June 15, 2016
7:14 pm

Minister of Culture Miri Regev attends the premiere of the musical show 'Evita' at Habima Theater in Tel Aviv, January 27, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Culture minister warns of funding cuts for acts that shun settlements

In first step, Miri Regev sends questionnaires to theaters, dance ensembles to find out if they perform in the West Bank

By AP

June 5, 2016
2:32 pm

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends a meeting of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee, February 9, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Public security minister rolls back weed decriminalization bid

Gilad Erdan says punishing marijuana possession with fines alone would increase traffic accidents; ministerial vote postponed

By Times of Israel staff

June 5, 2016
1:43 am

Illustrative photo of a marijuana bud (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Cabinet vote on decriminalizing cannabis delayed a week

Bill to cancel criminal penalties for marijuana possession faces opposition from ministers of health, public security

By Times of Israel staff

May 23, 2016
11:08 am

Footage of alleged undercover police beating an Arab man in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Tel Aviv police beating sparks calls for ‘soul-searching’

‘I asked them to stop,’ Maysam Abu Alqian, an Israeli Arab from Hura, says of cops; probe launched into suspected brutality

By Times of Israel staff

May 21, 2016
4:21 am

Villagers from Umm al-Hiran sit in a tent on Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv on May 20, 2016. (Courtesy: Arab List Spokesperson)

Facing eviction, Bedouins seek support on chic Tel Aviv street

Offering food and coffee to passersby, residents of unrecognized villages who could lose their homes plead their case on Rothschild Boulevard

By Dov Lieber

May 15, 2016
4:54 pm

Photo of Nakba Day event at Tel Aviv University on May 15, 2016. (Credit: Joint List Spokesperson)

Nakba rally faces right-wing protest at Tel Aviv University

Opposing activists prop up 15-foot-tall Pinocchio near Palestinian commemoration ‘to emphasize the lie of the Nakba’

By Dov Lieber

May 4, 2016
11:37 am

Joint (Arab) List MK Dov Khenin seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset, December 2, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Jewish MK slammed for Israel ‘ethnic cleansing’ claim

Dov Khenin of Joint List refuses to walk back comments made to Sky News; Likud lawmaker says he is out of touch with reality

By Stuart Winer

May 2, 2016
2:09 pm

Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in November 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Seeking a pardon and answers

Internal police investigation finds private security shot two Palestinians; Moshe Katsav’s family tries to get ex-president out of prison

By Ilan Ben Zion

May 2, 2016
1:13 pm

Israeli army paramedics evacuate the body of a Palestinian man at the Qalandiya checkpoint after an alleged attempted stabbing attack, on April 27, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Father of Palestinian siblings killed at crossing demands footage

Salah Abu Ismail says his son and daughter, whom Israel says were at Qalandiya to stab police, were unarmed and took a wrong turn

By Avi Issacharoff

March 24, 2016
6:00 pm

An Israeli solider guards the bodies of two Palestinians who were killed after wounding an Israeli soldier in a knife attack before being shot dead by troops on March 24, 2016 (AFP / HAZEM BADER)

Netanyahu, Ya’alon slam Hebron shooting as IDF vows probe

PM, defense minister say incident in which soldier shot disarmed assailant in head goes against Israeli ‘values’; PA condemns ‘war crime’

By Itamar Sharon

March 20, 2016
8:53 am

Officials Officials count the final ballots, from soldiers and absentees, a day after the general elections, March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90the final ballots, from soldiers and absentees, a day after the general elections, March 18, 2015. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90

Ministers to mull lowering voting age to 17

Bill would aim to achieve increase in voter turnout, which has hovered around 65% since 2001

By Adiv Sterman

March 11, 2016
10:13 pm

MK Dov Khenin in the Knesset (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Arab party’s Jewish MK rethinks censure of Gulf states for blacklisting Hezbollah

Dov Khenin says Joint List does not support Lebanese terror group, was trying to show Arab hypocrisy on Islamic State

By Times of Israel staff

March 6, 2016
3:09 pm

Illustrative image of a waiter bringing out food at a restaurant on December 05, 2010. Photo (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Lawmakers look to shut till on tip-based pay for waiters

MK Dov Khenin says his legislation will prevent exploitation of service industry employees by formalizing compensation structures

By Times of Israel staff

February 23, 2016
11:52 pm

An IDF soldier guards at a bus stop in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, on January 25, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Rather than save lives, arming off-duty soldiers could bring greater risk

By requiring troops to bring home their service weapons to defend against terror attacks, the army is taking away its most effective means of preventing suicide

By Judah Ari Gross

February 17, 2016
5:29 am

Foreign workers at the Neema office in Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station (Photo by Liron Rotem)

Zionist Union MK calls hearing on debt-slave foreign workers

Following Times of Israel exposé on illegal fees caregivers are made to pay, Itzik Shmuli vows to tackle manpower companies turning elder care into ‘a kind of human trafficking’

By Simona Weinglass

Topic: Dov Khenin

Culture minister warns of funding cuts for acts that shun settlements

In first step, Miri Regev sends questionnaires to theaters, dance ensembles to find out if they perform in the West Bank

Public security minister rolls back weed decriminalization bid

Gilad Erdan says punishing marijuana possession with fines alone would increase traffic accidents; ministerial vote postponed

Cabinet vote on decriminalizing cannabis delayed a week

Bill to cancel criminal penalties for marijuana possession faces opposition from ministers of health, public security

Tel Aviv police beating sparks calls for ‘soul-searching’

‘I asked them to stop,’ Maysam Abu Alqian, an Israeli Arab from Hura, says of cops; probe launched into suspected brutality

Facing eviction, Bedouins seek support on chic Tel Aviv street

Offering food and coffee to passersby, residents of unrecognized villages who could lose their homes plead their case on Rothschild Boulevard

Nakba rally faces right-wing protest at Tel Aviv University

Opposing activists prop up 15-foot-tall Pinocchio near Palestinian commemoration ‘to emphasize the lie of the Nakba’

Jewish MK slammed for Israel ‘ethnic cleansing’ claim

Dov Khenin of Joint List refuses to walk back comments made to Sky News; Likud lawmaker says he is out of touch with reality

Seeking a pardon and answers

Internal police investigation finds private security shot two Palestinians; Moshe Katsav’s family tries to get ex-president out of prison

Father of Palestinian siblings killed at crossing demands footage

Salah Abu Ismail says his son and daughter, whom Israel says were at Qalandiya to stab police, were unarmed and took a wrong turn

Netanyahu, Ya’alon slam Hebron shooting as IDF vows probe

PM, defense minister say incident in which soldier shot disarmed assailant in head goes against Israeli ‘values’; PA condemns ‘war crime’

Ministers to mull lowering voting age to 17

Bill would aim to achieve increase in voter turnout, which has hovered around 65% since 2001

Arab party’s Jewish MK rethinks censure of Gulf states for blacklisting Hezbollah

Dov Khenin says Joint List does not support Lebanese terror group, was trying to show Arab hypocrisy on Islamic State

Lawmakers look to shut till on tip-based pay for waiters

MK Dov Khenin says his legislation will prevent exploitation of service industry employees by formalizing compensation structures

Rather than save lives, arming off-duty soldiers could bring greater risk

By requiring troops to bring home their service weapons to defend against terror attacks, the army is taking away its most effective means of preventing suicide

Zionist Union MK calls hearing on debt-slave foreign workers

Following Times of Israel exposé on illegal fees caregivers are made to pay, Itzik Shmuli vows to tackle manpower companies turning elder care into ‘a kind of human trafficking’

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