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Topic: Dov Khenin

May 6, 2013
1:54 pm

MK Nitzan Horowitz of the Meretz party, December 28, 2010. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASh90)

Meretz MK announces run for Tel Aviv mayor

Nitzan Horowitz will compete against incumbent Ron Huldai, who seeks a fourth term

By Gavriel Fiske

April 22, 2013
12:28 pm

Meretz MK said set to run for mayor of Tel Aviv

Nitzan Horowitz to compete against incumbent Ron Huldai, Hadash parliamentarian Dov Khenin, and social activist Daphni Leef

By Aaron Kalman

April 1, 2013
4:47 am

Daphni Leef, one of the leaders of the social justice protest movement, with other demonstrators (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Daphni Leef says she isn’t running for mayor of Tel Aviv

Less than a week after intimating that she’s considering her candidacy, social protest leader says she has other plans

By Michal Shmulovich

March 19, 2013
4:42 am

Hadash MK Dov Hanin addresses the Israeli Parliament on July 13, 2010. (photo credit Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Opposition calls emergency meeting in defense of democracy

Parties reject plans to raise elections threshold, accuse brand new government of bullying

By Ron Friedman

February 19, 2013
2:52 am

Ahmad Tibi addresses the Knesset on May 21, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

MKs who broke spy gag order unlikely to face investigation

Legal adviser says Ahmad Tibi, Zahava Gal-on and Dov Hanin could be probed for leaking secrets but probably won’t be

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 13, 2013
4:51 pm

Ben Zygier (photo credit: Screenshot ABC TV via YouTube)

Australia probes report of Mossad agent who killed himself in Israeli jail

Melbourne native, Ben Zygier, known as ‘Prisoner X,’ reportedly traveled to Iran, Syria, Lebanon

By Asher Zeiger and Times of Israel staff

February 13, 2013
2:18 pm

On a large television screen in front of Pyongyang's railway station, a North Korean state television broadcaster announces the news that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday. (Photo credit: AP/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Nuclear bombs and bombshells

The Israeli media takes on the North Korean nuclear issue, and that of ‘Prisoner X’

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 13, 2013
9:01 am

Canberra simmers over report Australian Mossad agent killed himself in jail

Foreign minister orders inquiry into diplomats’ handling of ‘Prisoner X’ affair, which Australian TV claims involved a Melbourne native spying for Israel

By Asher Zeiger and Times of Israel staff

February 12, 2013
6:35 pm

MK Ahmad Tibi (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

MKs protest ‘suppression of news about jail suicide of Australian’

Israel’s TV news broadcasts all open with sketchy reports of incident, linking it with cases of espionage against Israel over the decades

By Times of Israel staff

February 11, 2013
1:34 pm

Yair Lapid in the 80s. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Of blunt speech and blunts

One paper reports Obama will not mince words on Iran when coming to Israel, while another reports on Yair Lapid’s hazy past

By Joshua Davidovich

January 17, 2013
11:36 am

What’s a left or center-left voter to do?

A look at all the options — none of them perfect

By Don Futterman

January 16, 2013
2:21 pm

Hanna Swaid, in foreground, of the Jewish-Arab socialist party Hadash (Courtesy of Hanna Swaid)

Coexistence, despite everything

In the jungle of the Knesset, Hanna Swaid is an endangered species. The final installment in a six-part series of profiles ahead of the elections

By Matti Friedman

December 17, 2012
10:51 pm

Children playing in Ramat Shlomo in 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

US condemns East Jerusalem building plan, Palestinians to petition UN

PA to ask Security Council for action on proposal to put 1,500 homes in Ramat Shlomo

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 26, 2012
12:49 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 14, 2012. (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)

Only new Jewish Home leader bucks predictable party positions in comments on Barak’s departure

Naftali Bennett says many Israelis owe their lives to Barak, as defense minister’s announcement draws otherwise expected praise and criticism from a range of political — and terror — leaders

By Gabe Fisher

November 21, 2012
5:08 pm

Israeli police and rescue personnel at the scene of a bus bombing on a Tel Aviv passenger bus on Wednesday (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

After TA bombing, right-wingers rally for ‘war against terrorism,’ left-wingers warn against escalation

‘This shocking violence further underlines the urgent need for an immediate de-escalation of violence and a full ceasefire,’ UK foreign secretary says

By Raphael Ahren

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Dov Khenin

Meretz MK announces run for Tel Aviv mayor

Nitzan Horowitz will compete against incumbent Ron Huldai, who seeks a fourth term

Meretz MK said set to run for mayor of Tel Aviv

Nitzan Horowitz to compete against incumbent Ron Huldai, Hadash parliamentarian Dov Khenin, and social activist Daphni Leef

Daphni Leef says she isn’t running for mayor of Tel Aviv

Less than a week after intimating that she’s considering her candidacy, social protest leader says she has other plans

Opposition calls emergency meeting in defense of democracy

Parties reject plans to raise elections threshold, accuse brand new government of bullying

MKs who broke spy gag order unlikely to face investigation

Legal adviser says Ahmad Tibi, Zahava Gal-on and Dov Hanin could be probed for leaking secrets but probably won’t be

Australia probes report of Mossad agent who killed himself in Israeli jail

Melbourne native, Ben Zygier, known as ‘Prisoner X,’ reportedly traveled to Iran, Syria, Lebanon

Nuclear bombs and bombshells

The Israeli media takes on the North Korean nuclear issue, and that of ‘Prisoner X’

Canberra simmers over report Australian Mossad agent killed himself in jail

Foreign minister orders inquiry into diplomats’ handling of ‘Prisoner X’ affair, which Australian TV claims involved a Melbourne native spying for Israel

MKs protest ‘suppression of news about jail suicide of Australian’

Israel’s TV news broadcasts all open with sketchy reports of incident, linking it with cases of espionage against Israel over the decades

Of blunt speech and blunts

One paper reports Obama will not mince words on Iran when coming to Israel, while another reports on Yair Lapid’s hazy past

What’s a left or center-left voter to do?

A look at all the options — none of them perfect

Coexistence, despite everything

In the jungle of the Knesset, Hanna Swaid is an endangered species. The final installment in a six-part series of profiles ahead of the elections

US condemns East Jerusalem building plan, Palestinians to petition UN

PA to ask Security Council for action on proposal to put 1,500 homes in Ramat Shlomo

Only new Jewish Home leader bucks predictable party positions in comments on Barak’s departure

Naftali Bennett says many Israelis owe their lives to Barak, as defense minister’s announcement draws otherwise expected praise and criticism from a range of political — and terror — leaders

After TA bombing, right-wingers rally for ‘war against terrorism,’ left-wingers warn against escalation

‘This shocking violence further underlines the urgent need for an immediate de-escalation of violence and a full ceasefire,’ UK foreign secretary says

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