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Left to right: MK Idan Roll during a Knesset House Committee meeting on January 14, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Adi Ezuz (Courtesy)
August 10, 2025, 12:06 pm
MK Idan Roll, former deputy foreign minister, quits Knesset and leaves politics
Ex-Yesh Atid member, who left party in January, expresses thanks for opportunity to advance LGBTQ rights; seat to be filled by women’s rights activist Adi Ezuz
By Sam Sokol
MK Idan Roll during a Knesset House Committee meeting on January 14, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
January 14, 2025, 6:52 pm
Knesset approves MK Idan Roll’s request to leave Yesh Atid party
Rebel lawmaker slams Yair Lapid’s ‘divisive and polarizing’ leadership, derides Yesh Atid as ‘a closed party headed by a single leader’
By Sam Sokol
Then-Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll arrives at the opening session of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 3:57 pm
Right-leaning Yesh Atid MK says he’s leaving party to form ‘constructive opposition’
Idan Roll, who has been in Knesset since 2019, says October 7 should be a wake-up call; opposition slams move as vote theft, while government members urge him to join coalition
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 5:11 pm
Justice minister urges High Court not to issue reasonableness law ruling during war
After bombshell leaking of draft decision to void key judicial overhaul law, far-right MK Cohen says move would be ‘call for civil war’; justices said to convene emergency meeting
By Jeremy Sharon, Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Minister David Amsalem speaks during a plenum session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on July 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2023, 1:28 pm
Likud minister mocked for saying ‘it’s my job’ to name friends to government posts
David Amsalem says he prefers to put forward people he knows well; Labor’s Michaeli calls his attitude ‘corruption at its best’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Albanian counterpart Edi Rama alongside their teams at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 23, 2022, 8:54 pm
Citing common threat from Iran, Lapid pledges cyberdefense help to Albania
PM Edi Ram, on three-day visit, is eager to bolster his country’s protection after Tehran blamed for online attacks
By Lazar Berman
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama (C) lands in Israel for a three-day visit on October 23, 2022. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
October 23, 2022, 3:21 pm
After cutting ties with Iran, Albanian PM arrives in Israel to talk cybersecurity
Edi Rama blames Tehran for series of attacks in July, will meet with Israel’s cyber czar; Dutch PM also slated to land this week
By Lazar Berman
From left, journalist Nurit Canetti, Yisrael Beytenu's Sharon Roffe-Ofir, Labor's Gilad Kariv, Meretz's Michal Rozin, Jewish Home's Yomtob Kalfon, Yesh Atid's Idan Roll, Religious Zionism's Ohad Tal and Blue-and-White's Alon Tal, appear on stage during an election event on Israel-Diaspora ties at Tel Aviv's ANU Museum of the Jewish People on October 19, 2022. (Barak Sela/Reut Group/Courtesy)
October 21, 2022, 7:08 am
For a brief moment, frayed Israel-Diaspora ties take center stage in election debate
Labor’s Kariv says party will demand pluralistic policies in coalition deals; Religious Zionism’s Ohad Tal presents friendlier face to Jews abroad, but can’t back it up with plans
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Israelis participate in a triathlon in the Israeli city of Eilat, on December 1, 2017. (Anat Hermony/Flash90)
October 2, 2022, 3:15 pm
Jordanian triathlon event bars Israelis from competing over alleged security fears
Israel’s deputy foreign minister says formal diplomatic rebuke unnecessary; athletes missed chance for points toward 2024 Olympic Games qualification
By ToI Staff
Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll attends a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on December 1, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 15, 2022, 7:48 pm
Deputy FM: Israel won’t get US backing if Ben Gvir, Smotrich manage the country
Idan Roll tells high school students Israel’s global standing will suffer if far right Religious Zionism is part of next coalition; polls show it on track to be third-biggest party
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert talks about Iran hacking techniques, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
September 13, 2022, 11:57 am
Israel offers cyber aid to Albania, which severed Iran ties over hacking claim
Deputy FM Idan Roll relays Jerusalem’s backing for Tirana’s move and vows to ‘tighten’ relationship between two countries
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll gives a webinar on effective hasbara, or public diplomacy, to activists following the end of Operation Breaking Dawn, August 8, 2022. (Courtesy Office of Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll)
August 9, 2022, 10:17 am
‘Public diplomacy gives us time, legitimacy’ in army ops, deputy FM tells activists
Foreign Ministry holds webinar for ‘hasbara’ activists, says it is focusing on getting information out on social media to apply pressure on conventional media
By Jeremy Sharon
Joe Biden, right, stands in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting between then-US president Barack Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia, on September 4, 2015, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
July 11, 2022, 6:54 pm
Biden to bring tidings of progress on Saudi-Israel ties, senior diplomat hints
Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll tells reporters that normalization won’t happen overnight, but there will be some announcement on movement while US president is in Jeddah
By Lazar Berman
Joint List party members Ahmad Tibi, left, and Ofer Cassif during a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem August 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2022, 12:36 am
Police reportedly seeking criminal probes of Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif
In recent events caught on video, Cassif seen hitting cop as security forces block his vehicle, while Tibi is accused of obstructing police by helping a suspect escape arrest
By ToI Staff
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
May 2, 2022, 10:12 am
Israel demands apology for Russian FM’s ‘unforgivable’ claim Hitler had Jewish blood
Bennett blasts Lavrov’s ‘lies’ as FM summons envoy for ‘clarification’; Lavrov had defended ‘denazification’ of Zelensky-run Ukraine by saying ‘some of worst antisemites are Jews’
By ToI Staff
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