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Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 6, 2026, 2:39 pm
Minister insists PM will obey High Court ruling, isn’t seeking constitutional crisis
Miki Zohar says government resolution aimed at avoiding crisis, court violated law; Bennett says ignoring ruling will cause chaos similar to that which sparked 2,000 years of exile
By ToI Staff
Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist, reclining on one of his works at the Georges Pompidou Art Center, June 28, 2003, in Paris, where his works of kinetic sculpture were on exhibit. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
June 21, 2026, 2:51 pm
Yaacov Agam, pioneering Israeli kinetic artist and Israel Prize laureate, dies at 98
Sculptor celebrated for his vibrant geometric shapes and interactive works created the iconic Fire and Water Fountain in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square, among numerous other pieces
By Biranit Goren and Jessica Steinberg
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, February 10, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 10, 2026, 1:04 pm
Likud minister claims Hamas ‘hatched’ Oct. 7 attack during Bennett-Lapid government
Zohar says Sinwar planned onslaught when he saw ‘weakness’; Bennett accuses government of campaign to ‘evade responsibility,’ promises state inquiry; Lapid: Government should be ‘ashamed’
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 19, 2026, 9:22 pm
Culture Minister Miki Zohar questioned for 11 hours in Histadrut corruption probe
Zohar is the latest member of prime minister’s Likud party to be interrogated as police trace alleged bribery network linking labor union, municipalities and government
By Charlie Summers
Dana Eden attends Apple TV+'s 'Tehran' Season 2 Premiere at The Robin Williams Center on May 4, 2022, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/AFP)
February 19, 2026, 4:27 pm
Annual TV award nominees announced after delay caused by death of ‘Tehran’ producer
Academy of Film and Television mourns loss of Dana Eden, notes membership increase following culture minister’s attack on its Ophir movie awards
By Jessica Steinberg
Israel's AJ Edelman salutes the public at the end of a two-man bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 17, 2026, 1:13 pm
Swiss TV calls Israeli Olympic bobsleigh captain a ‘supporter of genocide’ in Gaza
Commentator uses entire 2-minute run to slam AJ Edelman, complain that Israelis are allowed to compete while Russia is banned; Edelman: I refuse to lend ‘credence’ to ‘diatribe’
By Ethan Rubinson and Amy Spiro
Culture Minister Miki Zohar speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 22, 2026, 10:53 pm
Culture minister says Oscar-nominated Israeli films ‘amplify our enemies’ narrative’
Academy Award nods for ‘Butcher’s Stain’ and ‘Children No More: Were and Are Gone’ shows need to ensure Israel doesn’t fund films that harm country’s reputation, says Miki Zohar
By ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar arrives at the Israeli Film Awards ceremony in Jerusalem, December 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2026, 9:46 am
Artists protest after culture minister cancels dozens of awards including cash prizes
Umbrella organization Forum of Cultural Institutions questions whether Miki Zohar diverted funds to his alternative film award ceremony; minister says awards are biased
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar arrives at the Israeli Film Awards ceremony in Jerusalem, December 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2026, 1:22 pm
Culture minister says Gaza belongs to Israel, Palestinians merely ‘there as guests’
Likud lawmaker makes claim when asked about his response to the award-winning film ‘The Sea,’ which led him to establish alternative award ceremony and threaten funding cuts
By ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2025, 11:24 am
Nominees reverse decision to boycott culture minister’s alternate film awards
8 film professionals had refused to participate in new ceremony until producer Moshe Edery promised to work with Culture Minister Zohar to maintain funding for industry
By Jessica Steinberg
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 26, 2025, 2:10 am
Culture minister says October 7 probe wouldn’t point to Netanyahu as ‘main, only culprit’
Miki Zohar claims ‘all Israeli citizens were complacent’ ahead of Hamas-led massacre; calls actions of Qatargate suspects ‘immoral’ but not necessarily criminal, praises Urich
By Sam Sokol
Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 6:42 am
Culture minister threatens to end all state funding for film industry amid awards spat
Miki Zohar says he’ll work to cancel Film Law, hits out at ‘violent extremists’ he accuses of ‘threatening’ those taking part in his alternative ceremony to Ophir Awards
By Amy Spiro
Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 4:24 am
Spurning Ophir Awards, government announces alternate film awards ‘to tell our story’
Culture Minister Miki Zohar sets state-run ceremony for December 30, in response to Israeli Academy of Film giving its top prize to a movie about a Palestinian boy, ‘The Sea’
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a '40-signature' debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 15, 2025, 11:24 pm
PM’s far-right allies up in arms over US plan’s offer of path to Palestinian statehood
As Washington weighs selling F-35s to Riyadh, Israel said insisting sale be conditioned on normalization; politicians, settler leaders oppose two-state solution as part of deal
By Sam Sokol
Muhammad Gazawi as Khaled in 'The Sea.' (Courtesy JCC Manhattan via JTA)
November 6, 2025, 5:34 pm
Controversial Israeli film ‘The Sea’ makes its North American premiere in NYC
The Arabic-language film, Israel’s Academy Award submission this year, has ignited criticism on the left and the right. On Thursday, it opens the Other Israel Film Festival in Manhattan
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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