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The offices of the Interior Ministry in Jerusalem, November 23, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 29, 2026, 9:45 am
After years in limbo, court lets Syrian convert live in Israel with husband, a disabled vet
Interior Ministry had repeatedly denied couple’s efforts to build a home in the country, despite woman’s conversion to Judaism and severing of ties to Syria
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Members of the Israeli Druze community arrive to attend a celebration at the holy tomb of Nabi Shoaib near Tiberias in northern Israel on April 25, 2018. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
March 15, 2026, 8:03 am
After years of hesitation, more Druze of the Golan Heights seek Israeli citizenship
Spurred by a deadly Hezbollah rocket and the fall of the Assad regime, northern Golan residents abandon historic ties to Syria and look to strengthen their Israeli identity
By Tal Schneider
Cliff collapse at Sidna Ali Beach in Herzliya, February 21, 2026. (Assaf Nissenbaum/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 26, 2026, 5:48 am
The way the kurkar crumbles? As deteriorating cliffs pose a danger, politics bogs down repairs
After part of a coastal rock face collapses in Herzliya, those tasked with protecting these ridges call for cash – and a single coordinating body to help them get the job done
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Israeli evacuees from the Gaza border area get temporary shelter at a hotel in Eilat, October 17, 2023. (Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
February 24, 2026, 5:20 pm
‘Total disorder’: Comptroller accuses government, IDF of ‘systemic failure’ in post-Oct. 7 evacuations
Report finds gaps in preparedness, lack of up-to-date plan, shirking of ministry responsibility for 210,000 evacuees; Defense Ministry says response was coordinated despite challenges
By Stav Levaton
Wearing traditional costumes, children take part in the 40th annual Christmas parade heading toward the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel, December 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 25, 2026, 6:34 am
Once a bustling pilgrimage site, today’s decaying Nazareth is a city in crisis
Residents of Jesus’ hometown, now an Arab Israeli political epicenter, say a brief resurgence from Christmas tourism isn’t a meaningful fix to fiscal crisis and rising crime
By Eliyahu Freedman
Israeli Mariia Seniuk competes during the women's Free Skating event of the ISU Figure Skating European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, January 31, 2025. (Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
January 14, 2026, 8:31 pm
With clock ticking, Israel moves to resolve passport crisis for Winter Olympians
Knesset okays cabinet decision to grant Netanyahu temporary powers of interior minister in order to issue passports to 3 athletes caught in bureaucratic and political quagmire
By Amy Spiro
Mariia Seniuk of Israel performs during the women's short program at the figure skating world championships, March 26, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Charles Krupa)
December 31, 2025, 6:46 pm
Fate of Israel’s tiny Winter Olympics delegation on thin ice over bureaucratic hurdles
Under new regulations and with no sitting interior minister, Israeli Olympic hopefuls stuck without passports, throwing their participation into question just weeks ahead of games
By Amy Spiro
The rebuilt and upgraded Zikim Beach, in a handout photo issued on October 15, 2025. (Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and Tekuma Directorate.
October 15, 2025, 1:59 pm
In first since October 7 massacre, IDF reopening Zikim Beach near Gaza border
Popular beach to be open to public from Thursday during daylight hours, following major renovations; 17 civilians and 1 soldier were killed there during Hamas attack 2 years ago
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Arraba Mayor Ahmad Nassar (C) speaks at an event memorializing Arab Israelis killed by police in the October 2000 riots, on October 4, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 9, 2025, 5:14 pm
Arab mayor says he only referred to Ben Gvir, not Israel, as his ‘enemy’ in speech
Addressing Interior Ministry official who threatened to pull funds to his city, Ahmad Nassar of Arraba says he was only condemning far-right police minister
By ToI Staff
Arraba Mayor Ahmad Nassar (C) speaks at an event memorializing Arab Israelis killed by police in the October 2000 riots, on October 4, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 6, 2025, 2:37 pm
Interior Ministry seeks to pull funds from Arab city after mayor called Israel ‘enemy’
Ahmad Nassar, mayor of Arraba in Galilee, spoke of ‘barbaric enemy’ at event memorializing Arabs killed by police in October 2000 riots; ministry official denounces ‘incitement’
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee delivers remarks as US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
July 18, 2025, 6:55 am
Huckabee threatens to declare Israel does not welcome Christians, as visa row blows open
US envoy pens scathing letter to interior minister, accusing Israel of blocking Christian groups from entering Israel and warning of reciprocal steps against Israeli visa seekers
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Smoke billows from the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, northern Israel, after an Iranian missile hit early on June 16, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 8, 2025, 4:18 pm
Interior Ministry seeks to exempt oil refinery hit by missiles from building permit
Haifa Municipality petitions High Court, says move lacks transparency and is being made over the heads of residents and elected authorities
By Sue Surkes
Members of the Hebrew Israelite community protest against deportation orders, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, June 1, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 11:37 am
Hebrew Israelites celebrate green light for temporary residence, but fight continues
State tells 27 members of southern Israeli community they can apply for 2-year visas, amid legal battle to secure permanent residence for them and dozens more
By Sue Surkes
Flights take off at Ben Gurion Airport. April 17, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 6:32 am
Israel cancels entry visas for 27 left-wing French lawmakers days before trip
Officials outraged at ‘collective punishment,’ say they were invited by French Consulate; Interior Ministry cites law allowing it to ban people who may act against state
By AFP
Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan speaks during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
February 25, 2025, 1:11 pm
EU delegation scraps trip to Jerusalem, West Bank after Israel bars 4 participants
Interior Ministry denies entry at airport to lawmakers and staffers, one of whom has called Israel a ‘terrorist state’
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
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