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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

May Golan

View of the Arab-Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm on February 13, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
April 28, 2025, 12:59 pm
Arab leaders decry Likud minister’s refusal to fund major community development plan
Social Justice Minister May Golan diverts millions earmarked to boost socioeconomic status and reduce crime in Arab communities, in latest move that critics say undermines five-year plan
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: An IDF soldier takes up position on the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
February 16, 2025, 12:39 am
Cabinet ministers welcome freed hostages, urge ‘fight to the bitter end’ against Hamas
Smotrich says Israel in talks with Washington on implementation of plan to encourage emigration of Gaza residents, claims process could ‘begin in the coming weeks’
By Sam Sokol
Social Equality Minister May Golan at the (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 5:22 am
Police get go-ahead to investigate Likud minister for nepotism, illegal fundraising
Ruling Likud party rails at prosecutors for authorizing opening of probe into May Golan, following TV report that also alleged she used parliamentary aides for personal tasks
By ToI Staff
Social Equality Minister May Golan, at the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2025, 11:59 pm
Minister questioned by police over 2020 traffic incident, after dodging for months
May Golan, who for months evaded police requests, finally appears at Tel Aviv station, and is released without conditions; she allegedly ran a red light and injured a motorcyclist
By ToI Staff
Social Equality Minister May Golan at the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2025, 3:26 am
After months of evasion, minister to be questioned this week over 2020 traffic offense
May Golan’s attorney said to coordinate interrogation, after police repeatedly summoned her over incident in which she allegedly ran red light and hurt motorcyclist
By ToI Staff
Minister for Social Equality and Minister for Women's Empowerment May Golan attends a Status of Women and Gender Equality Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2025, 4:08 pm
TV report accuses Likud minister Golan of nepotism, illegal fundraising, other crimes
Opposition calls for May Golan to be suspended after Channel 12 probe alleges illegal practices in office of firebrand former anti-migrant activist; police said ready to investigate
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, in Tel Aviv, December 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)
December 10, 2024, 1:03 pm
Coalition MKs, ministers line up at court to back Netanyahu as trial testimony kicks off
Politicians backing PM rail at legal system for hauling him into dock amid security situation; demonstrators for and against Netanyahu gather outside courthouse
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Agencies
Settler activists dance at a conference calling for the establishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza, close to the Israel-Gaza border, October 21, 2024. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
October 21, 2024, 8:22 pm
Senior ministers call for new settlements in Gaza at ultranationalist conference
‘Taking territory’ from Palestinians is what ‘hurts them most,’ says Likud minister Golan, while far-right police minister Ben Gvir says Gazans should be ‘encouraged’ to emigrate
By Jeremy Sharon
Thousands of people turn out for an ultra-nationalist march and rally in Sderot to call for the rebuilding of Jewish settlements in Gaza, May 14, 2024. (Courtesy Nachala Settlement Movement)
October 16, 2024, 6:30 pm
‘It is doable’: 10 Likud MKs to attend conference calling for ‘resettling Gaza’
Almost a third of lawmakers in Netanyahu’s party to participate in event organized by Nachala Settlement Movement, after a similar confab months ago drew widespread backlash
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and police clash with right wing protesters, after they broke into the Beit Lid army base on July 29, 2024 in Kfar Yona. (Oren Ziv / AFP)
July 30, 2024, 6:22 pm
‘Brink of the abyss’: Coalition turns on itself following mob attacks on IDF bases
PM compares rampages to anti-government protests; MKs urge leaders ‘to stop tearing us apart from the inside’ after far-right politicians join mob break-ins at Sde Teiman, Beit Lid
By Sam Sokol
Head of opposition and head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
January 15, 2024, 9:09 pm
Lapid accuses PM of playing politics with budget while ‘businesses are collapsing’
Government ‘does not know how to manage the war,’ opposition leader says as controversial state budget approved by cabinet. Netanyahu’s policy an ‘economic failure,’ says Liberman
By Sam Sokol
Minister May Golan, left, argues with a protester at Ben-Gurion airport on August 7, 2023. (screen capture: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 8, 2023, 5:40 am
After minister alleges attack by protester, video appears to show her as aggressor
Likud’s May Golan says she and her mother were assaulted at the airport, but unedited footage shows the politician pushing the protester back and her mom trying to throw punches
By ToI Staff
Former social equality minister and current Yesh Atid MK Meirav Cohen (Noam Moskowitz / GPO)
August 3, 2023, 8:16 am
‘It’s already happening’: Ex-gender equality minister says women’s rights under attack
Scholars join lawmakers in slamming government policies that add up to a lowering of women’s standing
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
A protest against domestic violence as part of a nationwide strike, in Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. The sign reads: 'Electronic tracking [of offenders] saves lives.' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 30, 2023, 11:54 pm
Knesset passes domestic abuse monitoring law after long delays and squabbles
Police minister Ben Gvir led what he calls a ‘balancing’ of the bill put forth by last government, which enables electronic tracking of abusers
By ToI Staff
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2023, 9:05 pm
Lapid says women’s rights minister politicizing office and its powers with new bill
Coalition advances legislation to place office tasked with advancing women under greater political control
By ToI Staff
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