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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

Miri Regev

Left: Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021; Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 12:18 pm
Poll: 69% think Netanyahu shouldn’t run in next election, Bennett favored for PM
Just 18% of respondents plan to watch government ceremony to mark Oct. 7 anniversary; as school year set to start with high school strike, 59% say Kisch doing terrible job
By ToI Staff
Singer-songwriter and reservist Idan Amedi attends a press conference following his release from Sheba Medical Center, in central Israel, after being seriously injured in the Gaza Strip, January 25, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 10:24 pm
Three coalition members back celebrities’ compromises in Oct. 7 memorial fracas
As tensions over dueling ceremonies continue to rise, MKs Illouz, Sukkot back move to stagger memorials, while lawmaker Saada favors replacing Regev with three bereaved women
By ToI Staff
Rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital, on August 27, 2024. (Yossi Ifergan/GPO)
August 28, 2024, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 28: Day 327 – Israel welcomes back rescued Bedouin hostage
Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses the saving of Farhan al-Qadi, and Hamas PR; political writer Sam Sokol examines Oct. 7 ceremony and Yair Lapid’s political plans
By ToI Staff
Israelis block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest calling for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza on August 27, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 12:54 pm
Hostage families tell Regev not to use loved ones’ names or photos in Oct. 7 ceremony
A hundred family members and released hostages urge transportation minister to reconsider holding controversial state ceremony, as outcry mounts
By ToI Staff
Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas terrorists during their violent rampage through the Nova music festival in southern Israel, which are displayed at the site of the event, as Israeli DJs spun music, to commemorate the October 7, massacre, near Kibbutz Re'im, November 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 27, 2024, 11:47 am
Huge alternative Oct. 7 memorial ceremony to be held in Tel Aviv; state event in Ofakim
Tens of thousands expected at Yarkon Park gathering to be emceed by Hanoch Daum and Rotem Sela, include speeches by bereaved families, relatives of hostages, Gaza border residents
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference discussing plans for the state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, August 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 4:46 am
Regev insists she organize Oct. 7 memorial, attacks Herzog for offering to host it
Facing backlash from hostage families and southern communities, minister says she’ll meet PM Sunday but believes president ‘picked a side’ by issuing letter without contacting her
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog attends an evening in honor of the Druze community in Israel, at Yitzhak Rabin Center, in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 23, 2024, 7:16 pm
Herzog proposes hosting state Oct. 7 memorial event amid backlash over government plan
President offers to oversee commemorations ‘in the interest of dampening the flames of controversy’; actor hurt fighting in Gaza slams Regev for dismissing criticism as ‘noise’
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference discussing plans for the state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, August 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 6:22 pm
Regev dismisses families’ objections as ‘noise’ as she pushes ahead with Oct. 7 ceremony
She likens communities’ planned events to ‘alternative ceremonies, such as Israeli-Palestinian ceremony on Memorial Day’; is accused of ignoring pain of bereaved, hostages’ families
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Yagev Buchshtab at the Cemetery in Kibbutz Nirim, on August 21, 2024, Yagev Buchshtab was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, his body was recently brought back to Israel in an Israeli military operation. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2024, 8:15 pm
Hostage families, Gaza border towns join growing boycott of Oct. 7 state memorial
Residents of kibbutzim targeted by Hamas, Hostages and Missing Families Forum all blast event as politicized; Gantz tells Netanyahu that ceremony is ‘not yours, it’s theirs’
By ToI Staff
Relatives of hostages held by Hamas movement carry pictures of Ohad Ben Ami, 55 and Tal Shoham 38, in Kibbutz Nirim along the fence on the Gaza border, equipped with powerful loudspeakers hanging from cranes, in an effort to get messages of hope across to them as their time in captivity nears to 100 days, on January 11, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)
August 20, 2024, 12:31 am
Gaza border residents reject government plans for Oct. 7 memorial, plan own ceremony
Kibbutz Nirim tells government it won’t serve as backdrop, after kicking out production scouts; at least 2 families of captives say they won’t let their loved ones’ names be used
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives at a special government conference on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2024, 1:05 pm
Cabinet expected to tap Miri Regev to oversee October 7 memorial ceremonies
Hostage families reportedly bristle at plans to invoke captive loved ones at events marking year since attack, telling ministers: ‘We don’t hold memorial days for living people’
By 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
Mossad chief David Barnea at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 17, 2024, 11:29 pm
Urging deal, Mossad chief said to warn time running out for young female hostages
At cabinet meeting, IDF chief, Gallant and two other ministers reportedly stress need for deal to release the captives; PM quoted saying Israel will put ‘bullet in Sinwar’s head’
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives for a government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2024, 4:39 pm
Police raid Transportation Ministry offices amid probe of alleged corruption
Cops seize documents but don’t say if Minister Miri Regev is a suspect; ministry dismisses allegations, insists officers are searching for files ‘that don’t exist’
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 5, 2024, 2:48 am
Regev claims government doing ‘amazing things’: ‘So many people in hotels’ we funded
Minister ridiculed for saying Israelis should ‘thank God’ the state funds the hotel stays of those displaced by war, boasting about planned train to evacuated northern city
By ToI Staff
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