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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Israeli politics

New Hope party leader Gideon Sa'ar leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Netanyahu said preparing to fire Defense Minister Gallant, replace him with Sa’ar
By Sam Sokol
Members of government have been calling for Gallant’s ouster for months, with Ben Gvir saying he must be fired ‘immediately’; both PM and Sa’ar deny reports
IDF troops with the 162nd Division are seen operating in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on September 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 19, 2024, 8:40 pm
Right-wing lawmakers question IDF’s claimed defeat of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade
Likud MK Halevi accuses military of ‘misleading’ public over Hamas death toll; former top defense official argues matter ‘irrelevant’ so long as group controls food distribution
By Sam Sokol
MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, September 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 18, 2024, 4:52 pm
‘They turned the hostages into currency’: Edelstein blasts anti-government protests
At the same time, Likud MK appears to backtrack on support for police arresting women who placed hostage flyers at his synagogue
By Sam Sokol
MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 17, 2024, 12:11 pm
If he joins government, Sa’ar could get veto over judicial overhaul, choice of IDF chief
Gantz slams untenable recklessness of plan to oust Gallant and install Sa’ar as defense minister; gambit is ‘dangerous, but it is what it is,’ PM quoted as saying
By Sam Sokol
New Hope party leader Gideon Sa'ar leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2024, 5:54 pm
Netanyahu said preparing to fire Defense Minister Gallant, replace him with Sa’ar
Members of government have been calling for Gallant’s ouster for months, with Ben Gvir saying he must be fired ‘immediately’; both PM and Sa’ar deny reports
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting. (Maayan Toaf / GPO, undated photo)
September 15, 2024, 7:17 pm
Ministers decry incitement after PM compared to Hitler, demand action from deputy AG
At fiery cabinet meeting, Likud’s David Amsalem says attorney general ‘should have been fired on the first day of the government, and if not then on the second’
By Sam Sokol
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends the funeral service of Avraham Munder at the cemetery in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on August 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 7:30 am
Bennett said forming new political party as poll puts him neck and neck with Likud
Report says activists have been reaching out to former PM’s old voter base to raise support; 40% say he is best suited to lead country, compared to 29% for Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer welcoming new immigrants at Ben Gurion airport, August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 8:05 pm
Far-right minister Sofer signals backing for unity government, Ben Gvir opposes
Lapid ‘wants to drag Israel and Netanyahu into complete surrender,’ argues Ben Gvir, rejecting opposition leader’s possible inclusion in coalition as ‘a prize for Yahya Sinwar’
By Sam Sokol
Labor party leader Yair Golan attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 9:18 pm
Labor’s Golan calls on opposition to coordinate and establish ‘shadow government’
Opposition Leader Lapid denies Shas is pushing Netanyahu to bring opposition parties into the coalition to dilute Ben Gvir’s influence
By Sam Sokol
A woman arranging voting slips for the Chief Rabbinate election. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 9:05 pm
Lawmakers vote to extend term of Chief Rabbinate Council until end of 2024
Critics dismiss law as attempt to allow conservative religious elements to gain greater control over composition of the Chief Rabbi Election Assembly and sideline women
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers debate Israel's 2024 amended budget in the Knesset plenum, March 13, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
September 8, 2024, 10:44 pm
Knesset set to vote on billions for the north, but some coalition MKs are opposed
Proposal would increase budget by almost $924 million. United Torah Judaism, Noam and Otzma Yehudit parties threaten to tank bill unless their budgetary demands are met
By Sam Sokol
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman (L) at the Israeli Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, September 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 6:04 pm
Lapid alleges comptroller’s Oct. 7 probe meant to help Netanyahu avoid state inquest
‘An attack on the institution of the state comptroller is dangerous,’ Englman says after opposition chief accuses him of helping PM ‘evade his duty to establish a state commission’
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 12:46 pm
As Smotrich holds up funding, some Arab Israeli mayors allege racism
Finance minister’s decision to withhold $55 million for economic development in the Arab sector ‘exacerbating the cycle of poverty and violence,’ says Umm al-Fahm mayor
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 2:08 am
Netanyahu: If we leave Philadelphi, Hamas will be able to rearm, revive, repeat Oct. 7
PM rejects even 42-day IDF withdrawal from Gaza-Egypt border for sake of hostage deal, claims Israel’s entire future at stake; Lapid: He wants war forever, will never make a deal
By Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol
Histadrut Labor Federation chief Arnon Bar-David announces a general strike over the government's failure to release hostages held in Gaza, September 1, 2024. (Histadrut)
September 1, 2024, 9:11 pm
Histadrut labor union announces nationwide strike, over failure to release hostages
‘A deal is more important than anything else,’ says Bar-David, amid outrage over killing of 6 captives; Smotrich says strike illegal, accuses him of representing Hamas interests
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a video statement after the bodies of six hostages were recovered from Gaza, September 1, 2024. (screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 1, 2024, 2:43 pm
Castigated after hostages killed, Netanyahu blames Hamas for failure to reach deal
Families Forum says deaths ‘direct result’ of PM ‘torpedoing’ agreement; Lapid slams ‘cabinet of death,’ urges general strike; far-right claims Gallant, opposition embolden Hamas
By Sam Sokol
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