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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Rafi Peretz

Top row (L-R) Osnat Mark, Ayoub Kara, Gabi Ashkenazi, Avi Nissenkorn; 2nd row (L-R) Miki Haimovich, Assaf Zamir, Omer Yankelevich, Tehila Friedman; 3rd row (L-R) Moshe Ya'alon, Ofer Shelah, Gadeer Mreeh, Tzvi Hauser; Bottom row (L-R) Amir Peretz, Itzhik Shmuli, Yitzhak Cohen, Iman Khatib-Yasin
March 30, 2021, 12:43 pm
Renegades, rabble-rousers, TV anchors, army chiefs: The MKs who won’t be back
Dozens depart in latest election’s political culling — from longest-serving lawmaker to some of the briefest, as well as 3 women of 3 faiths who each made history in their own way
By ToI Staff
An election campaign billboard of Tnufa party leader Ofer Shelah, in Tel Aviv on January 17, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 3, 2021, 4:02 pm
After a year of political betrayals, mistrust puts party mergers on hold
Israel’s electoral system facilitates infidelity by letting blocs break up easily; with big parties unable to trust those hitching a ride, smaller factions may be left in the cold
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett at a protest against the state's intention to close the Hilla Project, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on August 12, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2021, 11:06 am
Israel’s coming election may be decided on the religious right
Netanyahu has no coalition without Naftali Bennett. Neither does Gideon Sa’ar. The fight is on
By Haviv Rettig Gur
MKs Yair Lapid (L) and Moshe Ya'alon attend a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 2, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 9, 2021, 11:35 pm
Ya’alon splits from Lapid’s Yesh Atid, is expected to attempt independent run
Yair Lapid tweets: ‘I value and respect Moshe Ya’alon very much and wish him luck,’ as yet another party is expected to join the already-crowded field of the March election
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem Minister Rafi Peretz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2021, 7:13 pm
Rafi Peretz to quit politics as Jewish Home seeks to merge with Yamina once more
Peretz ends rocky reign as head of right-wing party that bolted allies to enter coalition, saying it needs ‘new face’; move seen as opening door for fresh alliance with Bennett
By ToI Staff
Blue and White leaders Yair Lapid (R) and Moshe Ya'alon at a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2021, 5:10 pm
Yesh Atid-Telem said planning to split, as Yamina courts Jewish Home
Ya’alon, Lapid reportedly fail to agree on terms for continued partnership; Bennett’s party in talks with faction whose leader, Rafi Peretz, seems poised to retire
By Raoul Wootliff
Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 9, 2020, 9:21 am
Likud, Blue and White brawl publicly as coalition teeters on the brink
Unity government ‘was a mistake,’ official in Gantz’s party said to say as weekly cabinet meeting canceled over budget crisis; Likud asserts Gantz is holding up aid to public
By ToI Staff
Avi Cohen, then-firector general of the Ministry for Social Equality, speaks at the 16th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 11, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 2, 2020, 11:49 pm
Ministry chief said to have come into office despite showing virus symptoms
In wake of Avi Cohen’s diagnosis, Jerusalem Affairs Raft Peretz also tests positive for COVID-19, resulting in three other ministers being ordered into quarantine
By ToI Staff
Rafi Peretz (right) with Zeev Elkin in the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2020, 1:21 pm
3 ministers enter quarantine after minister Rafi Peretz tests positive for virus
Zeev Elkin, Orly Levy-Abekasis and Yaakov Avitan go into isolation as a result of contact with Jerusalem affairs minister, who announced diagnosis on Saturday evening
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Rafi Peretz attends a meeting of the Jewish Home party in Tel Aviv, January 13, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 1, 2020, 10:37 pm
Jerusalem minister tests positive for virus; 14 more deaths since Friday evening
Police commander in the capital to quarantine following meeting with Rafi Peretz; 3 Likud MKs, 3 of their aides also to self-isolate after coming into contact with virus carrier
By ToI Staff
Likud MK and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2020, 2:38 pm
At least 3 more MKs enter quarantine after exposure to COVID-19 patients
Nir Barkat, Aida Touma-Sliman, Tehila Friedman join growing list of government officials in isolation, including 3 ministers and the IDF chief of staff
By ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a ceremony in the military's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 9, 2020, 4:31 pm
IDF chief enters quarantine after exposure to coronavirus carrier
Military says Aviv Kohavi is feeling fine as he heads into isolation for 2nd time since start of pandemic; Gantz approves call-up of 2,000 reservists to assist in virus response
By ToI Staff
Then Education Minister Rafi Peretz speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 9, 2020, 10:30 am
Minister Rafi Peretz in isolation after adviser tests positive for virus
A day after Gantz is quarantined, Jewish Home MK says he too came into contact with a carrier of the coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Rafi Peretz, then-leader of the Jewish Home party, in Petah Tikva, February 20, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 5, 2020, 8:36 pm
Flubbed split means Jewish Home’s Peretz may not be legally serving as minister
Zman Yisrael probe finds Jerusalem Affairs minister may be a ‘secessionist MK’ after failing to fully break off from Yamina, which could affect his political present and future
By Noam Eynav
US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft delivers a statement to the press after a Security Council meeting on October 16, 2019 in New York City (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
June 6, 2020, 1:22 am
US still working to bring Palestinians to the table on peace plan, diplomat says
Amid Israel’s annexation push, envoy to UN Kelly Craft says Trump proposal ‘not set in stone,’ but ‘until we have dialogue, there’s going to be nothing’
By ToI Staff
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