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Smoke rises from the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, following missile attacks from Iran and Lebanon, March 30, 2026. (Anthony Hershko/Flash90)
April 26, 2026, 5:12 pm
Environmental activists threaten High Court petition over data wipe
Environmental Protection Ministry pulled all pollution permits data from website due to emergency request citing Iran’s efforts to target industrial sites
By Sue Surkes
View of a massive wildfire near Mevo Horon, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 2:21 am
15 years after deadly Carmel blaze, state still ‘underfunding wildfire protection’
Knesset committee hears how lack of cash impacting pilot firebreak project, maintenance, water provision, firefighting personnel
By Sue Surkes
MK Nissim Vaturi speaks during a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on, August 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2025, 11:50 pm
Likud MK: Meir Kahane ‘was right about many things, today he’d get the Israel Prize’
Statement by Nissim Vaturi, which sparks heckling, marks stark departure from Likud’s opposition to extremist rabbi when he served in Knesset in the 1980s before being banned
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 18, 2025, 1:41 pm
Green groups petition High Court to enforce NIS 11 million government funding pledge
Representing environmental organizations, Adam Teva V’Din says environmental protection minister’s refusal to issue calls for the cash is ‘legally unfounded’
By Sue Surkes
A firefighter tries to extinguish a massive wildfire at Canada Park, west of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 9:58 am
Government accused of failing to take fire threat seriously despite years of warnings
Leaders cut budget for already undermanned fire service, and National Security Council ignored calls for session on wildfire preparation until after blaze broke out Wednesday
By Sue Surkes
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionist party, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 1:31 pm
Smotrich says returning hostages ‘not the most important thing,’ sparking fierce backlash
Hostages’ families say ‘history will remember’ far-right minister; top Haredi coalition lawmaker disputes his statement, and opposition politicians say he’s ‘sacrificing’ captives
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman leads a vote during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 1, 2025, 7:30 pm
In April 1 ‘gag,’ judicial overhaul architect proposes ‘memorial day for democracy’
Rothman publishes mock bill, says Ronen Bar will be ‘eternal’ Shin Bet head; Likud MK also tries ‘prank’ with talk of law to push off elections; opposition MK disses him
By ToI Staff
Lawmakers and ministers listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses the first plenum session of the Knesset’s winter 2024 legislative session, October 28, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
December 30, 2024, 9:11 pm
In rare cross-aisle cooperation, MKs back bill to penalize ministers who snub oversight
‘As of today, ministers have not answered 900 queries submitted by MKs,’ harming parliament’s capacity to watch over government, says Yesh Atid’s Lahav-Hertzanu
By Sam Sokol
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
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks during a debate in the Knesset, August 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2024, 8:58 pm
Knesset passes 1st reading of climate bill without any clear budgeting
In what opponents see as capitulation to Finance Ministry, bill allows government to change climate goals and time targets, as well as base year for comparison
By Sue Surkes
Sunset over the Dead Sea coast as seen from the Ein Bokek beach, January 19, 2024. (RnDmS / Shutterstock.com)
March 18, 2024, 10:35 pm
Government preps new Dead Sea minerals tender, with lake’s endangered future in focus
With current mineral extraction concession ending in 2030, official says new tender to go out next year, as area around salty water body continues to degrade
By Sue Surkes
Two people embrace as they march during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
June 27, 2023, 11:46 pm
Homophobic conference held in Jerusalem after two locales refuse to host
‘Even Yisrael’ event for educators, which encourages outlawed conversion therapy, picketed by pro-LGBTQ protesters
By ToI Staff
Thousands participate in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 8, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 5:15 pm
Homophobic conference’s claim to be recognized by Education Ministry sparks outrage
Ministry swiftly disavows gathering, as lawmakers and LGBTQ rights groups pan Even Yisrael teacher training event that includes panels featuring gay conversion therapy proponents
By ToI Staff
MK Yosef Taieb, chair of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee leads a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 6, 2023, 10:05 pm
Ultra-Orthodox MK cheered for (mistakenly) joining LGBTQ rights meet
Shas’s Yosef Taieb slips out shortly after Knesset LGBTQ lobby members applaud him, thinking he’d joined discussion intentionally; he apparently expected a Higher Education meeting
By Stuart Winer
Noam's sole lawmaker, Avi Maoz, speaks at the outset of his Knesset faction meeting, December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90/File)
May 28, 2023, 9:02 am
Cabinet to give anti-LGBTQ MK Maoz power to monitor content in individual schools
Mayors say they won’t work with far-right deputy minister; principals’ forum: ‘Shame’ on Israel that ‘homophobe, misogynist, chauvinist, Kahanist’ Maoz has influence on education
By ToI Staff
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