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Artist Boaz Arad (YouTube screenshot)
February 2, 2018, 11:48 pm
Artist commits suicide over allegations of sex with young students
Boaz Arad was accused of having sexual relations with several minors at Thelma Yellin High School
By TOI staff
The line late at night outside the office of the Population Immigration and Border Authority, September 29, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 2, 2018, 12:05 pm
Interior Ministry abruptly moves office for asylum seekers out of Tel Aviv
Office of Population, Immigration and Border Authority in south Tel Aviv was only place to file for asylum; officials report backlog of 8,800 asylum applications
By Melanie Lidman
Motorists plow their vehicles through flooded streets after a winter storm hit the Israeli coastal town of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, on January 25, 2018. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)
January 25, 2018, 2:43 pm
Downpour floods Tel Aviv and center region, closing roads as rains lash country
50 millimeters of rain falls on coastal city during the morning with more expected over the next two days
By Stuart Winer
Eritrean activists held a mock slave auction to protest planned deportations outside of the Rwandan embassy in Herzilya on January 22, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
January 23, 2018, 4:58 pm
Rwanda denies ‘secret deal’ to accept asylum seekers deported by Israel
After 1,000 Eritrean asylum seekers protest in front of Rwandan Embassy in Herzilya, Kigali says it is 'ready to help' but made no promise to take in expelled migrants
By Melanie Lidman
The beach in Tel Aviv on a stormy winter day in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2018. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
January 23, 2018, 2:32 pm
Baby, it’s cold inside
Winter in Tel Aviv means... bringing a sweater when you go to the beach
By Benji Lovitt
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and US President Donald Trump shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
January 18, 2018, 8:03 am
Israeli officials: Trump considering ‘interim measures’ to speed up embassy move
After US president rejects prime minister's assessment of imminent relocation, sources in Prime Minister's Office insist both leaders are on same page
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, January 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 17, 2018, 11:42 pm
Rebuffing Netanyahu, Trump says US embassy won’t move to Jerusalem within year
American president rejects prime minister's assessment of imminent relocation, says 'we’re not really looking at that'
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Bartender pours the Israeli-made Carmel Pale Ale (Courtesy, Beer Bazaar)
January 17, 2018, 2:37 pm
When aliyah means taking the graveyard shift
I didn't realize that living the Israel dream would be an exercise in humility
By Carl Peters
Transportation Minister Israel Katz during a test drive of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express train in central Israel on January 16, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 16, 2018, 7:55 pm
Transportation minister takes high-speed Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train for test
Israel Katz takes short ride on electric train, supposed to enter service in March, though 40 kilometers of route said incomplete
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an Israel Police vehicle, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
January 14, 2018, 8:37 am
Four rapes reported in Tel Aviv in 24 hours
Three women and one man tell police they were assaulted in separate incidents; suspects arrested in all but one case
By Stuart Winer
Demonstrators attend the weekly anti-corruption protest in Tel Aviv on January 13, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 13, 2018, 10:08 pm
Thousands attend Tel Aviv anti-corruption protest against Netanyahu
Weekly rally comes on heels of release of tapes of PM's son in night out at strip clubs accompanied by state-funded guard; minor scuffles reported with counter-demonstrators
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair Netanyahu is seen at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on September 17, 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
January 9, 2018, 8:06 pm
Stripper claims Netanyahu’s son a regular customer ‘for years’
Worker tells TV channel she saw Yair Netanyahu come out of private room, says he didn't try to conceal his identity
By TOI staff
Construction of a bridge going over Emek HaArazim outside Jerusalem, for the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train, seen on December 20, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 9, 2018, 7:11 pm
Transportation minister: Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train to launch by Passover
Israel Katz promises first train will run before festival in late March; travel will reportedly be free for first three months
By TOI staff
A statue of assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the place where he was murdered, in Tel Aviv, seen on October 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 9, 2018, 12:13 pm
Bust of slain prime minister Rabin defaced with swastika
Suspect, who also scrawled 'thank you, 600000000' on Tel Aviv statue, apprehended; found carrying two knives, was apparently drunk
By TOI staff
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri leads a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset, January 1, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 9, 2018, 11:56 am
Shas leader lauds mini-market law as victory for ‘silent majority’
Opposition heaps scorn on bid to shutter stores on Shabbat; Meretz chairwoman says she'll petition High Court against it
By TOI staff
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