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Protesters disrupt a discussion panel featuring MK Simcha Rothman at the Expo Tel Aviv convention center in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 24, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2023, 11:41 am
‘The Jewish people won’t forgive, won’t forget’: Protesters target Rothman at JFNA
Several ousted from General Assembly in Tel Aviv; fellow panelist accuses far-right MK of ‘crushing Israeli democracy and Diaspora relations’ with judicial overhaul, gets ovation
By Canaan Lidor
Infantry soldiers from the Golani Brigade train in underground tunnel urban warfare at a mock Arab village on the Golan Heights on May 15, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 23, 2021, 6:04 am
Poll: Almost half of Jewish Israelis support making IDF a professional army
New biennial survey by Israel Democracy Institute also finds military generally considered to be ethical, good at its job, bad with its money and middling at gender equality
By Judah Ari Gross
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 11, 2021, 2:10 pm
Most Israelis believe democracy in danger; trust in Supreme Court, Knesset dives
Israel Democracy Institute survey shows declining faith in public institutions amid COVID pandemic and continued lack of political stability
By ToI Staff
Police officers clash with Haredi men during a protest against the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, October 4, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 14, 2020, 11:32 pm
Resentment of Haredim on virus violations set to dominate next election – expert
Ultra-Orthodox towns provoking anger, prompting ‘turning point’ for Israel and its politics, says Yohanan Plesner, former MK who leads Israel Democracy Institute
By Nathan Jeffay
A woman walks by an election campaign billboard in Tel Aviv, March 28, 2019, showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP/Oded Balilty)
April 3, 2019, 1:28 pm
In upcoming elections, Palestinian issue nowhere to be found
Unlike in previous national votes, disillusionment over the failed peace process has put the issue on a back burner
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 25, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
June 26, 2017, 2:41 pm
Ministers were debating ‘the future of the Jewish people’
An inside account of the fateful cabinet session at which the Western Wall pluralistic prayer plan was cast aside
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An Arab Israeli woman casts her vote at a polling station in Haifa, on March 17, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
November 10, 2015, 4:58 pm
Poll: Third of Jewish Israelis favor urging Arab Israeli emigration
IDI survey finds 39% of Israeli Jews think Arab Israelis are security threat; most Jewish and Arab Israelis prefer Israel to Western nations
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Shas leader and then-economy minister Aryeh Deri in the Knesset on June 17, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 6, 2015, 9:48 pm
Israel leads world for cabinet resignations within first 6 months
High ministerial turnover harms stability, shows ‘failed governmental system,’ study says
By ToI Staff
Tali Mizrahi, a member of the anti-racism group Light Tag, Tag Meir, visiting the home of a Palestinian baby allegedly killed by Jewish arsonists. (Ben Sales/JTA)
August 3, 2015, 2:38 am
After Palestinian baby’s death, Israelis say condemnation not enough
Inside the Dawabsha home, amid burnt toys and other debris from a deadly firebombing, 100 Israelis come to ask forgiveness
By Ben Sales
Hatnua party leader Tzipi Livni lays the smackdown on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 'State of the Nation' TV satire, December 13, 2014. (screen capture: Channel 2/YouTube)
December 16, 2014, 4:13 am
Is Livni’s move to team with Labor one of principle or opportunism?
Critics accuse former justice minister of zigzagging, while allies insist her principles have remained consistent
By Ben Sales
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers being sworn in to a religious IDF unit. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
April 14, 2013, 3:02 pm
New committee convenes to tackle universal draft
Former Shin Bet head Yaakov Peri chairs group tasked with integrating ultra-Orthodox and Arabs into IDF and national service
By Asher Zeiger
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef at the bar mitzvah of party chairman Eli Yishai's son, in February 2011. (photo credit: Ilia Yefimovich/Flash90)
January 24, 2013, 10:44 pm
Final results could make it easier for PM to form right-center coalition
Kadima’s two seats and Jewish Home’s 12th seat mean Netanyahu less reliant on ultra-Orthodox parties
By ToI Staff
Judge Elyakim Rubinstein, head of the Central Election Committee, tallying votes in Jerusalem on Tuesday. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 24, 2013, 4:26 pm
Final vote tally gives Kadima reprieve, Jewish Home a 12th seat
Arab party Ra’am-Ta’al drops to four seats as last ballots counted, shifting balance of blocs 61-59 in favor of right wing
By Joshua Davidovich
Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz and his wife arrive at a polling station in Kohav Yair to cast their votes on Tuesday, January 22 (photo credit: Flash90)
January 23, 2013, 11:42 pm
Kadima wins reprieve, Jewish Home takes 12th spot as vote count ends
United Arab List expected to drop to four seats as last election slips from soldiers, prisoners, hospital patients and diplomats tallied
By Joshua Davidovich
Knesset members stand during a ceremony marking 17 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, on October 28, 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
January 23, 2013, 5:16 pm
In the next Knesset, a radical case of musical chairs
It’s out with the old — more than 50 of them — and in with the new
By Gabe Fisher
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