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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on November 20, 2023. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AFP
December 7, 2023, 12:01 pm
UN chief calls to investigate Hamas sex crimes
"There are numerous accounts of sexual violence during the abhorrent acts of terror by Hamas on 7 October that must be vigorously investigated," says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
By AMY SPIRO, Jacob Magid and CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Freed Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz speaks to the press, with her daughter at her side, at Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv on October 24, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90/Times of Israel)
October 25, 2023, 9:27 am
Freed Hamas hostage: ‘I went through a hell that we’d never imagined’
Hamas hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, released Monday, describes hell as terrorists rampaged in kibbutz; abductors beat her on way to Gaza; was taken into ‘spiderweb’ of tunnels, treated with care.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN and MICHAEL BACHNER and TOI STAFF
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (left) and Israel's Yoav Gallant in Berlin on September 28. Photo: Tobias Schwarz/AFP
October 9, 2023, 7:15 am
Germany, Israel sign landmark deal
The Arrow 3 system is designed to destroy space-borne projectiles before their re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, including ballistic missiles and their warheads, as well as satellites.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Morocco senate head Enaam Mayara. Photo: Twitter screenshot
September 12, 2023, 7:09 am
Moroccan senate head to visit to Knesset
The Moroccan senate head's visit will follow reciprocal relationship-building moves taken by Israel in the past months.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Yesh Atid party head MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum. July 30, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 31, 2023, 9:22 am
Lapid: Freeze judicial overhaul until 2025, or we won’t return to talks
Likud says it is ready to speak without preconditions — meaning it refuses to halt the process; Knesset begins recess of nearly three months.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset plenum, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, July 24, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 25, 2023, 9:06 am
Coalition passes 1st judicial overhaul law, limiting review of government decisions
Despite 29 weeks of unprecedented protests, all 64 coalition members back ‘reasonableness’ bill in final vote after 30 hours of plenum discussion; entire opposition walks out.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Juztice Minister Yariv Levin and other coalition lawmakers celebrate after the Knesset approves the first reading of the "reasonableness" bill, early on July 11, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 11, 2023, 1:52 pm
Bill to erase judicial ‘reasonableness’ test passes 1st reading
Beset by protesters, and firmly encouraged by Netanyahu, the coalition has advanced legislation that bars courts from reviewing the reasonableness of elected officials’ decisions.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, July 3, 2023. Photo: AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg
July 4, 2023, 3:21 pm
Chaos erupts at Ben Gurion Airport
Chanting ‘Democracy,’ thousands have rallied at Ben Gurion's main terminal, stepping up opposition to the shakeup of the judicial system.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN and TOI STAFF
Protesters in Tel Aviv, on Saturday, June 24. Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90
June 29, 2023, 5:30 am
Protests set to erupt as courts overhaul proceeds
Organisers of the protests have said that now that the government has begun moving ahead in the Knesset with certain elements of the plan, they will renew their efforts.
By TOI STAFF and CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on June 18. Photo: Amit Shabi/Pool
June 22, 2023, 6:20 am
Coalition moves to restart courts overhaul
Bill to prevent justices from ruling on 'reasonableness' of decisions
By JEREMY SHARON, CARRIE KELLER-LYNN, Jacob Magid and TOI STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves his Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on June 14, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
June 15, 2023, 3:34 pm
Coalition in chaos as opposition wins seat on judge panel while Likud left out
MKs elect Elharrar, reject Gotliv; result embarrasses PM, though coalition will likely elect own representative soon; opposition says no overhaul talks until committee formed
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Protesters in Tel Aviv on June 3. Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
June 8, 2023, 11:26 am
22nd week of protests as negotiations continue
Outlets estimated that between 95,000 and 140,000 people attended the main rally in Tel Aviv, alongside thousands of others in some 150 locations around the country.
By Michael Bachner, CARRIE KELLER-LYNN and TOI STAFF
Protesters in Tel Aviv on May 27. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP
June 6, 2023, 7:21 am
Judicial talks resume amid storm of criticism
In a joint statement, the Yesh Atid and National Unity parties stressed that while dialogue is the only solution, "We made it clear that continuing with talks is conditional upon the possibility of making progress."
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN, LAZAR BERMAN and TOI STAFF
Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and other coalition party heads. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
May 25, 2023, 12:15 pm
Israeli government’s budget set to pass
Netanyahu boasts coalition 'will last all four of its years'.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security and MK Ofir Katz during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 1, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
May 9, 2023, 9:40 am
Coalition officials turn up heat on Ben Gvir, say he is to blame if government falls
As far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir enters his fifth day of boycott in protest of Gaza policy, coalition whip says this is ‘sure path’ to early elections, Smotrich says it would be ‘prize for terror.
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
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