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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Yair Lapid

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a vote in the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, December 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 23, 2025, 7:03 pm
Smotrich: PM ‘ultimately responsible’ for war, must occupy Gaza or lose right to govern
Far-right finance minister also spars with IDF chief Zamir over aid distribution: ‘If you are not capable, we will bring in someone who is’
By Sam Sokol
A protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and in support of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, as a protestor carries a sign that says, 'Save the country from itself,' at Habima Square, April 21, 2025 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni//Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 2:55 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 22: Day 564 – Politics heat up over Shin Bet chief statement
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses the political uproar over Ronen Bar’s affidavit; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin reviews the Vatican’s relationship with Roman Jews
By Rossella Tercatin, Sam Sokol and Jessica Steinberg
Opposition Leader and head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on March 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 10:11 pm
Lapid warns ‘crazy incitement’ against Ronen Bar could lead to ‘political murder’
‘Silence your ministers,’ opposition leader pleads with Netanyahu, whose office reportedly pressured the ousted Shin Bet chief not to file a statement to the High Court
By Sam Sokol
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett donates blood in memory of Sgt. First Class Yona Brief, March 27, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)
April 20, 2025, 12:40 pm
Bennett hospitalized overnight after feeling unwell, undergoes cardiac catheterization
Former PM admitted to Meir Medical Center following a workout and is in good condition, says his spokesperson; will remain hospitalized for monitoring and treatment
By Sam Sokol
Then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, with then-Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)
April 17, 2025, 3:18 pm
Bennett, Lapid blast Netanyahu after reports strike on Iran was scuttled
Opposition leader says he suggested hitting Iran last October, but PM ‘was afraid’ and blocked the proposal; Bennett says it is the ‘Netanyahu doctrine’ to make empty threats
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security service, attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court for testimony in the corruption trial against him, April 9, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90); Journalist Amit Segal at a Conference of the "Besheva" group in Jerusalem, on February 24, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a display of weapons seized during police operations, in Beit Shemesh, April 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 15, 2025, 3:30 pm
Shin Bet official detained for classified intel leak; coalition fumes over ‘deep state’ probe
‘Aleph’ suspected of leaking info on probe into Kahanism in police force under Ben Gvir; his lawyer says he shared Oct. 7-related material; PM shares post claiming Bar, Baharav-Miara turned agency into ‘militia’
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Tally Gotliv pictured as the High Court of Justice hears petitions against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
April 8, 2025, 4:34 pm
Coalition MKs back protesters causing chaos at High Court hearing on Bar firing
Justice minister says cries at court ‘echo the cries of millions’ who feel democracy trampled upon by judges; Lapid pans ‘orchestrated riot,’ exploitation of bereaved families
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and former prime minister Naftali Bennett (right) attend the funeral of Rabbi Haim Drukman, at Merkaz Shapira, near Kiryat Malachi, on December 26, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/ AFP)
April 7, 2025, 2:33 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief: Netanyahu asked me to ‘disqualify’ Bennett from security cabinet
Yoram Cohen says PM claimed ‘loyalty issue’ with Bennett, who himself charges PM tried removing him over 2014 aim to ‘finish’ Hamas; PMO decries ‘fake news’; Cohen also files High Court declaration
By ToI Staff
People shopat the BIG Fashion Mall in Glilot, central Israel, March 4, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
April 2, 2025, 6:54 pm
Tel Aviv suburb says it’ll defy order to shut new mall on Shabbat amid Haredi threats
Ultra-Orthodox vow boycott of all chains operating in new BIG fashion mall in Ramat Hasharon if it opens on Jewish rest day; Lapid: ‘Stop interfering in lives of secular people’
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Naftali Bennett attends a commemoration ceremony for a slain Israeli soldier at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, December 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 9:48 pm
Former PM Naftali Bennett registers new political party ahead of 2026 elections
Recent polls show new party beating out Netanyahu’s Likud if elections were held today, though source close to Bennett says move does not constitute an official announcement
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with his lawyer Amit Hadad (R) at a hearing in his corruption trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, March 31, 2025 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 31, 2025, 5:12 pm
Netanyahu’s party: Arrest of PM’s aides in Qatargate probe is ‘coup d’état’ by AG, Shin Bet
As advisers are held and premier himself is summoned by police, opposition figures say his ‘wave of spin’ is meant to divert attention from other issues, call for him to be probed
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2025, 5:18 pm
‘Democracy isn’t in danger,’ Netanyahu tells Knesset in tirade against ‘deep state’
‘The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the pressure we will exert,’ says PM, threatening to seize territory in Gaza
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) with coalition lawmakers as the 2025 state budget law is passed by the Knesset, March 25, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 25, 2025, 5:26 pm
In major success for government, Knesset approves 2025 budget, staving off elections
Coalition lawmakers escorted into Knesset under guard as anti-government protesters block entrance. Opposition MKs chant ‘shame’, families of hostages protest from gallery, as law passes final reading
By Sam Sokol
Yesh Atid party chair Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, on March 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 24, 2025, 9:42 pm
‘Billions are being stolen’: Opposition slams 2025 state budget ahead of final vote
MKs launch 15-hour extended debate of controversial NIS 756 billion ($203.5 billion) wartime budget, which Lapid pans as the ‘greatest robbery in the history of the country’
By Sam Sokol
Left: Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Dudu Bachar/POOL)
March 24, 2025, 7:10 pm
Netanyahu’s office says Shin Bet probe into police ministry aims to topple government
As he works to dismiss Ronen Bar, PM accuses security service of undermining ‘foundations of democracy’; Ben Gvir says spy chief should be in jail amid reports of angry confrontation
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
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