Naftali Bennett

Leaders eulogize ‘queen of justice’ Miriam Naor as former chief justice buried

By TOI staff

Prime minister calls Naor ‘one of the most significant judges of our time’ at funeral at capital’s Sanhedria cemetery

Benjamin Netanyahu, then prime minister, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli Navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu expected to be called as central witness in state probe of submarine deal

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks with Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbivai at the Knesset on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Government approves planning and construction reform in business sector

By David Brummer

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and current Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (combination: Netanyahu: Menahem Kahana / AFP; Bennett: Yonatan Sindel / Flash90)

January 26, 2022, 6:02 am

Bennett mocks Netanyahu for plea deal talks after ex-PM criticizes COVID policy

As opposition head blasts gov’t decision to cancel quarantine for children exposed at school, PM snipes: ‘Nice to see he stepped away from personal affairs to spread hysteria’

By TOI staff

A firefighter douses the flames in an Israeli car after it was allegedly set on fire by Jewish extremists in the West Bank near the outpost of Givat Ronen on January 21, 2022. (Courtesy: Yesh Din)

January 25, 2022, 4:04 pm

ADL, other Jewish groups denounce ‘ongoing terrorism’ by settler extremists

In letter to Bennett, Lapid and Gantz, organizations urge ‘unequivocal action’ to stop violence against Palestinians, other Israelis and IDF; note damage caused to ties with US

By JTA and Jacob Magid

January 25, 2022, 2:45 pm

Leaders eulogize ‘queen of justice’ Miriam Naor as former chief justice buried

Prime minister calls Naor ‘one of the most significant judges of our time’ at funeral at capital’s Sanhedria cemetery

By TOI staff

(From left to right) Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on August 2, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 25, 2022, 12:58 pm

Ministers’ trips abroad have cost nearly NIS 16 million in seven months — report

Since government was sworn in in June, cabinet members took at least 46 visits; Bennett, Lapid and Gantz lead with five or more apiece; several ministers refuse to report costs

By TOI staff

January 24, 2022, 10:12 am

Netanyahu expected to be called as central witness in state probe of submarine deal

The five members of the government-backed commission of inquiry will need to have no ties to the scandal-ridden procurement deal from a German shipbuilder

By TOI staff

Interceptors are launched over Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to hit incoming missiles, January 24, 2022 (video screenshot)

January 24, 2022, 6:19 am

UAE intercepts 2 ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi fired by Iran-backed Houthis

Attack on Emirates, days after another assault that killed 3, further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf

By Agencies and TOI staff

Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid walks through a protest supporting the establishment of a committee of inquiry into the submarine affair, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

January 23, 2022, 5:50 pm

Cabinet votes to establish state inquiry into submarine affair

Committee will evaluate decision-making by political echelon surrounding sensitive procurement, in case that has already snared several close associates of Netanyahu

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Israelis protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside a court hearing on the submarine affair, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

January 23, 2022, 12:44 pm

Gantz proposes larger team to probe submarine affair, with ‘public representative’

Defense minister says decision to expand committee to five members from original three, ahead of Sunday’s vote, came after discussion with top legal officials

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a press conference in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2022; Israelis protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside a court hearing on the so-called submarine affair, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 25, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton; Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

January 22, 2022, 11:36 pm

Bennett to abstain on vote for state inquiry into murky submarine deal — reports

Right-wing ministers Shaked, Elkin said expected to vote against commission’s formation; Defense Minister Gantz says probe a ‘national need,’ not political

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on October 10, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

January 22, 2022, 5:04 am

Bennett: Israel is ours because it’s the Jewish homeland, not because of Holocaust

80 years after Wannsee Conference, PM says a ‘strong, secure, independent, thriving, diverse, free and united’ state is needed to ‘ensure the existence of the Jewish people’

By TOI staff

January 22, 2022, 1:38 am

Coalition members condemn latest settler attack, with some calling to raze outposts

Criticism of masked attackers mostly comes from left-wing, centrist lawmakers, but Yamina minister also slams assault on activists, Palestinians: ‘This behavior must be rooted out’

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) sits down with UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the latter's Abu Dhabi palace, on December 13, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

January 20, 2022, 11:29 pm

Bennett speaks with Abu Dhabi crown prince following deadly Houthi attack

PM affirms support, expresses condolences; UAE news agency says he stressed ‘need to confront terrorist forces that threaten stability and peace in the region’

By TOI staff and Agencies

High school students take a mathematics exam in a school in Yehud, January 20, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

January 20, 2022, 9:22 pm

Israel world #1 in daily COVID cases per capita; exposed schoolkids won’t quarantine

Starting next Thursday, students to take antigen tests twice a week at home and present negative results when going to school; PM says ‘millions’ of home tests to be handed out

By TOI staff

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) and his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

January 20, 2022, 5:23 pm

Gantz: Iran’s ‘double game’ in region must be on the table at nuclear talks

Minister: ‘As officials negotiate in Vienna, their emissaries are increasing their aggressiveness’; Bennett to IDF brass: Israel’s main mission is to hit Iranian regime and proxies

By TOI staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets with UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the latter's Abu Dhabi palace on December 13, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

January 18, 2022, 5:40 pm

Bennett offers UAE ‘security and intelligence support’ after attack by Houthis

PM says ‘Israel stands with the UAE,’ offers condolences to victims of missile strike on Abu Dhabi: ‘We will continue to partner with you to defeat our common enemies’

By TOI staff and Agencies