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MK Michael Biton chairs the Special Committee for Strengthening and Developing the Negev and Galilee at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 28, 2024, 10:20 am
Only 1 lawmaker shows up to Knesset committee meeting on the north’s war-ruined economy
11 MKS absent from Special Committee for Strengthening and Developing the Negev and Galilee; angry residents who traveled hours for 9 a.m. meeting sneer: ‘Too early for them’
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A construction site in the central Israeli city of Be'er Ya'akov, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 21, 2022, 4:56 pm
Borrowing for home purchases continues freefall amid higher rates, prices
Israelis took out 20% less in mortgages from August to September, Bank of Israel figures show, bringing lending to lowest level in a year; interest rates expected to keep going up
By Danielle Nagler
Knesset Economic Affairs Committee chairman Michael Biton leads a meeting of the committee at the Knesset on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2022, 9:32 pm
Transportation minister meets rebel MK, but no agreement reached
Blue and White’s Michael Biton has been boycotting coalition votes over public transportation reform
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
MK Michael Biton attends his Blue and White party's faction meeting at the Knesset, May 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
June 12, 2022, 9:26 pm
In fresh blow to coalition, Blue and White MK renews boycott of coalition votes
Michael Biton will again stop voting with the coalition on Monday in protest of transportation reforms; but he’ll still oppose no-confidence motions and support key settler law
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Knesset Economic Affairs Committee chairman Michael Biton leads a meeting of the committee at the Knesset on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 5:06 pm
MK Biton: ‘I’ll do what I have to do’ to pressure coalition on transportation reform
Blue and White lawmaker, who took a break from voting with the coalition, says his concerns over new transportation prices remain unanswered, in another potential government crisis
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Blue and White MK Michael Biton leads an Economic Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2022, 5:33 pm
Renegade MK to resume voting with coalition after PM pledges to review reforms
Economic Committee head Michael Biton had vowed to boycott most votes, hobbling razor-thin coalition; Bennett promises to look at agriculture, transport reforms that raised his ire
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MK Michael Biton leads an Economic Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2022, 12:09 pm
Talks held to end Blue and White MK’s boycott on backing coalition bills
Michael Biton meets with cabinet secretary after decrying transportation and agriculture ministers’ policies; Bennett said to drop by, Liberman also reportedly involved
By ToI Staff
Then-defense minister Benny Gantz and then-outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset plenum, June 13, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
May 27, 2022, 7:59 pm
Gantz denies talks with Likud: ‘Those who approached me got a thump on the nose’
Blue and White head claims leaks of alleged talks with Netanyahu could be coming from Likud or even from within coalition, so he’s pegged as one responsible for bringing down gov’t
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MK Michael Biton chairs a meeting of the Knesset Economic Committee on May 25, 2022. (Knesset Spokesperson/Noam Moskowitz)
May 25, 2022, 12:18 pm
Blue and White MK to boycott votes due to planned reforms, in new blow to coalition
Days after government brought another rebel MK back into fold, Michael Biton accuses transportation and agriculture ministries of ‘hurting the weak’
By ToI Staff
Knesset Economic Affairs Committee chairman Michael Biton leads a meeting of the committee at the Knesset on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2022, 9:13 am
Knesset member tests positive for COVID-19
Michael Biton, chairman of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, spent hours in the parliament on Thursday holding multiple hearings and meetings
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: People outside a Shufersal supermarket in Safed on April 6, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 4, 2021, 5:57 am
Report on supermarket’s deep discounts for ultra-Orthodox sparks outcry
Little-known Shufersal mehadrin grocery delivery site offers same products as regular service for a fraction of the price; MK orders meeting on matter as consumers fume
By ToI Staff
A cabinet meeting of the new government at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
May 3, 2021, 12:31 pm
After High Court warning, cabinet approves appointment of 5 ministers
Vote held after Netanyahu repeatedly resisted calls to fill the positions when trying to prevent appointment of Blue and White’s Gantz as justice minister
By Raoul Wootliff
Silhouettes are seen in front of the logo of US social media Facebook in Brussels, February 14, 2020. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
February 10, 2021, 7:02 pm
Israel urges social media giants to label anti-Semitic content
Ministers say companies should flag anti-Jewish posts in the same way they police misinformation about pandemic and elections
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MK and former Yeruham mayor Michael Biton, in the Knesset on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 23, 2020, 9:14 pm
Strategic affairs minister says he’s examining shuttering his own ministry
Weeks after taking up post, Blue and White’s Michael Biton adopts position of ministry’s resigning director-general who says it should be merged with other government offices
By ToI Staff
Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich in her office in Jerusalem, on November 26, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 1, 2020, 10:41 am
Blue and White MKs turn on party minister over her support for illegal outposts
Diaspora Minister Yankelevich claims her call to legalize wildcat communities toes the party line; leader Gantz clarifies that he supports only those built on state land
By Stuart Winer
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