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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich heads a Religious Zionist party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
February 24, 2026, 5:39 am
Knesset revokes Smotrich’s tax exemption for online purchases from abroad of up to $150
Tax-exempt cap lowered back to $75, reversing move that had been praised by consumers, decried by small businesses; finance minister lashes out at coalition colleagues who defied him, calls them leftists, vows to try again
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2026, 4:11 pm
Ben Gvir’s dismissal ‘will not happen,’ vows Netanyahu, bucking AG’s pressure
In tense cabinet meeting, deputy AG trades barbs with far-right minister, warns he is eroding police independence by interfering in investigations
By Sam Sokol
Yariv Ben-Eliezer, the grandson of David Ben-Gurion, speaks at a memorial for his grandfather in Sde Boker on November 26, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 26, 2025, 3:00 pm
Ben-Gurion’s grandson: Presence of ‘Kahanist’ minister at memorial ‘disrespectful’
In off-the-cuff remarks, Yariv Ben-Eliezer says government should not have sent Otzma Yehudit’s Yitzhak Wasserlauf to annual state ceremony for his grandfather
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 16, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 16, 2025, 4:03 pm
Netanyahu accuses ministers of electioneering; briefly bars 4 tardy ministers from meeting
In apparent swipe at Defense Minister Katz, PM blasts ‘barrage’ of campaigning ahead of elections, set to be held by no later than October 2026
By Lazar Berman
Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
October 26, 2025, 11:34 pm
Former chief rabbi calls father of slain soldier a ‘heretic’ for backing Haredi draft
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas party, suggests he wouldn’t count Rabbi Tamir Granot in a prayer quorum, draws broad condemnation
By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir gestures to a supporter as he walks escorted by Israeli police through the Old City of Jerusalem on May 26, 2025, during a flag march for Jerusalem Day. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
May 27, 2025, 2:14 am
Marchers chant ‘Death to Arabs,’ skirmish with shopkeepers and cops at Jerusalem Day parade
Ben Gvir slams Gaza humanitarian aid while kicking off nationalist march into Old City: ‘Our enemies deserve only a bullet to the head’; activists erect giant sign urging mass expulsion of Palestinians
By Charlie Summers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 8:14 pm
Ben Gvir says Jewish prayer, including full prostration, permitted at Temple Mount
Far-right minister rejects longtime status quo at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site; Prime Minister’s Office: ‘Israel’s policy concerning the Temple Mount has not changed’
By Sam Sokol
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
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir after the Knesset votes to approve his return to the cabinet, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 2:07 am
Ben Gvir reappointed police minister as Knesset okays his party’s return to government
Far-right Otzma Yehudit rejoins hours before critical budget vote, raising Netanyahu’s majority to 68; Ben Gvir links move to resumption of Gaza war after he opposed hostage deal
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and cabinet ministers pose for a picture during a special government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
With Otzma Yehudit out of government, Netanyahu set to appoint replacement ministers
Three ministerial positions, two committee chairmanships open up after Ben Gvir pulls far-right party out of coalition; Dichter being considered for new national security minister
By Sam Sokol
Then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Chaim GoldbergFLASH90)
January 19, 2025, 1:00 pm
Otzma Yehudit exits coalition over Gaza deal, blasting it as ‘victory for terrorism’
Chairman Ben Gvir tells Netanyahu he’s proud of party’s ‘significant achievements under your leadership’ but slams him for crossing ‘all ideological red lines’
By Sam Sokol
A house hit from missiles fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Metula, on the Israeli border with Lebanon, November 20, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 25, 2024, 11:15 pm
Security cabinet member signals Lebanon deal uncertain, amid pressure to oppose it
As northern mayors cast impending 60-day truce with Hezbollah as ‘surrender deal,’ Likud minister Dichter vows to oppose agreement if it is ‘copy paste’ of UN resolution from 2006
By ToI Staff
Protesters calling for a hostages-for-ceasefire deal at Hakfar Hayarok Junction near Ramat Hasharon, in central Israel, September 2, 2024. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
September 2, 2024, 4:18 pm
Court shuts down Histadrut strike, accepting government claim it was political
Union boss says he’ll respect ruling, but doesn’t regret move; MKs urge class action suit; some activists protest against strike demanding truce-hostage deal, saying it aids Hamas
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Eritreans near the scene where two Eritrean asylum seekers were killed in a fight with pro-regime activists, in south Tel Aviv, August 24, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 12:31 am
Far-right minister calls for expulsion of Eritrean asylum seekers after deadly brawl
Ben Gvir’s demand follows Tel Aviv fight between pro-regime and anti-regime factions in which two people were killed
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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