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Central chamber of a three-room 2,000-year-old burial cave near Tiberias, June 2018. (Miki Peleg, Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 10, 2018, 9:00 pm
The case of the missing concrete: How a 2,000-year-old burial cave was found
Family plot in Tiberias region is rare; only one other known burial cave previously discovered in the area
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Police officers at the scene of a suspected murder-suicide in the northern city of Tiberias, May 16, 2018. (Israel Police)
May 16, 2018, 2:51 pm
Mother and daughter stabbed to death in suspected murder-suicide in Tiberias
Police opens investigation after victims, aged 52 and 22, found dead in an apartment
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Umm el Fahm soccer fans seen during a game between Beitar and the team from the Arab-Israeli town of Umm el Fahm, in Jeursalem on January 29, 2013. (FLASH90)
May 7, 2018, 12:21 am
Police officer lightly hurt by rock thrown after soccer game
Fans of home team in Umm al-Fahm hurl stones at field; police say investigating violence
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 18, 2018, 9:30 pm
3-year-old girl dies after being hit by car in Tiberias
Despite resuscitation efforts, toddler declared dead shortly after arrival at Poriya Hospital
By TOI staff
Tiberias mayor Yossi Ben-David (right, without hat), with Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (center) during a visit to schools in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias, December 20, 2016. (Yaacov Cohen/Flash90)
March 18, 2018, 12:40 pm
Tiberias mayor attacked with bottles at memorial service
City council blames violence on social media incitement; property belonging to bereaved family also targeted
By Sue Surkes
Destruction in a 2,000-year-old Galilee Roman village and opening of the burial cave exposed by a backhoe. (Nir Distelfeld, Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 6, 2018, 1:50 pm
Antiquities robbers sentenced to jail for destroying 2,000-year-old graves
In light of irrevocable damage to Second Temple Jewish settlement, Israel Antiquities Authority hopes prison terms will prove a deterrent
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A woman reads a newspaper while floating in the Dead Sea, May 20, 2017. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 29, 2017, 6:29 am
2017 breaks tourism record with 3.6 million visitors
Figure an increase of 25 percent over last year as tourists flock to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Dead Sea and Tiberias
By JTA
Hebrew University's Dr. Katya Tzitrin Silverman with the circa 1,800-year-old menorah found in Tiberius. (Tal Rogoveski)
December 11, 2017, 6:46 pm
Archaeologists uncover bittersweet end of 1,800-year-old Tiberias menorah
Once carved on a Jewish grave, the menorah had two more lives -- as the base of a mosque and then in a Crusader-period sugar factory
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Meir Zehnwirth was charged with indecent assault on minors while he taught at the Talmud Torah elementary school in Tiberias on July 31, 2017. (Israel Police)
July 31, 2017, 6:14 pm
Elementary school teacher charged with molesting students
Court says Meir Zehnwirth inappropriately touched at least 2 girls he taught at the talmud Torah school in Tiberias
By TOI staff
Meir Goldstein, acquitted of the murder of his wife on grounds of insanity, May 28, 2017 (Channel 2 screenshot)
May 28, 2017, 2:33 pm
In legal precedent, man who beheaded his ex-wife deemed insane, acquitted of murder
Court orders Meir Goldstein sent to mental institution for 25 years
By TOI staff
Meir Ephraim Goldstein, suspected of beheading his wife in burning her body in Tiberias, is seen at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court as he arrives for a hearing on March 30, 2017. (Flash90)
May 15, 2017, 4:55 pm
Tiberias man who brandished ex-wife’s head found ‘not sane’
Psychiatrists find that Meir Goldstein 'could not tell right from wrong' at the time of the murder and decapitation
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Police and paramedics at the scene of a suspected murder in the northern city of Tiberias, March 29, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
March 30, 2017, 2:50 pm
Murders most gruesome on the front page
Papers don't allow readers to look away from a grisly beheading and memories of a bloody lynching 16 years ago
By Joshua Davidovich
Meir Ephraim Goldstein, suspected of beheading his wife in burning her body in Tiberias, is seen at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court as he arrives for a hearing on March 30, 2017. (Flash90)
March 30, 2017, 12:16 pm
Killer husband says ‘God told me’ to behead his ex-wife
Meir Ephraim Goldstein promises to reveal in 8 days why he gruesomely murdered his former spouse; judge sends him to psychiatric hospital
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: Police and paramedics at the scene of a suspected murder in the northern city of Tiberias, March 29, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
March 29, 2017, 9:17 pm
Tiberias man walked around with ex-wife’s severed head under his arm
Man reportedly was knocking on doors shouting 'I killed Amalek,' a reference to the biblical enemy of Israel
By Stuart Winer and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 26, 2017. (AFP/Gali TIBBON)
March 29, 2017, 2:08 pm
PM to seek cabinet approval for Amona replacement settlement
Arab leaders reaffirm support of 'strategic' 2002 peace initiative with Israel; US ambassador assures Israel it has a ‘friend and fighter’ at the UN; Palestinian shot dead attempting to stab police
By Tamar Pileggi
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