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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Orit Strock

Families and supporters of Israelis held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, marking 600 days of the hostages' captivity, May 28, 2025. (Flash90)
May 29, 2025, 2:20 pm
New US deal outline would see 10 live hostages freed, 60-day truce, option to resume war
Right-wing ministers, hawkish hostage families come out against proposed deal, saying Hamas is ‘on its knees’ and IDF must drive terror group to surrender and release all captives
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Settlements and National Missions Minister Orit Strock (second from right) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (third from left) attend a ceremony at the illegal settlement farming outpost of Meitarim Farm, handing over ATVs to illegal settlements and farming outpost, April 3, 2025. (Freddy Barmi)
April 6, 2025, 8:58 pm
Government gifts state-financed ATVs to illegal settlement outposts for security
Ministers Smotrich and Strock attend handover ceremony at outpost farm in presence of formerly sanctioned settler
By Jeremy Sharon
Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a meeting of the Knesset Land of Israel Caucus, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 9, 2025, 6:33 pm
Smotrich: Government establishing ‘migration administration’ for Gaza exodus
Far-right minister says plan ‘taking shape,’ budgeting won’t be an issue; Washington, Jerusalem, seeking countries to take in those who leave
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Combo photo showing Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (left) at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 17, 2025, and Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 3, 2025, 3:31 pm
Lapid panned for saying he ‘deserves raise’ for having to look at religious female minister
Yesh Atid leader blasted as misogynistic for joking he should be paid more for having to cast his eyes upon Religious Zionism’s Orit Strock; claims comment referred to her conduct, not looks
By ToI Staff
The security cabinet meets in Jerusalem on January 17, 2025 to discuss the ceasefire-hostage release deal. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 17, 2025, 3:34 pm
Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it
First hostages to be freed Sunday afternoon; Smotrich said to agree to stay in coalition; relatives of hostages not set for release in 1st phase urge public support for next stage
By Amy Spiro, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 26, 2024, 4:10 pm
Netanyahu vows to keep hitting Hezbollah ‘full force’ as his allies pan truce report
Ben Gvir threatens to withdraw his party from coalition if PM agrees to proposal by US, France and other nations for a 21-day lull to negotiate an end to fighting
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri pictured at a faction meeting in the Knesset on February 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 2:04 am
Amid squabbles, lawmakers in government no longer take its survival for granted
As parties turn on each other and trust in the prime minister erodes, coalition politicians are increasingly voicing concern their fractious alliance may not last
By Sam Sokol
Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock attends a protest of families of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip calling for the war to continue, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2024, 11:40 am
Far-right minister extols ‘miracle period’ of settlement expansion
Orit Strock tells residents of recently legalized outpost that land appropriation still in the cards for as long as the government stands, a time period that’s ‘completely unclear’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi (L) speaks during the Herzliya Conference, June 24, 2024. (Ronen Topelberg)
June 25, 2024, 9:43 pm
Ministers blast security council head for saying idea of Hamas can’t be eradicated
Leaked WhatsApp messages show far-right cabinet members rebuking Tzachi Hanegbi for comments at Herzliya Conference
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
(L-R): Lee Siegel, brother of hostage Keith Siegel, then-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, captivity survivor Aviva Siegel, and her daughter Shir Siegel, pose for a photo on May 1, 2024 (Courtesy)
May 2, 2024, 3:54 pm
US giving us more attention than Israeli leaders, says brother of hostage Keith Siegel
American-born Lee Siegel says he regularly attended anti-government protests last year, but now only attends rallies solely focused on captives’ plight
By Jessica Steinberg
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with the families of the hostages held by Hamas, outside of a hotel, in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2024, 1:45 pm
Daily Briefing May 1: Day 208 – Strong political reactions to proposed hostage deal
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses far-right politicians’ statements on a potential agreement; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel talks market reactions and Nvidia AI deal
By ToI Staff
Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock speaks during a prayer event for the IDF's success and the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas, Gush Etzion, March 21, 2024. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 1, 2024, 12:18 pm
Far-right minister: Hostage deal throws war goals in trash to save only 22-33 hostages
In response, Lapid says Orit Strock’s ‘extremist’ government has ‘no right to exist’; Movement for Quality Government calls on Netanyahu to fire her
By Sam Sokol
The Judicial Selection Committee meets for the first time in over 18 months in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2023. (GPO)
April 8, 2024, 3:15 pm
Dispute breaks out in Judicial Selection Committee over judicial overhaul proponent
A candidate for the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court backed by Justice Minister Levin was blocked by liberal members of the committee due to his advocacy for restraining the judiciary
By Jeremy Sharon
A construction site in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 6, 2024, 2:46 pm
Israel greenlights plans for nearly 3,500 new settlement homes
Defense Ministry body approves projects to build 2,402 new homes in Ma’ale Adumim, 694 homes in Efrat and 330 homes in Keidar after record-breaking year of West Bank expansion
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
The Judicial Selection Committee meets for the first time in over 18 months in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2023. (GPO)
March 1, 2024, 1:58 am
Ten judges appointed to magistrates courts in second round of judicial appointments
Ministers on Judicial Selection Committee sought to discuss possible impeachment of Supreme Court justice, but told disciplinary action must wait till an examination is completed
By Jeremy Sharon
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