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Natalie Portman attends the 27th Annual EMA Awards at Barker Hangar on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
April 21, 2018, 9:22 pm
Likud attacks ‘hypocrite’ Natalie Portman after actress snubs Netanyahu
Israeli-born Hollywood star clarifies she is not boycotting Israel, but won't come to accept prize known as 'Jewish Nobel' so as not to be seen as endorsing PM
By TOI staff
Coalition whip MK David Amsalem (left) and Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Flash90)
April 17, 2018, 10:36 am
Two Likud heavyweights set sights on Jerusalem mayorship
Ze'ev Elkin and David Amsalem both may run after Barkat moves to national stage; Nachman Shai and Rachel Azaria also said to mull candidacy
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Likud MK David Amsalem leads the Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2018, 1:09 pm
Coalition chairman: Government could break up over bill to limit High Court
Netanyahu loyalist David Amsalem says he will not accept Kulanu veto on contentious legislation; 'We're ready for elections,' responds Kulanu MK
By Michael Bachner
Suzi Kastner (C) lights a memorial candle in the Knesset for her father, Israel Rudolf Kastner at the parliament's official Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. Her daughter, Zionist Union MK Merav Michaeli, is pictured on the right (Knesset spokesperson's office/Yonatan Sindel)
April 12, 2018, 2:02 pm
In first, Kastner honored at Knesset Holocaust Remembrance Day event
Parliament defends right for Zionist Union MK Merav Michaeli, accompanied by mother, to dedicate candle-lighting to her controversial grandfather accused of Nazi-collaboration
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 11, 2018. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/POOL)
April 11, 2018, 3:32 pm
Netanyahu backs bill to remove High Court’s ability to strike down laws
Bid for major constitutional reform comes after justices foil government plans to forcibly deport African asylum seekers
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara and Likud lawmakers attend a rally in support of the premier in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2018, 11:19 pm
After migrant deal snafu, Likud still rising in polls
But survey shows majority of Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu's handling of deal with UNHCR to resettle thousands of African asylum seekers
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), Interior Affairs Minister Aryeh Deri (L), and National Security Council Chairman Meir Ben Shabat (R), at a press conference announcing the new agreement for handling asylum seekers and illegal African migrants in Israel, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on April 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 3, 2018, 12:52 am
Opposition leaders lambaste ‘cowardly’ Netanyahu after U-turn on migrant deal
After he suspended new resettlement agreement for African asylum seekers that would have given 16,250 temporary residency, lawmakers accuse PM of caving to right-wing pressure
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an agreement with the UN on African asylum seekers in Israel at a press conference at his office in Jerusalem on April 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 2, 2018, 11:26 pm
Hours after announcing it, Netanyahu suspends deal to let 16,000 migrants stay
Buckling under criticism, PM says he hears 'residents of south Tel Aviv,' will reexamine agreement only after consultations with them and interior minister
By TOI staff
Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks with the press ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
April 2, 2018, 7:40 pm
Bennett: Migrant deal will turn Israel into ‘paradise for infiltrators’
Education minister blasts agreement as a 'complete capitulation to false campaign' against plan to deport asylum seekers
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press in his Jerusalem office on April 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
April 2, 2018, 5:57 pm
Netanyahu: 16,250 migrants to resettle in ‘developed countries,’ rest will stay
PM says 'political difficulties' prevented intended deportation to Uganda and Rwanda, brought about new deal with UN; vows to rehabilitate south Tel Aviv
By TOI staff
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat holds a press conference at the Jerusalem Municipality regarding his dispute with the Finance Ministry over the city's budget, on January 1, 2018. (Flash90)
March 25, 2018, 1:59 pm
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat announces Knesset bid
Netanyahu welcomes newcomer who's been heading the capital's municipality for a decade
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2L) seen with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (C) and Jerusalem Minister Zeev Elkin (L) during a special cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
March 25, 2018, 2:26 am
Jerusalem minister Elkin said considering run for capital’s mayor
Meanwhile, city mayor Nir Barkat expected to announce he won't seek reelection in October, in hopes of joining Likud party in Knesset
By TOI staff
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat speaks during a road opening ceremony in Jerusalem, on September 7, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 21, 2018, 5:19 am
Jerusalem mayor expected to announce Knesset bid this week
Municipality says Nir Barkat will announce his decision on Thursday after passing embattled city budget
By TOI staff
Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a Likud party conference in Lod, on December 31, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 20, 2018, 8:33 am
Gideon Sa’ar: Instead of new settlements, build up existing ones
Former minister and declared future prime ministerial candidate predicts Israel will annex parts of the West Bank within a decade
By Raphael Ahren and David Horovitz
Likud MK Oren Hazan attends a committee meeting at the Knesset on July 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 15, 2018, 9:01 pm
Likud MK Oren Hazan lightly injured in car crash
Accident comes less than a year after the bad-boy lawmaker's license was suspended for speeding
By Judah Ari Gross
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