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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Oded Forer

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block the street outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, April 28, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 9:34 pm
‘Bring them to justice’: MKs demand legal action against anti-IDF Haredi protesters
Yisrael Beytenu’s Forer demands AG enforce law against inciting evasion. Finance Minister Smotrich calls on law enforcement to ‘seize the rioters and bring them to justice’
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 18, 2025, 12:56 pm
Far-left MK’s tweet comparing Israel to Nazi Germany sparks renewed calls for impeachment
Hadash-Ta’al legislator Ofer Cassif compares Israeli plans for ‘voluntary migration’ from Gaza to flight of Jews from Germany ahead of World War II
By Sam Sokol
Israeli soldiers walk next to bodies of people murdered by Hamas terrorists in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 7, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 6:42 pm
Knesset passes law mandating five years in jail for denial of October 7 massacre
Modeled after 1986 law banning Holocaust denial, legislation requires five-year prison term for denying the atrocities ‘with the intention of defending or identifying with Hamas’
By Sam Sokol
A woman votes in the municipal elections in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 9:28 pm
Lawmakers advance bills to block ‘terror supporters’ from holding local office
Legislation would ban candidates who support armed struggle against Israel from running in municipal elections — and would allow their removal, once elected, by Interior Ministry
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif, Arab Israelis and Israeli left wing student activists attend a rally marking the anniversary of the 'Nakba' at Tel Aviv University, May 15, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
November 11, 2024, 8:47 pm
Knesset suspends far-left MK Ofer Cassif for six months over comments on Gaza war
Hadash-Ta’al lawmaker penalized by for supporting South African motion accusing Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice in The Hague
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jews outside an army recruitment office in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 6, 2024, 11:58 pm
Likud clamps down on dissent over Haredi draft bills after Gallant pushed out
Coalition whip sanctions Likud MKs Illouz and Edelstein after they publicly oppose legislation they say will enable continued ultra-Orthodox draft evasion
By Sam Sokol
A grab from a UGC video posted on the Telegram channel 'South First Responders' on October 9, 2023, shows a Palestinian terrorist walking around the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im in southern Israel on October 7. (South First Responders/AFP)
August 16, 2024, 4:37 pm
Wheels of justice grind slowly for Oct. 7 terrorists, with prosecution a complex affair
Various proposals have emerged for how to tackle the incendiary cases involving many hundreds of suspects, but there’s still no clear decision on how to move forward
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: New immigrants from Ethiopia arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, June 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 11:41 am
Absorption Ministry to slash rental assistance for new immigrants
Aid shrinks by nearly half to NIS 8,712 over two years, with additional monthly stipends for those moving to ‘national priority’ areas; Elkin: Ministry ‘pickpocketing’ new arrivals
By ToI Staff
Tesfai Kasau, father of missing 9-year-old Haymanut, speaks to the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, June 18, 2024. (Screenshot/Knesset Channel, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2024, 4:07 pm
Father of missing 9-year-old girl: Government ‘not doing enough’ to find her
Updating Knesset panel on search for Haymanut Kasau, last seen in Safed in February, police commander says no new leads, even after NIS 350,000 reward offered
By ToI Staff
Young immigrants learn hebrew at an ulpan, February 9, 2011. (Sophie Gordon)
March 19, 2024, 7:42 pm
MKs protest halt to government vouchers for immigrants’ Hebrew-language classes
Private ulpans and new immigrants scramble to cope after coalition, without warning, cuts off funding for lessons
By Sam Sokol
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif (center) celebrating after an impeachment vote against him failed in the Knesset, February 19, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)
February 19, 2024, 10:27 pm
Bid to oust MK Ofer Cassif over backing for ICJ genocide case falls short in Knesset
Parties trade barbs after centrists from Yesh Atid, National Unity and Labor sit out impeachment motion, leaving it five votes short of 90 needed to boot Hadash-Ta’al lawmaker
By Sam Sokol
File - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tours Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel, February 4, 2024. (Defense Ministry)
February 14, 2024, 2:59 pm
Ahead of vote, Gallant denies claim he opposes impeachment of far-left MK
Knesset slated to decide on Ofer Cassif’s political future next week after he accused Israeli leaders of advocating for genocide against Palestinians
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers in the Knesset plenum vote on a bill to criminalize the denial of the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, February 7, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
February 7, 2024, 6:09 pm
Knesset passes preliminary reading of bill banning denial of October 7 massacre
Denial ‘damages the memory of the victims,’ says MK Oded Forer, while Association of Civil Rights in Israel says it creates ‘chilling effect on freedom of expression’
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 30, 2024, 7:32 pm
Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote
House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz
By Sam Sokol
MK Ofer Cassif attends a House committee meeting hearing on his possible impeachment, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2024, 5:44 pm
As MKs debate Cassif’s expulsion, he rails against ‘Kahanist’ attempt to silence him
Far-left legislator’s actions in support of genocide accusations at The Hague may not cross ‘criminal threshold,’ legal adviser says; ‘I never supported Hamas,’ Hadash MK declares
By Sam Sokol
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