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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Ya'akov Margi

Batya, not her real name, with her protective dog, Bamba, given to her by the Michal Sela Canines Program. (Courtesy/Michal Sela Foundation)
November 25, 2024, 2:36 pm
Guard dogs reduce violent threats against battered women by 70%, Israeli study finds
Michal Sela Foundation’s Canines Program gifts dogs to protect women threatened by their former partners; since the start of the Hamas war, domestic violence soared 65%
By Diana Bletter
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet with the troops who participated in a hostage rescue operation in Gaza, February 12, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
February 13, 2024, 5:08 pm
As Israelis negotiate in Cairo, far-right presses PM to reject ‘irresponsible deal’
Ben Gvir says he trusts Netanyahu to halt negotiations after medicines not delivered to hostages; Smotrich suggests Mossad’s time better spent in Gaza
By Sam Sokol
A young Jewish boy eats at the Yad Ezra V'Shulamit center in Jerusalem, which serves hot lunch every day to more than 1,200 children under the poverty line. September 27, 2011. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
August 23, 2023, 6:15 pm
Shas food stamp program under fire for leaving Holocaust survivors in the lurch
Handouts approved by Justice Ministry appear to prioritize Haredi families, while survivors and single-parent households largely excluded
By ToI Staff
A family at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, before the start of a hearing on the Child Adoption Law, on August 2, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 5:43 pm
High Court hears petition on adoption by LGBTQ couples: ‘Decision cannot be avoided’
Justice Uzi Vogelman says ruling on matter will be necessary as there is ‘no prospect that this will come to legislation’
By ToI Staff
Welfare Minister Ya'akov Margi at a Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:59 pm
Shas’s welfare minister to court: Same-sex adoption against child’s best interests
AG favors legislation that would broaden the interpretation of the current adoption law to includes same-sex couples
By ToI Staff
Shas' Ya'akov Margi (L) with party leader Aryeh Deri in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2023, 1:19 pm
Shas minister ahead of court ruling: ‘PM knows there’s no government without Deri’
Welfare Minister Margi says Netanyahu will ‘need to make decision,’ while Likud’s Karhi says ruling against party leader would be ‘shameless’
By ToI Staff
Sigal Moran, director general of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs, attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 10:44 am
Welfare Ministry director general says she was abruptly fired by Deri
Sigal Moran tells staff she was told to leave immediately before the handover to an as-yet-unnamed successor; Shas party denies allegations
By ToI Staff
Cantor Gabriel Deri recites prayers during a visit by Defense Minister Benny Gantz to the Talmud Torah synagogue in Rabat on November 25, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
November 27, 2021, 6:41 am
Hearing the cantor sing the prayer for IDF soldiers… in Morocco
It’s easy, and not entirely wrong, to be cynical about Jerusalem’s newfound ties with Rabat. But there’s something earnest about them, owing to a deep cultural connection
By Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, center, visits the headquarters of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces in Rabat on November 24, 2021. (Defense Ministry)
November 25, 2021, 5:42 pm
Israel looking to deepen ties with Morocco, with plans for arms sales, joint drills
Leaving Rabat, Gantz says his 2-day trip was unprecedentedly public and heralds deep cooperation with the kingdom
By Judah Ari Gross
Knesset Speaker MK Mickey Levy attends a meeting in parliament, Jerusalem, November 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 18, 2021, 3:11 pm
Knesset speaker sets up Ethics Committee, orders opposition MKs to join
Mickey Levy tells 2 lawmakers of Likud and Shas parties to represent the opposition in the 4-member panel, even though many in the opposition are boycotting all committees
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Calves on a live shipment from Australia to Eilat for fattening, prior to slaughter, December 2019. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
February 22, 2021, 12:00 pm
Environment minister joins other lawmakers in pitching for animal lovers’ votes
At conference organized by animal welfare groups, MKs from seven parties and a candidate for an eighth call for an end to live shipments of cattle, caging of poultry
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Israeli kids on the first day of the school year in Mevo Horon on September 1, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
October 19, 2020, 6:32 am
The ground is shifting: Netanyahu’s virus missteps untie his right-wing alliance
The PM has clung to power by forging a tight coalition of rightists and Haredim, but the ultra-Orthodox now defy and condemn him, and most Yamina voters want him out of politics
By Haviv Rettig Gur
El Al planes on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport on August 3, 2020. (Jack Guez/ AFP)
August 27, 2020, 3:40 pm
Grounded by virus, ailing long before, El Al’s future could be sealed next week
Yeshiva student Eli Rozenberg, 27, whose dad owns US nursing home chain, seeks control; owner Tamar Mozes Borovitz may fight back; government hopes it won’t have to nationalize
By Shoshanna Solomon
Shas party chairman and Interior Affairs Minister, Aryeh Deri, left, speaks with United Torah Judaism party leader, then health minister, Yaakov Litzman in the Knesset, March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
August 9, 2020, 2:46 pm
Haredi party signals it may bolt Netanyahu’s bloc if new election called
UTJ sources say PM is on his own if he pushes country to a new vote; senior official tells news site: ‘He’s seeking to break everything up due to political considerations’
By ToI Staff
A photo of Rabbi Elisha Levi, an ultra-Orthodox who fought in the Six Day War, is shown in a Yisrael Beytenu campaign ad calling on ultra-Orthodox to enlist. (Screenshot: Twitter)
July 26, 2019, 3:46 pm
Liberman pulls clip calling for Haredi enlistment but featuring Six Day War vet
Granddaughter of Rabbi Elisha Levi outraged to see a photo of him illustrating Yisrael Beytenu campaign spot; ultra-Orthodox MK blasts ‘incitement’
By Michael Bachner
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