September 14, 2014
2:44 pm

Members of Unit 8200 training in September 2012 (photo credit: Moshe shai/Flash90)

IDF condemns objectors, promises ‘sharp’ punishment

Knesset speaker says intelligence veterans refusing to work on Palestinian-related matters are aiding ‘Israel haters'; MK Yachimovich calls them ‘cowards’

By Spencer Ho

August 18, 2014
7:15 pm

Lapid would be ‘bothered’ if son married a non-Jew

After controversial Jewish-Muslim wedding, famously secular finance minister comes out strongly against assimilation

By Lazar Berman

July 2, 2014
2:14 pm

Israeli police at the scene where the body of an Arab youth was found in the Jerusalem Forest Wednesday morning, July 02, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan SIndel/FLASH90)

Palestinians blame Israel for killing of Arab teen

Netanyahu calls crime ‘abominable,’ urges restraint; uncle of slain Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel issues sharp condemnation

By Spencer Ho

June 30, 2014
9:30 pm

President Shimon Peres at the President's residence in Jerusalem, April 28, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

Peres: Israel will punish terrorists ‘with a firm hand’

Netanyahu: They were murdered in cold blood by animals; ‘a heinous and unforgivable crime,’ says Labor’s Herzog; others call for retaliation as nation mourns teenagers

By Marissa Newman

May 13, 2014
1:39 pm

President Shimon Peres and former prime minister Ehud Olmert at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20 2009 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Leaders say Olmert sentence a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Finance minister says proceedings demonstrate nobody is above the law; former PM’s adviser calls 6-year prison term ‘unjust’

By Yifa Yaakov

March 31, 2014
2:27 pm

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (C) waits in the Tel Aviv Destrict Court ahead of the reading of the verdict in the Holyland case, Monday, March 31, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/POOL/Dan Balilty)

Peres on Olmert conviction: It’s a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Despite predicted jail time for graft, former PM’s camp insists that the ‘last word’ has yet to be said in the case

By Spencer Ho

March 7, 2014
12:42 pm

The Knesset, Jerusalem (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)

What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers

Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 28, 2014
9:21 am

Shelly Yachimovich. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-Labor head: Netanyahu’s plan for settlers ‘not bad’

Shelly Yachimovich says she doesn’t understand Palestinian outrage over idea of leaving Israelis in place in ‘Palestine’

By Adiv Sterman and Times of Israel staff

January 20, 2014
12:18 pm

Isaac Herzog at a news conference in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2013, after winning the Labor Party leadership (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)

Once-illustrious Labor seeks a path back to power

The storied but shrunken center-left party is reexamining its message and institutions after years of almost uninterrupted Likud rule

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 16, 2014
3:42 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset during a special meeting of the 65th year of the establishment of the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 14, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MKs demand transparency over PM’s tax haven bank account

While legal, the practice is discouraged by the tax authority, which the PM controlled part of the time he held the account

By Adiv Sterman and Marissa Newman

January 15, 2014
10:07 pm

Netanyahu kept bank account in tax haven

While legal, the practice is discouraged by the tax authority, which the PM headed while he held the account

By Marissa Newman

December 30, 2013
10:59 am

Amir Peretz (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Minister slams move to endorse Jordan Valley annexation

Amir Peretz calls Miri Regev’s bill a ‘vacuous political gimmick'; Labor MK says the ‘coalition is behaving like an opposition’

By Haviv Rettig Gur and Lazar Berman

December 17, 2013
12:32 pm

A political prince sets his sights on the crown, politely

Are Israelis looking for a leader who doesn’t ‘scream and yell and scare and turn things upside down’? Isaac Herzog hopes so

By David Horovitz

December 6, 2013
7:14 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo credit: Emil Salman/POOL/Flash90)

Jewish Home has a Palestinian ‘Plan B.’ Does Netanyahu?

With Kerry’s nine months for a peace deal almost half done, it’s hard to discern a sense of urgency for an accord the prime minister insists he truly wants

By Avi Issacharoff

December 2, 2013
5:52 pm

Newly-elected Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog (left) speaks to ultra-Orthodox Shas MK Ariel Atias during a Knesset plenum session, November 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

Shas and Labor forge unlikely alliance

Party leaders Deri and Herzog to join forces around ‘common interests’ such as poverty in hopes of toppling Netanyahu govenment

By Yifa Yaakov

Topic: Shelly Yachimovich

IDF condemns objectors, promises ‘sharp’ punishment

Knesset speaker says intelligence veterans refusing to work on Palestinian-related matters are aiding ‘Israel haters'; MK Yachimovich calls them ‘cowards’

Lapid would be ‘bothered’ if son married a non-Jew

After controversial Jewish-Muslim wedding, famously secular finance minister comes out strongly against assimilation

Palestinians blame Israel for killing of Arab teen

Netanyahu calls crime ‘abominable,’ urges restraint; uncle of slain Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel issues sharp condemnation

Peres: Israel will punish terrorists ‘with a firm hand’

Netanyahu: They were murdered in cold blood by animals; ‘a heinous and unforgivable crime,’ says Labor’s Herzog; others call for retaliation as nation mourns teenagers

Leaders say Olmert sentence a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Finance minister says proceedings demonstrate nobody is above the law; former PM’s adviser calls 6-year prison term ‘unjust’

Peres on Olmert conviction: It’s a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Despite predicted jail time for graft, former PM’s camp insists that the ‘last word’ has yet to be said in the case

What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers

Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?

Ex-Labor head: Netanyahu’s plan for settlers ‘not bad’

Shelly Yachimovich says she doesn’t understand Palestinian outrage over idea of leaving Israelis in place in ‘Palestine’

Once-illustrious Labor seeks a path back to power

The storied but shrunken center-left party is reexamining its message and institutions after years of almost uninterrupted Likud rule

MKs demand transparency over PM’s tax haven bank account

While legal, the practice is discouraged by the tax authority, which the PM controlled part of the time he held the account

Netanyahu kept bank account in tax haven

While legal, the practice is discouraged by the tax authority, which the PM headed while he held the account

Minister slams move to endorse Jordan Valley annexation

Amir Peretz calls Miri Regev’s bill a ‘vacuous political gimmick'; Labor MK says the ‘coalition is behaving like an opposition’

A political prince sets his sights on the crown, politely

Are Israelis looking for a leader who doesn’t ‘scream and yell and scare and turn things upside down’? Isaac Herzog hopes so

Jewish Home has a Palestinian ‘Plan B.’ Does Netanyahu?

With Kerry’s nine months for a peace deal almost half done, it’s hard to discern a sense of urgency for an accord the prime minister insists he truly wants

Shas and Labor forge unlikely alliance

Party leaders Deri and Herzog to join forces around ‘common interests’ such as poverty in hopes of toppling Netanyahu govenment

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