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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

FILE — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
September 22, 2024, 9:13 pm
PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive
During closed-door meeting with lawmakers, Netanyahu argues putting pressure on Hezbollah could help force Hamas’s Sinwar to the table, predicts ICC arrest warrants coming soon
By Sam Sokol
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
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, August 12, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 12, 2024, 6:40 pm
Gallant: ‘Absolute victory’ slogan ‘gibberish’; Netanyahu slams his ‘anti-Israel narrative’
Citing decision not to launch early war on Lebanon, defense minister reportedly tells MKs in key Knesset panel that Netanyahu does not display courage in discussions
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, August 11, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
August 11, 2024, 10:45 pm
Military AG: Arresting officers at Sde Teiman wore masks as they face ‘dozens of threats’
IDF court extends detentions of five of 10 reservists accused of sodomizing inmate, as right-wing MKs assail Tomer-Yerushalmi during Knesset hearing on July 29 arrests
By Sam Sokol
Protesters clash with police outside an army recruitment conference for young ultra-Orthodox Jews in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 7, 2024, 7:27 pm
IDF claims violent enlistment protests scaring off ultra-Orthodox draftees
Only 48 out of 900 Haredim to receive call-up orders have shown up at induction center as anti-draft rioters aim to deter would-be soldiers
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, July 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 25, 2024, 7:13 pm
Knesset panel to oversee IDF probes into October 7 failure
New subcommittee will oversee the military’s internal investigations but cannot serve as a substitute for a state commission of inquiry, says chairman and Likud MK Yuli Edelstein
By Sam Sokol
MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, July 2, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
July 2, 2024, 11:38 pm
Knesset committee discusses trio of bills aimed at shutting down UNRWA
Proposed legislation would ban UN’s Palestinian aid agency from operating in Israel, remove employees’ legal immunities and brand it a terrorist organization
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) and committee chair Yuli Edelstein attend a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 1, 2024, 5:51 pm
Gallant: IDF needs flexible regulations on Haredi draft, not a law setting quotas
Defense minister slams government for failing to provide army with enough manpower, notes 10,000 new troops needed but IDF can only accommodate 3,000 ultra-Orthodox this year
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein leads a Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, Jerusalem, June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 27, 2024, 12:33 pm
PM meets Edelstein over remarks on Haredi draft bill seen as imperiling coalition
Veteran Likud MK said to assure Netanyahu he’s not trying to start rebellion, but rather to show how hard it is to draft a law that’s acceptable to both Likud and Haredi parties
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 26, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
June 26, 2024, 2:21 pm
Edelstein delays IDF reservists law amidst growing coalition tensions over draft
Haredim said to consider exiting government but staying in coalition over senior Likud MK’s statement that enlistment legislation will pass ‘with broad agreement’ or not at all
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers take part in a debate on ultra-Orthodox enlistment in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on June 18, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset spokesman)
June 18, 2024, 9:07 pm
MKs hope for compromise as contentious Haredi draft bill goes to committee
Lawmakers debate legislation lowering age of exemption from service for yeshiva students; bill could ‘provide a real answer to the needs of the IDF,’ says Likud’s Edelstein
By Sam Sokol
FILE — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
June 3, 2024, 5:36 pm
PM says Biden version of deal ‘incomplete’; US: It accurately reflects Israeli offer
Claim Israel will end war before Hamas toppled, hostages freed is ‘incorrect,’ says Netanyahu, but Kirby says going public with proposal was about pressuring Hamas, not jamming PM
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, May 17, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 27, 2024, 6:49 pm
Eisenkot advocates pause in fighting to get hostages out – reports
War cabinet member said to tell MKs military pressure in Rafah is enabling a window of opportunity, and Israel can achieve its goals once the hostages are released
By ToI Staff
This aerial photograph, taken on February 10, 2021, shows the oil storage containers of the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC) in the mountains near Israel's Red Sea port city of Eilat. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
April 4, 2024, 8:44 am
Knesset committee peels away secrecy rules governing state oil company
Committee head says changes strike ‘correct balance’ between state security and public’s right to know; green groups welcome reform, vow to continue fighting for total transparency
By Sue Surkes
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