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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Yomtob Kalfon

From left, journalist Nurit Canetti, Yisrael Beytenu's Sharon Roffe-Ofir, Labor's Gilad Kariv, Meretz's Michal Rozin, Jewish Home's Yomtob Kalfon, Yesh Atid's Idan Roll, Religious Zionism's Ohad Tal and Blue-and-White's Alon Tal, appear on stage during an election event on Israel-Diaspora ties at Tel Aviv's ANU Museum of the Jewish People on October 19, 2022. (Barak Sela/Reut Group/Courtesy)
October 21, 2022, 7:08 am
For a brief moment, frayed Israel-Diaspora ties take center stage in election debate
Labor’s Kariv says party will demand pluralistic policies in coalition deals; Religious Zionism’s Ohad Tal presents friendlier face to Jews abroad, but can’t back it up with plans
By Judah Ari Gross
Deputy Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahana speaks with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
August 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
Shaked swipes at Kahana as he leaves Yamina for ‘statesmanlike left-wing camp’
Zionist Spirit leader says ‘things have become clearer’ as ex-colleague chooses Gantz-led alliance over their former joint home Yamina, in latest blow to party
By Ash Obel
MKs Idit Silman (R) and Nir Orbach arrive for a Yamina faction meeting at the Knesset on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 17, 2022, 10:48 am
In shift, Bennett’s Yamina moves to strip rebel MK Silman of her committee posts
Coalition said to tell Knesset it will remove Silman from panels after she wouldn’t back Kahana’s reappointment as religious services minister; Pinto to replace her on health panel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Then-minister of religious affairs Matan Kahana arrives to a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2022, 8:32 pm
Cabinet advances reappointment of Yamina’s Kahana as minister
Move requires vote in Knesset, where coalition lacks majority, so ministers also approve MK’s appointment as deputy minister, as it doesn’t require plenum vote
By ToI Staff
Then-Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana attends a Knesset House Committee hearing to declare MK Amichai Chikli a defector from his Yamina party, April 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2022, 7:25 pm
Moving Kahana back to the Knesset is Bennett’s attempt to circle the wagons
Sidelining another party MK, the prime minister is bringing one of his most trusted political allies to shore up his most vulnerable front as the coalition teeters near collapse
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Yamina MK Yomtob Kalfon leads a Knesset Constitution Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 15, 2022, 1:50 am
After ousting him from Knesset, Bennett thanks MK Kalfon for his service
Yamina party denies claim that Yomtob Kalfon was sent packing on the demand of Ra’am’s Mansour Abbas
By ToI Staff
Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 13, 2022, 8:12 pm
Matan Kahana resigns Religious Affairs Ministry to ‘help strengthen the coalition’
Move will see Kahana returning to Knesset as an MK, bumping out Yomtob Kalfon who it was feared might be the next Yamina member to quit teetering government
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Shalom Yerushalmi
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on January 22, 2020. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
April 24, 2022, 11:01 pm
Israeli politicians hail Macron win: ‘A good night for France, Europe and the world’
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid lauds the French president as a ‘true friend of Israel’; Sarcelles-born MK Yomtob Kalfon says he hopes for even closer French-Israeli ties
By ToI Staff
Israelis wait for a COVID-19 rapid antigen test, at a drive through complex in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2022, 8:40 am
Coronavirus cabinet meets for first time in three weeks, makes no decisions
Bennett and Housing Minister Elkin reportedly clash during meeting of forum of ministers tasked with forming policy on outbreak
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference on the Omicron outbreak, at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, on January 11, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 11, 2022, 8:17 pm
Bennett vows to keep economy open ‘as much as possible’ during Omicron wave
Amid record case numbers, PM says lockdowns don’t work: ‘I don’t want to see people losing their jobs, closing their businesses’; state to fund compensation for quarantine days
By ToI Staff
Disinfecting the Knesset ahead of the swearing in of MKs amid the coronavirus crisis, March 16, 2020 (Knesset spokeswoman)
December 19, 2021, 11:39 am
9 Knesset members sent to quarantine after contact with suspected Omicron carrier
MKs from 7 parties told to self-isolate due to exposure to Knesset Channel reporter suspected of having new strain; parliament considering further restrictions to prevent spread
By ToI Staff
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Abir Kara, on April 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)
June 28, 2021, 8:01 pm
4 new deputy ministers appointed by cabinet; 2 more MKs sworn in
Ministers Ayelet Shaked and Karine Elharar resign from parliamentary duties under so-called Norwegian Law, making way for MKs Yomtob Kalfon and Inbar Bezeq
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Naftali Bennett (L), Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (R), and Alona Barkat (C), hold a New Right party press conference in Tel Aviv on February 7, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 20, 2019, 10:25 am
New Right unveils Knesset slate featuring equal representation for women
Right-wing ticket, led by Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, includes several journalists; soccer club owner Alona Barkat in 3rd spot
By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff
New Right party leader Naftali Bennett (left), Yomtob Kalfon and Ayelet Shaked (right) at a press conference February 19, 2019, announcing that Kalfon had joined the party list for the Knesset elections. (New Right Party)
February 20, 2019, 2:02 am
New Right adds French immigrant to party list amid surge in anti-Semitic attacks
Lawyer Yomtob Kalfon expected to help win votes in the French-speaking community; party urges mass aliya from France
By ToI Staff
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