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Menny Naftali, the former caretaker at the Prime Minister's Residence, is seen at the the National Labor Court in Jerusalem on February 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Car belonging to ex-caretaker who testified against PM’s wife found torched
By TOI staff
Police suspect arson targeting Menny Naftali, who successfully sued Sara Netanyahu for abuse and provided testimony in case she was recently charged in
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University on June 20, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Netanyahu vows to push ahead with ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill
By TOI staff
Hedai Offaim (right), soon after the opening of Ofaimme in the Beit Hakerem neighborhood of Jerusalem (Courtesy Hedai Offaim)
At Offaimme, the food stays local even as the seed-to-table empire expands
By Jessica Steinberg
Ringo Starr performs in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Concert reviewEven his friends can’t help Ringo Starr get by in Tel Aviv
By David Horovitz
Can you read these words? Aravrit from Liron Lavi Turkenich's Facebook page
June 1, 2017, 5:52 am
Can you read ‘Aravrit,’ the typography of peace?
With Hebrew below and Arabic above, Liron Lavi Turkenich designs revolutionary lettering all Israelis and Arabs can understand
By Andrew Tobin
File - In this June 7, 1967. file photo, Israeli troops enter Gaza City in the Gaza Strip during the Six-Day War. (AP Photo, File)
From the WebMay 31, 2017, 11:48 pm
Israeli documents from days after 1967 war have familiar ring 50 years on
Immediately following Six Day War, officials in Israel began to debate future of West Bank, permissibility of settlements
Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to try to stop the counting of votes during the Histadrut labor union leadership elections, claiming ballots had been tampered with, May 25, 2017. (Flash90)
May 31, 2017, 11:41 pm
Yachimovich petitions court to annul labor union election result
Zionist Union MK claims sitting chairman Avi Nissenkorn defeated her to retain leadership by fraudulent means
By TOI staff
Smoke billowing from the Syrian village of Qahtaniya, near the border with Israel, following explosions during fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebel fighters, on September 5, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jack Guez)
May 31, 2017, 10:40 pm
IDF sends back man intercepted crossing into Israel from Syria
Unarmed infiltrator captured, interrogated shortly after he breached border into Golan Heights, released a day later
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a man being arrested. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
May 31, 2017, 10:34 pm
Police arrest suspected driver in fatal Haifa hit-and-run
Victim of incident named as 16-year-old Nada Adbach, who was killed while returning home from an Iftar meal
By TOI staff
Israelis try to enjoy the crowded beaches of the Sea of Galilee during the Passover holiday on April 26, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 31, 2017, 1:14 pm
Israelis crowd beaches, parks on Shavuot holiday
Tens of thousands flock to coast; two Sea of Galilee beaches closed due to overcrowding
By TOI staff
The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens' Reut project helps prepare adults with mental illnesses for the workplace. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 31, 2017, 11:07 am
In Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens, it’s sometimes the plants that grow the people
Where stunning flowers from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Australia flourish amid social activism, research and community outreach
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Israeli-Georgian tycoon and philanthropist Mikhael Mirilashvili. (YouTube screenshot)
May 31, 2017, 10:00 am
Philanthropist, ex-Bezeq chair questioned in Deri graft probe
Mikhael Mirilashvili and Moshe Haba among 14 questioned by police in connection with corruption investigation of Shas party chairman
By TOI staff
Screenshot from the teaser of the 2017 Israel Festival (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 31, 2017, 4:24 am
Nudity and neon lights at annual Israel Festival
Director Eyal Sher says 56-year-old arts event, which runs June 1-8, is not government approved despite government funding
By Andrew Tobin
Illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance outside an Israeli hospital (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 31, 2017, 1:31 am
One killed, another injured in suspected gangland shooting in Tel Aviv
Woman found dead, man critically wounded in apparent drive-by attack
By TOI staff
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reads a poster calling for the release of a member of Jewish of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group on August 1, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2017, 11:45 pm
Haredi posters offer kids cash for accosting religious soldiers
'Remember pure children! You are on the side of God,' reads Bnei Brak notice
By Alexander Fulbright
Eliezer Jaffe. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 30, 2017, 6:26 pm
Father of Israeli social work dies after winning lifetime achievement award
American-born Eliezer Jaffe led numerous government programs to help needy, founded trailblazing academic program
By JTA
Image from John Trengrove's The Wound (YouTube screenshot)
May 30, 2017, 6:26 pm
Filmmakers pull out of Tel Aviv LGBT film festival citing BDS
South African director reportedly nixes participation after already flown to Israel by organizers
By JTA
A woman waves for taxi, as she stands in front of a digital billboard promoting the 2017 Wonder Woman movie, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 30, 2017, 4:47 pm
Lebanon wants to ban ‘Wonder Woman’ because of its Israeli star
Push to boycott film reportedly prodded by BDS group, which cites ex-IDF soldier Gal Gadot's expressions of solidarity with Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas in Gaza
By AP and TOI staff
A photo of Israeli writer Amos Oz at his house in Tel Aviv from November 2015. Oz was nominated Thursday, April 20, 2017 for the Booker Man International Prize for his novel 'Judas' (Courtesy Dan Balilty/AP)
May 30, 2017, 3:59 pm
Amos Oz honored by Germany’s Reform rabbinical school
Novelist praises Berlin's attempts to mediate peace, but notes Israel will not have dialogue with those who deny its right to exist
By JTA
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