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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Kadima party

Disgraced former finance minister Abraham Hirschson (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
March 7, 2022, 4:20 pm
Former finance minister Avraham Hirschson dies at 81
Longtime MK, a member of the Likud and Kadima parties, resigned as treasury chief in 2007 before serving 3.5 years in prison for embezzling millions from labor union
By ToI Staff
Parliament member Robert Tiviaev of the Kadima party at a Knesset House committee on December 3, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
June 24, 2018, 10:38 pm
Herzog’s replacement as a Labor Knesset member has left the party
Former Kadima and Hatnua lawmaker Robert Tiviaev quit Labor six months ago and has reportedly been in talks to join Yisrael Beytenu
By ToI Staff
An Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:08 pm
Author of controversial ‘Jewish State’ bill insists it’s unprejudiced and fair
Avi Dichter has been working for six years on legislation to define Israel as a Jewish state. Now, with government backing, he says he’s certain it will pass — to Israel’s abiding benefit
By Raoul Wootliff
President Shimon Peres in 2009 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 28, 2016, 5:19 am
Beloved abroad, polarizing at home, Peres was the peace-making face of Israel
Ultimately respected as Israel’s elder statesman, Peres — who was prime minister and president but never won a popular vote — enjoyed a uniquely lengthy and turbulent political career
By Raphael Ahren
Amir Peretz, November 10, 2014 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2016, 5:31 am
What Liberman could learn from Israel’s last non-general defense chief
Like dovish Labor Party ex-leader Amir Peretz, Liberman lacks credentials for security position, must avoid mismanagement of military
By Ben Sales
Haim Ramon in the Knesset in 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 7, 2016, 7:35 pm
Former minister: Israel must separate from East Jerusalem or lose city
Haim Ramon says if capital’s 320,000 Palestinian residents were to vote, next mayor ‘will be the Mufti’s grandson’
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin pays his respects at a memorial ceremony marking two years since the death of late prime minister Ariel Sharon on February 26, 2016, at the family's Negev ranch. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
February 26, 2016, 10:33 pm
Rivlin remembers Sharon as man of principle, bold leader
At memorial to mark 2nd anniversary of PM’s death, president hails ‘brave commander ready to sacrifice everything’ for Israel
By Tamar Pileggi
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the courtroom of the Magistrates Court in Jerusalem, February 2, 2016. (Gili Yohanan/POOL)
February 15, 2016, 2:02 pm
Ehud Olmert: A politician’s fall from grace
Former PM, once known for relaunching peace efforts with Palestinians, will now be remembered for bribery conviction
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and former prime minister Ehud Barak (left) attend a screening of the documentary on 'Operation Isotope,' the 1972 operation on the hijacked Sabena plane, at Cinema City in Jerusalem, August 11, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 23, 2015, 8:57 pm
In new tapes, Barak calls Netanyahu weak, indecisive, pessimistic
Ex-defense minister says PM ‘clouded in a sort of deep pessimism,’ and ‘prefers to be fearful’; also recounts his own bid to oust Olmert
By ToI Staff
Chairman of Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz, December 22, 2014. (photo credit: FLASH90)
January 27, 2015, 11:49 pm
Kadima head Shaul Mofaz drops out of politics
Ex-defense minister, chief of staff admits he was not a great politician
By Lazar Berman
Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz arrives at a press conference in the Knesset, July 23, 2012 (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
January 19, 2015, 2:21 pm
As Yadlin draws closer to Labor Party, Mofaz backs off
Kadima leader had been in talks to join Herzog’s list, but former IDF intelligence chief shaping up as more likely candidate
By Stuart Winer
Moshe Kahlon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 16, 2014, 5:09 am
Kahlon said to refuse merger with Lapid
Head of new Kulanu party prefers to go it alone, despite Yesh Atid’s data that joint ticket would boost both sides
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2014, 9:47 am
Liberman jabs at ‘hysterical’ Likud, Jewish Home
FM dismisses ruling party’s ‘laughable’ accusations that voting Yisrael Beytenu is akin to supporting a leftist government
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman seen during a meeting of the Likud-Yisrael Beytenu faction in the Knesset on November 18, 2013. (Photo credit: Flash90)
December 13, 2014, 8:51 pm
Likud: A vote for Liberman is a vote for the left
After foreign minister criticizes Netanyahu’s management of summer war, PM’s party attacks former ally
By ToI Staff
Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 13, 2014, 1:34 pm
Liberman: Joining Herzog-led coalition a possibility
Yisrael Beytenu head not ruling out sitting in government headed by Labor or Likud, says relations with PM not ‘ideal’ after differences over Hamas conflict
By ToI Staff
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