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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

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Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer welcoming new immigrants at Ben Gurion airport, August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Far-right minister Sofer signals backing for unity government, Ben Gvir opposes
By Sam Sokol
Lapid ‘wants to drag the country and Prime Minister Netanyahu into complete surrender,’ argues Ben Gvir, calling his possible inclusion in the coalition ‘a prize for Yahya Sinwar’
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer welcoming new immigrants at Ben Gurion airport, August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 8:05 pm
Far-right minister Sofer signals backing for unity government, Ben Gvir opposes
Lapid ‘wants to drag the country and Prime Minister Netanyahu into complete surrender,’ argues Ben Gvir, calling his possible inclusion in the coalition ‘a prize for Yahya Sinwar’
By Sam Sokol
A woman arranging voting slips for the Chief Rabbinate election. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 9:05 pm
Lawmakers vote to extend term of Chief Rabbinate Council until end of 2024
Critics dismiss law as attempt to allow conservative religious elements to gain greater control over composition of the Chief Rabbi Election Assembly and sideline women
By Sam Sokol
Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli attends a session ain the Knesset plenum, April 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 9:58 pm
After ‘Rabbis Law’ stymied, Shas minister advances appointments of municipal rabbis
Michael Malkieli’s spokesman says he doesn’t believe Haredi party ditched effort to pass bill despite Ben Gvir’s opposition, but ‘there’s an understanding’ it can’t clear Knesset
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is flanked by police officers the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit to the Temple Mount, on the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2024, 1:49 pm
Cabinet ministers warn Ben Gvir endangering Israel with ‘reckless’ Temple Mount moves
PM insists status quo at flashpoint site remains unchanged after Ben Gvir says he’d support building a synagogue atop it; coalition, opposition members call for him to be fired
By ToI Staff
View of a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, August 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 11:41 pm
Parties trade blame as coalition chaos enables opposition to defeat bill for first time
This is ‘how governments fall apart,’ declares Lapid; coalition forced to nix day’s agenda after losing vote on traffic bill; Otzma Yehudit, absent from vote, denies boycott
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, center, flanked by his security detail, approaches the entrance to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 14, 2024, 7:15 pm
Haredi parties mull bolting coalition as Ben Gvir pushes Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Paper aligned with UTJ urges MKs to reconsider place in government, claiming far-right minister’s visit to flashpoint site ‘endangers Jewish lives,’ goes against halachic ruling
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
August 5, 2024, 10:35 pm
Ben Gvir blocks ‘Rabbis Law’ for 3rd time, demands inclusion in PM’s security forum
Religious Services Law and three pieces of Otzma Yehudit-backed legislation removed from Knesset agenda, as national security minister launches attacks on both Shas and Likud
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Shas leader Aryeh Deri seen speaking separately in the Knesset in this composite image. (Flash90)
July 24, 2024, 3:14 pm
Itamar Ben Gvir’s exclusion from Netanyahu’s security forum sparks public feud with Shas
Shas chief Deri reportedly ‘vetoes’ far-right minister’s inclusion in proposed high-level decision-making body, whereupon Otzma Yehudit threatens to block coalition legislation
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the military, on Route 4 outside of Bnei Brak, June 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 18, 2024, 2:23 am
Shas rabbis tell followers to ignore draft orders as IDF preps for Haredi enlistment
In recording, former Sephardic chief rabbi says even ultra-Orthodox ‘deadbeats’ should be exempt from mandatory military service
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Dov Lando attends a meeting to discuss the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the military, Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
July 11, 2024, 11:48 am
Top rabbis order yeshiva students to ignore IDF call-ups amid brewing coalition crisis
Haredi parties escalate threats to bolt government if Netanyahu fails to pass ultra-Orthodox draft exemption law within weeks; Lapid demands PM condemn calls for refusal
By ToI Staff
Chairman of the Shas party, MK Aryeh Deri, speaks during an interview at his home in Jerusalem, on April 15, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 3:13 pm
Shas to resume voting with coalition, but Ben Gvir digs heels in, keeping crisis alive
As Haredi party backs off from confrontation, Otzma Yehudit party still refuses to support coalition legislation, though it agrees to vote down Wednesday’s opposition bills
By ToI Staff
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri pictured at a faction meeting in the Knesset on February 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 2:04 am
Amid squabbles, lawmakers in government no longer take its survival for granted
As parties turn on each other and trust in the prime minister erodes, coalition politicians are increasingly voicing concern their fractious alliance may not last
By Sam Sokol
Shas leader Aryeh Deri (L) listens to his brother Beersheba's late chief rabbi Yehuda Deri. (Yaakov Cohen)
July 9, 2024, 5:27 pm
Yehuda Deri, brother of Shas leader and Beersheba chief rabbi, dies at 66
Deri died after complications from infection; spiritual leaders and politicians mourn rabbinical judge who was seen as leading candidate to become Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel
By Canaan Lidor
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a court hearing in Jerusalem on July 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 2:38 pm
Coalition pulls all bills from Knesset agenda, blaming ‘irresponsible’ Otzma Yehudit
Coalition whip Ofir Katz takes step a day after far-right party’s leader torpedoes Shas-fronted bill on funding religious councils and accuses PM of ‘running a one-man government’
By Sam Sokol
Hostage mothers, activists and Knesset members protest at the Knesset, marking nine months of their captivity, on July 8, 2024. The banner reads, "A mother never gives up." (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing July 9: Day 277 – Tension in Knesset as coalition swerves
Knesset reporter Sam Sokol reviews Monday, when a hostage’s brother is tossed from a meeting, Ben Gvir and Shas trade insults, and Naftali Bennett considers a return to politics
By ToI Staff
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