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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Family and friends attend a memorial service for peace activist and Women Wage Peace founder Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, November 16, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
December 8, 2023, 6:44 am
Peace activists in a traumatized Israel remain hopeful for a two-state solution
Advocates and left-wing politicians are committed to a long-term diplomatic solution with Palestinians, although general support for a two-state solution dips in October 7 aftermath
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
File - Labor Party chair MK Merav Michaeli announces that she will step down from the party leadership, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 7, 2023, 2:57 pm
Assailed for left’s Knesset woes, Michaeli says she will step down as Labor chief
Party head announces leadership primary to replace her within months, plans to leave politics once Knesset term ends, without offering explanation or heads-up to fellow lawmakers
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents his 2023 wartime budget update to the Knesset, December 6, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2023, 5:23 pm
Knesset advances NIS 30 billion in new wartime funds, over intra-coalition objections
NIS 17 billion for military and NIS 13 billion for home front mostly funded by increased deficit; multiple ministries seemingly unrelated to war effort receive major funding boosts
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Minister of National Security Minister speaks at the outset of his Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, December 4, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/ Flash90)
December 4, 2023, 9:05 pm
260,000 firearm permits sought since Oct. 7, after Ben Gvir’s push to arm civilians
National security minister dismisses connection between his efforts to disseminate guns, slacken open-fire rules and tragic shooting death of Yuval Castleman
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a Knesset plenum session, Jerusalem, December 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 3, 2023, 8:52 pm
Smotrich to bring wartime budget update for vote, unfreezing political earmarks
Finance minister heckled in plenum by opposition MKs who say government should not be spending on coalition favors as nation fights Hamas, deals with internally displaced masses
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (R) and Coastal Police commander Yoram Sofer in Jerusalem to present a new proposal to eradicate crime in the Arab sector, August 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2023, 5:42 pm
Internal pressure builds to end truce as Israel weighs extending it into an eighth day
Ben Gvir accuses Hamas of breaking Gaza ceasefire after the terror group takes responsibility for deadly Thursday terror attack in Jerusalem
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during a Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security at the UN headquarters in New York on November 20, 2023. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
November 30, 2023, 11:46 am
After 7 weeks of silence, UN chief calls to investigate Hamas sex crimes on Oct 7
Envoy Erdan slams lengthy delay, casting of doubt by Guterres on such incidents during terror onslaught in Israel, despite testimony from survivors, first responders, morgue workers
By Amy Spiro, Jacob Magid and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, November 29, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 29, 2023, 10:30 pm
Netanyahu, Gallant emphatic war will resume soon, though current truce may be extended
Defense minister says IDF ‘ready for immediate renewal of fighting’; IDF chief approves battle plans; PMO official confirms envoys in Qatar to discuss more hostage releases
By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, November 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 29, 2023, 4:16 am
Ben Gvir threatens to tear down government if war not resumed
Despite far-right leader’s threat, Netanyahu’s coalition would survive the loss of Otzma Yehudit party if National Unity continues to back him
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Released Palestinian security prisoners (wearing grey jumpers) cheer after being released from the Israeli Ofer military facility in Baytunia near the city of Ramallah in the West Bank in exchange for hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
November 28, 2023, 6:29 pm
Attempted murder, shootings, bombings: Most freed Palestinians were held for attacks
Violent crimes, including rock throwing, cited by Prison Service in cases of 64 of 117 Palestinian prisoners released in first three days of hostage deal
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a Religious Zionism party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 28, 2023, 3:17 pm
‘There are 2 million Nazis’ in West Bank, says far-right Finance Minister Smotrich
Remark made in reference to polls showing most West Bank Palestinians back Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught; Netanyahu said lobbying Likud MKs, saying only he can foil Palestinian state
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jacob Magid
Left: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the Knesset on November 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Right: Minister Benny Gantz attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 27, 2023, 7:39 pm
Amid fierce opposition from Gantz and Barkat, cabinet unfreezes coalition funds
Ministers approve new war budget, redirecting some NIS 30b from 2023 budget to defense goals, while also unlocking hundreds of millions in frozen political promises
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
People cheer as a vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives towards Hatzerim army base in Ofakim, southern Israel, on November 26, 2023, after they were released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
November 26, 2023, 10:33 pm
Israelis greet newly freed hostages with joy, but can’t forget those left behind
Spontaneous celebrations welcome returnees on way from Gaza; grandfather of 4-year-old Avigail Idan elated, but her parents’ deaths are ‘an open wound that will never heal’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Canaan Lidor, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Victim of domestic violence and abuse. (djedzura/ iStock by Getty Images)
November 25, 2023, 1:49 pm
Domestic violence exacerbated by wartime, raising concerns over looser gun policies
Since the Knesset made it easier to qualify for a gun license last month, welfare groups register an uptick in firearms concerns for roughly 13,200 annual domestic abuse victims
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
File: National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi speaks to reporters at the Israel Defense Forces' Tel Aviv headquarters, October 14, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash 90)
November 23, 2023, 2:59 am
In surprise delay, top Netanyahu aide says hostage release ‘not before Friday’
National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi announces talks for deal on at least 50 hostages and 4-day fighting lull ‘progressing’; truce also on hold, war to continue
By Tal Schneider, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jacob Magid
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