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Israeli government 2020

Chief Justice Esther Hayut, hearing petitions against the position of alternate prime minister at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2020, 9:51 pm
High Court signals it could nullify legislation at core of Netanyahu-Gantz deal
In dramatic move that could send Israel to elections or even a constitutional crisis, judges give government 21 days to defend Basic Law changes propping up power-sharing coalition
By Michael Bachner
Chief Justice Esther Hayut (R) and High Court Justice Hanan Melcer arrive to a hearing on petitions against the position of alternate prime minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2020, 5:31 pm
High Court swats ‘political’ challenges to legality of alternate PM post
Chief justice says petitioners must make legal arguments about why Netanyahu-Gantz power-sharing deal should be struck down, but no ruling announced
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2020. (Flash90)
June 11, 2020, 3:26 pm
Netanyahu, ministers convene to weigh new restrictions amid virus outbreak
As cases of infection mount, and after government holds back on easing some measures, officials will discuss resumption of trains, limiting public gatherings
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz after the presentation of the 35th government of Israel at the Knesset, May 17, 2020. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
June 9, 2020, 5:13 pm
High Court says it will hear petition against Gantz’s post of alternate PM
Likud says striking down legislation anchoring new government’s power-sharing mechanism will trigger new elections; watchdog group alleges it changes Israel’s regime system
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and then-finance minister Yair Lapid during a press conference on a major reform of Israel's ports, in Jerusalem on July 3, 2013. (Flash90)
April 27, 2020, 4:34 pm
Lapid says he’d vote with Netanyahu to stop Gantz becoming PM in rotation deal
In dramatic step, Yesh Atid leader says that to prevent his ex-running mate taking over as PM, he’d join forces with Likud leader to reverse law anchoring power-sharing agreement
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Illustrative; Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Southern Front Commander Yigal Allon (to his right) and Yitzhak Rabin (between them) pictured on the southern front during the 1948 War of Independence. (IDF / Wikipedia)
April 27, 2020, 2:34 pm
Meanwhile, in other news, Israel’s Labor Party is finished
The party of Ben-Gurion, Eshkol, Meir and Rabin led Israel for decades. Now it has fallen so low, become so discredited and irrelevant, that even its demise barely makes a headline
By David Horovitz
Yair Lapid (left) and Benny Gantz speak to supporters in Tel Aviv, on February 20, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 27, 2020, 12:15 am
Lapid says his former running mate Gantz is ‘unfit to be prime minister’
Yesh Atid chairman continues to attack his Blue and White ex-ally for joining government with Netanyahu, saying he ‘crumbled at the moment of truth’
By ToI Staff
MK Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of Likud, sign their unity government agreement on April 20, 2020. (GPO)
April 22, 2020, 2:16 pm
Has Netanyahu outfoxed Gantz? Will judges block the deal? Why so many ministers?
If the emergency unity government is indeed sworn in, Israel will have been spared its fourth elections in 16 months. But what does the coalition stand for? And will it hold?
By David Horovitz
Yesh Atid-Telem leader Yair Lapid gives a statement to the press on April 21, 2020. (Elad Guttman/Yesh Atid-Telem)
April 21, 2020, 9:32 pm
Excoriating ex-ally Gantz, Lapid vows to battle coalition, predicts its collapse
Opposition leader accuses former colleague of ‘worst act of fraud’ in Israel’s history, propping up corrupt Netanyahu, surrendering to ultra-Orthodox coercion, dooming Jordan peace
By ToI Staff
MK Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of Likud, sign their unity government agreement on April 20, 2020. (GPO)
April 21, 2020, 9:50 am
Gantz tries, likely fails, to lock Netanyahu into eventually handing over power
While Blue and White leader hopes his time as PM will come in 18 months, resurgent Netanyahu can advance annexation, and has a guarantee of elections if High Court disqualifies him
By David Horovitz
MK Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of Likud, sign their unity government agreement on April 20, 2020. (GPO)
April 20, 2020, 10:57 pm
Rotation, annexation et al: Key elements of the Netanyahu-Gantz coalition deal
Agreement envisages vote on West Bank annexation in July, gives right-wing veto power on panel that chooses judges, provides for new elections if High Court bars Netanyahu as PM
By ToI Staff
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