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Two killed in flash floods as storm, hail batter Israel
By TOI staff
Rare April deluge sweeps across country, forcing closure of roads, an airport and a flooded mall
Students from Bialik School, in South Tel Aviv, many of them children of African asylum-seekers, attend a pre-Passover seder in the schoolyard on March 20, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Op-edHow Netanyahu turned victory into all-around defeat in African migrant crisis
By David Horovitz
Israeli singer David Broza. (Courtesy)
Times of Israel Presents‘Yihye Tov’: David Broza to be interviewed next week at Jerusalem English event
By TOI staff
MK Orly Levy-Abekasis at a Knesset House Committee meeting, March 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Poll shows Orly Levy, a solo opposition MK, could hold Israel’s balance of power
By Michael Bachner
Minister of Culture Miri Regev speaks during a ceremony at the Knesset honoring the torch lighters of the 69th Independence Day state ceremony at Mount Herzl, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2017, 5:57 am
Israeli minister calls to shut UNESCO’s Jerusalem office after contentious vote
Miri Regev to demand UN compound in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood be reclaimed for state use following resolution denying Israeli claims to its capital
By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren
Eight of the nine winners of the 2017 Israel Prize pose at Jerusalem‘s International Convention Center on May 2, 20107. From left: Yosef Yarden, Arie Vardi, David Beeri, Nili Cohen (behind), Agnes Keleti, Naftali Bennett, Zvika Levy (in wheelchair), and Uri Shaked. Not shown: Yehuda Liebes and Malka Margalit. (Shlomi Amsalem)
May 3, 2017, 2:00 am
Nine outstanding Israelis awarded Israel Prize
Among recipients are father of lone soldiers, the man behind the renovated City of David and a former Olympic athlete
By Sue Surkes
Ultra-orthodox Jews in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim burn an Israeli flag at the end of the country‘s 69th Independence Day, May 2, 2017. (Channel 10 screenshot.)
May 3, 2017, 1:41 am
Group of ultra-Orthodox Jews marks Independence Day by burning Israeli flag
TV footage shows men and boys from Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood watching as flag is waved back and forth in bonfire
By Sue Surkes
Rescuers at the site where a 19-year-old woman was found dead, near Zufim in the northern West Bank, May 1, 2017. (Magen David Adom)
May 2, 2017, 8:40 pm
Partner of woman killed after falling from car suspected of murder
Police say 34-year-old man offered contradictory testimony, complicating earlier claim that woman jumped during argument
By Sue Surkes
Soldiers from the Etzion Brigade show off a pair of fake 'squirting' amputated legs to a child in the Tekoa settlement as part of an army display for Independence Day on May 2, 2017. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2017, 7:54 pm
IDF shows fake, squirting amputated legs to kids on Independence Day
Soldiers from Etzion Brigade also paint pretend shrapnel wounds on young children as part of display for the Medical Corps
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a welcoming ceremony for diplomats in Israel for Israel's 69th Independence Day, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 7:36 pm
Netanyahu: ‘Absurd’ UNESCO vote heralds ‘change’ in world support
Opposition lawmakers brand resolution denying Israeli claims to Jerusalem as 'anti-Semitic' as PM applauds increased backing for Israel at UN
By Stuart Winer and Raphael Ahren
From left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at an Independence Day ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 2, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 7:21 pm
President urges world to recognize Jerusalem, move embassies
After UNESCO approves resolution denying Israeli claims to city, Rivlin tells ambassadors it's 'time to put an end to the absurd'
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinians march in the Western Galilee to mark the 'Nakba' ('catastrophe'), the day when the State of Israel was created in 1948. The annual event coincides with Israel's Independence Day. May 2, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
May 2, 2017, 6:11 pm
Israeli Arabs march to mark ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s independence
Event goes ahead after police reverse ban, reach compromise; thousands wave Palestinian flags, hold photos of prisoners
By Sue Surkes
Beachgoers in Tel Aviv watch the military airshow on Israel's 69th Independence Day, May 2, 2017. (Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 5:59 pm
Nation marks Israel’s 69th birthday by celebrating in the sun
Israelis take to parks, beaches on Independence Day to barbecue, watch the air force flyover, Bible Quiz
By TOI staff
An aerial view of Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
May 2, 2017, 5:11 pm
On Independence Day, UNESCO okays resolution denying Israeli claims to Jerusalem
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams 'new low, even by UNESCO standards'
By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount, September 2014 (Michael Naftali Unterberg Facebook page)
May 2, 2017, 4:49 pm
2 IDF soldiers barred from Temple Mount for saluting
After Independence Day tour, uniformed members of Kfir Brigade banned from future visits to holy site
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, right, with Sagiv Lugasi, winner of the annual International Bible Quiz at the Jerusalem Theater, May 2, 2017. (Shlomi Amsalem)
May 2, 2017, 4:03 pm
For first time in 30 years, secular student wins top bible contest
Sagiv Lugasi takes top spot in Jerusalem's traditional Independence Day competition; Belarus and US entrants among final four
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at a ceremony for outstanding soldiers at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. May 2, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 3:24 pm
Ahead of UNESCO vote, Netanyahu says Jews closest to Jerusalem
PM accuses UN body of denying 'historical truth,' rebuffing measure that indicates no Israeli claims to city
By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright
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
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