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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 641

Yossi Fuchs

Knesset member Aryeh Deri looks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 11, 2025, 5:51 pm
Coalition scrambles for deal with Haredim ahead of preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset
Shas said to be pressuring Degel Hatorah to give Netanyahu more time; no agreement has been reached yet, says Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik
By Sam Sokol
US President Donald Trump, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
April 10, 2025, 6:37 am
Trump: Israel would ‘be the leader’ of strike on Iran if nuclear talks fall apart
US president adds, however, that Washington will make the decisions; Netanyahu’s cabinet secretary says PM was surprised that direct US-Iran talks are slated for coming weekend
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
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)
March 2, 2025, 1:48 am
Haredi party threatens to topple government unless it gets NIS 1 billion for yeshivas
Writing to cabinet secretary, UTJ chief Goldknopf demands ‘immediate’ action on issue to ensure his party backs the crucial state budget; previous ultimatums haven’t been acted on
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox students seen at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 31, 2025, 1:15 am
Debating ultra-Orthodox enlistment law, MKs argue how to define who is Haredi
Only 32% of recruits listed as Haredim are actually ultra-Orthodox, Israel Democracy Institute researcher Gilad Malach tells Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
By Sam Sokol
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs attends a debate on ultra-Orthodox enlistment in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2025, 9:21 pm
Arresting yeshiva students for draft dodging will backfire, cabinet secretary warns
During debate on enlistment legislation, Fuchs says ‘process that will lead to the Haredim enlisting is a gradual one’ and must involve consensus
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO); Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court, in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ POOL/ File)
January 13, 2025, 12:01 am
Attorney general backs petition against PM-appointed acting civil service chief
Gali Baharav-Miara sides with watchdog group that says Netanyahu’s pick for commissioner, Roi Kahlon, isn’t qualified, and his selection by PM alone is unacceptable
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, walking outside his office at the Knesset on November 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
November 12, 2024, 12:33 am
After booting Gallant, Netanyahu said to secure support for Haredi draft exemptions
Cabinet secretary reportedly says departure of defense chief, who opposed bill giving ultra-Orthodox pass on military service, will allow ‘good bill’ to advance
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO); Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court, in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ POOL/ File)
November 4, 2024, 7:08 pm
Netanyahu demands ‘solution’ to ‘adversarial’ AG as ministers call for her ouster
Lapid slams ‘threats’ against Baharav-Miara by PM, whose office then insists he is careful to follow his agreement not to meddle in legal appointments while on trial for corruption
By Sam Sokol, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting. (Maayan Toaf / GPO, undated photo)
August 11, 2024, 5:06 pm
Despite AG’s dissent, cabinet okays plan for PM to choose civil service commissioner
Netanyahu defends plan, says bureaucrats don’t ‘know better than the government’; watchdog warns move ‘threatens the independence and professionalism of the civil service’
By Sam Sokol
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a hearing on military service for ultra-Orthodox men, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
August 8, 2024, 1:11 am
AG’s office accuses cabinet secretary of issuing unauthorized government legal briefs
Deputy attorney general says Yossi Fuchs intervened in IDF’s enlistment of Haredi students; PM’s office hits back at AG for saying important cabinet decisions are adopted unlawfully
By Jeremy Sharon
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a hearing on military service for ultra-Orthodox men, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
June 7, 2024, 8:13 pm
Cabinet secretary: ‘Time not yet ripe’ to investigate state’s handling of Gaza war
Yossi Fuchs pushes back against AG’s imploring resistant PM to form state commission of inquiry in response to ICC, ICJ cases; Netanyahu said to be seeking alternatives in Knesset
By ToI Staff
Former MK Shai Hermesh at a committee meeting in Knesset on November 14, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 1, 2024, 7:25 pm
After criticism, PM’s aide says bereaved father will read prayer at state ceremony
Cabinet secretary denies reports that Netanyahu barred Shai Hermesh, whose son was murdered on Oct. 7, from taking part in Jerusalem Day event over anti-government column he wrote
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jews outside an army recruitment office in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 9, 2024, 7:08 pm
Government may submit Haredi draft proposal to cabinet next week
Liberman calls on Gantz and Eisenkot to withdraw from coalition if government promotes legislation intended to prevent enlistment of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men near a sign reading 'army recruitment office' during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the military, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2024, 10:30 pm
Government accuses AG of ‘administrative coup’ amid mutual barbs over Haredi draft
Cabinet secretary writes angry letter after AG’s Office said government illegitimately okayed private counsel for its agencies in High Court case to ensure yeshiva funding
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (Yariv Katz/POOL)
February 11, 2024, 4:58 pm
AG concerned procedural shortcuts being used to pass illegal cabinet resolutions
Ministers have been voting on legally problematic additions to resolutions in an expedited process without the necessary legal evaluation, writes Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon
By Jeremy Sharon
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