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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Hanoch Milwidsky

Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 12, 2024, 6:29 pm
Compromising images of Likud lawmaker sent to Knesset offices by anonymous email
Report says photos deleted from Knesset system after a recipient alerted IT department; MK Milwidsky says ‘fabricated’ pictures circulated to tarnish his reputation
By Sam Sokol
MK Hanoch Milwidsky attends a committee hearing at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 2:48 pm
Likud MK urges public to avoid courts in same way they avoid rocket-battered north
Hanoch Milwidsky skeptical time is ripe for renewed judicial overhaul push, but thinks people who are ‘not progressive’ should dump courts for arbitration or rabbinic tribunals
By ToI Staff
People in Tel Aviv walk by photographs of hostages held in Gaza, on May 28, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 31, 2024, 3:16 pm
Government sacrificing hostages, families say, following fraught Hanegbi meet
Top Netanyahu aide reportedly told families moves being driven by polling; Likud MK apologizes after accusing hostage’s brother of using situation to promote political agenda
By ToI Staff
Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 2:49 pm
Hardline MKs demand review of alleged IDF report on settler violence
Right-wing members of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee rail against ‘comprehensive and false’ campaign against settlers, say it causes ‘enormous political damage’
By Sam Sokol
Newly elected head of the Israel Bar Association Amit Becher, center, with members of the IBA's election committee during a press conference in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 5, 2023, 4:19 pm
Knesset passes preliminary reading of bill to sap Bar Association of key powers
Weeks after government opponent elected as IBA head, legislation would hand its seats on politically fraught judge-selecting panel to a new body controlled by the government
By Michael Bachner
Newly elected head of the Israeli Bar Association Amit Becher at a press conference for the announcement of the election results for the Israeli Bar Association in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 1, 2023, 10:32 pm
Bar Association chief: Lawyers could shut down courts if his organization is neutered
Amit Becher denounces proposal to strip legal group of its powers in favor of body that would be appointed by government as ‘thuggish, anti-democratic and absurd’
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky speaks during a Knesset Finance Committee hearing, February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 7:34 pm
Government backs bill to siphon off most of Israel Bar Association’s powers
Licensing, bar exams and sanctioning lawyers are among powers to be transferred to a new Lawyers Council; current text would also strip IBA of seats on judge-selecting panel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Lawyers vote in the Israel Bar Association election at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 8:38 pm
Hours after losing battle for Bar Association, Likud moves to void its power
Ministerial committee to discuss legislation to strip group of licensing power, and possibly to end its participation in key Judicial Selection Committee
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif, left, argues with Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky, right, at a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting in Jerusalem on June 19, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 19, 2023, 3:07 pm
‘Go rape another one,’ ‘worthless terror supporter’: MKs trade barbs at Knesset
Coalition lawmakers threaten to act against youth village for hosting Israeli-Palestinian group’s summer camp, with one of them verbally clashing with Hadash-Ta’al MK
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky attends a Knesset Constitution Committee meeting, March 13, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 7:20 pm
Likud said to pull draft bill proposing to neuter Israel Bar Association
Netanyahu reportedly halts legislation because it would impact contentious judge selection panel; MK Milwidsky on Tuesday requested to pull offending clause
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 24, 2023, 8:25 pm
PM vows to pursue ‘broad consensus’ on judiciary after overhaul revival spurs outcry
Netanyahu reiterates hope that negotiations over judicial shakeup can lead to deal, but member of his Likud party casts doubt that talks will go anywhere
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks during an event at Airport City, March 20, 2023. (Flash90)
March 21, 2023, 7:43 pm
Ethics panel sanctions Likud MK for blaming terror attack on Supreme Court chief
Railing at decision, Tally Gotliv vows to skip votes until she can again speak in plenum, committees; 2 other Likud MKs, Hadash-Ta’al leader also punished for various incidents
By ToI Staff
'Without democracy, there is no high tech,' 'Even without ChatGPT, we know that you are wrong' and 'No freedom, no high-tech' -- tech workers protest judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 19, 2023, 3:34 pm
Business leaders warn Likud MKs: Judicial overhaul already harming economy
Industry heads meet with members of Netanyahu’s party, urge halt to legislation until compromise reached; Bitan: Overhaul must stop for talks within party
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky speaks during a House Committee hearing at the Knesset on January 9, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)
January 9, 2023, 9:16 pm
Likud MK: ‘In the Jewish state, I prefer Jewish murderers over Arab murderers’
In debate on coalition bill to revoke citizenship of convicted terrorists who receive payment from PA, Hanoch Milwidsky claims there have never been Jewish terrorists
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich, seen after a coalition meeting with Shas head Aryeh Deri outside his home in Jerusalem on November 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2022, 8:43 pm
Coalition talks said stalled over Smotrich demand for Defense Ministry
Religious Zionism leader reportedly hasn’t spoken with Netanyahu since last week, with impasse delaying negotiations; Ben Gvir, gunning for public security portfolio, meets top cop
By ToI Staff
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