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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Nir Barkat

El Al airplanes on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
August 21, 2024, 7:15 pm
El Al announces fixed ticket costs for 4 locations amid price hike accusations
National carrier says flights to Larnaca, Athens, Vienna and Dubai to be at set prices through December as it’s accused of exploiting war to pad profits
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Druze children who were killed at a soccer field from a missile fired from Lebanon, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, July 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 28, 2024, 3:01 pm
Government ministers shouted down at funeral for children killed by Hezbollah attack
‘Get out of here, you trash!’: Mourners assail Barkat, Smotrich as 10 of the 12 youngsters struck by rocket on soccer field Saturday are laid to rest in Druze town of Majdal Shams
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Products on shelves at a Carrefour Israel supermarket. (Courtesy)
July 4, 2024, 11:48 pm
Ministers approve reform to cut bureaucratic red tape surrounding imported goods
‘What’s good for Europe is good for Israel’ program to automatically approve products with European quality standards or certification without additional regulations, cutting costs
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video message issued June 19, 2024. (Screenshot/GPO)
June 19, 2024, 9:46 pm
Amid multiplying spats, Netanyahu urges coalition partners to ‘get a grip’
PM says government members must set aside ‘partisan interests’ and unite around war effort in Gaza, as he faces Haredi anger, public row with Ben Gvir, dissent from Barkat
By ToI Staff
Druze activist Hamud Marzuk makes a point to Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat at the entrance to the Druze military cemetery in Isfiya, northern Israel, on May 13, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 13, 2024, 3:22 pm
Tensions simmer at Druze memorial ceremony attended by Likud minister Nir Barkat
As activists demonstrate peacefully, Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif calls on state to allow young Druze to build legally on their land
By Sue Surkes
United Torah Judaism leader Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
March 7, 2024, 6:28 am
Ultra-Orthodox parties: We’ll learn lessons of inquiry into deadly 2021 Meron crush
Shas minister pans PM’s Likud party for painting commission’s work as politically motivated, demands retraction; Likud minister Barkat urges Netanyahu to take responsibility
By ToI Staff
Economy Minister Nir Barkat (left) meets with Saudi Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi at the WTO conference in Abu Dhabi, February 26, 2024. (Courtesy Economy Ministry)
February 26, 2024, 9:35 am
Barkat talks peace with Saudi counterpart in UAE: ‘We can make history together’
On sidelines of World Trade Organization meeting in Abu Dhabi, ministers shake hands, exchange phone numbers amid talk of potential landmark regional deal that includes normalization
By Lazar Berman
Economy Minister Nir Barkat attends an Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, on January 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2024, 7:55 pm
Economy minister issues ultimatum to food companies that hiked prices in wartime
Barkat gives them 72 hours to reverse increases or be put on ‘blacklist,’ hints he suspects illegal price coordination; manufacturers say government causing rise in cost of living
By ToI Staff
Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis kidnapped and held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 3, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
February 4, 2024, 11:26 pm
Hamas said to insist on deal that will end war, withdraw IDF troops from Gaza
Terror group yet to respond to Paris proposal for longer truce, release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners; Likud ministers spar over terms
By ToI Staff
File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), and Economy Minister Nir Barkat in the Knesset on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 21, 2024, 11:04 pm
Report: Barkat snipes at PM over aid to Gaza, reported openness to Palestinian state
Economy minister says cabinet hasn’t taken lessons from Oct. 7; charges Israel has ‘lost the north,’ as Hezbollah threat persists
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Lebanon's southern town of Kfar Kila near the border with Israel on December 30, 2023. (AFP)
December 31, 2023, 5:17 pm
IDF ramps up strikes in Lebanon, and reportedly in Syria, amid ongoing attacks on north
Hezbollah deputy chief warns fighting won’t stop till Israel ends Gaza Strip campaign; Netanyahu says activity aimed at restoring security to north
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Economy Minister Nir Barkat at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 11:04 pm
Netanyahu, Gantz assail Barkat for saying IDF tactics endangering soldiers
PM tells economy minister that repeating claim over and over ‘doesn’t make it true’; president tells politicians to avoid divisive prewar discourse, warning it will help Hamas
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows across the horizon along the hills in the Naqura area of southern Lebanon following IDF bombardment from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 24, 2023. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
December 24, 2023, 6:36 pm
IDF carries out ‘wide-scale’ airstrikes on Hezbollah as rockets from Lebanon hit north
Anti-tank missile hits house in Avivim, causing no casualties; alert sirens go off in multiple communities along border and in Galilee Panhandle
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
File: Palestinian workers crossing into Israel at the Tarkumiya checkpoint near the southern city of Kiryat Gat, November 14, 2019. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
December 11, 2023, 8:43 am
Security cabinet skips vote on allowing return of West Bank Palestinian workers
PM said to back move, but feared he didn’t have a majority; ministers argued that despite economic needs, move would endanger Israelis, urged different, long-term labor solutions
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents his 2023 wartime budget update to the Knesset, December 6, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2023, 5:23 pm
Knesset advances NIS 30 billion in new wartime funds, over intra-coalition objections
NIS 17 billion for military and NIS 13 billion for home front mostly funded by increased deficit; multiple ministries seemingly unrelated to war effort receive major funding boosts
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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