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Israel's 34th government

Children enter 1st grade on their first day of the new academic year at the Pola school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2021 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 27, 2021, 2:29 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 27 – Will Israelis agree to vaccinate their young children?
Health correspondent Nathan Jeffay on COVID shots for kids 5-11; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on coalition infighting; and Raoul Wootliff on a new stage in the Netanyahu trial
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on October 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 25, 2021, 5:20 pm
Lapid tacitly criticizes new settler homes amid coalition tensions
‘Next time, I will be in the room during decisions on such matters,’ FM says; he defends Gantz’s listing of 6 Palestinian groups as terror organizations
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) and other ministers attend a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 24, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 25, 2021, 10:47 am
Coalition increasingly split on left-right lines as budget deadline looms
Meretz decries ‘unilateral steps’ in West Bank, says they undermine government; Labor says it was left out of key decisions
By Raoul Wootliff
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
August 31, 2021, 7:10 pm
Decision-making on COVID was ‘defective’ under Netanyahu, ombudsman charges
In scathing report, State Comptroller cites lack of preparation, sidelining of experts, incoherent decision-making, failure to learn from mistakes, vast enforcement discrepancies
By Raoul Wootliff
Cabinet members pose for a group picture during a special cabinet meeting at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, together with Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, on May 19, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
February 22, 2017, 6:34 am
Cabinet musical chairs continues after Netanyahu’s latest reshuffle
PM’s resignation as communications minister sparks hope of promotion for at least one unsatisfied Likud colleague
By Raoul Wootliff
Composite image of Transportation Minister Israel Katz (L) and Education Minister Naftali Bennett. (Hadas Parush/Flash90, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2017, 3:20 pm
Ministers accuse one another of ‘opportunistic’ warmongering
Yisrael Katz says Naftali Bennett could ‘ignite another conflict in Gaza’ with his criticism of military readiness for 2014 war
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a video response to former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon's accusations on June 16, 2016. (screenshot: YouTube)
June 16, 2016, 11:51 pm
Netanyahu fires back at Ya’alon’s ‘unimportant attack’
In rare video response, PM accuses former defense minister of waffling on severity of threats facing Israel
By ToI Staff
Moshe Ya'alon announces his intent to run for the leadership of Israel during the Herzliya conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on June 16, 2016. (Adi Cohen Zedek)
June 16, 2016, 5:11 pm
Ya’alon slams Netanyahu, says he’ll run for PM in next election
Ousted defense minister says government ‘should cease terrifying its citizens,’ giving them false sense ‘we are on brink of second Holocaust’
By Judah Ari Gross
UTJ's Yaakov Litzman leaves a session of his United Torah Judaism party's Council of Torah Sages in Jerusalem on August 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 27, 2015, 4:56 pm
Deputy Health Minister Litzman to become full minister
In response to landmark court ruling, ultra-Orthodox lawmaker becomes the first to receive rabbis’ approval to enter cabinet
By Jonathan Beck
The Knesset plenum, May 13, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 7, 2015, 10:55 pm
Israel’s new rightist government takes a startlingly centrist turn
After scarcely a week of active parliamentary work, the ruling coalition has already all but shelved two defining right-wing proposals
By Haviv Rettig Gur
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz briefs Israeli cabinet ministers during the conflict with Gaza, July 18, 2014 (Photo by Flash90)
June 2, 2015, 6:27 am
Can Netanyahu’s security cabinet rise above rubber stamp role?
Will the new forum of 10 top ministers be capable of defying the generals, resisting the PM, and ensuring Israel is steered effectively in war?
By Mitch Ginsburg
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks during a party meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem May 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2015, 6:36 pm
Avigdor Liberman: Netanyahu is ‘Mr. Zigzag’
Yisrael Beytenu chairman says he has ‘no problem with the Likud party, just with its leader’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Benny Begin, pictured in 2015 (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
May 31, 2015, 6:12 pm
Likud’s Benny Begin resigns as minister
Netanyahu hails conduct and integrity of party stalwart, who held his job for just 17 days
By Gedalyah Reback
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts during a Knesset vote on expanding the number of ministers in the new government, May 13, 2015. (Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 25, 2015, 6:12 am
Farcical ministerial appointments may signal beginning of end for Netanyahu
The only logic behind the otherwise incomprehensible staffing of Israel’s new government is that the PM is desperate to marginalize any potential challengers. It may not work
By Haviv Rettig Gur
The government of Israel at the President's Residence on May 19, 2015. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO)
May 19, 2015, 4:43 pm
Iran-backed jihadi threat is top priority for new government, Netanyahu says
Prime minister presents cabinet to Rivlin, calls for ‘responsible political settlement’ with Palestinians
By Stuart Winer
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