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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Ash Obel

Ash Obel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (right) celebrate with Emunah Cohen, winner of the International Bible Quiz, April 26, 2023. (Haim Zach / GPO)
April 26, 2023, 4:19 pm
Israeli teen girls win first, second place in annual Bible quiz
Result is first of its kind in 17 years; Emunah Cohen and Neta Lax beat out 41 contestants from 20 countries who qualified for advanced stages
By Ash Obel
A man holds an Israeli flag with signatures from the Israeli Declaration of Independence in a silent protest during a Memorial Day ceremony address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 25, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
April 25, 2023, 2:28 pm
Tempers flare as some ministers are met with protests at Memorial Day ceremonies
Coalition members heckled, one barred from attending event; scuffles break out in Beersheba, Rehovot; some walk out as Netanyahu calls for unity at main ceremony in Jerusalem
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on April 4, 2023, a sign of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen in Basel, on the eve of the general meeting of shareholders following the takeover by UBS of Credit Suisse hastily arranged by the Swiss government on March 19, 2023, to prevent a financial meltdown. (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP)
April 25, 2023, 11:44 am
Jewish group blasts Credit Suisse for sacking investigators probing bank’s Nazi links
World Jewish Congress ‘troubled’ by ‘abrupt’ decision to fire Neil Barofsky and Ira Forman, tasked with exploring bank’s alleged servicing of accounts belonging to Nazi officials
By Ash Obel and AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CBS News in interview aired April 23, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 23, 2023, 10:08 pm
In US TV interview, Netanyahu says parts of judicial overhaul ‘not going to happen’
PM tells CBS neither court nor parliament should maintain blanket control over the other; insists Israel will remain ‘boisterous, vibrant democracy’
By Ash Obel
An Israeli soldier places flags, flowers and candles on graves of fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 23, 2023, ahead of Memorial Day. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 23, 2023, 6:30 pm
String of coalition ministers, MKs withdraw from Memorial Day events amid protests
UTJ and Shas lawmakers who did not serve in IDF back out of events, as does Likud Minister Galit Distel Atbaryan, who has been criticized for recent incendiary comments
By Ash Obel
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo in the Israeli city of Netanya on February 9, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 23, 2023, 5:55 pm
Israel Police use of NSO spyware set to be probed by Knesset subcommittee
Panel will discuss findings and recommendations of dossier produced last year by Deputy Attorney General Amit Merari
By Ash Obel
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 23, 2023, 2:34 am
Herzog voices hope on overhaul compromise, knows ‘who is to blame’ if talks fail
In TV interview blitz ahead of Memorial Day, president says he’s convinced Netanyahu wants agreement on judicial revamp, laments ‘most serious internal crisis in country’s history’
By Ash Obel
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem April 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
April 23, 2023, 1:03 am
Ben Gvir to speak at Memorial Day event, promises to avoid sensitive topics – report
Some bereaved families call for far-right minister to steer clear of Beersheba ceremony, but he insists ‘dozens’ of families asked him to attend; event security to be bolstered
By Ash Obel
MK Moshe Arbel arrives for the opening session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 2:23 pm
Replacing Deri, Shas appoints Moshe Arbel to head health, interior ministries
Haredi party’s Council of Torah Sages says decision a temporary one until Knesset approves legislation permitting Deri to return to role despite his criminal convictions
By Ash Obel
Yousef Mansour (right) and Marsil Mansour, arrested by security services for suspected serious security offenses, April 17, 2023. (Shin Bet)
April 17, 2023, 1:25 pm
Shin Bet nabs Palestinian pair groomed for terror activity by members of Iran’s Guard
Yousef Mansour and Marsil Mansour, West Bank residents, communicated with Quds Force operatives via social media; were asked to smuggle and sell weapons, spy on IDF
By Emanuel Fabian and Ash Obel
Election posters hung by the Blue and White party show its candidate Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hebrew slogan reading 'Netanyahu cares only for himself,' ahead of the 2020 elections. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90/ File)
April 17, 2023, 9:58 am
Gantz’s National Unity party soars past Netanyahu’s plunging Likud, poll finds
Centrist party led by former defense minister would win 28 seats, PM’s Likud would get 24, with governing coalition falling from 64 seats to 52
By Ash Obel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack, during a shiva visit to Efrat on April 16, 2023. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
April 16, 2023, 4:02 pm
‘They live on through you’: Netanyahu visits grieving Dee family at Efrat home
Rabbi Leo Dee tells PM he doesn’t regret for one moment moving to Israel; daughter Tali asks PM how he dealt with pain of the death of his brother Yoni in 1976 Entebbe raid
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Uri and Mika Banki light a torch during the 74th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on May 4, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2023, 1:49 pm
Coalition scrambles to give Regev responsibility for Independence Day torch event
With barely a week to go, cabinet ministers hold rapid phone vote to task transportation minister with selecting 12 honorees for April 25 evening ceremony
By Ash Obel
Passengers look at a monitor displaying delayed flights at Ben Gurion airport, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)
April 16, 2023, 10:57 am
In deposition, airport workers union head says strike was coordinated with Netanyahu
Pinchas Idan defends himself before Likud tribunal, saying Histadrut labor federation head Arnon Bar-David told him work stoppage was implemented ‘in coordination’ with the premier
By Ash Obel
Anti-overhaul protest leader Roee Neuman speaks after being questioned by police on April 10, 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot)
April 10, 2023, 4:27 pm
Protest leader grilled by police for threatening to hound cop who whipped a woman
Roee Neuman tweeted he would ‘persecute’ horse-mounted officer filmed hitting protester; demonstrators mass outside police station during interrogation
By Ash Obel
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