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Bar-On–Hebron Affair
The Bar-On–Hebron affair was a political scandal in Israel following a series of events starting from the appointment of Roni Bar-On as the Attorney General of Israel in January 1997. The appointment evoked great scrutiny from jurists and politicians as Bar-On, a lawyer with no particular experience, was considered unqualified for the position, following which he resigned two days following his appointment. The event culminated when ten days later Channel 1 correspondent Ayala Hasson reported that Bar-On's appointment was part of a conspiracy, namely a secret deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri, head of the religious party Shas, who was facing trial on corruption charges and allegedly seeking a favorable plea bargain. According to Hasson, Bar-On's candidacy was proposed to Deri by the Israeli businessman David Appel, believing that Bar-On as Attorney General would ensure a plea bargain for Deri. The appointment was thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roni Bar-On
Roni Bar-On (; born 2 June 1948) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kadima between 2003 and 2011, and is also a former Finance Minister of Israel, Minister of Finance. Biography Bar-On was born in Tel Aviv shortly after Declaration of Independence (Israel), Israeli independence in 1948. After his national service, in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, he studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Whilst working as a lawyer he became a Justice in the Military Court of Appeals in the West Bank. In 1997 he was appointed Attorney General of Israel, Attorney General, but resigned as a consequence of heavy criticism related to the 'Bar-On–Hebron affair, Bar-On–Hebron' scandal, which involved allegations against chief officials that they recommended Bar-On to the position for personal reasons. Bar-On resigned within 48 hours. Prior to his political career, Bar-On served, among others, as Chairman of the Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Israel
The attorney general of Israel (, ''Ha-Yo'etz Ha-Mishpati La-Memshala'', ) heads the legal system of the executive branch and the public prosecution of the state. The attorney general advises the government in legal matters, represents the state authorities in court, advises in the preparation of legal memoranda for the government in general and the justice minister in particular. Likewise they examine and advise upon private member's bills in the Knesset. Additionally, the attorney general is tasked with protecting the rule of law and, as such, entrusted with protecting the public interest from possible harm by government authorities. It is an independent appointed position, one of the most important and influential in the Israeli democracy, and a central institution in the framework of the Israeli legal system. Owing to the common law tradition of the domestic legal system, the duties of the attorney general are not codified in law and have been born out of precedent and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 1 (Israel)
Channel 1 (, sometimes called ''Arutz Ahat'' ()) was the second oldest television channel in Israel (behind the Israeli Educational Television) and one of five terrestrial television, terrestrial channels in the country (along with Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2, Channel 10 (Israel), Channel 10, Channel 33 (Israel), Channel 33 and the Knesset Channel). Run by the Israel Broadcasting Authority, it started broadcasting on 2 May 1968, and was largely funded through a television licence, though there were some adverts. With the abolition of Israel Broadcasting Authority and the establishment of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 1 closed down on 14 May 2017 and was replaced a few days later with Kan 11. History The law creating the Israel Broadcasting Authority was passed by the Knesset on 6 June 1965. From 1966, detailed planning to build the channel started with assistance from CBS vice-president Joe Stern started, with the television channel starting broadcasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayala Hasson
Ayala Hasson (; born September 1961) is an Israeli journalist. She is a television and radio presenter at the Israel Broadcasting Corporation. She spent most of her journalistic career at the Israel Broadcasting Authority, where she served as a reporter and commentator, presented ''HaKol Diburim'' ("All Talk") on Kol Israel and the ''Yoman'' ("Journal") edition on Channel 1, and was the first woman to become head of the channel's news division, which she occupied until her departure at the end of 2015. For several years she was a senior commentator on News 13, where she presented the editions of '' Shishi'' ("Friday") and ''HaMate HaMerkazi'' ("The Central Headquarters"), until she joined the corporation in 2023, where she broadcasts the daily program '' Sheva with Ayala Hasson'' ("Seven") on Kan 11 and ''Ha Boker Haze'' ("This Morning") on Thursdays on Kan 2. Known for her investigative journalism, Hasson is responsible for exposing some of the most influential stories in Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has served as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history, having served a total of over 17 years. Born to secular Jewish parents, Netanyahu was raised in West Jerusalem and the United States. He returned to Israel in 1967 to join the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Sayeret Matkal special forces as a captain before being honorably discharged. In 1972, he returned to the United States, and after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Netanyahu worked for the Boston Consulting Group before moving back to Israel in 1978 to found the Yonatan Netanyahu Anti-Terror Institute. Between 1984 and 1988 Netanyahu was Israel's ambassador to the United Nations. Netanyahu rose to prominence after election as chair of Likud in 1993, becoming leader of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Interior (Israel)
The Ministry of Interior (, ''Misrad HaPnim''; ) in the State of Israel is one of the Cabinet of Israel, government offices that is responsible for Local government#Israel, local government, Israeli nationality law, citizenship and Permanent residency, residency, Israeli identity card, identity cards, and student and Visa policy of Israel, entry visas. The current Minister is Moshe Arbel. Responsibilities * Providing Israeli nationality law, citizenship and permanent resident status. * Issuing of Visa policy of Israel, entry visas and staying visas in the country. * Inhabitants administration: personal registration ** Issuing of Israeli identity cards. ** Issuing of Israeli passports. ** Personal registrations such as birth, Marriage in Israel, marriage etc. * Local government, city councils and local council (Israel), local councils supervision ** Appointing and dismissing Districts of Israel, District Commissioners * Elections in Israel, Elections * Associations * Planning and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (; ), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959), is an Israeli politician and one of the founders of the Shas political party who served as the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Health, and Minister of the Interior and Periphery under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from December 2022 to January 2023. Previously he served as the Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee, Minister of the Economy, as well as a member in the Security Cabinet of Israel. In 1999, Deri was convicted of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust; he was given a three-year jail sentence. At the end of 2012, ahead of the elections for the nineteenth Knesset, he returned to lead the Shas party. He was placed in second position on the list, thus being re-elected to the Knesset. In May 2013, he was re-appointed to the role of Shas chairman. In December 2021, it was reported that Deri would resign from the Knesset as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shas
Shas () is a Haredi Judaism, Haredi religious List of political parties in Israel, political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardic Jews, Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily represents the interests of Sephardic Haredim, Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahi Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews. Shas is the third-largest party in the Knesset . Since 1984, it has been part of most governing coalitions, whether the ruling party was Israeli Labor Party, Labor or Likud. Name The party was originally called ''Shom'rei Torah'' ("Guardians of the Torah"), with the acronym ש״ת, pronounced "Shat" or "Shas". However, Israeli election law requires a party wishing to use letters for their acronym that already appear in the acronym of an existing party to first obtain permission from that party, and the Israeli Labor Party, whose letters are אמת, refused to grant Shas permission to use t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protocol Concerning The Redeployment In Hebron
The Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, also known as the Hebron Protocol or Hebron Agreement, was signed on 17 January 1997 by Israel, represented by Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), represented by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, under the supervision of U.S. Secretary of State, Warren Christopher. It concerned the partial redeployment of Israeli military forces from Hebron in accordance with the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip ("Oslo II"). According to the Protocol, ''Area H-1'' (about 80%) would come under Palestinian control, while ''Area H-2'' would remain under Israeli control. A large Palestinian majority still lives in both ''Area H-1'' and ''Area H-2''. The redeployment started on 16 January 1997. The protocol has never been ratified by either of the contracting parties. Background The Hebron Protocol initiated the third partial Israeli withdrawal, after the Gaza–Jeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheMarker
''TheMarker'' () is a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper published by the Haaretz Group in Israel. ''TheMarker'' was founded in 1999 by journalist and entrepreneur Guy Rolnik along with Haaretz Group and U.S.-based investors. Five years after ''TheMarker'' launched, Haaretz newspaper group decided to terminate its long-standing business section and relaunch it as a daily print newspapers called ''TheMarker'', the brand that was created online. The chief editor of ''TheMarker'' is Sami Peretz. The editor of the monthly magazine is Eytan Avriel. ''TheMarker'' alone has about 250 employees. It operates from ''Haaretz'' newspaper building in Tel Aviv. In 2006 and 2007 ''TheMarker'' and Rolnik won the 2 most important awards in marketing and business strategy for creating ''TheMarker'', turning it into the leading brand in financial media and using an internet brand to launch a print newspaper (see "Awards"). Currently ''TheMarker'' produces a website, a daily print newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Israel
Events in the year 1997 in Israel. Incumbents * President of Israel – Ezer Weizman * Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) * President of the Supreme Court – Aharon Barak * Chief of General Staff – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak * Government of Israel – 27th Government of Israel Events * 4 February – 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster: Two IAF troop-transport CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters collide in darkness near the remote She'ar Yashuv kibbutz, in northern Israel, killing 77 IDF soldiers. * 13 March – Island of Peace massacre: Seven 11-year-old girls from Beit Shemesh's Feurst School are killed and many other are severely injured by a Jordanian soldier, who opened fire on the schoolchildren while they were on a class trip at the "Island of Peace", a joint Israeli and Jordanian tourist resort, under Jordanian rule. * July - The 1997 Maccabiah Games are held. * 14 July – Maccabiah bridge collapse - A pedestrian bridge collapses over the Yarkon River kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
