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Michael Bachner
Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Yasser Arafat (right) shake hands at the White House on September 13, 1993, as US president Bill Clinton looks on. Photo: J. David Ake/AFP/Getty Images
September 7, 2023, 11:44 am
Wariness over Oslo Accords revealed
Thirty years later, key cabinet quotes reveal Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres feared the Palestinians wouldn't forgo terror and weren't giving enough for Israeli concessions, while Rabin foreshadowed his own assassination.
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a video message, explaining that he is going into the hospital to have a pacemaker fitted, early on July 23, 2023. (Screenshot)
July 23, 2023, 2:52 pm
Netanyahu has pacemaker fitted on eve of pivotal Knesset vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was fitted with a pacemaker, a week after he was hospitalised for dehydration.
By Michael Bachner
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
Israel's team celebrates winning 2-1 against Japan at the end of a FIFA U-20 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, Argentina, May 27, 2023. Photo: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
May 28, 2023, 1:48 pm
Israel through to Under-20 World Cup final 16
Israel has scored a stunning late comeback to beat Japan, taking the national team through to the Under-20 World Cup final 16.
By Michael Bachner
Students protesting against the judicial overhaul in Jerusalem on March 23. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
April 26, 2023, 6:55 am
Judicial overhaul negotiations tackle judge picks
"There is much to work on, but there are also partners to work with. The optimism I voiced after the previous discussion still stands, believe it or not."
By Michael Bachner, Ash Obel, SHARON WROBEL  and TOI STAFF
Protesters rally against the government's judicial overhaul plans outside the Knesset, on February 20, 2023. Photo: Gili Yaari/Flash90
March 1, 2023, 4:27 pm
Protesters launch nationwide ‘day of disruption’ against justice overhaul
Around Israel, opponents of government’s legislation to hold rallies, marches, strikes and road-blocking; police prepare to thwart ‘disorder’
By Michael Bachner
Former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov
November 3, 2022, 9:07 am
Netanyahu headed for decisive comeback victory
Near-complete results give Likud leader’s bloc 65 seats, with far-right set to gain unprecedented sway; landscape could change if Meretz, Balad cross threshold, but unlikely.
By Michael Bachner
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