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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Shai Babad

An illustrative photo showing chocolate bars made by Strauss Group. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 15, 2024, 1:43 pm
Amid war, Strauss to hike prices of 25% of its products, lay off 150 employees
Strauss olive oil, chocolate bars, hummus and other items will cost more starting Feb. 1 to offset high costs of raw materials; layoffs won’t affect reservists and evacuees
By Sharon Wrobel
From left to right: Keren Terner Eyal, former director general of the Transportation Ministry; former Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor; and Shai Babad, the former director general of the Finance Ministry. (Flash90)
March 7, 2022, 5:14 pm
Phones of former ministry heads were hacked by foreign state, not police – report
ZecOps finds Shai Babad, Keren Terner Eyal and Emi Palmor — all named in bombshell Calcalist wiretapping report — were never targeted by police or with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Keren Terner Eyal, former director general of the Transportation Ministry; former Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor; and Shai Babad, the former director general of the Finance Ministry. (Flash90)
February 11, 2022, 3:09 pm
Examining phones of 2 alleged police targets, cyber firm finds evidence of hacking
ZecOps says high likelihood devices of former ministry chiefs were infected with malware, which was oddly removed in recent days; 3rd ex-ministry head hands in phone for probe
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Keren Terner Eyal, former director general of the Transportation Ministry; former Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor; and Shai Babad, the former director general of the Finance Ministry. (Flash90)
February 8, 2022, 10:52 am
Ex-ministry chiefs demand state commission to probe police wiretap claims
Shai Babad, Keren Terner and Emi Palmor — all alleged to have been hacked — call for deletion of any material obtained; state comptroller also to look into alleged spyware abuse
By ToI Staff
Top row (L-R) Avner Netanyahu, Ethiopian-Israeli protests against police, Netanya Mayor Miriam Feirberg, disability rights protestors; 2nd row (L-R) Ilan Yeshua, Rami Levi, Shai Babad, Topaz Luk (Flash 90)
February 7, 2022, 9:05 am
Ministry heads, Netanyahu associates, activists said targeted by police with spyware
Calcalist says protest leaders, journalists, mayors, and people connected to ex-PM’s trial were spied on with Pegasus; police said to believe Sara Netanyahu used son’s phone
By ToI Staff
(L-R): Then-Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov during a press conference announcing the new health basket at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2019; former director-general of the Health Ministry Prof. Ronni Gamzu speaks at a Finance Committee meeting on February 11, 2014; outgoing housing minister Yifat Shasha Biton at a ceremony at the Housing Ministry in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Noam Revkin/Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 4, 2020, 10:33 pm
‘Professionals Party’ of technocrats said poised for run in next election
But two of main candidates in yet-to-be formed faction flatly deny unsourced TV report, which claims party would take away seats from Bennett and be willing to sit with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry, in Jerusalem, July 5, 2020. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)
July 19, 2020, 4:34 pm
How Netanyahu lost focus, and his coalition lost control, in fight against COVID
PM has always sought to sideline competing ministers and make all the decisions himself; that strategy served him well in the first wave of the virus, but then he got distracted
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 29, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
June 3, 2020, 4:14 pm
Who runs Israel? A year of deadlock and pandemic shows it’s not the ministers
A health minister who made no health decisions, a finance minister begging to leave office — and powerful directors general setting policy in lieu of indifferent politicians
By Haviv Rettig Gur
El Al planes at the Ben Gurion International Airport, April 12, 2020. (Flash90)
May 14, 2020, 3:54 pm
El Al issues ‘going concern’ warning as losses pile up
National carrier says 90% of its staff laid off, and if government doesn’t step in, it will no longer be able to function
By ToI Staff
Grounded El Al planes at Ben Gurion Airport on April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)
May 13, 2020, 1:15 pm
El Al chief entreats Netanyahu for lifeline, criticizes treasury’s loan offer
CEO Gonen Usishkin says Finance Ministry conditions for $400 million aid package, which hinge on far-reaching cost-cutting reforms, ‘will cause us to collapse’
By ToI Staff
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
May 11, 2020, 7:43 pm
Health czar said weighing stepping down as Treasury chief announces resignation
Sources tell news site that identity of next health minister will be ‘critical’ to Moshe Bar Siman-Tov’s decision; will decide in coming days
By ToI Staff
Israeli airline El Al planes parked at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Israel, on March 16, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 11, 2020, 4:41 am
Treasury to offer El Al $400 million loan guarantee to save it from crisis
Finance minister reportedly conditions aid package on airline carrying out far reaching cost cutting reforms; if owners reject terms, national carrier likely to be broken up
By ToI Staff
El Al planes at the Ben Gurion International Airport, April 12, 2020. (Flash90)
May 10, 2020, 11:16 am
Treasury weighing whether to offer El Al loan guarantees or let carrier crash
Ministry official says aid is preferred option, but banks reportedly view loans to airline, which has seen devastating losses compounding existing issues, as too risky
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (left), Health Minister director Moshe Bar Siman-Tov (standing) and other officials meet Thursday to discuss easing social distancing measures put in place to battle the coronavirus (PMO)
April 16, 2020, 9:10 pm
With 2020 economy already ‘in the garbage,’ ministries clash over exit strategy
Health officials back cautious, slow approach, angering treasury; reported compromise could see some stores, workplaces and childcare facilities reopen next week
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus at the Prime Ministers office in Jerusalem on March 25, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 3, 2020, 1:09 am
Netanyahu, Mossad chief, top finance officials test negative for virus
Many top Israeli officials are in quarantine after Health Minister Litzman was diagnosed with coronavirus; PM to remain in isolation, working from residence
By ToI Staff
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