Israel's 37th government

A truck carrying fuel which crossed into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

November 17, 2023, 6:14 pm

In shift, Israel agrees to regularly let fuel into Gaza, drawing outrage in coalition

War cabinet consisting of Netanyahu, Gallant and Gantz permits 2 trucks a day to enter, to maintain water and sewage, and preserve ‘diplomatic maneuvering room to eliminate Hamas’

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to casts her ballot for the head of the Israel Bar Association at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

November 8, 2023, 12:25 am

AG freezes all coalition funds, deeming them budgetary source for war efforts

At hearing of Knesset Finance Committee, chair Moshe Gafni says he cannot authorize any transfer of coalition monies to war effort without request from Finance Minister Smotrich

By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn

A woman with a photograph of a child who was abducted during the Hamas's October 7 massacre hands out yellow ribbons, the symbol of those campaigning for the release of hostages, to passing drivers in central Tel Aviv, October 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

October 26, 2023, 8:29 pm

Many Israelis accuse government’s of inept, chaotic response to October 7 massacre

Civil society groups, including many anti-overhaul protesters, take responsibility over aid efforts, after many government functions neglected over past year

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Yahalom unit of the IDF's Combat Engineers, October 24, 2023 (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

October 25, 2023, 12:18 pm

Public trust in government scrapes bottom amid criticism for inadequate war response

Though Israel now has one of its largest cabinets ever, few of its 39 ministers are serving the country’s wartime needs, with most power centralized in Netanyahu

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with family members of those believed to be held captive in Gaza by Hamas, at an IDF base in Ramle, October 15, 2023. (Courtesy)

October 15, 2023, 6:06 pm

PM meets with families of Israelis kidnapped to Gaza, vows to prioritize their return

Family members say Netanyahu refuted claims that hostage issue will wait until after war; PM opens expanded cabinet meeting with moment of silence for lives lost

By Amy Spiro

Election posters hung by the Blue and White party show its candidate Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hebrew slogan reading 'Netanyahu cares only for himself,' ahead of the 2020 elections. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90/ File)

October 11, 2023, 7:24 pm

After days of indecision, Netanyahu, Gantz agree to establish emergency war government

Lapid still sitting out new coalition over demand that PM oust Smotrich, Ben Gvir; all non-wartime legislation suspended, including judicial overhaul

By Jeremy Sharon, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Amy Spiro

Then-defense minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a consultation amid Hamas rocket fire at Israel and IDF counterstrikes, May 11, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO / File)

October 11, 2023, 4:14 pm

Gantz, Netanyahu close in on emergency unity government, 5 days into war

Politicians meet to hash out details after prolonged delay draws criticism; opposition party head has demanded creation of small war cabinet and a say over war management

By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner

Prof. Moshe Koppel at a Times of Israel Live event at Jerusalem's Israel Democracy Institute, December 15, 2022. (Oded Antman/IDI)

September 30, 2023, 9:43 pm

Head of think tank behind overhaul push says it was rushed, poorly prepared

Kohelet Policy Forum chief Moshe Koppel says coalition members haven’t learned how to ‘govern responsibly’

By ToI Staff

Activists march with symbolic coffins denouncing the violent crimes against Arab communities on August 6, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

September 28, 2023, 1:55 pm

Netanyahu government nixed effective programs to fight Arab crime, experts say

Amid unrelenting wave of violence, stakeholders call for smarter approach to organized crime, dialogue with local leaders, community-wide cooperation, and putting politics aside

By Gianluca Pacchiani

United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler at an Internal Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 24, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

September 11, 2023, 2:10 am

Haredim slam Netanyahu for ‘heresy’ against God in Ukraine comment; MK blasts Zionism

In apparent coalition crisis after remark that God ‘hasn’t always protected us’ in Europe and Ukraine, UTJ MK pans PM’s ‘ignorance,’ blames Zionists for suffering during Holocaust

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

An ultra-Orthodox man holds a poster bearing a portrait of former prime minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, during a Likud party campaign rally on October 20, 2022, at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem ahead of the November general elections. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

September 7, 2023, 1:49 pm

Likud members said to object to Haredi draft law, potentially imperiling government

Amid warnings by ultra-Orthodox parties that coalition will collapse without greater military exemptions for their community, reports signal growing pushback against divisive plan

By Michael Bachner

Saudi Ambassador Nayef Al-Sudairi (L) presents his credentials to Palestinian Authority diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi at the Palestinian embassy in Jordan on August 12, 2023. (Wafa)

August 31, 2023, 2:33 am

Palestinians seek ‘irreversible’ measures as part of Israel-Saudi deal, officials say

Ramallah proposing steps that can’t be rolled back by Israel, but Biden officials have pressed PA to moderate requests and direct them at Jerusalem, not Washington

By Jacob Magid

Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (Center) leads a meeting of the Negev Forum Steering Committee in Manama, Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Bahrain Foreign Ministry)

August 29, 2023, 4:55 am

Arab diplomats: Israeli publication of Libya talks harms bid to reconvene Negev Forum

Diplomats tell ToI sides were in discussions to hold gathering in October, but FM’s revelation of sit-down with Libyan counterpart further damages trust in Netanyahu government

By Jacob Magid

Gush Eztion Regional Council head Shlomo Ne'eman (center) speaks during a press conference with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan (right) and Binyamin Regional Council head Yisrael Gantz, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 23, 2023, 10:31 pm

To the far-right, ‘leftists’ Netanyahu and Gallant are responsible for terror wave

Having received the government of their dreams that has approved unprecedented West Bank building, settler leaders and their allies struggle to find a scapegoat for violence

By Shalom Yerushalmi

FILE: (From L-R) Amona leader Avichay Buaron, Binyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Gantz, Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich and Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan stand in front of a new caravan that was installed on the hilltop where the illegal Amona outpost once stood on December 14, 2018. (Campaign to save Amona)

August 18, 2023, 11:04 pm

Smotrich reportedly advancing plan to legalize 155 wildcat outposts in West Bank

Far-right minister starting with legalization of 15 illegal communities; official laments that government helpless to stop it because Smotrich controls both relevant offices

By ToI Staff