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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

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Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 11, 2025, 4:54 am
Heads of 10 Israeli colleges: Attempt to fire AG ‘a call to dismantle the rule of law’
Educators join university presidents’ warnings, say they will launch major protest effort if government moves ahead with dismissal
By ToI Staff
Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara (center) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
March 9, 2025, 2:20 pm
Universities threaten to strike if AG fired: ‘Unprecedented danger to rule of law’
University presidents say Baharav-Miara is ‘guardian against potential harm by government of citizens’ rights’; Kisch: They’re ‘confused,’ AG obstructing elected government’s work
By ToI Staff
Striking writers take part in a rally in front of Paramount Pictures studio, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Los Angeles. A tentative deal was reached, Sunday, September 24, 2023, to end Hollywood’s writers strike after nearly five months. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
September 25, 2023, 11:43 pm
Writers’ union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike
Agreements still need to be approved before five-month long strike ends; details of the agreement have not been released; actors remain on picket lines
By ANDREW DALTON
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 7, 2023, 7:46 pm
Doctors warn they won’t show up for work if government scorns a High Court ruling
‘White Coats’ protest group says that a government that doesn’t abide by court decisions is a ‘criminal dictatorship’
By ToI Staff
Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 25, 2023, 6:18 pm
Labor court orders doctors back to work after day-long strike to protest overhaul
IMA says it disagrees with decision but will honor it after Health Minister Arbel requests injunction to end wildcat action; more strikes threatened
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 24, 2023, 11:36 pm
Medical Association announces 24-hour general strike Tuesday in healthcare system
Hospitals and clinics in Jerusalem will not be affected, and emergency and critical care services will function as scheduled; Health Ministry weighs asking for injunction
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Medical staff protest against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, during a two-hour strike in hospitals around Israel, July 19, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 19, 2023, 12:26 pm
Hospital staff stage 2-hour strike against overhaul bill, warn of wider action
Doctors rally nationwide, but urgent services unaffected; ex-chair of Medical Association warns of ‘full strike’ in healthcare system if judiciary-curbing legislation advances
By Michael Bachner
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 18, 2023, 6:07 pm
Israel Medical Association announces 2-hour ‘warning strike’ for Wednesday morning
Medical residents’ organization, nurses’ group, and IDF Medical Corps reserves join in call to take major steps to oppose government’s judicial legislation
By Renee Ghert-Zand
View of a pile of garbage in Tel Aviv on May 16, 2023 amid a municipal strike (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 18, 2023, 6:16 pm
Strike ends, but municipalities vow legal action on plan to redistribute local taxes
Local leaders say they are preparing to challenge program in court once it passes into law while ‘transferring the fight so it focuses on government, not harming residents’
By ToI Staff
Hizky Sivak of the Emek Hefer Regional Council is taken out by Knesset guards from a Finance Committee meeting and a vote on the Arnona Fund at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 4:41 pm
Lawmakers scuffle in Knesset over municipal tax plan as Arab communities join strike
Smotrich looking to compel cities to end strike that has shuttered schools and services in dozens of towns; Labor MK threatens to go to court, says move discriminates against Arabs
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 9:36 am
Several major municipalities strike over coalition plan to redistribute local taxes
Cites including Tel Aviv, Holon, Ashdod, Haifa shut schools, halt garbage collection and welfare services; ex-welfare minister: Many areas need aid, but not with ‘ugly hijacking’
By ToI Staff
Social workers protets outside the Prime Minister's Office on July 12, 2020.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2023, 8:53 pm
Far-right MK submits bill to restrict striking rights of labor unions
Legislation would strip protections from workers who walk out in solidarity with other unions, preventing Histadrut from joining protests against judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
Motorists wait in lines at a gas station amid a fuel shortage and rising prices in Paris on October 15, 2022. (Christophe ARCHAMBAULT/AFP)
October 16, 2022, 8:29 am
Paris girds for cost of living protests as fuel strike rages for third week
Police expect 30,000 people to attend rally on Sunday as French left-wing party deputy decries ‘greatest loss of purchasing power in 40 years’
By AFP
Teachers protest outside the home of Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Monday, June 28, 2022. (Courtesy Israel Teachers Union)
July 26, 2022, 7:49 am
Teachers reject Treasury proposal to end strikes: ‘Worse’ than existing conditions
Offer of NIS 9,000 significantly improves starting wages, but also increases working hours; union accuses treasury of manipulating numbers
By Tobias Siegal and ToI Staff
Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Israel Teachers Union at a protest by teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 17, 2022, 1:01 am
Teachers plan one-day strike next week as talks with Finance Ministry crash
Union yet to decide when to hold walkout at kindergartens and elementary schools; educators accuse treasury representatives of coming ‘unprepared’ to talks
By ToI Staff
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