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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Yoav Segalovitz

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid (left) leads a meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on May 22, 2024. (Screen capture)
May 26, 2024, 5:30 pm
‘Trying to cause anarchy’: Lapid accuses PM of ties to IDF reservist’s call for mutiny
Yesh Atid MKs call for criminal investigation into Netanyahu’s son Yair after he shares video calling for soldiers to take orders only from the prime minister
By Sam Sokol
Activists march with symbolic coffins denouncing the violent crimes against Arab communities on August 6, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
September 28, 2023, 1:55 pm
Netanyahu government nixed effective programs to fight Arab crime, experts say
Amid unrelenting wave of violence, stakeholders call for smarter approach to organized crime, dialogue with local leaders, community-wide cooperation, and putting politics aside
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Activists march with symbolic coffins denouncing violent crime in Arab communities on August 6, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 23, 2023, 7:49 am
Arab local officials are under threat, criminologist warns as violence skyrockets
With municipal elections approaching, a municipality director and a mayoral candidate have been shot to death. Researcher Badi Hasisi says violence is seeping into politics
By Gianluca Pacchiani
MK Orit Farkash Hacohen speaks during the Knesset debate on the reasonableness bill, July 23, 2022 (Knesset channel screenshot)
July 23, 2023, 5:06 pm
‘You’re destroying Israel’: Opposition implores coalition to stop reasonableness bill
With National Unity MK making a tearful address to parliament and protesters amassed in Jerusalem, Knesset plows ahead with debate preceding final votes; faint hope of compromise
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Yesh Atid MKs wear black t-shirts adorned with Israeli flags during plenum deliberations on the 'reasonableness' bill, at the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 16, 2023, 9:29 pm
Activists to protest at train stations as coalition fast tracks ‘reasonableness’ bill
Opposition MKs plan to slow down committee voting, with coalition seeking to add unplanned plenum day in Knesset; Liberman calls for boycott of votes
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene where a woman was shot and killed while sitting in her car in Haifa, May 8, 2023. (Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 6:00 am
As Arab homicide rate soars, government apathy comes into focus
A failure to prioritize the fight against organized crime, infighting between Arab criminal gangs, and deep-seated societal problems are all part of the problem, say MKs, experts
By Jeremy Sharon
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in Jerusalem's Old City on the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, March 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 29, 2023, 11:00 pm
Cabinet vote Sunday on Ben Gvir bid for 2,000-strong national guard under his command
Far-right minister says force will target ‘lack of governance,’ terror, nationalistic and organized crime and illegal firearms; demonstrators protest plan; critics say it’s illegal
By Jeremy Sharon
MK Simcha Rothman, head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, right, during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2023, 2:26 pm
Panel head churns through judicial appointment objections; opposition: ‘Dictator’
Far-right committee chair Rothman aims to get through thousands of reservations to planned judicial overhaul, amid heated protests; Knesset legal adviser called in to restore order
By Jeremy Sharon
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 15, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 15, 2023, 2:45 pm
Ben Gvir said to nix campaign against Arab crime because it’s run by ‘leftist’ JDC
National security minister reportedly makes remarks at meeting on slashing funding for project run by American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
By ToI Staff
Incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) meets with Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai on January 1, 2023 (National Security Ministry)
January 4, 2023, 11:31 am
Yesh Atid petitions High Court against law expanding Ben Gvir’s powers over police
MKs Mickey Levy and Yoav Segalovitz, both former police commanders, call last week’s legislation unconstitutional, claiming it aims to ‘turn police into a political entity’
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 1, 2022, 10:04 pm
Outgoing police minister warns Ben Gvir moves on Temple Mount could spark intifada
Omer Barlev rails at his successor, links far-right lawmaker’s expected appointment to rising violence: ‘This is what happens with Ben Gvir’s entry to the ministry’
By ToI Staff
A Yesh Atid campaign event targeted to Arab voters in Tamra, October 20, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)
October 31, 2022, 10:40 am
Yesh Atid is building an Arab voter base, but for now the party just hopes they vote
Despite setting up 32 Arab-focused branches, the party doesn’t expect to win more than a few thousand votes from the community in this election, focusing instead on driving turnout
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Deputy Public Security Minister Yoav Segalovitz speaks at a Knesset Public Security Committee meeting on April 10, 2022. (Gal Cohen/Knesset)
April 10, 2022, 6:47 pm
Deputy police minister: Killings in Arab towns dropping, weapon confiscations rising
Officials are working to combat black market and loans sharks in the community, Finance Ministry director adds
By ToI Staff
Ammar Hujayrat, 4, in the playground at Bir al-Maksur on January 6, 2022, shortly before he was fatally hit by errant gunfire (Youtube screenshot)
January 13, 2022, 1:31 pm
When a 4-year-old is shot dead in a playground
Nobody thought stemming the tide of violent crime in the Arab community would be easy. But as the terrible killing of Ammar Hujayrat underlines, it is desperately urgent
By David Horovitz
Scenes of a grenade explosion outside a Health Ministry office in Nazareth on November 8, 2021 (screen capture: Israel Police video)
November 9, 2021, 12:36 am
Health Ministry office in Nazareth hit by grenade; no injuries
Building sustains damage in explosion; no motive given, but health officials have been threatened over child vaccination push
By ToI Staff
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