with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (center-left), Communications Minister Ayoub Kara (3rd-left), Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (2nd-left), Kulanu MK Akram Hasson (left), Yisrael Beytenu MK Hamad Amar (right), Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (2nd-right) and his chief of staff Yoav Horowitz (3rd-right) on July 26, 2018. (Haim Tzach/GPO)
July 26, 2018, 4:53 pm
Netanyahu seeks to mollify Druze MKs enraged by nation-state law
PM says plan to be drawn up expressing Israel’s ‘deep commitment’ to community but mum on whether legislation will be altered amid criticism
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Sheikh Muwaffak Tarīf (2nd-Right), the spiritual leader of Israel's Druze community, in the village of Julis in northern Israel, on April 25, 2013 (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
July 25, 2018, 10:39 pm
Amid Druze outcry, Netanyahu calls meeting to examine nation-state law
While agreeing to meet next week with members of the minority group, prime minister says he won’t consider changing legislation
By Raoul Wootliff
Education Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Jewish Home faction meeting at the Knesset on February 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 25, 2018, 4:47 pm
Bennett: Government must ‘heal wound’ caused to Druze by nation-state law
Jewish Home head says legislation ‘necessary and just’ but must be ‘fixed’ to limit damage done to Israel-supporting, army-serving minority group
By Raoul Wootliff
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara speaks at a press conference about the Communications Ministry's move to shut down the Jerusalem office of Al Jazeera on August 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 23, 2018, 7:12 am
Druze minister gets death threats over Jewish state law, amid community protest
Shin Bet considers increasing security detail of Likud minister after he receives online and physical harassment over his vote in favor of controversial legislation
By Raoul Wootliff
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