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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Ofir Katz

Otzma Yehudit party chief Itamar Ben Gvir chairs a faction meeting in Knesset, November 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)
January 5, 2025, 6:16 pm
Coalition pulls Otzma Yehudit bills from Knesset agenda over its legislative revolt
Coalition whip says legislation proposed by far-right MKs who vote against government ‘will not receive the coalition’s support and will not be on the agenda’
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
File: MK Ayman Odeh (center left) and MK Ahmad Tibi (center right) attend Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2024, 3:20 am
Knesset advances legislation that could make it easier to disqualify Arab lawmakers
Bill would expand criteria for barring candidates from running to include any support for act of terror or terrorist; bill giving government control of TV ratings data also advances
By Sam Sokol and Michael Horovitz
View of a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, August 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 11:41 pm
Parties trade blame as coalition chaos enables opposition to defeat bill for first time
This is ‘how governments fall apart,’ declares Lapid; coalition forced to nix day’s agenda after losing vote on traffic bill; Otzma Yehudit, absent from vote, denies boycott
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a court hearing in Jerusalem on July 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 2:38 pm
Coalition pulls all bills from Knesset agenda, blaming ‘irresponsible’ Otzma Yehudit
Coalition whip Ofir Katz takes step a day after far-right party’s leader torpedoes Shas-fronted bill on funding religious councils and accuses PM of ‘running a one-man government’
By Sam Sokol
Demonstrators protest against the war in Gaza, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2024, 4:32 pm
Arab MKs, academics slam bill requiring universities to fire anti-Zionist faculty
‘We will not allow terrorism to take over academia,’ says coalition whip; Association of University Heads condemns ‘McCarthyistic’ campaign against higher education
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 Ofir Katz, chairman of the Knesset House Committee, leads a hearing, March 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 5:07 pm
Coalition whip: We’ll pass IDF draft law next, then continue with judicial overhaul
Likud MK Ofir Katz says issue of Haredi enlistment needs to be ‘settled’ as reports emerge of ultra-Orthodox parties pushing for pause on shakeup of judiciary
By ToI Staff
File: MK Limor Son Har-Melech attends a joint session of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and the National Security Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 2:52 pm
Coalition MK echoes claim IDF general favors Palestinians, calls for Gallant’s ouster
Limor Son Har-Melech charges defense minister ‘knowingly endangers’ the lives of settlers; opposition leaders defend Central Command chief, urge Netanyahu to stand up for military
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a hearing in Jerusalem on June 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2023, 5:03 pm
Hayut says judges working ‘fearlessly’ after Likud urged her to decry ex-prosecutor
After former state attorney Moshe Lador slammed leaked remarks by Netanyahu judges about weakness of bribery charge, coalition whip called on Supreme Court chief to defend them
By ToI Staff
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron arrives at a cabinet meeting on the state budget at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 23, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
June 28, 2023, 2:20 pm
Coalition pauses interest rate bill, backing down to central bank pressure
Government to reevaluate after banks next week propose own plans for better consumer terms; Bank of Israel governor had called bill a ‘serious blow’ to central bank independence
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 6:43 am
PM said to tell ministers current bill for coalition to control judicial panel is dead
Netanyahu reportedly informs coalition heads Levin-Rothman legislation to restructure Judicial Selection Committee won’t be enacted, other parts of package will be advanced instead
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 5:31 am
‘Don’t assume everyone is stupid’: Likud MK blasts Netanyahu’s handling of overhaul
Tally Gotliv lashes out at PM and party leader after report reveals that he blames her for preventing his plan to restructure the Judicial Selection Committee
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Eliyahu Revivo attends a special committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 1:53 pm
Likud MK threatens to stop voting with coalition after his Shin Bet bill is nixed
Eliyahu Revivo wants security agency involved in fighting Arab crime despite objection by AG and Shin Bet; his brother, Lod mayor, threatens to recruit MKs to bring down government
By ToI Staff
MK Ofir Katz leads a meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2023, 9:31 am
Coalition seeking to amend Arnona Fund to benefit Likud strongholds – report
New version of the controversial law, initiated by coalition whip MK Ofir Katz, would have certain cities receive from the fund instead of paying millions into it
By ToI Staff
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