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A parliamentary adviser shouts at Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman during a hearing to approve the coalition's bill to drastically reduce the courts' use of the reasonableness standard, July 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 20, 2023, 11:02 am

Labor parliamentary aides to be barred from Knesset over outburst at committee vote

MKs’ assistants launched a protest during a stormy vote on controversial ‘reasonableness bill,’ party head Michaeli defends their actions: ‘We are all behind you’

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions against his police regulations bill, June 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 7, 2023, 8:39 pm

Supreme Court justice says he’s ‘worried’ about Ben Gvir police law during hearing

Petitioners against legislation granting extended powers over the police to the national security minister argue that it undermines force’s independence and threatens civil rights

By Jeremy Sharon

Labor leader Merav Michaeli, center, with Labor party MKs Gilad Kariv, second from right, and Naama Lazimi, left, after the results of the Labor party primaries were announced, in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

May 9, 2023, 12:38 am

Challenging party boss, Labor MK to push for merger with Meretz to shore up left

Referencing ‘mistakes’ that led to Netanyahu win, Gilad Kariv launches bid for unity previously nixed by Labor head Merav Michaeli, with party said looking for a change at the top

By ToI Staff

Visitors at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem light memorial candles dedicated to individuals killed in the Holocaust, April 17, 2023. (Yad Vashem)

April 18, 2023, 1:56 pm

Daily Briefing Apr 18: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, politics seep into sacred space

Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren unpacks what is happening in Labor; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on MDA tracing services and a grassroots effort to shine up stumbling stones

By ToI Staff

Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli at a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 17, 2023, 4:58 pm

Labor MKs seek to replace leader Michaeli, claim party’s future depends on it

Gilad Kariv, Efrat Rayten and Naama Lazimi demand chairwoman share power with them, threaten to pass series of motions against her if she doesn’t comply

By Shalom Yerushalmi

President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

April 17, 2023, 1:17 pm

Yesh Atid vows to block politicization of judges as judicial overhaul talks resume

Centrist party says it’ll push entrenchment of Declaration of Independence; MK Rothman says he opposes vetoes over judge selection, though current bill gives government this power

By ToI Staff

In this handout photo, President Isaac Herzog meets with representatives of the Labor party at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, March 29, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

April 16, 2023, 7:39 pm

Citing ‘deals in the dark,’ Labor party quits judicial overhaul talks with president

Opposition party says it joined negotiations despite ‘great skepticism’ but there’s ‘no point in continuing’; Herzog to host negotiations Monday on ‘the core issues’

By ToI Staff

March 29, 2023, 9:08 pm

Herzog meets with opposition factions for 2nd day of talks on judiciary

After skipping out first day of talks, Labor says it came to table to ensure ‘the overthrow laws don’t come back’; president also meets with representatives of Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al

By ToI Staff

March 28, 2023, 10:46 pm

Coalition, opposition hold first talks on judicial overhaul with President Herzog

Dialogue held in ‘positive atmosphere’; more opposition parties set to join Wednesday; many protest leaders urge Gantz, Lapid to withdraw because legislation has not been abandoned

By Ash Obel

Shevah Weiss, September 18, 2007. (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)

February 4, 2023, 4:18 pm

Former Knesset speaker, ambassador to Poland Shevah Weiss dies at 87

A Holocaust survivor who also chaired the Yad Vashem Council, Weiss was hailed for his role in advancing ties between Jerusalem and Warsaw

By ToI Staff

Sitting from left to right: Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid, outgoing Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and outgoing Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, at the swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

December 12, 2022, 9:58 pm

Gantz, Michaeli appear to balk at lining up behind Lapid in opposition

Outgoing defense minister questions Yesh Atid chair’s appearance at protest, while outgoing transportation minister declines to say who is leading fight against incoming coalition

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

File: Then-Labor MK Moshe Mizrahi seen arriving at the opening session of Israel's 19th parliament, Jerusalem, on February 5, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

December 11, 2022, 4:42 pm

Former Labor MK, senior police official Moshe Mizrahi dies at 72

In final public comments, Mizrahi lamented proposed legislation giving unprecedented powers to new post of national security minister

By Michael Horovitz

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli speaks at her Labor party's faction meeting at the Knesset, November 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

November 28, 2022, 8:27 pm

Michaeli asserts direct link between far right’s rise and recent violence in Israel

Labor leader hits out at Netanyahu’s extremist allies, argues minority rights at risk: ‘For years these bad apples were out of bounds. Now, they are welcomed’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Labor party leader Merav Michaeli casts her ballot at a voting station in Tel Aviv, during the Knesset elections on November 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

November 7, 2022, 5:48 am

The Israeli left has lost more than an election

Israel’s left has been in freefall for 3 decades. It didn’t lose ground in the election; it simply woke up to the mismatch between its political institutions and the electorate

By Haviv Rettig Gur

File: Meretz leader Zehava Galon, left, speaks to thousands of Israeli Left wing activists during a rally in Tel-Aviv on May 27, 2017; Labor leader Merav Michaeli attends a conference in Rishon Lezion on July 19, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90); (Flash90)

November 3, 2022, 10:54 pm

Netanyahu won 8-seat majority over his opponents despite near-parity in raw votes

With Meretz and Balad failing to cross the electoral threshold, some 289,000 votes were wasted by anti-Netanyahu parties, smoothing the right-wing religious camp’s path to victory

By Jeremy Sharon