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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

Yisrael Gantz

Palestinians react as Israeli settlers break into the West Bank village of Duma, where they set several houses on fire, on April 1, 2025. (Screencapture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 6, 2025, 10:20 am
Outrage over tape of Shin Bet officer saying settler ‘shmucks’ held without evidence
Prime Minister’s Office vows thorough investigation after head of security agency’s Jewish Division heard telling regional police commander how administrative detention is applied
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers seen during a military operation at the al-Fara refugee camp near Tubas in the West Bank, August 28, 2024. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 15, 2024, 8:51 pm
Settler leaders call for moving Palestinian population in West Bank ‘to combat terror’
Letter from senior settler leaders to security cabinet calls for destruction of ‘every incriminated building’ in West Bank ‘terror centers,’ and restriction on freedom of movement
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: An Etihad Airways plane lands at at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on October 20, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
September 20, 2023, 8:59 pm
Airport Authority: GPS jamming is forcing planes to land using alternative routes
After noise complaints from West Bank settlements, authority cryptically says disruptions likely caused by forces outside the country; Russia was blamed for interference in past
By Michael Horovitz
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits Yad Vashem in Jerusalem as part of his three-day visit to Israel. August 22, 2023. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
August 22, 2023, 9:59 pm
‘I listened, I didn’t weigh in’: NYC mayor meets protest leaders, PM, a settler head
Witholding his own opinions, Eric Adams discusses judicial overhaul with PM and his opponents, says Israelis should decide their own path; declines to take stance on West Bank
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Gush Eztion Regional Council head Shlomo Ne'eman (center) speaks during a press conference with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan (right) and Binyamin Regional Council head Yisrael Gantz, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 22, 2023, 2:17 pm
Settler leaders protest outside PM’s office, demand West Bank op to fight terror
Regional council head urges deadly reprisals for attacks, following the example of early left-wing governments; Border Police officer lightly hurt in settler riot
By ToI Staff
Medics at the scene of a shooting in the northern West Bank, April 25, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
April 25, 2023, 11:56 am
Israeli moderately hurt in West Bank shooting targeting Memorial Day running event
28-year-old Mordechai Gideon taken to Hadassah Medical Center, where he recalls seeing ‘a lot of blood’; military sets up roadblocks, scans area of Silwad for suspects
By Emanuel Fabian
An Israeli bus is seen damaged following a shooting attack in the West Bank near Silwad, August 20, 2022. (Courtesy)
August 21, 2022, 12:29 am
Gunfire hits crowded Israeli bus in West Bank; IDF launches manhunt
At least 8 bullets shot from Silwad hit a bus full of passengers on major highway; no injuries
By Emanuel Fabian
Then-Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar during a Knesset plenary session debate on MK Haim Katz's request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, February 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2020, 10:26 pm
Poll shows Sa’ar’s new party gaining more ground, closing in on Likud
Netanyahu rival said boosted by addition of rebel Likud MK Shasha-Biton, at expense of Yamina and Blue and White; results show no clear path to government
By ToI Staff
Gideon Sa'ar at his office at the Knesset on November 27, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 12, 2020, 9:24 pm
Sa’ar: If you want Netanyahu as prime minister, don’t vote for me
Former minister who quit Likud this week promises to head to opposition if he can’t defeat his former boss
By Alexander Fulbright and ToI Staff
Then-Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar speaks to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 10, 2020, 12:02 am
Polls show Sa’ar at 15-18 seats, remaking map and possibly unseating Netanyahu
TV surveys forecast collapse of Blue and White, but also possibility of a governing coalition without PM’s Likud — though factions would have to overcome significant disagreements
By Alexander Fulbright
Mitzpe Kramim. (Gideon Mermelstein)
November 24, 2020, 4:53 pm
High Court agrees to reconsider order to demolish West Bank outpost homes
Judges will weigh scope of law allowing Israel to appropriate Palestinian lands if structures were built ‘in good faith,’ after telling state it must raze part of Mitzpe Kramim
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Hebron spokesman Yishai Fleisher, right, and Marc Zell, the head of Republicans Overseas Israel, blow shofars to show their support for Trump November, 2, 2020. (Courtesy Har Hevron regional council spokesperson)
November 2, 2020, 4:53 pm
In shadow of patriarchs, settler leaders gather in Hebron to pray for Trump win
West Bank mayors recite psalms, hoping for four more years; cite incumbent’s recognition of Golan Heights and Jerusalem, support for Israel against threats like Iran and BDS
By ToI Staff
An IDF soldier surveys the area around the village of Azun near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, April 2007. (Roy Sharon/Flash90)
June 28, 2020, 6:27 am
Annexation’s irony: Bringing Israeli politics closer to Palestinian statehood
A window of opportunity has opened for Israel, but it isn’t cost-free; many now argue annexation could finally draw a line in the sand between Israelis and Palestinians
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Binyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Gantz (left) and Yesha Council director Yigal Dilmoni speak to reporters in the Ateret settlement on June 16, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
June 16, 2020, 10:52 pm
Settler leader: Trump plan’s building freeze in enclaves a ‘slow Disengagement’
Proposal allows 15 settlements surrounded by territory earmarked for Palestinian state to build within current footprint, but Binyamin mayor says clause amounts to death sentence
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets with settler leaders in his office on February 25, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/File)
June 2, 2020, 4:38 pm
Netanyahu urges doubtful settler chiefs to get behind ‘historic’ West Bank plan
In meeting with settlement mayors who oppose Trump plan’s Palestinian state, PM says he’s committed to talks with PA based on proposal, hails ‘opportunity’ to carry out annexation
By Jacob Magid
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