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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Shikma Bressler

A protest convoy on Route 2 at Rishon Lezion joins demonstrations around the country calling for early elections, May 28, 2024. (ERAN/Pro-Democracy Movement)
May 28, 2024, 1:18 pm
Protest convoys around the country snarl traffic in call for early elections
Anti-government activists call out handling of war in Gaza, alleged abandonment of hostages held by Hamas; protest leader says government has broken partnership with citizens
By ToI Staff
Members of Brothers in Arms protest for early elections and for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, on Route 1, outside of Jerusalem on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2024, 3:24 pm
Protesters arrested in clashes with police ahead of anti-government rally at Knesset
Brothers in Arms activists accused of planning to set vehicles alight on Route 1; Shikma Bressler leads convoy from Caesarea, says government must go for sake of nation’s survival
By Shira Silkoff
Left: MK Tali Gottlieb at the Knesset, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Shikma Bressler meets social activists at Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, October 3, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 2, 2024, 10:48 am
Protest leader sues Likud MK for libel over ‘disgusting lies’ linking her to Oct. 7
Bressler demands NIS 2.6 million in damages as Gotliv, other social media influencers continue to spread unfounded claims of links between activists, security personnel and Hamas
By ToI Staff
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, speaks at the annual Cyber Week event at Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 26, 2024, 11:33 pm
Shin Bet chief said to urge state commission be formed ‘now’ to probe Oct. 7 failures
Ronen Bar reportedly tells ministers public ‘desperately needs this,’ as does agency to put an end to ‘lies and conspiracies’ claiming it had foreknowledge of Hamas attack
By ToI Staff
Protest leader Shikma Bressler speaks to reporters during a protest against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Gueez/AFP)
January 26, 2024, 3:36 pm
Protest leader demands Likud MK retract ‘delusional conspiracy’ of Mossad meeting
Shikma Bressler calls MK Tally Gotliv’s unfounded claims linking her to October 7 events ‘a collection of blatant and malicious lies,’ urges her to give up parliamentary immunity
By ToI Staff
Tally Gotliv (center in white blouse) and other MKs attend a plenum session marking the Knesset's 75th birthday, on January 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2024, 5:27 pm
Shin Bet chief accuses Likud MK of harming national security by pushing conspiracy
Mossad also slams Tally Gotliv for ‘spreading baseless lies’ as she continues to allege David Barnea held sit-down with Shikma Bressler
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2023. (Dana Kopel/POOL)
November 1, 2023, 2:56 pm
Protest leaders, ex-security chiefs step up calls for Netanyahu to resign amid war
After a period of political moderation, critics say Netanyahu not fit or capable to lead country during war
By Jeremy Sharon
Shikma Bressler, a leader of the protest movement against the government's judicial overhaul, arrives with bodyguards at the weekly protest in Tel Aviv on September 30, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 5, 2023, 2:29 pm
Protest leader vows not to let coalition ‘take democracy away,’ predicts its collapse
Physicist Shikma Bressler, who has become a leading face of the anti-overhaul rallies, warns of choice between ‘tyranny’ or system ‘that will ensure our liberal democratic values’
By Jay Deshmukh
Likud MK Tally Gotliv attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on September 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)
October 3, 2023, 10:40 pm
Mossad denies Likud MK’s claim that spy chief met with anti-overhaul protest leader
Renegade lawmaker Tally Gotliv says she heard about purported meeting between David Barnea and Shikma Bressler from ‘reliable source’; Mossad calls assertion ‘complete fake news’
By ToI Staff
Protest leader Shikma Bressler at a demonstration against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on September 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 10, 2023, 12:54 am
Netanyahu rips into protest leader who said no compromise talks with ‘Nazis’
Shikma Bressler apologizes for remark directed at far-right parties; protest organizers dismiss Netanyahu’s criticism as ‘hypocrisy’
By ToI Staff
File - Protesters rally against the coalition's judicial overhaul legislation, in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. (Gitai Palti)
September 9, 2023, 1:51 pm
Masses expected at 36th week of anti-overhaul protests ahead of key court showdown
Thousands take part in 3-day ‘democracy march’ in north; protest leader Shikma Bressler apologizes for using the word ‘Nazis’ in apparent reference to far-right coalition elements
By ToI Staff
A photo released by police on August 19, 2023, shows cut marks on a Palestinian detainee's face that the force alleges was caused by an officers boot. A lawyer for the suspect alleges police branded him with a Star of David. (Israel Police)
August 20, 2023, 10:35 am
Court releases Palestinian suspect that cops allegedly branded with Star of David
Alleged drug dealer was unduly detained and suffered severe violence, judge says about the unusual move; suspect to stay under house arrest
By Canaan Lidor
Anti-overhaul protesters march on Tel Aviv's Kaplan Street, August 5, 2023. (Michel Braunstein)
August 5, 2023, 1:50 pm
‘Our hope is not yet lost’: Mass protests against judicial overhaul enter 31st week
Demonstrations being held at over 150 locations nationwide; protest leaders point to Netanyahu’s refusal to say he’d abide by a court ruling striking down reasonableness law
By ToI Staff
An anti-overhaul protest in Tel Aviv on July 29, 2023. (Amir Goldstein)
July 29, 2023, 11:28 pm
‘Damage is enormous’: Over 200,000 at first weekend rallies since overhaul law passed
Protest leader Bressler: ‘Masks have finally come off’ with 1st law’s enactment; ex-central bank chief Frenkel: ‘Government must come to its senses’; car rams protester in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Pro- and anti-overhaul demonstrators hold prayers at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2023. (Charlie Summers/The Times of Israel)
July 23, 2023, 1:20 pm
Activists on both sides of overhaul debate hold mass Western Wall prayer for unity
Ahead of Tisha B’Av, organizers of gathering and subsequent march in Jerusalem plead with sparring parties to think of the destruction brought on by discord
By Canaan Lidor and Charlie Summers
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