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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Miki Haimovich

Top row (L-R) Osnat Mark, Ayoub Kara, Gabi Ashkenazi, Avi Nissenkorn; 2nd row (L-R) Miki Haimovich, Assaf Zamir, Omer Yankelevich, Tehila Friedman; 3rd row (L-R) Moshe Ya'alon, Ofer Shelah, Gadeer Mreeh, Tzvi Hauser; Bottom row (L-R) Amir Peretz, Itzhik Shmuli, Yitzhak Cohen, Iman Khatib-Yasin
March 30, 2021, 12:43 pm
Renegades, rabble-rousers, TV anchors, army chiefs: The MKs who won’t be back
Dozens depart in latest election’s political culling — from longest-serving lawmaker to some of the briefest, as well as 3 women of 3 faiths who each made history in their own way
By ToI Staff
Michal Cotler-Wunsh (Rami Zarenger)
December 29, 2020, 9:00 am
MK Cotler-Wunsh quits Blue and White, says she’s ‘committed to continue serving’
Lawmaker leaves party after just 6 months in Knesset; announcement comes days after Gantz ousts 2 rebel lawmakers and amid reports he is mulling his own future
By ToI Staff
Knesset members Asaf Zamir and Miki Haimovich attend the ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on May 7, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 27, 2020, 6:13 pm
Gantz ousts rebel Blue and White MKs Zamir, Haimovich from party
Lawmakers who broke ranks and voted to dissolve the government last week, triggering elections, agree not to run on centrist list in upcoming vote
By ToI Staff
Electricity-generating solar panels. (Danny Shechtman)
December 22, 2020, 9:13 pm
Lawmakers fast-track environmental initiatives as Knesset set to dissolve
Knesset committees reach 11th hour deals to ease installation of solar panels, while Energy Ministry launches program to make local authorities more energy efficient
By Sue Surkes
Blue and White MK Miki Haimovich votes in the Knesset against a bill that might have staved off elections, December 21, 2020 (Knesset channel screenshot)
December 22, 2020, 4:10 pm
Hiding in the parking lot and ignoring calls, rebel MKs send Israel to elections
Likud MK comes to Knesset in decoy car, another ignores officials’ messages but responds to pro-cannabis activists. A Blue and White MK naps in his car, before a last-minute entry
By ToI Staff
Miki Haimovich with Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
December 21, 2020, 10:16 am
Blue and White MKs said to mull torpedoing deal that would stave off election
4 lawmakers from Gantz’s party reportedly won’t back bill for 2-week budget delay to allow more time for talks with Likud; coalition whip Zohar calls their move ‘political suicide’
By ToI Staff
Electoral workers count ballots cast by Israelis under home quarantine after returning from coronavirus infected zones, in the central town of Shoham on March 4, 2020. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
November 18, 2020, 9:26 pm
In a tiny Israeli town, Likud sought a Trumpian ‘stolen election’ failsafe
Efforts to create mobile and mail-in voting for those in COVID quarantine for an upcoming local council race dredge up a distinctly American-style reaction
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
November 2, 2020, 11:38 pm
Gantz admits he doesn’t expect Netanyahu to honor premiership rotation deal
In first, Blue and White leader reportedly tells associates he doesn’t trust PM to make good on their power-sharing deal; some of his party’s MKs urge immediate exit from coalition
By ToI Staff
Plastic waste in the sea. (dottedhippo/iStock by Getty Images)
October 14, 2020, 11:32 pm
Plastic bags and containers make up 70% of Israel’s Med, Red Sea trash — study
NIS 80 million available for cutting plastic bag use, yet no government targets set; Tel Aviv ranked third among 22 Mediterranean beaches for most plastic pollution along coastline
By Sue Surkes
Plastic waste on an unidentified beach. (YouTube screenshot/Zavit)
October 12, 2020, 10:09 pm
Justice Ministry changes tack, agrees to support single-use plastic ban
In potential ‘revolution from below,’ MK Miki Haimovich coaxes officials to stop blocking council efforts to ban single-use plastic in nature and approve bylaw changes
By Sue Surkes
Deputy Police Chief and head of the investigations division Ziv Sagiv in an interview with Channel 13 News on October 10, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter/Channel 13)
October 12, 2020, 3:02 pm
Top cop sparks probe after pushing fake claim protesters planned violence
Police looking into origin of Facebook post claiming demonstrators planned to use tasers, after senior officer reads it aloud on TV despite reported warnings that it was fishy
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 21, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
October 4, 2020, 11:12 pm
Dismissing MK’s comment, Blue and White members signal coalition to stay intact
As Gantz’s party convenes, sources quoted saying Miki Haimovich was merely expressing her own opinion when she said group within party favors ending partnership with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Miki Haimovich with Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
October 4, 2020, 7:55 pm
Blue and White MK says growing group within party favors breaking with Netanyahu
PM’s Likud, Gantz’s party snipe at each other, escalating coalition crisis that could lead to 4th elections since April 2019
By ToI Staff
FILE - In this July 30, 2006 file photo, Mariana Jimenez walks on her farm where burst oil pipes contaminated her land earlier in the month near Lago Agrio, in Ecuador's Amazon region. Late Tuesday, July 10, 2018, Ecuador's highest court upheld a $9.5 billion judgment against oil giant Chevron for decades of rainforest damage that harmed indigenous people. (AP Photo/Lou Dematteis, File)
September 9, 2020, 1:20 pm
International environmental groups unite to warn Israel against Chevron
US expert researching company’s global record finds dozens of cases of litigation; Energy Ministry: ‘We don’t act on ‘gossip,’ we rely on US Energy Ministry support for Chevron
By Sue Surkes
Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee members evacuate a meeting on climate change after smelling smoke in the room and identifying a fire in the ceiling, September 8, 2020. (Screenshot/Knesset channel.
September 8, 2020, 6:44 pm
Fire breaks out in the Knesset during climate crisis debate
Participants in Internal Affairs and Environment Committee meeting clear area after chair MK Haimovich notes strong smell of smoke
By ToI Staff
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