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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Merav Ben-Ari

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
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir talks to beachgoers at Tel Aviv's Geula beach, September 6, 2024. (Screen capture: X/Josh Breiner, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 8, 2024, 2:48 am
Woman accused of throwing sand at Ben Gvir sent to house arrest after night in jail
Noa Goldenberg denies allegations as Tel Aviv judge says he’s not convinced there were grounds to arrest her or keep her in custody
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir talks to beachgoers at Tel Aviv's Geula beach, September 6, 2024. (Screen capture: X/Josh Breiner, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 7, 2024, 9:15 am
Woman jailed overnight after allegedly throwing sand at Ben Gvir on Tel Aviv beach
Citing ‘fear of tampering,’ judge denies lawyer’s request for suspect’s release on medical grounds; activists enraged by police’s initial failure to disclose her location
By ToI Staff
Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 14, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90/File)
February 18, 2024, 11:49 pm
Reports: Siding with Ben Gvir, PM plans to limit Arab Israeli Al-Aqsa access on Ramadan
Netanyahu said to overrule position of some security officials, who warn move could unnecessarily antagonize Muslims during holiday; Opposition MKs react angrily to restrictions
By ToI Staff
Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 30, 2024, 7:32 pm
Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote
House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz
By Sam Sokol
Families of young female surveillance soldiers killed on October 7 attend a hearing in the Knesset, January 9, 2024. (Sam Sokol)
January 9, 2024, 6:06 pm
Parents, MKs call for probe into IDF refusal to heed surveillance troops’ warnings
A investigation is needed ‘to bring the truth to light because nothing else can give us all rest,’ Eyal Eshel, whose daughter Sgt. Roni Eshel was killed on Oct. 7, tells lawmakers
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality holds a hearing on the government's treatment of victims of Hamas sexual assault, January 8, 2024. Chairwoman MK Pnina Tamano-Shata is at left. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)
January 8, 2024, 10:29 pm
Government must improve aid to victims of Hamas sexual assault – Knesset panel chief
‘Rape is murder of the soul, and no one is answering your phone,’ lawmaker in women’s rights committee says after waiting over 12 minutes on the National Resilience Center hotline
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A police car in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
January 3, 2024, 8:15 pm
Man arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting woman at gunpoint on first date
Police say suspect only received gun license last month, after Israel’s firearm regulations were eased in the wake of the October 7 Hamas onslaught
By ToI Staff
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
Undated photo of Adel Hayeb, who was acquitted by a district court of raping an 82-year-old Holocaust victim, June 5, 2023. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 5, 2023, 9:31 pm
Court clears man of raping Holocaust survivor, 82; says it’s not certain she objected
Outrage as judges say they are unconvinced that alleged victim did not consent to sex, noting lack of resistance toward 43-year-old man previously convicted of raping 70-year-old
By Stuart Winer
(R) United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni on January 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (L) Noa Kirel on September 7, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 1:02 pm
Outrage after top Haredi MK says he would donate clothing to pop star Noa Kirel
Arguing more funding should go to ultra-Orthodox children’s education, Gafni implies secular schools teach about pop stars and makes comment about her outfits
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of May Golan, Minister for the Advancement of Women, center-right, shouting at Yesh Atid MK Merav Ben-Ari, top-left, during a Knesset debate, May 1, 2023. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 2, 2023, 1:43 am
Likud’s Golan made a minister, ejected from Knesset plenum during row minutes later
Approved to lead new Ministry for Advancement of the Status of Women, firebrand lawmaker is then removed from session after calling opposition MK ‘depraved, lying woman’
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush arrives for coalition talks at Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv on November 10, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 5, 2022, 11:16 am
In coalition talks, UTJ said to request full authority at Meron, site of disaster
MK Meir Porush wants control over site, including implementation of findings of investigative panel into 2021 tragedy; he opposed the committee’s formation
By ToI Staff
Police are seen in Lod during ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 27, 2022, 8:38 pm
Security agencies say reforms already underway after handling of 2021 unrest panned
Public Security Ministry asserts past year spent working with law enforcement agencies to learn lessons; Arab MK slams comptroller for viewing her community as ‘enemies’
By ToI Staff
Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi at the Knesset, May 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
May 18, 2022, 5:25 pm
Yesh Atid lawmaker heckles Joint List MK, he repeatedly calls her ‘human scum’
Knesset furor erupts after Merav Ben-Ari protests Ahmad Tibi’s comments about Temple Mount, while he lashes her for saying she doesn’t regret death of Al Jazeera reporter
By ToI Staff
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