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  • People ride bicycles in Jerusalem on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, September 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
  • A drone view of people attending Selichot prayers before Yom Kippur, in which Jews offer repentance and ask God to forgive their sins, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, early on September 18, 2026. (Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters)
  • People ride bicycles in Jerusalem on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, September 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
  • Israeli forces southeast of Jenin in the West Bank, September 20, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Times of Israel will resume coverage when fast ends in Israel
Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur, after deadly West Bank terror shooting and with IDF on high alert
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Public transportation and airspace close on eve of Day of Atonement; poll finds most Jewish Israelis will fast, including about half of those who identify as secular
An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90/ File)
September 7, 2026, 5:27 pm
Israir becomes third Israeli carrier with NYC route, just as US airlines make their return
Wizz Air expands Israel operations with increased weekly flights to European destinations; Delta restarts daily New York flights; United following suit Tuesday
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Palestinians inspect a house that was set on fire and spray-painted with graffiti during an attack by a group of extremist Jewish settlers in the village of Osarin, south of Nablus in the West Bank, August 23, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
September 4, 2026, 9:04 am
Four more arrested, including an IDF conscript, on suspicion of settler violence
Two teenagers arrested at airport en route to Uman pilgrimage, plus 29-year-old who violated court order, and army recruit; earlier, police arrested 19-year-old over Qusra violence
By Noam Lehmann
A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/ FLASH90)
September 2, 2026, 10:10 am
US airlines bring competition back to NYC route, but fares won’t begin descent for months
Delta and United returning after Iran war hiatus, as Israir set to debut New York service, but prices will stay elevated until November, experts say, and may remain turbulent as long as war fears persist
By Sharon Wrobel
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after operations shut down on August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2026, 5:00 pm
Airport meltdown gives rise to worries that Ben Gurion overcrowding may be terminal
After years of political inertia, Israel’s main gateway may soon be regularly brought to its knees by inability to cope with growing passenger numbers; experts say a second airport is needed to avert crisis
By Sharon Wrobel
Artyom Kirpichenok. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 30, 2026, 3:05 pm
Russia appeals to UN over Israel’s ‘arbitrary’ detention of Russian-Israeli historian
Israel-critical Artyom Kirpichenok has been missing since arriving in Tel Aviv on Aug. 4, with Moscow claiming he is being held by the Shin Bet over his ‘political views’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
The arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 20, 2026, during a shutdown. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 24, 2026, 6:17 am
Airport chaos shows Israel’s public sector collapsing under the weight of political cronyism
The bedlam at Ben Gurion was not a sudden failure, but the inevitable result of a system hollowed out by nepotism, sham tenders, and political loyalists. And the rot extends across public service
By Eran Hildesheim
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after a strike was announced, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 23, 2026, 8:24 pm
Ben Gurion Airport and workers agree to ease post-strike backlog, but next crisis looms
Airports Authority and staff to relieve airport congestion, while union still warns of shortage of hundreds of workers ahead of the busy Jewish holidays starting next month
By Sharon Wrobel
Airport union chief and Likud party member Pinchas Idan at the Elections Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 23, 2026, 2:51 am
IAA chair said looking to fire airport labor union chief over Thursday’s impromptu strike
Union chief Pinchas Idan reportedly tells labor court that the IAA has been breaching airport employees’ rights, including by routinely requiring 12-hour days, six days a week
By ToI Staff
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after a strike was announced, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 9:02 am
Ben Gurion Airport is most disrupted in the world, day after wildcat labor strike
Worker walk-out, prompted by manpower shortage, drives ongoing wave of cancellations and delays, some $10m damage; Likud official alleges plot to hurt PM politically
By ToI Staff
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport during a strike, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 20, 2026, 5:10 pm
Wildcat labor strike brings Ben Gurion Airport to halt on busiest travel day of year
Airport back to full staffing but crowding and delays continue hours later; check-ins, arrivals were halted as workers protest personnel shortage; Netanyahu boots labor union’s leader out of Likud
By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann
An El Al plane takes off at Ben Gurion Airport, outside Tel Aviv, August 4, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 14, 2026, 6:22 pm
Major delays reported at Ben Gurion Airport; officials say US refuelers’ presence a factor
Airports Authority also blames flight congestion over Greece for bottleneck, leading many passengers to report hours-long setbacks
By ToI Staff
Artyom Kirpichenok (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 10, 2026, 6:33 pm
Russian-Israeli historian missing after landing at Ben Gurion last week
Artyom Kirpichenok, a left-wing critic of Israel who lives in Russia, arrived to attend conference but hasn’t been seen since; Russian official claims he’s being held by Shin Bet
By ToI Staff
A United Airlines flight lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, March 31, 2025 (Yossi Aloni/ FLASH90)
August 8, 2026, 5:16 am
United Airlines set to resume nonstop service between NYC and TLV on September 8
American carrier says it plans to offer two daily flights between Ben Gurion Airport and Newark after halting service to Israel due to Iran war
By Sharon Wrobel
An El Al plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 4, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 9:19 pm
El Al profit doubles as many major foreign airlines steer clear after Iran war
Flagship carrier capitalizes on dominant position and peak demand, fueling ‘outrageous’ prices as international carriers stay away
By Sharon Wrobel
Kozo Okamoto, a member of the Japanese Red Army who carried out the May 30, 1972 attack on Lod Airport gives the victory sign to supporters as he arrives at a Palestinian cemetery to mark 50 years since the attack, in Beirut, Lebanon, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
July 23, 2026, 9:58 pm
Japanese Red Army terrorist behind deadly 1972 attack on Israeli airport dies at 78
Kozo Okamoto was sentenced to life in prison for attack that killed 26 people, but was freed 13 years later in a prisoner deal and moved to Lebanon, remaining there until his death
By AFP and ToI Staff
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