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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Knesset

Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen in the Knesset, January 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Interview
His far-right party now in the opposition, rebel MK Almog Cohen is in political limbo
By Sam Sokol
Freshman lawmaker declines to resign with rest of his Otzma Yehudit faction, but won’t say if he considers himself part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen in the Knesset, January 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 2:57 pm
His far-right party now in the opposition, rebel MK Almog Cohen is in political limbo
Freshman lawmaker declines to resign with rest of his Otzma Yehudit faction, but won’t say if he considers himself part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition
By Sam Sokol
Ofir Engel, center, as he was released home from Gaza captivity on November 29, 2023 with his parents Yoav, left, and Sharon Engel (Courtesy)
January 19, 2025, 3:15 pm
14 months after hostage son was freed, father says family still held captive by trauma
Ahead of the ceasefire and first phase of hostage deal, Yoav Engel gives a glimpse into the world of a family shaken by their child’s Oct. 7 kidnapping to Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Chaim GoldbergFLASH90)
January 19, 2025, 1:00 pm
Otzma Yehudit exits coalition over Gaza deal, blasting it as ‘victory for terrorism’
Chairman Ben Gvir tells Netanyahu he’s proud of party’s ‘significant achievements under your leadership’ but slams him for crossing ‘all ideological red lines’
By Sam Sokol
Rachel Moshe, mother of Oz Ezra Moshe who was murdered in the Nova massacre, yells at Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset on January 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2025, 6:43 pm
Coalition hawks pan nascent Gaza deal as ‘catastrophe’; opposition, UTJ vow support
Smotrich says party will not be part of ‘surrender deal,’ drawing angry rebukes from Gantz, brother of hostage; Lapid tells Netanyahu to drop far-right and rely on his backing instead
By ToI Staff
Then-Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll arrives at the opening session of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 3:57 pm
Right-leaning Yesh Atid MK says he’s leaving party to form ‘constructive opposition’
Idan Roll, who has been in Knesset since 2019, says October 7 should be a wake-up call; opposition slams move as vote theft, while government members urge him to join coalition
By ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker standing outside the Knesset, after she was banned from entering to the building, on January 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 7, 2025, 4:19 pm
Hostage’s mother allowed back into Knesset, but must avoid ‘breaking the rules’
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana meets with Einav Zangauker, announces she can enter parliament to attend committee meetings; she strikes unrepentant tone, vows to continue tactics
By ToI Staff
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, stands outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, after she was banned from entering to the building, on January 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 6, 2025, 8:05 pm
Hostage’s mom barred from Knesset for second week in a row for ‘violating order’
After Einav Zangauker prevented entry, Knesset Speaker Ohana invites her to meeting; hostage families forum lambasts Knesset, says ‘every family member must be allowed to cry out’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset on December 31, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg / Flash 90)
January 4, 2025, 11:00 pm
Ben Gvir apologizes to Netanyahu, Bismuth for forcing them to attend Knesset vote
Far-right minister says he ‘did some soul-searching,’ was wrong to compel PM to rush from hospital after surgery, Likud MK to leave shiva; but also pledges to continue voting against coalition
By Sam Sokol
A man carries a sack of donated flour distributed by UNRWA at the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday December 3, 2024.(AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 3, 2025, 5:36 pm
UNRWA said preparing to shutter Gaza, West Bank operations ahead of Israeli ban
Officials from the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees tell NYT it won’t be safe for staffers to operate because they rely on coordination with Israel, which will end on Jan. 28
By ToI Staff
Former defense minister MK Yoav Gallant announces his resignation from the Knesset on January 1, 2025. (Screencapture/ X)
January 1, 2025, 11:41 pm
Gallant resigns from Knesset, denounces imminent bill to exempt Haredim from IDF
Former defense minister vows to remain in Likud party, indicates he could attempt a leadership run in the future, saying his ‘journey is not yet complete’
By Sam Sokol
Einav Zangauker, mother of Matan Zangauker who is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, sits on the street near the Begin Gate at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 1, 2024. (Paulina Patimer / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
January 1, 2025, 4:07 pm
Outspoken mother of hostage barred from Knesset over ‘unacceptable behavior’
Einav Zangauker says MKs ‘afraid to hear’ about hostages’ plight; MK Rothman aborts committee meeting in spat with parents of Oct. 7 victims
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindrus leads a special committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 30, 2024, 11:43 pm
Haredi MK says he opposes IDF service because Orthodox soldiers ‘leave religion’ in the army
UTJ’s Pindrus sparks furor with response when asked how the ultra-Orthodox can refuse to share the burden, given the high death toll among religious Zionist soldiers
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) is seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 24, 2024, 12:27 pm
Knesset approves 2024 budget expansion to pay for wartime costs
Debt ceiling raised in party-line vote, from 6.6% to 7.7% of GNP, unlocking NIS 33 billion ($9b) for defense spending; Knesset also extends state of emergency another year
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset on December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 23, 2024, 10:48 pm
Netanyahu tells Knesset: ‘Some progress’ achieved in hostage deal talks with Hamas
PM doesn’t reveal details, but says negotiation efforts are ‘significant’; says those who think Arab-Israeli peace depends on Palestinians ‘have no idea’ what they’re talking about
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters, after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who are suspected of abuse of a Palestinian terror suspect detained there, on July 29, 2024. (Oren Ziv / AFP)
December 17, 2024, 7:49 pm
Police, IDF absent from Knesset hearing on far-right attacks on detention facilities
Israel Police reportedly declines to show, IDF skips session due to miscommunication; meeting addresses riots at army bases after arrest of soldiers suspected of abusing detainee
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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