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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Moshe Abutbul

Residents of the mixed Modern Orthodox-Haredi neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph on April 27, 2020. (Sam Sokol)
February 26, 2024, 4:43 pm
In Beit Shemesh election, the ultra-Orthodox are looking to regain power
Religious conflict no longer solely defines the city’s politics but some worry that a victory for Shas’s Moshe Abutbul could spell a return to the violence of his last term
By Sam Sokol
Shas MK Moshe Abutbul is escorted out of the Knesset on November 3, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 3, 2021, 9:14 pm
MK booted for meowing, brandishing cat doll during budget vote
Knesset ushers confiscate stuffed animal from Shas opposition lawmaker Moshe Abutbul, who is protesting coalition’s allocation of NIS 12 million to neuter stray felines
By ToI Staff
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (R) apologizes to ultra-Orthodox MKs after releasing a statement on the Sabbath, August 8, 2021. (Video screenshot)
August 8, 2021, 10:12 pm
Netanyahu apologizes to Haredi MKs after phoning Olympic medalist on Shabbat
Opposition leader says he is ‘very careful to keep the Sabbath’ and his staff will learn to do better; Likud blames ‘technical error’ that led to publishing post before nightfall
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with then-health minister Yaakov Litzman, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
August 8, 2021, 1:55 am
Opposition MKs scold leader Netanyahu for phoning Olympic medalist on Shabbat
After leaders of all 3 religious slates in bloc slam ‘desecration’ of Jewish day of rest, Likud apologizes for ‘technical error’ that led to statement’s publishing before nightfall
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Moshe Abutbul at the Knesset on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2020, 6:31 pm
5th MK enters quarantine after exposure to virus carrier
Moshe Abutbul of Shas says Health Ministry told him that he and his son must isolate themselves after being near MRI technician with coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Aliza Bloch, center, on October 30, 2018. (Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)
November 1, 2018, 4:27 am
In major upset, Bloch boots Abutbul to become first female mayor of Beit Shemesh
Former principal beats two-term ultra-Orthodox mayor by 533 votes after all-night vote count to take helm of city riven by religious tensions
By ToI Staff
Bet Shemesh mayoral candidate Moshe Abutbul casts his vote at a polling station, during the second round of the local elections in the city, March 11, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 21, 2016, 8:15 pm
Eight indicted for Beit Shemesh voting fraud
Suspects allegedly cast ballots using other voters’ identities, wore disguises to fool election officials
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Residents of Beit Shemesh attend a March 28, 2016, rally in solidarity with a soldier who shot a Palestinian assailant in Hebron the week before. (Yaacov Lederman/Flash90)
March 29, 2016, 12:05 am
Dozens rally in Beit Shemesh in support of Hebron soldier
100 demonstrators demand release of ‘hero of Israel’ who killed disarmed Palestinian assailant; MKs blast city for endorsing event
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men protest in Jerusalem on January 7, 2016, after authorities ordered an autopsy on a four-month-old infant from the community (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 8, 2016, 4:28 am
Ultra-Orthodox infant buried after court-ordered autopsy
Judges rule procedure necessary to check if baby died after shaking by carer, in spite of family objection and riots in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men protest in Jerusalem on January 7, 2016, after authorities ordered an autopsy on a four-month-old infant from the community (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 7, 2016, 6:49 pm
Ultra-Orthodox riot in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh against autopsy on infant
13 held as roads blocked; police suspect baby grandson of Beit Shemesh mayor died after ‘shaking’ by carer, who denies any wrongdoing
By Sue Surkes
Israeli security forces at the scene where two terrorists were shot by police after attempting to carry out a stabbing attack in Beit Shemesh, on October 22, 2015. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
October 22, 2015, 11:59 am
Police slammed for slow response in Beit Shemesh attack
Mayor says he’s complained more than once about insufficient police presence in neighborhood where stabbing occured
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox children playing in a construction site in Beit Shemesh on December 26, 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
May 31, 2015, 6:06 am
The growing pains of Beit Shemesh
As the demographics of this burgeoning city skew more religiously rightward, residents fret over what the future will bring
By Jessica Steinberg
School children wave the Israeli flag as they sit in their school playground in front of a dividing barrier put up by the Beit Shemesh municipality, September 02, 2014. Graffiti reads "Separation barrier, a disgrace to Zionism" . (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 4, 2014, 7:14 pm
Beit Shemesh municipality removes wall between secular, Haredi students
Court rules it does not have the jurisdiction to force ultra-Orthodox out of secular school’s facilities; Education Ministry mulls further court action
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox women entering a bus through the back door in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, in 2011 (Uri Lenz/Flash90/File)
April 3, 2014, 4:39 am
Mayor condemns attack on ‘immodest’ woman in Beit Shemesh
Bystanders at bus stop did nothing as victim was allegedly harassed and then assaulted while with her 2-year-old daughter
By JTA
Bet Shemesh mayoral candidate Moshe Abutbul casts his vote at a polling station, during the second round of the local elections in the city, March 11, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 12, 2014, 3:12 pm
A tale of two contested cities
The press highlights election day in Nazareth and Beit Shemesh; sparring in the Knesset ahead of the draft bill vote
By Marissa Newman
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