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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

Limor Son Har-Melech

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and cabinet ministers pose for a picture during a special government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
With Otzma Yehudit out of government, Netanyahu set to appoint replacement ministers
Three ministerial positions, two committee chairmanships open up after Ben Gvir pulls far-right party out of coalition; Dichter being considered for new national security minister
By Sam Sokol
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
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, on December 26, 2024. (Courtesy Otzma Yehudit)
December 26, 2024, 2:53 pm
Ben Gvir says he prayed on Temple Mount, PM quickly claims status quo hasn’t changed
Hamas calls for escalation of violence over national security minister’s visit to holy site, where Jews are banned from praying but lately have done so increasingly openly
By ToI Staff
Jews attend a special prayer at the newly recognized Evyatar outpost, in the West Bank, July 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 18, 2024, 9:58 pm
MKs push bill to block West Bank territorial concessions, prevent Palestinian state
Proposal would ‘effectively prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state in any future arrangement,’ states the Knesset’s right-wing Land of Israel Caucus
By Sam Sokol
Activist Sheffi Paz, center, surrounded by supporters as she arrives at Neve Tirtza Women's Prison in Ramle to serve her sentence over convictions of vandalism, on November 14, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 14, 2024, 3:05 pm
Defiant anti-migrant activist Sheffi Paz goes to jail, lauded as hero by far-right MKs
South Tel Aviv resident begins 45-day sentence for vandalizing EU mission, other sites; ministers say sentence is ‘selective enforcement’ not applied to anti-government protesters
By ToI Staff
Settlers rebuilding the Tzur Harel outpost in the West Bank on November 12, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 12, 2024, 6:12 pm
IDF soldier moderately hurt as settlers attack troops evacuating West Bank outpost
Tzur Harel was emptied on Monday as well, with settlers, far-right MK decrying new defense minister for the move; separately, Palestinian shot after trying to stab troops
By Emanuel Fabian
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court to request that it bar the HaMakor news program from publishing videos, texts and recordings from a WhatsApp group chat, November 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
November 11, 2024, 10:54 pm
‘Constitutional crisis’: Netanyahu warns AG against reported bid to fire Ben Gvir
Lapid calls far-right police minister a ‘danger to the people of Israel,’ while Democrats party leader Yair Golan accuses the government of operating like a ‘criminal syndicate’
By Sam Sokol
Lamis al-Jaer, an Arab Israeli woman who was attacked after mistakenly driving into the illegal outpost of Givat Ronen in the West Bank on August 9 speaks to Channel 12, August 11, 2024. (Screen capture via N12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 11, 2024, 10:46 pm
Arab Israeli attacked by West Bank mob rejects far-right MK’s claim her car wasn’t Israeli
Husband of victim calls on Otzma Yehudit MK to apologize for justifying attack at Givat Ronen settlement outpost; Democrats MK calls incident ‘attempting lynching’
By ToI Staff
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
Limor Son Har-Melech speaks at a far-right rally in support of soldiers arrested on suspicion of abusing Palestinian prisoners, Tel Aviv, August 1, 2024. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 1, 2024, 11:54 pm
Far-right MK: Justice officials who go after soldiers will be ‘prosecuted as traitors’
Limor Son Har-Melech makes threat at rally for soldiers arrested on suspicion of abusing Gaza detainee; Justice Minister Levin insists judiciary’s ‘excess power’ must be curbed
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
A vehicle burns as settlers attack Civil Administration and Border Police personnel involved in demolishing the illegal West Bank outpost Tzur Harel, July 3, 2024 (Civil Administration)
July 3, 2024, 12:56 pm
Settlers attack security forces evacuating illegal outpost in West Bank
Residents of Tzur Harel throw stones, Molotov cocktails at Border Police after some 500 officers dispatched to raze site, reportedly a source of violent nationalist activity
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli children play on a sand dune overlooking their homes in the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, in the Gush Katif bloc in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 8, 2005. N (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
June 17, 2024, 7:51 pm
Far-right MKs announce formation of Knesset caucus to push resettlement of Gaza
Founders of new parliamentary group claim settling enclave is only way ‘to prevent the continuation of terrorist threats’ and will lead Hamas to free the hostages
By Sam Sokol
Einav Zangauker (second right), whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, argues with Likud MK Tally Gotliv (left) at the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, in Jerusalem, May 20, 2024. (KnessetTV screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 20, 2024, 4:15 pm
Hostage families butt heads with MKs at raucous Knesset committee debates
Likud firebrand Gotliv says rallies ‘destroying Israel’ after hostage’s mother slams her for vilifying them; Otzma Yehudit lawmaker walks out of room while relative speaks
By Sam Sokol and Michael Horovitz
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing in Jerusalem on January 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 19, 2024, 11:41 pm
Top Ben Gvir ally, former MK aide among targets of latest US and EU settler sanctions
US official says listing Benzi Gopstein part of calculated decision to target those in political orbit of most extreme Israeli officials while avoiding Ben Gvir, Smotrich for now
By Jacob Magid
Zvi Sukkot attends a Religious Zionism Party meeting at the Knesset, January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2024, 9:44 am
Hard-right MK’s bill against incitement to terror could incriminate him, his colleagues
New rules may spell trouble for MKs who have expressed support for Israeli who burned Palestinian family in West Bank; legislation ‘undergoing changes’ in committee, says spokesman
By Sam Sokol
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