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Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks during a conference in Haifa on January 12, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
March 12, 2023, 11:31 am
Security forces’ immunity bill paused after AG warns of potential prosecution abroad
Police minister Ben Gvir accuses Baharav-Miara of ‘automatically’ opposing soldier-focused legislation, prompting Likud to delay its advancement by a week
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Palestinians confront Israeli soldiers while waving Palestinian flags in the center of the town of Huwara, in the West Bank, March 2, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 5:30 pm
Ministers to weigh legal immunity for troops; critics warn they risk Hague charges
Far-right Otzma Yehudit lawmaker’s bill would protect security forces from prosecution for any actions during operational activities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: An Israeli soldier conducts a COVID-19 antibody test on a boy in Hadera, Israel, Monday, August 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 29, 2022, 1:33 pm
Can you judge your COVID immunity with an antibody test? Israeli research says yes
Team says such tests could be used as a screening tool for the allocation of the first batches of updated vaccines, once these arrive
By Nathan Jeffay
A healthcare worker holds doses of the coronavirus vaccine in Jerusalem on November 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 18, 2022, 7:11 pm
COVID reinfections far higher for recovered patients who shun vaccine: Israeli study
Natural immunity alone much weaker than recovery-plus-shot, mass peer-reviewed research finds; before Omicron, those with ‘hybrid’ protection were 82% less likely to be reinfected
By Nathan Jeffay
Hadassah Ein Kerem team members wearing safety gear as they work in the hospital's coronavirus ward, on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2021, 8:50 pm
Study: COVID recovery gave Israelis longer-lasting Delta defense than vaccines
The variant was 27 times more likely to break through Pfizer protection from January-February and cause symptoms than it was to penetrate natural immunity from the same period
By Nathan Jeffay
In this March 29, 2021 file photo, a worker readies syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Metairie, LA. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
August 6, 2021, 11:28 pm
US CDC study shows vaccine gives COVID-19 survivors big immune boost
Unvaccinated survivors more than twice as likely to get reinfected, research indicates, dispelling belief that recovered are largely immune, particularly with new variants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and Mike Stobbe
A rhesus macaque. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
July 3, 2020, 10:43 am
Chinese study shows 6 monkeys infected with coronavirus had short-term immunity
Unclear how long such immunity could last in humans; some reports of people possibly becoming reinfected, though there is speculation these are test-related issues
By AFP
MK Haim Katz (C) talking to MKs Ahmed Tibi (L) and Ofer Kassif during a hearing of the Knesset House Committee on Katz's request for parliamentary immunity from corruption charges, February 4, 2020. (Adina Velman/Knesset)
February 4, 2020, 3:20 pm
Ahead of immunity vote, Haim Katz tries to persuade MKs of his innocence
In final debate on granting former welfare minister parliamentary immunity, lawyer argues indictment based on ‘confusion’ over which conflict of interest rules apply to MKs
By Raoul Wootliff
Likud MK Shlomo Karai at the Knesset plenum, ahead of the opening Knesset session of the new government on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 4, 2020, 8:49 am
Likud MK seeks annulment of PM’s indictment, saying there are faults in process
Shlomo Karai insists amended charges must be resubmitted, despite 45-day stay on submissions requested by prosecutor — which could pave way for Netanyahu to start new immunity bid
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Haim Katz attends a debate on his request for immunity at the Knesset House Committee, January 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 30, 2020, 2:49 pm
AG opening immunity panel for MK Haim Katz: Don’t become ‘refuge for criminals’
In first of 2 committee debates before vote, Mandelblit says former minister exercised authority ‘while in a serious conflict of interest’; Katz: ‘He is turning me into a crook’
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting at the Knesset with parties in his right-wing bloc on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
January 28, 2020, 6:21 pm
Blue and White claims Netanyahu trial will ‘break’ right-wing bloc’s backing
Officials in opposition party say filing of an indictment against the prime minister ‘changes calculations after the elections, for sure’; Yamina denies any change in support
By Raoul Wootliff
MKs vote on the formation of the Knesset House Committee, January 28, 2020. (Yitzhak Harrari/Knesset)
January 28, 2020, 2:24 pm
Opposition forms key panel as MKs claim victory over PM’s abandoned immunity bid
After Netanyahu drops attempt to avoid trial, lawmakers vote to establish House Committee to deal with immunity request of Likud’s Haim Katz, also facing indictment
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
January 28, 2020, 2:22 pm
Netanyahu indicted for corruption in three cases, in first for a sitting PM
Move comes hours after premier abandons bid for immunity from prosecution; sources close to PM say he is ‘the target of obsessive persecution’
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 28, 2020, 10:17 am
Netanyahu abandons his immunity bid, paving way for an indictment within days
PM denounces ‘immunity circus’ while he is in US on ‘historic mission’; Gantz says premier can’t run the country while fighting to clear his name in the 3 graft cases against him
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud party campaign event at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on January 21, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 27, 2020, 10:03 am
Netanyahu mulls pulling immunity request as Knesset pushes ahead
Right-wing bloc to boycott Tuesday Knesset vote on forming panel to discuss and likely reject immunity, leaving prime minister vulnerable to indictment before election day
By Raoul Wootliff
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