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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Jacob Turkel

Israeli soldiers and rescue forces seen at Mount Harif military base in the southern Negev desert, close to the border with Egypt, on June 3, 2023. (Flash90)
June 4, 2023, 1:05 pm
Daily Briefing June 4: Timeline of how an Egyptian infiltrated Israel to kill 3
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the hours before and after the deaths of three combat soldiers on the border with Egypt; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on Jerusalem Pride Parade
By ToI Staff
Portrait of former Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel at his home in Jerusalem, April 17, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 29, 2023, 8:14 pm
Former Supreme Court justice Yaakov Turkel dies aged 88
Turkel authored several important rulings upholding freedom of expression, and commissions he headed bolstered gay rights and exonerated the IDF over a deadly Gaza flotilla raid
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announces his decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three corruption cases, on November 21, 2019. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
July 23, 2020, 6:29 pm
AG dismisses Netanyahu’s demand he not deal with PM’s conflicts of interest
Avichai Mandelblit rejects claim he has his own conflict of interest due to indictments filed against PM, who suggested issue be handed to another authority
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Roni Alsheich (Ynet screenshot)
September 27, 2015, 1:37 pm
New police commissioner pick named as Roni Alsheich
Deputy chief of Shin Bet security services was formerly known only as R due to sensitive nature of job
By Marissa Newman
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (L) speaks with Deputy Police Commissioner Bentzi Sau in Jerusalem on September 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 25, 2015, 2:17 pm
Deputy Shin Bet chief tapped as new police commissioner
Nominee, identified only as R., awaits committee approval; announcement comes 2 days after Erdan drops Gal Hirsch nomination
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (left) at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 25, 2015, 8:37 am
Erdan said to have new top cop candidate lined up
PM reportedly approved minister’s pick — the current Shin Bet number two — before dropping nomination of ex-IDF commander Gal Hirsch
By ToI Staff
Jacob Turkel, who may be tasked with vetting candidates before their appointment. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
September 10, 2015, 10:14 pm
New top cop’s appointment frozen until A-G gives okay
Yehuda Weinstein says he’ll submit time frame for investigation on Gal Hirsch next week
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on August 16, 2015 (Abir Sultan/AFP/POOL)
August 31, 2015, 2:50 pm
Netanyahu: Embattled nominee Hirsch ‘best man’ to head police
Cabinet approves 45-day extension for acting police commissioner Sau, as outrage over new pick persists
By ToI Staff
Palestinian women wait at a bus stop in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat, on December 16, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 20, 2015, 9:40 am
City Hall almost done mapping East Jerusalem
The development budget of Arab neighborhoods has grown almost tenfold since 2004, says mayor’s adviser David Koren
By Elhanan Miller
Bet Shemesh mayoral candidate Moshe Abutbul casts his vote at a polling station, during the second round of the local elections in the city, March 11, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 12, 2014, 3:12 pm
A tale of two contested cities
The press highlights election day in Nazareth and Beit Shemesh; sparring in the Knesset ahead of the draft bill vote
By Marissa Newman
Karnit Flug (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
October 27, 2013, 1:45 pm
Cabinet approves Karnit Flug as Bank of Israel chief
Acting governor, first woman to fill position, selected after previous nominees were mired in scandal
By Lazar Berman and Marissa Newman
Mario Blejer (Screenshot)
August 12, 2013, 2:20 am
New runner for BOI chair an old hand at central banking
Mario Blejer helped steer Argentina through one of its greatest economic crises, and aided the former Soviet Union in dealing with the fiscal implications of its breakup
By David Shamah
(From left) Jacob Frenkel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Yair Lapid and outgoing Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer at a press conference in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 24, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 8, 2013, 10:11 pm
PM settles on new candidates for central bank chief
After Frenkel and Leiderman withdraw amid scandals, names of four more senior economists to be sent to the vetting committee
By Asher Zeiger
Leo Leiderman (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
July 31, 2013, 8:05 pm
Bank Hapoalim economist picked to head central bank
Leo Leiderman, a longtime professor at Tel Aviv University, selected after Jacob Frenkel withdraws candidacy amid alleged shoplifting affair
By Adiv Sterman
July 29, 2013, 8:48 pm
Frenkel withdraws as next central bank chief amid ‘shoplifting’ scandal
Intended next governor of the Bank of Israel bitterly cites fuss made over ‘a misunderstanding’ in Hong Kong seven years ago
By ToI Staff
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