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Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi in 2014 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 27, 2018, 9:34 pm
Ex-IDF chief, Golani vets back Druze ‘brothers’ amid fury over nation-state law
Letter from alumni of top infantry brigade comes after similar missive from former members of Paratroopers Brigade supporting ‘struggle for full equality’
By Alexander Fulbright
John Bolton speaking at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 17, 2015. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images via JTA)
March 25, 2018, 2:46 pm
Consider the monger: 10 things to know for March 25
While some in Israel fete John Bolton’s nomination, others see him in a different light, and he isn’t the only one around selling war or hate
By Joshua Davidovich
Shaul Mofaz speaks at Kinneret College in northern Israel on December 22, 2014. (Flash90)
March 25, 2018, 1:16 pm
Ex-defense minister says John Bolton pushed for Israeli strike on Iran
Shaul Mofaz and three other former IDF heads warn of Tehran’s ambitions, but advise against tearing up nuclear deal
By TOI staff
Dan Meridor in 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
February 2, 2018, 9:02 pm
Police said to take testimony from former ministers Meridor, Mofaz in sub affair
Officials looking back to Netanyahu’s 2009-2013 government as they seek background on bribery charges, Hadashot news reports
By TOI staff
Then-IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Navy ceremony on September 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
November 21, 2015, 11:15 pm
Survey shows Gantz preferred to Netanyahu as PM… except he can’t run
Where other challengers would fail, poll finds the ex-chief of staff would sweep into office. Problem is, the law says he has to wait 3 years
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) in Jerusalem, March 12, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 11, 2015, 6:44 pm
30,000 sign online petition to arrest Netanyahu in UK next month
Israel dismisses petition as a PR stint; Britain changed its law in 2011 to thwart previous bids to have Israeli leaders held for war crimes
By TOI staff
Amos Yadlin (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 24, 2015, 9:29 pm
Ex-intel chief briefly held up at London airport
Heading think tank delegation, Amos Yadlin says he was stopped for 10 minutes by border control before allowing to proceed
By TOI staff
Shaul Mofaz attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee meeting, January 09, 2014. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 20, 2015, 11:33 pm
Shaul Mofaz lands in London without incident
Ex-defense minister did not face arrest, as Foreign Ministry had feared after diplomatic immunity proved elusive
By TOI staff
Shaul Mofaz at a Jerusalem press conference in January 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
June 20, 2015, 9:37 pm
Shaul Mofaz faces possible arrest on London trip
Ex-defense minister does not have diplomatic immunity to head off bid to hold him for alleged war crimes; Israeli diplomats to meet him at airport
By TOI staff
Hezbollah fighters celebrating on the day the IDF left South Lebanon, May 24, 2000. (AP: Enric Marti)
May 25, 2015, 9:17 pm
Why Israel’s retreat from Lebanon marked the birth of today’s Middle East
The May 2000 withdrawal seemed to be part of a larger land-for-peace trend; instead it raised the curtain on the wars of the 21st century
By Mitch Ginsburg
IDF soldiers in northern Israel on January 19, 2015 (photo credit: Basal Awidat/Flash90)
January 28, 2015, 4:42 pm
Rockets in the Golan, a soccer star in the Knesset
The Israel Police scandal continues while Netanyahu preps for his trip to Washington
By Judah Ari Gross
Chairman of Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz, December 22, 2014. (photo credit: FLASH90)
January 27, 2015, 11:49 pm
Kadima head Shaul Mofaz drops out of politics
Ex-defense minister, chief of staff admits he was not a great politician
By Lazar Berman
Israeli police officers stand at the scene of an attack on a Tel Aviv bus on January 21, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)
January 22, 2015, 9:59 pm
Bus drivers to be trained to neutralize terrorists
Transport companies unsatisfied with plan, which would see 10,000 drivers taught to handle explosives, fight with attackers
By TOI staff
Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz arrives at a press conference in the Knesset, July 23, 2012 (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
January 19, 2015, 2:21 pm
As Yadlin draws closer to Labor Party, Mofaz backs off
Kadima leader had been in talks to join Herzog’s list, but former IDF intelligence chief shaping up as more likely candidate
By Stuart Winer
Labor Party chairman Isaac Herzog visits the party's primary headquarters in Holon, January 11, 2015. (Flash90)
January 13, 2015, 6:19 pm
For Labor, a primary focused on women, unity and victory
Even as the party soars in the polls, its 49,000 eligible voters make this its smallest primary in history
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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