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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

Yossi Shelley

Illustrative: View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 8:47 pm
Most northern evacuees unlikely to return, comptroller says, blaming Netanyahu
Report blasts Prime Minister’s Office for failing to formulate and implement a long-term plan for border area’s reconstruction, after 60,000 evacuated under Hezbollah rocket fire
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Dikla Nasimi listens to her son Eliron at their home in Avdon on June 29, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
July 1, 2024, 2:03 pm
Israelis from town 2 miles from Lebanon forced to return home after running out of funds
After a hotel stay subsidized by a tapped-out Christian organization, Avdon’s 600 residents are refused state housing provided to others within the same distance from border
By Canaan Lidor
An anemone at the underwater observatory marine park, Coral Beach, Eilat, May 29, 2009. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)
May 16, 2024, 3:02 pm
Environment ministry rejects bid by PM’s office to increase oil activity in Eilat
Ministry rebuffs request to dump policy aimed at protecting Red Sea corals, marine ecosystems, a move that could earn state company an annual $50 million more
By Sue Surkes
An aerial picture from October 10, 2023, shows the abandoned site of the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im, where some 360 people were killed in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 12, 2023, 5:43 pm
Alleging government mishandling, families of rave massacre victims demand answers
Relatives of those murdered on October 7 at Supernova and Psyduck parties form lobby, accuse government of neglecting their plight
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister's Office Legal Adviser Shlomit Barnea Farago arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2023, 9:34 am
PM’s office tried to oust its legal adviser, a witness in Netanyahu’s trial – report
Office director Yossi Shelley said to initially refuse to extend term of Shlomit Barnea Farago, seen as premier’s adversary; backtracks after being told it is akin to firing her
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 10, 2023 in Rome. (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
March 14, 2023, 1:20 pm
Report: PM halts statistics bureau hires after failed bid to name loyalist as chief
Netanyahu took ‘highly irregular step’ amid apparent effort to politicize Central Bureau of Statistics; Lapid: Trying to harm CBS’s independence so he can manipulate the facts
By ToI Staff
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2019. (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP)
January 12, 2023, 10:24 am
Brazil fires pro-Bolsonaro ambassador to Israel as part of wider shake-up
Report says newly inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed more ‘balanced and traditional’ approach to Mideast conflict than pro-Israel predecessor
By ToI Staff
Miri Regev and Moshe Ben Zaken, right, at the Likud party headquarters on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
Amid AG pushback, cabinet delays appointment of new Transportation Ministry chief
Legal officials say there’s obstacle to approving appointment of Miri Regev confidant; former Levin adviser with no legal qualifications okayed as Justice Ministry director general
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Director General of the Prime Minister's Office Yossi Shelley, and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs. (Twitter screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law; Courtesy)
December 29, 2022, 10:28 pm
Netanyahu taps Yossi Shelley as PMO director, Yossi Fuchs as cabinet secretary
Shelley served as ambassador to Brazil in 2017-2021, was mocked for altering photo of lobster during meal with Bolsonaro; US-born Fuchs called Netanyahu trial ‘made-up’
By ToI Staff
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, right, embraces his daughter as supporters hold Israeli, American and Brazilian flags, during a protest against his former Minister of Justice Sergio Moro and the Supreme Court, in front of the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
May 5, 2020, 11:47 pm
Brazilian Jews criticize waving of Israeli flags at ‘anti-democratic’ protests
Local leaders say blue and white banners at pro-Bolsonaro rallies against virus restrictions and Supreme Court send wrong message about Jewish community’s pluralist nature
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli ambassador Yossi Shelley (R) and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro eat lunch in Brasilia on July 7, 2019. (Israeli embassy in Brazil)
July 9, 2019, 11:54 am
Israel’s Brazil envoy says he ate salmon with Bolsonaro, not lobster
Ridiculed for clumsily trying to censor non-kosher crustacean from picture, Yossi Shelley says he didn’t eat it but also didn’t remove it, so as to not offend hosts
By ToI Staff
Israeli ambassador Yossi Shelley (R) and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro eat lunch in Brasilia on July 7, 2019. (Israeli embassy in Brazil)
July 8, 2019, 11:19 am
Israeli envoy to Brazil tries to ‘censor’ lobster lunch, is ridiculed
Black patches covering plates of Yossi Shelley and President Bolsonaro do little to hide nonkosher crustacean, much to Twitter’s amusement
By ToI Staff
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (R) receives a plaque marking Israel's 71st birthday at an event in the Israeli Embassy in Brasilia on May 22, 2019 (Courtesy of Israeli embassy in Brasilia)
May 24, 2019, 9:01 am
In first, Brazil’s president celebrates Israeli Independence Day
Amid flourishing ties between Jerusalem and Brasilia, Jair Bolsonaro joins country’s supreme court president and senate president at Israeli embassy event
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) awards the National Order of the Southern Cross, the country’s highest national honor for high-ranking guests, to Israel's ambassador in Brasilia Yossi Shelley on May 7, 2019 (Screencapture/YouTube)
May 8, 2019, 6:30 pm
Brazil honors Israeli ambassador with highest award for foreigners
Yossi Shelley given the National Order of the Southern Cross for work to improve ties between the two nations
By Raphael Ahren
Davi Alcolumbre is the first Jewish president of Brazil's Senate. (Facebook via JTA)
February 3, 2019, 5:29 pm
In first, Jewish lawmaker elected president of Brazilian Senate
Thanks to support of Jair Bolsonaro’s son, Davi Alcolumbre beats out incumbent, who was seeking fifth term; Amapa native known for fighting anti-Semitism
By Marcus M. Gilban
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