January 23, 2016
7:42 pm

President Shimon Peres meets with US President Barack Obama at the White House on June 25, 2014. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO/FLASH90)

Obama wishes Peres well after heart attack

US leader calls former Israeli president over the weekend, thanks him for long-standing friendship

By Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2016
7:32 pm

Left-wing Israeli activist Ezra Nawi, seen at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on January 20, 2016. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police suspect left-wing activist of involvement in Palestinian’s murder

Ezra Nawi was focus of TV expose in which he was filmed saying he helps PA catch Palestinians selling land to Jews

By Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2016
3:30 pm

Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, confirmed in March 2016 as the oldest man in the world. (Courtesy of family)

Guinness confirms Israeli Holocaust survivor, 112, may be world’s oldest man

Yisrael Kristal of Haifa needs documentation that he was born on September 15, 1903, which could be a challenge

By AFP

January 23, 2016
12:37 pm

A picture taken on January 20, 2016 shows a smart-phone using the Israeli anonymous messaging app Blindspot in Tel Aviv. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)

Israeli anonymous messaging app under fire over cyber bullying

Blindspot’s parent company says it has had complaints, but anonymity online is ‘an evolution, whether people like it or not’

By Joe Dyke

January 23, 2016
11:45 am

From left: President Reuven Rivlin, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu attend a party for US Independence Day at Shapiro's home in Herzliya on July 1, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)

NY Times raps Netanyahu for ‘unfair rebukes’ of US envoy

Editorial backs Dan Shapiro’s comments this week, says Israel operating ‘dual legal system in the West Bank’

By Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2016
6:57 am

A lemon-scented eucalyptus tree towers over a quiet street in Petah Tikva, one of only a few of this species of eucalyptus in Israel. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Trees rooted in Tel Aviv’s history

In honor of Tu Bishvat, a tree historian highlights the top four historical trees in the Gush Dan region

By Melanie Lidman

January 23, 2016
2:43 am

Gas mask kits, first distributed in Israel in 1990 (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)

IDF makes ‘ass’ out of Home Front Command

Gas mask kits tell Arabic speakers to wait for ‘Rear End Command’ instruction to open in case of chemical, biological attack

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 23, 2016
1:44 am

What does the Islamic State have to do with driverless cars?

Former Intel Israel chief Mooly Eden explains ‘exponential’ change in 2016 and how technology can stop terrorists

By Simona Weinglass

January 23, 2016
12:26 am

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt calls a play during the first half of Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, in Cleveland, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (AP/Tony Dejak)

Cavaliers fire Israeli coach David Blatt in second season

Sources say Israeli-American coach who led Cleveland to NBA finals last year has been let go

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 22, 2016
9:49 pm

French President Francois Hollande (R) stands next to opposition Zionist Union party leader Isaac Herzog after a meeting at the Elysee palace on January 22, 2016 in Paris. (AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG)

EU settlement labeling is ‘a win for BDS,’ Herzog tells Hollande

Opposition leader slams new guidelines as tantamount to a boycott of Israel, reaffirms commitment to two-state solution

By Times of Israel staff

January 22, 2016
8:05 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu backs Ya’alon in spat over Hebron homes

After right-wing criticism over evacuation of Jews, PM praises settlers’ ‘courage,’ but says all are bound by the law

By Times of Israel staff

January 22, 2016
7:48 pm

Palestinian members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, at a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)

IDF official: Hamas ready for fresh hostilities with Israel

Army source says Islamist terror group has revived its cross-border tunnels, rocket firing systems and intelligence gathering efforts

By Times of Israel staff

January 22, 2016
5:14 pm

Illustrative photo of a Boeing 747 El Al plane (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

El Al makes history with its first all-woman cockpit

Due to last-minute schedule change, pilot Smadar Schechter and first officer Merav Schwartz find themselves together on flight to Cyprus

By Times of Israel staff

January 22, 2016
3:02 pm

Illustrative: Israeli police walk outside of Jerusalem's Old City (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

American-Israeli accuses cops of abuse during weed probe

Family claims it was dragged into drug case, had its ‘aliya dream turned into nightmare,’ over joke text message; police: we have ‘serious evidence’

By Judah Ari Gross

January 22, 2016
2:52 pm

What do people like about escape rooms? The puzzling clues and race against the clock, according to the owners of escape rooms in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (Courtesy Escape Room Tel Aviv)

Escape rooms offer puzzle-solving release from Israeli reality

Age-defying, challenging but not demoralizing, a global phenomenon reaches Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

By Eliana Block

Israel Inside

The people and the land

Obama wishes Peres well after heart attack

US leader calls former Israeli president over the weekend, thanks him for long-standing friendship

Police suspect left-wing activist of involvement in Palestinian’s murder

Ezra Nawi was focus of TV expose in which he was filmed saying he helps PA catch Palestinians selling land to Jews

Guinness confirms Israeli Holocaust survivor, 112, may be world’s oldest man

Yisrael Kristal of Haifa needs documentation that he was born on September 15, 1903, which could be a challenge

Israeli anonymous messaging app under fire over cyber bullying

Blindspot’s parent company says it has had complaints, but anonymity online is ‘an evolution, whether people like it or not’

NY Times raps Netanyahu for ‘unfair rebukes’ of US envoy

Editorial backs Dan Shapiro’s comments this week, says Israel operating ‘dual legal system in the West Bank’

Trees rooted in Tel Aviv’s history

In honor of Tu Bishvat, a tree historian highlights the top four historical trees in the Gush Dan region

IDF makes ‘ass’ out of Home Front Command

Gas mask kits tell Arabic speakers to wait for ‘Rear End Command’ instruction to open in case of chemical, biological attack

What does the Islamic State have to do with driverless cars?

Former Intel Israel chief Mooly Eden explains ‘exponential’ change in 2016 and how technology can stop terrorists

Cavaliers fire Israeli coach David Blatt in second season

Sources say Israeli-American coach who led Cleveland to NBA finals last year has been let go

EU settlement labeling is ‘a win for BDS,’ Herzog tells Hollande

Opposition leader slams new guidelines as tantamount to a boycott of Israel, reaffirms commitment to two-state solution

Netanyahu backs Ya’alon in spat over Hebron homes

After right-wing criticism over evacuation of Jews, PM praises settlers’ ‘courage,’ but says all are bound by the law

IDF official: Hamas ready for fresh hostilities with Israel

Army source says Islamist terror group has revived its cross-border tunnels, rocket firing systems and intelligence gathering efforts

El Al makes history with its first all-woman cockpit

Due to last-minute schedule change, pilot Smadar Schechter and first officer Merav Schwartz find themselves together on flight to Cyprus

American-Israeli accuses cops of abuse during weed probe

Family claims it was dragged into drug case, had its ‘aliya dream turned into nightmare,’ over joke text message; police: we have ‘serious evidence’

Escape rooms offer puzzle-solving release from Israeli reality

Age-defying, challenging but not demoralizing, a global phenomenon reaches Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

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