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Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev interviewed in 2016 in Nigeria (Hadashot TV screenshot)

Former minister could potentially face death penalty for spying for Iran

Justice Ministry official says capital punishment an option in Gonen Segev's case, but would be an 'unprecedented penalty' for espionage

Netta Barzilai after winning the final of the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, on May 12, 2018. (AFP/ Francisco LEONG)

Appearing to back off Kan split, PM says government will follow Eurovision rules

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

In rare move, rabbinical court annuls marriage of woman refused divorce

By David Sedley

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Jerusalem Day celebration at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, on May 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 26, 2017, 10:57 am

Netanyahu returns to work after bladder stone ‘crushed’

PM back on his feet after minor operation carried out under general anesthetic at Jerusalem hospital

By TOI staff

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 9, 2017. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)

May 26, 2017, 10:55 am

Deri to be questioned on corruption allegations — report

Interior minister, who previously served jail time for corruption, to be probed over real estate deals

By TOI staff

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon with Ruth Schwartz at the UN on May 26, 2017 (Courtesy)

May 26, 2017, 3:45 am

Slain US student’s mother to UN: PA must stop paying my son’s killer

'Ezra’s murder broke our family,' says Ruth Schwartz; says Palestinian stipend to terrorist amounts to thousands of dollars a month

By JTA

Arab students rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners staging a hunger strike, calling for an 'intifada' against Israelis (screen capture: Channel 2)

May 26, 2017, 3:07 am

Arab students call for ‘intifada’ at Hebrew University rally

Faculty defends demonstration in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, says nothing that was said is illegal

By TOI staff

The ladies of the congregation - Tikvah (Orna Banai) , Yaffa (Yafit Asulin) , Ettie (Evelin Hagoel), Ora (Sharona Elimelech), and Margalit (Einat Sarouf) discover the women’s balcony in their synagogue has been removed in 'The Women's Balcony.' (Menemsha Films)

May 26, 2017, 2:07 am

Following Israeli success, ‘The Women’s Balcony’ aims high with NY premiere

Sleeper hit depicts middle-aged women standing up to religious extremism in storied Jerusalem neighborhood

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Likud MK Oren Hazan in a pose that makes him appear to be holding the Golden Dome atop the Temple Mount. (Oren Hazan)

May 26, 2017, 12:56 am

Likud MK provokes again with Dome of the Rock pic

Controversial lawmaker Oren Hazan follows up selfie with Trump with photo 'holding' the golden dome

By Sue Surkes and Raoul Wootliff

Pope Francis addresses journalists during the traditional press conference on his flight back to Rome, following a two-day visit at Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2017. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool via AP)

May 26, 2017, 12:23 am

Talks underway for possible pope visit to Israel to push peace — report

Francis may travel to region in the fall to advocate accord; advance delegation said expected next month

By TOI staff

Young Arab girls seen studying during a lesson in the newly opened elementary school in the Arab neighborhood of Umm Tuba, in East Jerusalem in December 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

May 25, 2017, 11:57 pm

Cabinet to discuss $50 million improvement plan for East Jerusalem

Priorities to include investments in education, improved sewage infrastructure and more efficient trash removal

By Sue Surkes

Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, center, attends the final speeches of US president Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 25, 2017, 10:41 pm

In police testimony, Adelson says Netanyahu never discussed media deal

Casino magnate in Israel for Trump visit tells investigators he never talked with PM about 'Israel Hayom' matters

By Sue Surkes

Nahshon Szanton holding a ballista stone that was apparently catapulted during the siege of the Jerusalem, while standing on an ancient street being excavated. (Shai Halevy/courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)

May 25, 2017, 9:38 pm

Ancient war for Jerusalem echoes as stones and arrowheads uncovered

New findings on ancient street confirm 1st century historian‘s account of Roman routing of Jewish rebels in 70 CE

By Sue Surkes

During a peace walk organized by Tag Meir, a woman hands a flower to an Arab shopkeeper in Jerusalem's Old City ahead of the Jerusalem Day flag parade, May 24, 2017. (Courtesy)

May 25, 2017, 9:15 pm

Roses for Old City Arabs seek to take sting out of thorny flag parade

In goodwill gesture, dovish Tag Meir group hands out flowers to shopkeepers in Muslim Quarter forced to close stores on Jerusalem Day

By TOI staff

Illustrative. Handcuffs in a courthouse. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

May 25, 2017, 9:08 pm

Military Police arrest soldier suspected of raping female comrade

Suspect served in the same unit as the alleged victim; sexual assault said to have occurred in her barracks

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on May 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Abir Sultan)

May 25, 2017, 8:11 pm

Netanyahu to have bladder stone removed under sedation

PM will have surgery Thursday night, his office says; Jerusalem Minister Ze'ev Elkin will serve as acting PM

By TOI staff

A haploid cell on the left, with 23 chromosomes; a diploid cell on the right, with 46 chromosomes (Courtesy)

May 25, 2017, 5:08 pm

Israeli startup finds way to predict tumor resistance to chemo

NewStem use haploid cells in developing diagnostic kit to help doctors avoid ineffective therapies

By Shoshanna Solomon

US President Donald Trump visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)

May 25, 2017, 4:53 pm

Trump (still) trumps (almost) all

With few Jerusalem Day incidents, papers spotlight fallout from the US president's visit, the deadly Manchester attack and a contentious labor union vote

By Tamar Pileggi