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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Ya'akov Asher

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman (left) leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, in Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 12:30 am
With only 2% of Haredim heeding IDF draft orders, Liberman urges action against leaders
Opposition MK accuses senior ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Dov Lando and Yitzhak Yosef of promoting evasion during wartime, a crime punishable by 15 years in prison
By Sam Sokol
Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot summer day in Tel Aviv, June 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 16, 2023, 12:17 pm
Drownings in first half of beach season nearing total for entire period last year
Knesset committee to examine rising toll at the shore, which has seen 21 people lose their lives in past three months, compared to 26 in April-October 2022
By Stuart Winer
Members of the Knesset Honor Guard, Home Front Command, firefighters, IDF, Israel Police and Magen David Adom Emergency Medical Services participate in an emergency drill simulating an earthquake at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 13, 2023, 3:12 pm
Israel can expect ‘similar sights’ to Turkey if major quake strikes, official warns
Knesset committee is told that major cities including Jerusalem and Haifa are in danger if disaster hits, chair says state should invest more in preparedness
By Michael Horovitz
Ya'akov Asher, head of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, center, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2023, 7:24 pm
Knesset to review earthquake readiness next week, as state comptroller sounds alarm
Englman says deadly regional temblors are a ‘bright warning light’ that action is needed to secure hundreds of thousands of buildings; PM orders NSC to carry out assessment
By ToI Staff
People enjoy a hot summer day at the Ein Lavan Spring in the Jerusalem Mountains, July 28, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2023, 9:10 pm
Outrage over UTJ bill to gender-segregate bathing at national park springs
Proposal by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers calls for 15% of operating hours to be divided between men and women; opposition MKs slam move as establishing ‘religious state’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Workers prepare matzah for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover at the 'Yehuda Matzos' plant in Jerusalem on March 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2023, 11:16 pm
UTJ submits bill to ban hametz from hospitals during Passover
Progressive religious voices denounce proposal, say it will have a ‘boomerang effect’ and drive people away from Judaism
By Judah Ari Gross
Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 28, 2022, 9:16 am
UTJ inks coalition deal with Likud, ending internal squabbling ahead of swearing in
Agreement says Haredi party will get Housing Ministry and newly rebranded Jerusalem and Jewish Tradition Ministry, 3 deputy ministers and chairmanship of 4 Knesset committees
By Michael Bachner
UTJ leader MK Moshe Gafni speaks in the Knesset on September 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 7, 2022, 6:42 am
As the coalition teeters, UTJ appears to make its move, but it’s not what most think
Pundits speculate the Haredi party may be abandoning the opposition, but it says it’s sticking with the Likud-led bloc even as it appears to grow impatient with Netanyahu
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Ultra-Orthodox women protest against Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman plan to stop daycare subsidies for some ultra-Orthodox, outside the Knesset, July 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2022, 3:24 pm
High Court stalls cut to daycare subsidies for children of yeshiva students
Responding to petition against Finance Minister Liberman’s plan to restructure system, justices say payments can’t be stopped in the middle of the school year
By ToI Staff
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
January 2, 2022, 3:23 pm
Bill on compensation for Meron disaster victims bogs down in ministerial dispute
Justice minister says matter should be resolved by a government decision, not legislation, but finance minister says he will only weigh in once the state inquiry is complete
By ToI Staff
Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.
July 14, 2021, 6:24 pm
Knesset rejects bill to provide compensation to Meron disaster victims
UTJ’s Ya’akov Asher’s proposal falls in a 59-55 vote; minister says government has not yet formulated its position on the issue
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, prior to Israel's 73rd Independence Day, on April 11, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 16, 2021, 4:38 pm
Netanyahu’s reputation for reneging on promises hobbles coalition talks
Negotiations are stuck as the PM grapples with a trust deficit — even among his closest allies
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A laborer sorts election posters bearing the portrait of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Likud party's electoral campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv, on March 2, 2020. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
March 2, 2021, 8:29 pm
Weeks before election, cabinet okays political rallies for vaccinees
Ministers permit 300 people indoors and 500 people outdoors, with space no more than 75% full
By ToI Staff
People who flew back to Israel seen arriving at the Dan Panorama Hotel used as a quarantine facility, on December 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 24, 2021, 12:10 pm
Ministers reinstate compulsory hotel quarantine for arrivals from abroad
Measure dependent on approval by Knesset committee, but panel chair says no meeting planned, sets up talks on matter with health minister
By Stuart Winer
The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 22, 2021, 5:21 pm
Entry to Israel set to be limited to just 200 citizens a day next week
With hotel quarantine requirement about to expire, top ministers agree to further restrict entry to country over virus variant fears
By ToI Staff
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