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Labor's Ram Shefa (R) and Meretz's Michal Rozin sign a vote-sharing deal between the parties on August 31, 2022 (Courtesy)
August 31, 2022, 5:41 pm
Labor, Meretz agree to surplus vote-sharing deal, as parties urged to merge
Joint statement by left-wing parties stresses urgency of preventing the far-right from entering the government in upcoming election, but Meretz later says deal not signed yet
By ToI Staff
Labor MK Naama Lazimi reacts to the results of the Labor party primary elections in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 9, 2022, 10:00 pm
Young guard grab top spots in Labor primary; Barlev and Shai seemingly ousted
Neophyte lawmakers Naama Lazimi, Gilad Kariv, Efrat Rayten, Ram Shefa, and Emilie Moatti at top of roster behind party leader Merav Michaeli
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 26, 2022. At left is Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (Yoav Dudkevitch/POOL)
June 28, 2022, 5:37 pm
Last-minute campaign funding deal challenged before Knesset’s planned dispersal
Labor, Yisrael Beytenu oppose Likud bid to raise public funding by NIS 30m, so issue goes to oversight panel; talks ongoing on aspects of dissolving Knesset Wednesday for elections
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (R) apologizes to ultra-Orthodox MKs after releasing a statement on the Sabbath, August 8, 2021. (Video screenshot)
August 8, 2021, 10:12 pm
Netanyahu apologizes to Haredi MKs after phoning Olympic medalist on Shabbat
Opposition leader says he is ‘very careful to keep the Sabbath’ and his staff will learn to do better; Likud blames ‘technical error’ that led to publishing post before nightfall
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with then-health minister Yaakov Litzman, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
August 8, 2021, 1:55 am
Opposition MKs scold leader Netanyahu for phoning Olympic medalist on Shabbat
After leaders of all 3 religious slates in bloc slam ‘desecration’ of Jewish day of rest, Likud apologizes for ‘technical error’ that led to statement’s publishing before nightfall
By ToI Staff
Labor party leader Merav Michaeli speaks to press after casting her vote in the Labour primaries, in Tel Aviv on February 01, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90 )
February 2, 2021, 12:29 am
Ex-commando, social activist, Reform rabbi take top slots in Labor primary
Leader Merav Michaeli says party ‘starting anew,’ as former MK Omer Barlev wins most votes in election for party slate, followed by Emilie Moatti and Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv
By Raoul Wootliff
Labor party leader Merav Michaeli votes in the party primaries on February 1, 2021. (Courtesy of the Labor Party)
February 1, 2021, 4:14 pm
Reviving Labor party holds primaries for slate in coming elections
With party newly polling above the electoral threshold, some 45,000 members select who will run for seats in Knesset
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Blue and White party member Ram Shefa at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 25, 2021, 6:11 pm
Blue and White defector Ram Shefa joins Labor, will run in primaries
Center-left party, having elected Merav Michaeli as its new leader on Sunday, is widely expected to merge with other slates within days of confirming lineup
By ToI Staff
Izhar Shay poses at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 31, 2020, 2:01 pm
2 more lawmakers leave sinking Blue and White ahead of new elections
Izhar Shay, Ram Shefa join exodus from Gantz’s party; latter tells colleagues he was unable to bridge ‘deep gaps’ in outlook, says setting out on a new path
By ToI Staff
Israel's antisemitism envoy Michal Cotler-Wunsh in an undated photo. (Rami Zarenger)
December 29, 2020, 9:00 am
MK Cotler-Wunsh quits Blue and White, says she’s ‘committed to continue serving’
Lawmaker leaves party after just 6 months in Knesset; announcement comes days after Gantz ousts 2 rebel lawmakers and amid reports he is mulling his own future
By ToI Staff
Knesset members Asaf Zamir and Miki Haimovich attend the ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on May 7, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 27, 2020, 6:13 pm
Gantz ousts rebel Blue and White MKs Zamir, Haimovich from party
Lawmakers who broke ranks and voted to dissolve the government last week, triggering elections, agree not to run on centrist list in upcoming vote
By ToI Staff
Israeli students arrive at school in the southern city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020 (Flash90)
December 27, 2020, 2:50 pm
Grades 5-10 stay in school as Knesset education panel rejects lockdown closure
Government can appeal committee’s ruling; chair Ram Shefa said to get Gantz’s approval on vote; teachers union threatens strike if not prioritized to get vaccine
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MK Miki Haimovich votes in the Knesset against a bill that might have staved off elections, December 21, 2020 (Knesset channel screenshot)
December 22, 2020, 4:10 pm
Hiding in the parking lot and ignoring calls, rebel MKs send Israel to elections
Likud MK comes to Knesset in decoy car, another ignores officials’ messages but responds to pro-cannabis activists. A Blue and White MK naps in his car, before a last-minute entry
By ToI Staff
Miki Haimovich with Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)
December 21, 2020, 10:16 am
Blue and White MKs said to mull torpedoing deal that would stave off election
4 lawmakers from Gantz’s party reportedly won’t back bill for 2-week budget delay to allow more time for talks with Likud; coalition whip Zohar calls their move ‘political suicide’
By ToI Staff
An ultra-Orthodox boy walks with his father to a Talmud Torah school in the Sanhedrin neighborhood in Jerusalem, October 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 15, 2020, 11:14 pm
Fines for ultra-Orthodox schools that violated lockdown canceled – report
Knesset never authorized punishments; hundreds of other tickets also to be dropped unless measure okayed in coming days
By ToI Staff
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