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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Nir Barkat

(L) Economy Minister Nir Barkat at his office in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) and (R) Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's 'Uvda' program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Channel 12/screenshot)
March 1, 2025, 3:04 pm
Minister says he had ‘more important things’ to do than watch freed hostage’s testimony
After uproar, Economy Minister Nir Barkat apologizes to Eli Sharabi for dismissing interview in which captivity survivor described torture and starvation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. A grocery shopper in the northern town of Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, on July 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 20, 2025, 7:42 pm
Israel launches campaign to fine retail chains failing to display prices on products
Economy minister steps up enforcement of law mandating that supermarkets and retail chains show costs of items; calls on consumers to report retailers
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel's Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks at India-Israel business forum in New Delhi, February 2025. (Courtesy of Israel Economy Ministry)
February 16, 2025, 7:27 pm
Israel and India seek trade pact in 2025 as Trump touts US-India corridor via Israel
Economy Minister Nir Barkat says visit to New Delhi marks ‘breakthrough’ to advance a trade agreement, as Trump pushes vision of connecting India, Europe, and the US through Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Economy Minister Nir Barkat attends an Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, on January 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2025, 3:41 am
Economy minister says Israel wants peace in Gaza, unsure about reconstruction funding
Nir Barkat says Jerusalem would ‘certainly be willing’ to let the UAE, Saudis and others ‘rebuild something that doesn’t threaten Israel’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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
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