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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Pnina Tamano-Shata

National Unity MK Pnina Tamano-Shata presidents over a meeting of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women on November 18, 2024. (Knesset Spokesman's Office)
November 18, 2024, 5:34 pm
81% of sex crime complaints in Israel closed without an indictment, report says
Association of Rape Crisis Centers presents figures to Knesset committee hearing; MK: ‘I feel like the system is failing again and again’
By Amy Spiro
Relatives of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza attend a Religious Zionism faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 5:11 pm
Opposition, hostage families press coalition to nix upcoming 3-month Knesset recess
National Unity files bill to cancel summer break, but it needs coalition support to pass in time; hostage’s daughter to MKs: ‘There are 120 hostages and you’re going free’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz at a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
May 30, 2024, 8:59 pm
Still in coalition, Gantz’s National Unity party files bill to dissolve Knesset
Party bids to create ‘stable unity government,’ further indicating it is set to bolt the emergency coalition it joined after Oct. 7; Likud dismisses call as harmful to war effort
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center) attend a vote in the Knesset, July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2024, 3:41 am
Coalition tensions, enlistment bill loom large as Knesset reconvenes Monday
New legislative session will focus on war-related legislation as arguments over ultra-Orthodox military service and postwar order in Gaza threaten future of Netanyahu’s government
By Sam Sokol
This combination photo shows US President Joe Biden, left, on March 8, 2024, in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo)
May 9, 2024, 4:44 pm
‘Dangerous for Israel’: Critics slam government’s handling of US ties amid arms row
The growing rift between Jerusalem and Washington over how to manage the war in Gaza has led to grumbling among both opponents and members of the governing coalition
By Sam Sokol
Released hostage Maya Regev speaks during a Knesset’s women’s rights committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 1:19 pm
‘Every girl there is sexually harassed’: Freed captives beg MKs for hostage deal
In emotional Knesset meeting, relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 call on government to secure their release; committee chair: ‘We need to bring them home’
By ToI Staff
Members of the Knesset House Committee vote to approve the legislature's 2024 spring recess, March, 26, 2024. (Dani Shem Tov/Knesset)
March 26, 2024, 4:07 pm
Furor as lawmakers approve Knesset recess despite war, Haredi enlistment controversy
After House Committee votes for six-week break, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Liberman blasts ‘disconnected elected officials who do not deserve to lead the people of Israel’
By Sam Sokol
Families of young female surveillance soldiers killed on October 7 attend a hearing in the Knesset, January 9, 2024. (Sam Sokol)
January 9, 2024, 6:06 pm
Parents, MKs call for probe into IDF refusal to heed surveillance troops’ warnings
A investigation is needed ‘to bring the truth to light because nothing else can give us all rest,’ Eyal Eshel, whose daughter Sgt. Roni Eshel was killed on Oct. 7, tells lawmakers
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality holds a hearing on the government's treatment of victims of Hamas sexual assault, January 8, 2024. Chairwoman MK Pnina Tamano-Shata is at left. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)
January 8, 2024, 10:29 pm
Government must improve aid to victims of Hamas sexual assault – Knesset panel chief
‘Rape is murder of the soul, and no one is answering your phone,’ lawmaker in women’s rights committee says after waiting over 12 minutes on the National Resilience Center hotline
By Sam Sokol
Danny Aweke arrives at Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv, August 19, 2023. (Flash90)
August 19, 2023, 11:54 pm
Israeli jailed in Turkey for smuggling khat returns home after 4.5-year imprisonment
Danny Aweke says he did not know the plant, use of which is legal in Israel, was a forbidden drug abroad
By ToI Staff
Then-defense minister Benny Gantz and then-outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset plenum, June 13, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
August 18, 2023, 4:43 pm
Gantz said to rule out unity coalition with Netanyahu, while some in party back idea
National Unity’s Matan Kahana reportedly suggested partnership at faction meeting a few weeks ago, drawing support from at least 3 MKs but objections from party chief
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Ethiopian-Israeli Francis Adbabayi who was kidnapped for ransom in Ethiopia, July 2023. (Kan. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 31, 2023, 6:05 pm
Kidnapped Israeli said rescued from Ethiopian captors following shootout
Rescue mission by Ethiopian special forces successful; Israeli authorities had previously suspected Francis Adbabayi’s kidnapping was a hoax
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli students at a high school in the southern city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020. (Flash90)
March 22, 2023, 11:46 pm
Education Ministry won’t fire teachers who ran racist chat mocking black students
Ministry says instructors expressed remorse after opening special WhatsApp group in which they made fun of students from Ethiopian community during school trip
By ToI Staff
Jewish Ukrainian refugees receive their entry papers to Israel, at an emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, on March 15, 2022. (Flash90)
December 25, 2022, 6:02 pm
Political deals over Law of Return set stage for fight over future of immigration
Coalition agreement with Haredi parties confirms ‘grandchild clause’ granting citizenship to anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent could be repealed, but it’s not dead yet
By Judah Ari Gross
From left: Dr. Sefefe Aitchek, Dr. Irene-Rina Fremont, Leonardo Oros Duek, President Isaac Herzog, Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, prize committee head Yossi Alfi, Vladimir Cohen and Kira Radinsky pose for a photograph at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 1, 2022, 10:38 pm
Young AI analytics pioneer among five awarded government honor for immigrants
Immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, France, Ethiopia and Argentina recognized for work advancing health care, sports and culture at President’s Residence ceremony
By ToI Staff
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