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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Yitzhak Goldknopf

Left: President Isaac Herzog delivers a statement on the hostage release-ceasefire deal approved by Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (Screenshot, GPO); Right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announces a compensation plan for evacuees returning to their homes in northern Israel, at a press conference on January 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 11:30 pm
Herzog urges cabinet to support Gaza deal, as Smotrich threatens to bolt coalition
Various key coalition members back accord, but finance minister denounces ‘dangerous deal,’ conditions continued membership in government on full restart of war after truce
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset on December 31, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg / Flash 90)
January 1, 2025, 4:42 pm
When Netanyahu’s own hitmen came gunning for him
The PM placed Itamar Ben Gvir and Yitzhak Goldknopf at the heart of his government, and has indulged their reckless activities for two years. They rewarded him with an act of spectacular ruthlessness, showing utter contempt for his health
By David Horovitz
United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindrus leads a special committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 30, 2024, 11:43 pm
Haredi MK says he opposes IDF service because Orthodox soldiers ‘leave religion’ in the army
UTJ’s Pindrus sparks furor with response when asked how the ultra-Orthodox can refuse to share the burden, given the high death toll among religious Zionist soldiers
By Sam Sokol
(L) Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf attends a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90) and (R) National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, November 10, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
December 30, 2024, 11:09 pm
Coalition factions threaten to vote against key budget bill over cuts, Haredi draft
Ben Gvir, Israel Police slam Finance Ministry over budget cuts. Smotrich brands fellow minister a populist endangering the ability of the government to pay for the war
By Sam Sokol
President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 16, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams FLASH90)
December 19, 2024, 2:36 pm
Reservist charged in Prime Minister’s Office leak scandal asks Herzog for a pardon
Attorneys for noncommissioned officer say he realizes what he did was prohibited, will not be repeated; president says he’s reviewing request, which is also backed by 50 MKs
By ToI Staff
Andrey Khrzhanovskiy films himself placing a "Free Palestine" sticker on a monument for a fallen soldier in Sderot on December 3, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
December 13, 2024, 11:56 pm
Activist arrested over ‘Free Palestine’ sticker on memorial for soldier killed Oct. 7
Andrey Khrzhanovskiy held after he posts video of himself putting Palestinian flag on memorial for Cpt. Shilo Cohen at what he claims is Sderot ‘lookout’ for watching Gaza ‘genocide’
By ToI Staff
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
December 2, 2024, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 2: Day 423 – Haredi housing minister stirs pot with Gaza border visit
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses hostage talks and Goldknopf’s visit to the Gaza border; writer Diana Bletter reports on devastated northern towns
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Diana Bletter
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
November 28, 2024, 5:09 pm
Touring Gaza border region, senior Haredi minister calls to resettle the Strip
‘Jewish settlement here is the answer,’ UTJ’s Goldknopf says during visit with settler leader Daniella Weiss
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, walking outside his office at the Knesset on November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
November 12, 2024, 12:33 am
After booting Gallant, Netanyahu said to secure support for Haredi draft exemptions
Cabinet secretary reportedly says departure of defense chief, who opposed bill giving ultra-Orthodox pass on military service, will allow ‘good bill’ to advance
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers pray next to their artillery units near the Israeli border with Lebanon, September 29, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 1, 2024, 5:43 am
As religious Zionist IDF casualties rise, so does resentment of Haredi exemption bill
Rift between two religiously observant communities deepens as the Knesset debates a law on ultra-Orthodox military enlistment, or lack thereof, amid the ongoing multifront war
By Mati Wagner
Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf attends the plenary session of the opening day of the winter session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2024, 11:30 am
In his blusterous fight for Haredi draft exemptions, Goldknopf is increasingly isolated
UTJ leader is confident his ultimatums will shield his constituents from army service, even as he antagonizes more pragmatic colleagues and casualty-weary national-religious leaders
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Extremist ultra-Orthodox protesters lie on the sidewalk amid clashes with police during a protest against the drafting of Haredi men to the army, outside the IDF recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, August 5, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 28, 2024, 7:23 pm
Ultra-Orthodox party backs down from threat to tank budget over IDF exemption bill
United Torah Judaism pushes to postpone budget vote until law passes to entrench Haredi non-service in army, then changes course to pursue daycare subsidies
By Sam Sokol
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, speaking next to a protest tent organized by bereaved families of soldiers killed during the war in Gaza, close to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 27, 2024, 5:50 pm
Smotrich is irredeemably losing favor among voters for backing Haredi draft evasion
Finance minister fails to realize that opposing a hostage deal won’t win back support, as religious Zionists seek new political home that would give IDF service its rightful place
By Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, right, arriving for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2024, 4:41 pm
UTJ threatens to bolt coalition if law keeping haredim out of IDF not passed before budget
Party head Goldknopf claims he’s not against military service by ultra-Orthodox who aren’t in yeshiva; complains his constituents are ‘suffering’ from government subsidy cuts
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session and vote on reviving the ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2024, 1:44 pm
Netanyahu promises Haredi draft bill by month’s end, as ultra-Orthodox threaten budget
Legislation meant to renew sweeping exemptions from military service, after fierce Haredi opposition to High Court ruling ordering government to end decades-long practice
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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