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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Knesset Guard

The Knesset Guard marches during the opening session of the new Knesset, following elections, on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 26, 2023, 1:31 pm
Knesset reportedly considering establishment of armed volunteer security squad
Unit made up of parliament employees would work alongside professional Knesset Guard; nationwide, 600 civilian defense teams set up or reinforced since October 7 Hamas massacres
By ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta'al leader MK Ayman Odeh speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on July 17, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2023, 1:26 pm
Death threats: Security for Arab party leader Odeh after he denounced crime families
Knesset Guard informs Hadash chief of danger to his life as his party accuses government of giving criminals ‘a green light… to run wild and murder’ amid surging deadly violence
By ToI Staff
Meretz party MK Gaby Lasky attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2022, 6:11 pm
Suspect arrested for threatening Meretz MK on social media
Police nab Petah Tikva man day after Knesset Guard filed complaint over online death threats against Gaby Lasky
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir visits in Kafr Qasim, on October 5, 2021. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 24, 2022, 8:54 am
Police increase security around far-right MK Ben Gvir amid death threats
Firebrand lawmaker will now have up to three security guards with him in public places, security cameras installed at his home
By ToI Staff
MK Meir Porush, right, in the Knesset, on July 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 16, 2021, 6:25 pm
Knesset guard tests positive for Omicron strain, sending MK, 20 staff to quarantine
United Torah Judaism lawmaker Meir Porush told to self-isolate after contact with security personnel found to have new coronavirus variant
By ToI Staff
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas attends a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2021, 7:37 pm
Ra’am chief to get security detail; man arrested for wishing ‘lynching’ of minister
‘It’s a difficult feeling to be threatened,’ coalition’s Mansour Abbas says after Knesset orders guards assigned to him
By ToI Staff
Right-wing activists and Likud supporters protest against the Israeli government in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2021. The sign reads Abbas is Hamas.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 11, 2021, 1:31 am
Ra’am’s Mansour Abbas said to fear attempt on his life, party calls for protection
Concerns come after right-wing protesters call coalition party leader a ‘terrorist,’ Shin Bet says it has not been asked to review his security, knows of no current threats to him
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Matan Kahana arrives for a meeting with Yamina party leader Naftali Bennet, at his home in Ra'anana, on June 4, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 28, 2021, 4:16 pm
Shin Bet boosts security for religious affairs minister threatened over reforms
Death threats made against Matan Kahana as he pushes to make deep changes to Israel’s religious status quo
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Idit Silman talking to Channel 13 news in an interview from her home, June 8, 2021. (Screenshot)
June 8, 2021, 8:41 am
‘I feel unsafe’: Yamina MK Silman speaks of threats against her and her children
Lawmaker implies Netanyahu’s Likud funding wave of rallies outside her home; says protester told her ‘we’ll slaughter you,’ told her 6th-grader son ‘your mother will burn in hell’
By Michael Bachner
Yamina MK Nir Orbach arrives for a meeting with party leader Naftali Bennett at the latter's home in Ra'anana on June 4, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 7, 2021, 6:37 pm
Yamina MK Nir Orbach said to tell associates he’ll back ‘change government’
Potential swing voter faces pro-Netanyahu rallies near his home, gets messages inviting him to his own funeral; fellow threatened MK Idit Silman set to become coalition whip
By Michael Bachner and Tal Schneider
Yamina MKs (L) Idit Silman and (R) Nir Orbach (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) and
June 6, 2021, 3:08 pm
Extra security for Yamina MKs Silman, Orbach amid change bloc opponents’ threats
Knesset Guard decides to boost protection for pair of lawmakers who facing harassment from those opposing nascent government that will oust Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party leader Defense Benny Gantz speaks at a ceremony in memory of Israeli soldiers who were killed in the First Lebanon War- Operation Peace for Galilee at the National Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on May 26, 2021. (Flash90)
May 31, 2021, 4:04 pm
Gantz: Right-wing threats to Yamina show lesson of Rabin’s killing not learned
Blue and White party head urges leaders to speak out against incitement from Netanyahu allies toward Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, who have had security bolstered
By ToI Staff
Right-wing protestors outside the home of Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2021. The sign with a picture of Shaked and Yamina leader Naftali Bennett reads 'Lapid's collaborators' (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 31, 2021, 12:45 am
Shaked to get extra security amid threats to Yamina ‘traitors’ for joining Lapid
Knesset Guard to boost protection for party No. 2 as she, Bennett face harassment and threats from right-wingers; brother of Netanyahu’s wife accuses Yamina lawmakers of treason
By ToI Staff
Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on May 3, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2021, 9:05 pm
Bennett to get boosted security, reportedly after receiving death threats
Knesset Guard decides on measure, as pressure mounts from right-wing activists on Yamina leader to join a Netanyahu coalition
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Members of a Knesset security team take part in a defense drill against terror attacks, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 26, 2017. (Maor Kinsbursky/ Flash90/File)
March 22, 2021, 11:17 pm
Security services said preparing for scenario in which Knesset is stormed
Knesset Guard, Shin Bet, other services reportedly practice securing parliament from violent protesters on or after election day, in bid to avoid local version of US Capitol riots
By ToI Staff and Tal Schneider
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