Author: Noa Shpigel
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Alleged Sexual Assault Victim of Israeli Pop Star Eyal Golan Speaks Out at Knesset
Haaretz | Israel News ‘I Said No Dozens of Times, It Didn’t Help’ | Taisia Zamolutzky, who accused Eyal Golan of exploiting her as a minor, detailed police misconduct and systemic abuse during a Knesset hearing, calling the investigation ‘criminal’ and demanding accountability One of the complainants in the 2013 sex scandal allegedly involving Israeli…
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Netanyahu Coalition Shelves Bills From Ben-Gvir’s Party in Response to Lawmakers’ Mutiny
Haaretz | Israel News Most members of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party voted against a budget bill last week, essentially forcing PM Netanyahu to come to the Knesset after a prostate surgery. Ben-Gvir apologized on Saturday, but on Sunday his party said its ‘ideology has never been deterred by punishments’ Jan 5, 2025 2:45 pm…
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Israeli Lawmakers Call on Military to Destroy Food, Water and Power Sources in Gaza
Haaretz | Israel News Eight coalition members said the IDF’s strategy was ineffective in defeating Hamas, demanding the army purge northern Gaza of residents by use of sieges, infrastructure destruction and ‘killing anyone without a white flag.’ The policy should be used in other parts of Gaza, they said Jan 3, 2025 12:38 am IST…
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‘It’s forbidden’: Former Sephardi chief rabbi says IDF service turns Haredim ‘bad’
Haaretz | Israel News His comments drew ire from across the political spectrum, though a spokesman for Shas, of which Yosef is the spiritual head, said his remarks ‘were about the need for appropriate frameworks for young Haredi men interested in enlisting’ Dec 15, 2024 10:47 pm IST Dec 15, 2024 10:47 pm IST Former…
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‘There Is No Way He Won’t Be Buried in the Kibbutz He Died Defending’
Haaretz | Israel News 100 Hostages, 433 Days in Gaza | Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi was killed in the Gaza border community of Nir Yitzhak on October 7, comes to Israel’s Knesset every week to fight for the hostages’ return: ‘I don’t hear commitment to return all the hostages anytime soon’ Dec 12,…
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Bill to Allow Firing of AG Stalls in Knesset as Coalition Advances Controversial Laws
Haaretz | Israel News The coalition managed to advance controversial bills on Tuesday: gendered segregation, immunity for Knesset members, and a BibiLeaks bill. But for now, it seems removing the attorney general won’t be as easy as the coalition had hoped Dec 4, 2024 11:28 pm IST Dec 4, 2024 11:28 pm IST The opposition…
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Knesset Advances Bill to Shield Israeli MKs From Criminal Investigation and Civil Lawsuits
Haaretz | Israel News Israel’s attorney general said that the bill banning criminal investigations against Knesset members would make them ‘a privileged class’ and emphasized that it contradicts the principle of equality before the law Nov 24, 2024 7:50 pm IST Nov 24, 2024 7:50 pm IST The Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation advanced a…