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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Robert Ilatov

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman presents his right-wing party's candidates for the upcoming Knesset elections, during an event in Ashkelon on February 19, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 20, 2019, 2:25 am
Liberman unveils Yisrael Beytenu candidates, leaves out veteran lawmakers
Ex-defense chief dismisses projections that his right-wing party will only pick up 4-5 seats: ‘We won’t be cowed’ by the polls
By Alexander Fulbright
Israel Bar Association former chairman Efi Nave is seen at a Tel Aviv court on January 16, 2019. (Koko/Pool/Flash90)
January 18, 2019, 5:33 pm
Suspicions former top lawyer helped intern pass bar exam in exchange for sex
Police question woman as witness over whether scandal-plagued Efi Nave also helped her find a job in return for sex; intern said to deny she received benefits from relationship
By ToI Staff
Recently resigned former defense minister Avigdor Liberman sits with oppositino lawmakers during a Knesset meeting November 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 20, 2018, 6:55 pm
Now in opposition, Liberman says coalition is slow-walking death penalty bill
But Knesset committee chair says he received no ‘orders from above’ to freeze legislation, will advance it until ordered otherwise
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers clash with Palestinians in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 31, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
July 4, 2018, 1:58 pm
The brief but exciting life of the bill to outlaw filming IDF soldiers
What the tortuous path of one small piece of legislation – and the commotion it caused – reveals about Israel’s hollowed-out politics
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, second left, flanked by newly released Palestinian security prisoners, greets the crowd in Ramallah, on October 30, 2013 (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
July 2, 2018, 10:03 pm
Israel passes law cutting funding to PA over its payments to terrorists
Lawmakers give final approval to measure deducting Abbas’s payments to Palestinian prisoners and families of slain attackers from tax revenues collected by Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Avi Dichter, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 27, 2018, 3:18 pm
Lawmakers reject PM’s demand to soften bill freezing PA funding for terrorists
Knesset committee authorizes final votes on measure to deduct welfare payments paid to Palestinian prisoners and their relatives from tax revenues collected by Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
Screen capture from April 2018 video showing left-wing activists telling IDF soldiers on the border with the Gaza Strip that they are 'terrorists' who are 'massacring innocent civilians.' (Facebook)
June 20, 2018, 6:31 pm
Bill to criminalize some filming of IDF soldiers clears first Knesset hurdle
Legislation’s proponent says it’s needed to protect IDF troops from ‘hostile elements’; opposition MKs decry attempt to ‘legitimize’ alleged abuses
By Alexander Fulbright
Members of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee vote in favor of a bill to slash funds to the Palestinian Authority by the amount Ramallah pays out to convicted terrorists, June 11, 2018. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2018, 2:54 pm
MKs reject ministers’ bid for final say on freezing PA funding for terrorists
Lawmakers authorize final votes on measure to deduct welfare payments paid to Palestinian prisoners and their relatives from tax revenues collected by Israel
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (R) attend a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 21, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
March 12, 2018, 11:19 am
Ministers approve conscription bill as Yisrael Beytenu tries to halt move
In bid to prevent early elections, committee gives initial approval to law demanded by ultra-Orthodox; Yisrael Beytenu minister appeals against measure
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 5, 2015. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)
March 12, 2018, 9:57 am
AG expected to shoot down IDF conscription bill compromise — report
Coalition sources quoted saying Mandelblit will reject deal between PM and ultra-Orthodox parties since legislation is different from the law he had approved
By Michael Bachner
A new mosque under construction on the main road of the Arab-Israeli village of Majd al-Krum, near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel, on November 8, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 20, 2018, 11:23 am
Bill will empower police to seize mosque loudspeakers – report
Ministers said to propose tightening controversial legislation limiting mosque noise by allowing confiscation of equipment, bigger fines
By Sue Surkes
Gidi Gov, right, ahead of a concert in Tel Aviv 2013. Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
January 25, 2018, 6:37 am
Flap between Yisrael Beytenu, singer Gov reignites with fresh exchange
After saying sorry for Russian accent jibe at Liberman, entertainer calls youth wing of party ‘fascists,’ prompting MK to say he no longer accepts apology
By Joshua Davidovich
Then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the IDF's West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, on January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 23, 2017, 8:44 am
Liberman’s party presses coalition to advance death penalty for terrorists
Yisrael Beytenu’s MK Robert Ilatov says legislation has been languishing in ministerial panel for nearly a month
By Marissa Newman and Alexander Fulbright
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman (R) and MK Robert Ilatov (L) attend a party faction meeting at the Knesset on April 30, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
September 26, 2017, 11:03 pm
Liberman’s party revives death penalty for terrorists bill after Har Adar attack
MK Robert Ilatov says legislation needed to send a ‘clear and unequivocal’ message on punishment for terrorism
By Alexander Fulbright
An Egyptian protester holds an anti-Israel slogan near the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
August 8, 2017, 9:26 am
Netanyahu said happy to leave Israel-Egypt ties hanging on security
Citing sources familiar with a Knesset defense meeting, Haaretz says army, foreign and economy ministry officials all lament diminished relations in other areas, absence of embassy
By Stuart Winer
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