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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Miki Zohar

An online post headed 'No Zionists in UEFA/FIFA' calling for protests as 'a direct clash' with Israeli security forces and the Mossad in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Screen grab via Instagram used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 8, 2024, 11:41 pm
Report: Israeli authorities foresaw danger in Amsterdam, failed to warn soccer club, fans
Dutch officials were reportedly told of risk, urged to up security; city bans demos for three days, gives cops emergency powers after attacks by ‘antisemitic hit-and-run squads’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 1, 2024, 4:05 pm
Cabinet approves 2025 budget proposal after last-minute backtrack over stipend freezes
Ministers agree to scrap proposed freeze for Holocaust survivors, bereaved families; opposition pans agreement; Gantz: Anyone who supports this should feel shame for rest of their life
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a ceremony for the Israeli Olympic and Paralympic delegation competing at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 19, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 6:00 pm
Culture minister not invited to this year’s muted Ophir Awards ceremony
Miki Zohar, who has been criticized for proposal to reform movie industry, says he wasn’t planning on attending event anyway ‘due to the situation in the country’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Actor Sasson Gabbay appears in a video released July 22, 2024, protesting planned changes to the film industry by Culture Minister Miki Zohar (Screenshot)
July 23, 2024, 1:21 pm
Prominent Israeli actors protest culture minister’s planned industry reform
Film industry professionals vehemently argue against plans to fund commercial movies over arthouse fare, calling it ‘Miri Regev 2’
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli Olympians (from L to R) Shachar Sagiv, Lihie Raz and Tom Reuveny model the 2024 official uniform on June 3, 2024. (Oded Karni/Olympic Committee of Israel)
June 5, 2024, 10:17 pm
On complex world stage in Paris, Israel’s Olympians hope to stay focused on sport
Despite security threats and concerns over provocations, Israeli officials say goal is to bring home 4-5 medals at 2024 games, upping state grant to gold medalists to NIS 1 million
By Amy Spiro
The 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 5, 2024, 8:21 pm
Independence Day preparations disrupted by clash between minister, Knesset speaker
Amir Ohana cancels participation of Knesset Guard in annual torch-lighting ceremony after Miri Regev reportedly informs him he will not be giving speech at event
By Sam Sokol
Pictures released by the Israel Air Force showing planes returning after intercepting the direct attack from Iran, April 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 14, 2024, 8:34 pm
Should Israel launch an immediate retaliatory attack on Iran? Lawmakers are divided
Some hard-right members of the government call for harsh retaliation, while war cabinet members Gantz and Gallant issue more measured statements, urging global alliance building
By Sam Sokol
Hosts Alesha Dixon, Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham and Julia Sanina appear on stage during the final of the Eurovision Song contest 2023 on May 13, 2023 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, northern England. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
February 22, 2024, 8:53 pm
Discord with Eurovision over song choice could risk Israel’s spot in contest
Kan public broadcaster says it will refuse to switch songs if EBU disqualifes ‘October Rain’ from submission amid charges that its references to Hamas massacre are too political
By Amy Spiro
Tourism minister Haim Katz arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2024, 11:14 pm
Likud ministers promote conference on reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza
Katz and Zohar urge participation in Jerusalem gathering, which they will attend, assert that Israeli communities in Palestinian territory are only path to security
By ToI Staff
Palestinians fleeing Gaza City towards the southern areas walk on a road in the Strip on November 7, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
January 4, 2024, 12:56 pm
Likud minister slams Smotrich, Ben Gvir’s ‘unrealistic’ call for Gazan emigration
‘It’s clear that the international community won’t accept it,’ argues Miki Zohar in response to calls for ‘voluntary’ resettlement of Palestinians; Shasha-Biton also condemns plan
By Sam Sokol
Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset plenum, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, the so-called "reasonableness law", on July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 1:25 am
Levin declares High Court ‘won’t stay our hand’ after justices annul overhaul law
Justice minister sets up potential standoff between government branches as coalition supporters fume; Gantz says decision must be respected
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
The Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa, without a crowd in attendance at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
December 11, 2023, 2:59 pm
Crowds of 1,000 to be allowed at soccer matches for first time since war erupted
Sports Ministry says opening of stadiums will begin gradually in line with IDF instructions; Minister Zohar says without spectators, games ‘worthless,’ hopes for ‘sense of normalcy’
By Michael Horovitz
Palestinian national team's forward #23 Ataa Jaber fights for the ball with Lebanon's forward #08 Hassan Saad during the 2026 FIFA World Cup AFC qualifiers football match at the Khalid Bin Mohammed Stadium in Sharjah on November 16, 2023. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
November 21, 2023, 10:01 am
Culture minister seeks to revoke citizenship of soccer player over support for Gaza
Miki Zohar claims that Arab Israeli athlete Ataa Jaber, who plays for the Palestinian national team, has chosen to ‘identify with the Nazi terrorist organization Hamas’
By ToI Staff
Family and supporters of the some 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza on the final leg of a five-day solidarity rally calling for their return, from Tel Aviv to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2023 (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 18, 2023, 11:42 am
‘Look us in the eye!’: 30,000 join Gaza hostages’ families on final march into Jerusalem
Rally held outside PM’s office; Gantz and Eisenkot meet with relatives, with latter reportedly assuring them that deal for return of hostages is being deliberated ‘day and night’
By ToI Staff
A convoy of trucks carrying aid supplies for Gaza from Egypt waits on the main Ismailia desert road, about 300 kilometers east of the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip, on the way to the Rafah crossing on October 16, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
October 16, 2023, 12:35 pm
Israel denies okaying ceasefire so Egypt crossing can open for aid, foreigners’ exit
IDF says Hamas still preventing Palestinian civilians from evacuating to southern part of Gaza Strip ahead of ground operation
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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