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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 652

Zvika Fogel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and other ministers in the Knesset plenum during a vote on a law to overhaul Israel's judicial selection process, March 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 13, 2025, 7:15 pm
Ministers back bill letting new governments clean house from army chief to AG
Legislation allowing incoming political leaders to fire top officials at will would ‘lead to the complete politicization of the most senior positions,’ warns Attorney General’s Office
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
In this photo provided by the Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, convenes his security Cabinet to vote on a ceasefire deal in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office via AP)
July 10, 2025, 8:29 pm
New bill would let next government summarily fire AG, IDF chief, other top officials
Ministers to discuss bill allowing government to terminate top security, judicial, civil service chiefs within first 100 days of office without cause if they have served two-thirds of tenure
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and cabinet ministers pose for a picture during a special government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
With Otzma Yehudit out of government, Netanyahu set to appoint replacement ministers
Three ministerial positions, two committee chairmanships open up after Ben Gvir pulls far-right party out of coalition; Dichter being considered for new national security minister
By Sam Sokol
Then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Chaim GoldbergFLASH90)
January 19, 2025, 1:00 pm
Otzma Yehudit exits coalition over Gaza deal, blasting it as ‘victory for terrorism’
Chairman Ben Gvir tells Netanyahu he’s proud of party’s ‘significant achievements under your leadership’ but slams him for crossing ‘all ideological red lines’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Jewish man suspect of participating in riots Hebron, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 12, 2024, 5:05 pm
MKs pass law allowing courts to issue restraining orders on basis of secret evidence
Controversial temporary measure allows judges to impose restrictions on citizens’ freedom of movement and expression based on ‘confidential intelligence material’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: NSO Group logo seen on a smartphone in front of a laptop showing hacking code. (Shutterstock)
November 10, 2024, 11:36 pm
Ministers support legislation allowing police to secretly access suspects’ computers
Otzma Yehudit-backed bill written so as to prevent law enforcement from using spyware tools against politicians suspected of corruption
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on March 19, 2024. At left is National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and at right is committee chairman Yuli Edelstein. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 10, 2024, 9:48 pm
Bill calling for national security strategy gets ministerial committee backing
High-level body also gives the nod to extension of law blocking Al Jazeera and expansion of police surveillance of criminal suspects’ computers
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Palestinian class at the Salem School, East Jerusalem, December 6, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/ Flash90/ File)
November 5, 2024, 6:21 pm
Knesset passes law allowing government to fire teachers it asserts identify with terror
Right-wing MKs call new law an important tool in preventing radicalization; rights group ACRI says it ‘violates the rights to expression, employment and pedagogical autonomy’
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel chairs a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee, February 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 4:11 am
Hardline MKs push bill to allow curbs on movement, speech based on ‘confidential intel’
Backers say legislation equips police with tools to fight organized crime; expert warns it risks ‘harsh infringements of very basic human rights’
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen reacts during a discussion in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 21, 2024, 4:29 pm
Prosecutors close brutality probe against far-right MK Almog Cohen
National Security Minister Ben Gvir accuses attorney general of using ‘so-called criminal cases against Otzma Yehudit people in order to grab them by the throat’
By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 20, 2024, 8:27 pm
Gantz’s party threatens to veto bill allowing Ben Gvir to censor foreign media
Newly revised legislation would grant far-right National Security Minister Ben Gvir the power to define networks as security threats as a precondition of their closure
By Sam Sokol
Knesset National Security Committee head MK Zvika Fogel leads a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 6:52 pm
Far-right MK, ex-Shin Bet chief both panned for equating rivals to Israel’s enemies
Otzma Yehudit’s Zvika Fogel draws comparison between Supreme Court and Hamas, Hezbollah; Carmi Gillon quoted likening national religious parties to jihadists
By ToI Staff
MK Almog Cohen of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party shouts at relatives of hostages held in Gaza during a hearing of the Knesset National Security Committee, November 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 20, 2023, 3:32 pm
Far-right MKs scream at hostages’ families in Knesset hearing on death penalty bill
Relatives of Israelis being held by Hamas in Gaza plead with Otzma Yehudit lawmakers not to advance legislation; MK Fogel: You’re representing Hamas more than Israel
By Jeremy Sharon
Arab-Israeli teacher, Nedaa Rabie, helps student, Adi Hevlin, in her classroom at the Gvanim Junior Highschool in Qadima on Thursday, December 26, 2013. The Gvanim Junior Highschool currently employs five Arab teachers and serves as a successful example of the Education Ministry's program for integrating Arab school teachers in the Jewish sector. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
September 16, 2023, 1:44 am
Controversial coalition bill would allow Shin Bet to vet all teachers for terror ties
Right-wing MKs hope to pass law in coming parliamentary session, but the security service opposes it, and rights groups warn it’s a bid to limit Arab freedom of expression
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A protest against domestic violence as part of a nationwide strike, in Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. The sign reads: 'Electronic tracking [of offenders] saves lives.' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 30, 2023, 11:54 pm
Knesset passes domestic abuse monitoring law after long delays and squabbles
Police minister Ben Gvir led what he calls a ‘balancing’ of the bill put forth by last government, which enables electronic tracking of abusers
By ToI Staff
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