November 28, 2016
5:14 pm

Raed Khalil, 36, arrives to a court hearing at the District Court in Tel Aviv on December 13, 2015. (Flash90)

Stabber who killed 2 in Tel Aviv sentenced to life in prison

Raed Khalil given 2 life sentences plus 20 years for deadly attack on worshipers in Panorama office building synagogue; Petah Tikva stabber sentenced to 16.5 years

By Times of Israel staff

November 20, 2016
1:46 am

The Cantinho do Avillez restaurant in Porto, Portugal following vandalism on Nov. 19. 2016 attributed to BDS activists. (Photo courtesy of WJC/via JTA)

Portuguese eatery trashed over chef’s visit to Israel

Anti-Israel activists daub ‘Avillez collaborates with Zionist occupation’ on facade of Porto’s Cantinho do Avillez

By JTA

November 19, 2016
3:25 pm

An Israeli couple sits at the Tel Aviv port boardwalk on November 15, 2014. (Danielle Shitrit/Flash90)

False terror alarm leads crowds to flee Tel Aviv port

Police say fight that broke out at seaside café caused someone to cry ‘terrorist’ and sparked a brief panic

By Times of Israel staff

November 19, 2016
2:24 pm

Lior Yisraelov displaying both sides of his character. (JTA/Katya Borodin)

Israel’s favorite drag queen is this former yeshiva boy

Lior Yisraelov, who grew up in a religious Zionist community in south Tel Aviv, now performs as Suzi Boum — fake eyelashes, blond wig, and glittering clothes included

By Andrew Tobin

November 18, 2016
6:41 am

Katarina Abu Akell, a 20-year-old Christian from Kfar Yasif, is one of the many hundreds of young Arabs who have answered the call to join Israel's police force since September, 2016. (Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)

To combat rampant crime on their streets, Israeli Arabs heed call to join police

Hundreds of young citizens have joined force in recent weeks, but critics ask why Jewish cops couldn’t get the job done

By Dov Lieber

November 17, 2016
4:29 am

Covers of 'Stalag' pornographic comic books from early 1960s Israel (Courtesy: Heymann Films)

When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn

As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics

By Matt Lebovic

November 15, 2016
7:53 pm

Illustrative photo of new born babies in a Jerusalem hospital. (Flash90)

Jewish, Arab fertility rates in Israel on par for first time

Arab rate drops, Jewish rate rises, and women in both groups now give birth to an average of 3.13 children, highest in OECD

By Times of Israel staff

November 9, 2016
8:30 am

Supporters of Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton watch the results of the 2016 US election in Tel Aviv's Abraham Hostel on November 9, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

In Tel Aviv, Clinton supporters’ hope gives way to tears

Democrats gathered to watch the results shake their heads in dismay as their front-runner candidate looks poised to lose it all

By Judah Ari Gross

November 5, 2016
8:22 pm

Labor's Hilik Bar addresses the Knesset (Flash90)

Fury on left as coalition chair says Rabin murder ‘not political’

‘This was politically motivated assassination in every way,’ retorts Labor’s Hilik Bar after Bitan’s comments hours before Tel Aviv memorial to slain PM

By Times of Israel staff

November 5, 2016
8:05 pm

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog speaks at a rally marking 21 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on November 5, 2016. (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Herzog slams PM at Rabin rally: No more talk of unity government, we have to save the state

As tens of thousands turn out to mark 21 years since late leader’s assassination, Livni and Galon also hit out at Netanyahu after his coalition chairman denies the murder was political

By Times of Israel staff and Video by Iacopo Luzi

November 5, 2016
2:44 pm

Coalition chairman David Bitan during a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on July 11, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Coalition chairman: Rabin’s murder was ‘not political’

Hours before Tel Aviv gathering memorializing PM slain in 1995, Likud MK David Bitan criticizes annual ‘left-wing rally’

By Times of Israel staff

November 5, 2016
2:24 pm

From right to left, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Miri Aloni, foreign minister Shimon Peres and Knesset speaker Shevah Weiss sing a 'Song for Peace' at the end of a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday, November 4, 1995. Rabin was assassinated as he left the rally minutes later. (AP photo)

Thousands expected at 21st Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv

Labor Party stepped in after event was nearly cancelled over lack of funds; Meretz leader Galon among the speakers

By Times of Israel staff

November 2, 2016
9:27 pm

A view of the tunnels and bridges under construction along the route of the express train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, on February 6, 2014. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Palestinians warn bringing train to Western Wall will ‘explode’ conflict

Ramallah also says scheme to connect Jerusalem light rail to settlements will turn lives into ‘unbearable hell’

By Dov Lieber

November 1, 2016
11:35 pm

The scene of a fire in Tel Aviv on November 1, 2016 (YouTube screenshot)

Mother, 2 children hurt in Tel Aviv apartment fire

Kids, aged 4 and 2, suffer from smoke inhalation; unclear how blaze started

By Times of Israel staff

November 1, 2016
9:41 am

Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train will reach Western Wall — report

Transportation minister said to discuss high-speed underground line to Old City, plans to expand capital’s light rail system

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Tel Aviv

Stabber who killed 2 in Tel Aviv sentenced to life in prison

Raed Khalil given 2 life sentences plus 20 years for deadly attack on worshipers in Panorama office building synagogue; Petah Tikva stabber sentenced to 16.5 years

Portuguese eatery trashed over chef’s visit to Israel

Anti-Israel activists daub ‘Avillez collaborates with Zionist occupation’ on facade of Porto’s Cantinho do Avillez

False terror alarm leads crowds to flee Tel Aviv port

Police say fight that broke out at seaside café caused someone to cry ‘terrorist’ and sparked a brief panic

Israel’s favorite drag queen is this former yeshiva boy

Lior Yisraelov, who grew up in a religious Zionist community in south Tel Aviv, now performs as Suzi Boum — fake eyelashes, blond wig, and glittering clothes included

To combat rampant crime on their streets, Israeli Arabs heed call to join police

Hundreds of young citizens have joined force in recent weeks, but critics ask why Jewish cops couldn’t get the job done

When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn

As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics

Jewish, Arab fertility rates in Israel on par for first time

Arab rate drops, Jewish rate rises, and women in both groups now give birth to an average of 3.13 children, highest in OECD

In Tel Aviv, Clinton supporters’ hope gives way to tears

Democrats gathered to watch the results shake their heads in dismay as their front-runner candidate looks poised to lose it all

Fury on left as coalition chair says Rabin murder ‘not political’

‘This was politically motivated assassination in every way,’ retorts Labor’s Hilik Bar after Bitan’s comments hours before Tel Aviv memorial to slain PM

Herzog slams PM at Rabin rally: No more talk of unity government, we have to save the state

As tens of thousands turn out to mark 21 years since late leader’s assassination, Livni and Galon also hit out at Netanyahu after his coalition chairman denies the murder was political

Coalition chairman: Rabin’s murder was ‘not political’

Hours before Tel Aviv gathering memorializing PM slain in 1995, Likud MK David Bitan criticizes annual ‘left-wing rally’

Thousands expected at 21st Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv

Labor Party stepped in after event was nearly cancelled over lack of funds; Meretz leader Galon among the speakers

Palestinians warn bringing train to Western Wall will ‘explode’ conflict

Ramallah also says scheme to connect Jerusalem light rail to settlements will turn lives into ‘unbearable hell’

Mother, 2 children hurt in Tel Aviv apartment fire

Kids, aged 4 and 2, suffer from smoke inhalation; unclear how blaze started

Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train will reach Western Wall — report

Transportation minister said to discuss high-speed underground line to Old City, plans to expand capital’s light rail system

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