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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Yinon Azoulay

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni chairs a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, July 2, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
July 4, 2024, 6:30 pm
Lawmakers aim to give parents greater control over their children’s savings plans
New legislation would allow funds granted by the government’s ‘Savings Plan for Every Child’ program to be transferred from banks to more profitable deferred savings options
By Sam Sokol
Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron speaks at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) conference in Jerusalem, May 30, 2023. (Oded Karni)
July 3, 2023, 10:54 pm
Coalition MK accuses central bank chief of trying to weaken shekel
Shas lawmaker Yinon Azoulay slams Amir Yaron for penning letter to PM warning against bill that would have let Treasury intervene in interest rates moves, which sunk shekel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron arrives at a cabinet meeting on the state budget at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 23, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
June 28, 2023, 2:20 pm
Coalition pauses interest rate bill, backing down to central bank pressure
Government to reevaluate after banks next week propose own plans for better consumer terms; Bank of Israel governor had called bill a ‘serious blow’ to central bank independence
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel
This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:01 pm
After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark
Ambassador responds with ‘extreme dismay’ to Yinon Azoulay’s mention of his country ‘in a negative connotation’ while feuding with Yisrael Beytenu leader
By Alexander Fulbright
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman attends a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 9:39 pm
Yisrael Beytenu: Shas MK racist for calling Liberman ‘ignoramus from Moldova’
Party leader Liberman clashes with ultra-Orthodox Yinon Azoulay over education standards; MK Forer asks Knesset Speaker to remove Azoulay from chair of House Ethics Committee
By ToI Staff
MK Abir Kara reacts during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem on August 2, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 6, 2021, 10:02 pm
Yamina’s Kara panned for voting down the self-employed benefits he championed
After unemployment payouts legislation falls by single vote margin, opposition heaps scorn on Kara, who headed group claiming to represent those who would have been helped by bill
By Stuart Winer
Shas parliament member Yinon Azoulay seen during a opening campaign event of the Shas party in Jerusalem on July 22, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 9, 2020, 2:12 am
Shas MK Yinon Azoulay tests positive for coronavirus
Azoulay is 5th lawmaker to catch COVID-19, apparently infected by a family member; Knesset investigating to discover who may have been exposed
By ToI Staff
Arabs citizens pray prior to a protest against the decision by the Tel Aviv Municipality to demolish an old Muslim burial ground which was discovered after plans had been made to build a new homeless shelter and commercial space at the site. June 12, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90) îúôìì
June 15, 2020, 6:42 am
Abandoned for a century, Jaffa Muslim cemetery brings up old ghosts and new fury
Plan to build homeless shelter on burial site draws condemnation from Arab, Haredi MKs; raises claims of excessive police force; and is riling up firebrands as violence spirals
By Aaron Boxerman
Then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz speaks during an emergency meeting the at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on February 13, 2020. (Flash90)
June 8, 2020, 5:35 pm
Finance minister browbeats fellow coalition MKs at committee meeting, some leave
In discussion of bill that would incentivize businesses to rehire workers, Israel Katz refuses to hear reservations even from his own Likud colleague; debate truncated by row
By ToI Staff
Residents of south Tel Aviv protest the government's failure to remove tens of thousands of African refugees and asylum seekers from the area's impoverished neighborhoods, on August 30, 2018. (AFP/Jack Guez)
August 31, 2018, 2:50 pm
AG orders probe after minister’s photo burned at anti-migrant rally
PM decries act, says government ‘working tirelessly’ to deport asylum seekers, and setting alight picture of Aryeh Deri at south Tel Aviv demonstration is ‘illegitimate’
By ToI Staff
An artist's impression of the Yehudit Bridge in Tel Aviv. (NCArchitects)
August 26, 2018, 8:22 pm
Haredi party says it wouldn’t have toppled government over Tel Aviv bridge
Statement comes after ultra-Orthodox protest causes transportation minister to halt Shabbat construction work on pedestrian walkway straddling Ayalon highway
By Raoul Wootliff
An artist's impression of the Yehudit Bridge in Tel Aviv. (NCArchitects)
August 22, 2018, 10:42 am
After ultra-Orthodox protest, minister halts Tel Aviv bridge work on Shabbat
Israel Katz orders planners to find alternatives to constructing pedestrian walkway straddling Ayalon highway over weekend, despite need to shut part of busy freeway
By Stuart Winer
Shas party MK Yinon Azoulay (left) speaks at the Knesset, as Speaker Yuli Edelstein looks on. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2018, 3:09 am
Ultra-Orthodox MK suggests earthquake was due to Western Wall mixed prayer area
In vicious tirade from Knesset podium, Shas lawmaker says Reform, Conservative ‘aren’t Jews’, should use money they invest in Israel to build their own Western Wall in the US
By ToI Staff
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