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Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, in his office at the Knesset (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Israel at 70 interview
Yair Lapid: Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer a defender of Israeli democracy
By David Horovitz
Israelis' second-favorite choice for prime minister charges that the long-serving incumbent does not put the greater good of Israel ahead of his own political interests anymore
In ‘glitch,’ IDF accidentally calls up reservists on Independence Day
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
ToI asks the experts: What are the most important finds of Israeli archaeology?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Fallen lone soldiers mourned as tiny Goliaths, true Zionists, talented artists
By Judah Ari Gross
View of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 29, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 1:54 pm
Palestinians hail UNESCO vote as victory for international law
Netanyahu calls UN cultural body's resolution rejecting Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem ‘absurd’; Israeli Jew killed rushing army checkpoint left suicide note
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative: Israeli F-35 fighter jets fly over Jerusalem during celebrations marking Israel's 69th Independence Day on May 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
May 2, 2017, 1:51 pm
In public debut, F-35 jets streak over Israel for Independence Day
Public gets it first look at Air Force's new stealth fighters during annual flyover celebrating Jewish state's establishment
By Judah Ari Gross
Staff Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon. (Courtesy of IDF Spokesperson)
May 2, 2017, 10:21 am
Filipina IDF soldier fights for the country that saved her grandmother
Joana Chris Arpon, who is neither Jewish nor Israeli, honored Tuesday by president at Independence Day ceremony
By Andrew Tobin
Beachgoers in Tel Aviv watch the military airshow on Israel's 69th Independence Day, May 2, 2017. (Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 10:17 am
With grills and F-35 thrills, Israel marks 69 years of independence
Flyover of new fighter jets expected to be highlight of day as country celebrates holiday with barbecues, parties and more
By TOI staff
Hilal Tubi, one-half of the brother pair who created hipster spirit, Tubi 60. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2017, 2:25 am
Israel’s hipster drink Tubi 60 heads stateside
Made with some 60 herbs and fruit essences, the 80-proof elixir is making its way from the Jerusalem bar scene to markets overseas
By Jessica Steinberg
Amos Regev, chief editor of Israel Hayom daily newspaper arrives for questioning in the so called 'Case 2000' affair at the Lahav 433 investigation unit in Lod, January 17, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 12:35 am
Editor departs Sheldon Adelson-owned Israeli newspaper
Unconfirmed local news reports claim Amos Regev was fired after allowing writers at newspaper to criticize Netanyahu
By JTA
Official celebration of Israel's Independence Day at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, May 1, 2017. (Screen capture: Facebook video)
May 1, 2017, 10:35 pm
Israelis move from mourning to feting 69 years of independence
At Jerusalem-themed celebration, Knesset speaker calls for national unity: 'Not every right-winger is a fascist and not every leftist is a traitor'
By TOI staff
Israelis barbecue at Dolfinarium beach park in Tel Aviv on Israel's 68th Independence Day, May 12, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
May 1, 2017, 10:29 pm
On Independence Day, feel free to choose your celebration
Smashed burgers, a chocolatey porter, Israeli flicks and freebies are just some of the ways to avoid the silly string and inflatable hammers
By Jessica Steinberg
Minister Ayoub Kara attends a ceremony for fallen ultra-Orthodox soldiers at a cemetery in the city of Bnei Brak on May 1, 2017, Israel's Memorial Day. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 1, 2017, 10:09 pm
Despite protests, dozens gather to honor fallen ultra-Orthodox soldiers
Druze minister says 'not even over his dead body' will he allow religious extremists to shame Haredi servicemen
By Judah Ari Gross
President Reuven Rivlin addresses Israelis and Jews around the world in his Independence Day video announcement on April 27, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 1, 2017, 10:09 pm
Rivlin: Independence Day is a celebration for Jews everywhere
In English-language greeting, president calls on Jews to work so 'our national home is a home that looks after the weak'
By JTA
Michael Steinhardt attends a meeting of Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein with the torch lighters of the 69th Independence Day state ceremony, at the the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2017, 8:25 pm
How a US billionaire’s Jewish spark became an Independence Day torch
Honored at Israel's official Mount Herzl ceremony, Michael Steinhardt, the atheist cofounder of Taglit-Birthright, is lighting a fire for secular Jewish culture
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
One of Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets flies alongside an F-16 on its maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 1, 2017, 7:09 pm
F-35 jets to buzz Independence Day celebrations for first time
Planes to fly 850-km. route from Beersheba in the Negev to Katzrin in the Golan, and most cities in between, as part of annual air show
By Judah Ari Gross
Nimer Bassem Abu Amar, a 15-year-old Bedouin Israel, who was killed in a shooting on October 25, 2016, near the Egyptian border, where he worked for a subcontractor hired by the Defense Ministry. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2017, 5:37 pm
Parents of slain Bedouin teen seek terror victim status
IDF and Defense Ministry say they are still investigating incident along Egyptian border that killed Nimer Bassem Abu Amar
By Jacob Magid
A group of high school students hears the history of one of Israel's fallen soldiers on the Mount of Olives on Memorial Day 2017 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 1, 2017, 4:45 pm
A hunt for lost stories among Mount of Olives’ forgotten graves
Students and volunteers, sleuthing for information about soldiers who fell in state's early days, gather at historic Jerusalem cemetery on Israeli Memorial Day
By Jessica Steinberg
Zehava Shaul, mother of Oron Shaul, speaks during a press conefrence at her home in Poria Illit, December 13, 2015. Givati Brigade soldier Staff Sergeant Oron Shaul died in battle in the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. The IDF defined him as "a soldier killed in action whose burial site is unknown." (Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90)
May 1, 2017, 3:43 pm
Mother of missing soldier: State you died for isn’t helping to bring you back
Remains of Zehava Shaul's son Oron still held by Hamas in Gaza; PM, justice minister vow to return Shaul and fellow MIA Hadar Goldin
By Alexander Fulbright
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