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Neta Dan (left) speaks about the mysteries of archival research at the Academy of the Hebrew Language's archive night, June 9, 2026 (Courtesy)
Reporter's notebook
At Israel’s Archives Week event, a backstage look at the birth of modern Hebrew
By Zev Stub
From forgotten photographs and handwritten notes to aging microfilm reels, a weeklong series offers a rare glimpse of the documents curating the nation's memory
Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Knesset passes law giving justice minister control of internal police investigations
By Jeremy Sharon
Jonatan Urich is seen following a hearing on journalist Omri Assenheim’s refusal to provide police with materials from a program he broadcast about Eli Feldstein, after the District Court ruled that journalistic privilege does not apply, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
PM’s aide Urich charged with leaking classified info with intent to harm state security
By Jeremy Sharon
Haredi men block a bus at the Tunnels Checkpoint, between south Jerusalem and the West Bank, on June 7, 2026, following the arrest of a suspected participant in an anti-enlistment riot outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg. (Screen capture: Moshe Zaide/ZiratNews via X)
Haredim block traffic at south Jerusalem checkpoint after arrest of suspected rioter
By Charlie Summers
Jonatan Urich is seen following a hearing on journalist Omri Assenheim’s refusal to provide police with materials from a program he broadcast about Eli Feldstein, after the District Court ruled that journalistic privilege does not apply, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 1:43 pm
PM’s aide Urich charged with leaking classified info with intent to harm state security
State Attorney’s Office indicts adviser over passing Hamas memo to Bild in 2024 amid domestic anger at Netanyahu after hostages’ murder; is also charged with destroying evidence
By Jeremy Sharon
Neta Dan (left) speaks about the mysteries of archival research at the Academy of the Hebrew Language's archive night, June 9, 2026 (Courtesy)
June 11, 2026, 12:42 pm
At Israel’s Archives Week event, a backstage look at the birth of modern Hebrew
From forgotten photographs and handwritten notes to aging microfilm reels, a weeklong series offers a rare glimpse of the documents curating the nation’s memory
By Zev Stub
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 11:12 am
Eisenkot hits back as Netanyahu’s Likud takes aim at his English-language skills
‘Where was Netanyahu’s excellent English on Oct. 7?’ former IDF chief jabs, dismissing campaign mocking his fluency as a ‘racist’ attack led by PM’s ‘despicable’ aide Jonatan Urich
By Shira Silkoff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 3:06 am
Knesset passes law giving justice minister control of internal police investigations
MKs vote 43-39 in favor of legislation, which the attorney general has said will remove the barrier between politicians and law enforcement and undermine department’s independence
By Jeremy Sharon
A group of female soldiers take part in a training exercise in the tank commanders' course, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 11, 2026, 1:39 am
After rabbis’ threat, IDF says men and women won’t serve in same tanks
Army says options for integrating women don’t include putting them in same vehicle as men, after Hesder yeshiva rabbis vowed to bar students from Armored Corps units
By Emanuel Fabian
This picture of a kayaker rowing above sharks in central Hadera won Gilad Topaz a special mention in a marine photography competition organized by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, June 9, 2026. (Gilad Topaz/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
June 11, 2026, 1:26 am
Photography contest captures fragile beauty of marine life
Tel Aviv Cinematheque hosting exhibition of 40 out of 600 photographs submitted to Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
By Sue Surkes
People visit the opening of the 100th Hebrew Book Week at Sarona in Tel Aviv, June 10, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 10:32 pm
Hebrew Book Week celebrates centennial in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Amid declining reading rates nationwide, annual book event opens in both cities following one-day delay caused by Iranian missile fire
By Jessica Steinberg
View of the oil refineries and the industrial area of Haifa Bay, October 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 9:32 pm
Haifa oil refineries will close in 2029, says head of Haifa Bay development agency
Yuval Admon, working within the Prime Minister’s Office, says 2026 crucial for shortening timelines, while KKL-JNF boss pledges NIS 100 million for new parkland
By Sue Surkes
Party leaders Ayman Odeh (center left) and Ahmad Tibi (center right) seen during a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 7:08 pm
Arab parties Hadash, Ta’al, Balad announce joint electoral slate — without Ra’am
Factions say they are ‘leaving the door open’ for Mansour Abbas’s party to join them before the election; former MK Michal Rozin to run in The Democrats primary
By Ariela Karmel
MK Simcha Rothman leads a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 5:17 pm
Rothman touts coalition’s ‘wonderful’ term, drawing ire of Oct. 7 victims’ relative
Merav Svirsky tells Religious Zionism lawmaker that some are ‘paying the price for your conduct,’ is reportedly removed from Knesset panel hearing during break
By ToI Staff
Social Equality Minister May Golan speaks in the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 4:47 pm
Police recommend Minister Golan stand trial over job-fixing allegations
Likud minister accused of creating fictitious jobs for associates and paying them for zero work
By Charlie Summers
Likud MK Tally Gotliv (left), and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on, June 9, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 12:48 pm
Coalition turns Gotliv hearing into attack on AG, who opposes immunity for Likud MK
Baharav-Miara says Gotliv broke the law by exposing Shin Bet officer’s identity; coalition lawmakers spend hours ignoring charges, instead airing broader grievances against AG
By Ariela Karmel
Female soldiers operate a tank in the Negev Desert, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 10, 2026, 12:28 pm
Yeshiva rabbis say they won’t send students to tank units due to integration of women
Leaders of 12 yeshivas in ‘hesder’ joint study-service program reject plan to allow women to serve with men; IDF source says army in ‘impossible situation,’ critics pan it as refusal to serve
By ToI Staff, Rossella Tercatin and Emanuel Fabian
Gwyneth Paltrow is face of Herzliya luxury apartment project, 51 Park (Courtesy)
June 10, 2026, 10:08 am
Gwyneth Paltrow lends her face to Herzliya real estate project
Award-winning actress fronts video commercial for 51 Park residential towers
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli lawmakers attend a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2026, 11:12 pm
Knesset panel revises bill creating political Oct. 7 probe, preserves coalition control
Constitution Committee removes controversial clause added last week allowing comptroller to fill vacant seats on panel, but bill allows probe to go ahead without opposition involved
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
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