The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/tiberias/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:17:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Tiberias | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/tiberias/ 32 32 ‘They see naked women’: Haredi leaders urge boycott of Tiberias mall over bikini ads https://www.timesofisrael.com/they-see-naked-women-haredi-leaders-urge-boycott-of-tiberias-mall-over-bikini-ads/ Sun, 03 May 2026 21:08:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3815569 Proposed boycott over immodest photos has led to backlash from northern city's deputy mayor, in latest instance of a mall being at the center of a Haredi-secular clash

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]]> 3 murders within hours; victims include woman stabbed to death, son arrested https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-murders-within-hours-victims-include-woman-stabbed-to-death-son-arrested/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:57:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3567950 Same man also suspected of moderately wounding his pregnant wife in Umm al-Fahm; man shot dead in Daburiyya amid criminal feud, another man gunned down in Tiberias, motive unclear

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]]> Teenager shot dead in Hamaam, as violent crime continues to surge https://www.timesofisrael.com/teenager-shot-dead-in-hamaam-as-violent-crime-continues-to-surge/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 07:46:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3486025 Alaa Tuafra, 18, found dead in his home in northern Israel; 36 Arab Israelis murdered so far this year

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]]> Israeli moderately hurt by shrapnel as Hezbollah barrages target Tiberias, Haifa https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-moderately-hurt-by-shrapnel-as-hezbollah-barrages-target-tiberias-haifa/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3384896 IDF hits dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, as alleged Israeli strike said to kill 5 soldiers in Syria; Iraqi militia says it shot drones, missiles at Israel, but army unaware

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]]> Braving Hezbollah’s drones and rockets, the few remaining northerners brace for war https://www.timesofisrael.com/braving-hezbollahs-drones-and-rockets-the-few-remaining-northerners-brace-for-war/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:31:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3313106 Confronted with their communities' vulnerability, a handful of locals stay put as they consider an uncertain future for themselves and their still-evacuated children

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]]> Fearing Hezbollah in north, state moves Lag B’Omer event to East Jerusalem flashpoint https://www.timesofisrael.com/fearing-hezbollah-in-north-state-moves-lag-bomer-event-to-east-jerusalem-flashpoint/ Sat, 25 May 2024 05:12:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3296614 With Mt. Meron in the Galilee closed due to missile fears, 30,000 pilgrims are expected to stream into the Shimon HaTzadik tomb in Sheikh Jarrah on Saturday night and Sunday

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]]> Diverse backgrounds give way to shared fate as Gaza friendly-fire victims eulogized https://www.timesofisrael.com/diverse-backgrounds-give-way-to-shared-fate-as-gaza-friendly-fire-victims-eulogized/ Thu, 16 May 2024 22:20:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3291588 Five soldiers killed by mistaken tank fire in Gaza came from Tel Aviv, Tiberias; two West Bank settlements and Buenos Aires, to serve in special religious unit

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]]> Daily Briefing Feb. 29: Day 146 – Sinwar claims Hamas is winning the war. Here’s why https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-feb-29-day-146-sinwar-claims-hamas-is-winning-the-war-heres-why/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:42:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3235157&preview=true&preview_id=3235157 Editor David Horovitz on the similar but opposite victory narratives of Hamas and Israel, more efforts to stir up Temple Mount trouble during Ramadan, and Haredi military conscription

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]]> Daily Briefing Feb 28: Day 145 – Israel’s conflict with Iran comes into focus in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-feb-28-day-145-israels-conflict-with-iran-comes-into-focus-in-syria/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:06:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3234330&preview=true&preview_id=3234330 Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on the PA government's resignation; reporter Canaan Lidor on Tiberias as a political microcosm, and a stand taken by South African Jewry

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]]> In Tiberias, Haredi locals cheer for defeat of their secularist nemesis’s comeback bid https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tiberias-haredi-locals-cheer-for-defeat-of-their-secularist-nemesis-comeback-bid/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:59:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3234021 Exit polls indicate former mayor Ron Kobi lost race to candidate endorsed by influential ultra-Orthodox rabbis, in microcosm of Israel's religious-secular divisions

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]]> In Safed, a deadly rocket salvo fails to rattle deeply rooted residents https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-safed-a-deadly-rocket-salvo-fails-to-rattle-deeply-rooted-residents/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 04:02:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3225293 Jews have lived for centuries in the northern holy city. Its resilient inhabitants resumed regular life mere hours after Hezbollah hit it for the first time in years

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]]> Local elections turn placid Tiberias into unlikely front in Israel’s societal clash https://www.timesofisrael.com/local-elections-turn-placid-tiberias-into-unlikely-front-in-israels-societal-clash/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:42:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3085066 Haredi and secularist extremism, as well as the alleged involvement of a former politician with a criminal record, are muddying the lakeside city's political waters

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]]> Prosecutors seek to use new ‘protection law’ against criminal suspect in north https://www.timesofisrael.com/prosecutors-seek-to-use-new-protection-law-against-criminal-suspect-in-north/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:30:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3078736 Rami Ismail, who was arrested earlier this month, could be the first person charged under new legislation that sets minimum prison sentences for such shakedowns

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]]> Daily Briefing July 31: On final Knesset day, High Court hobbles coalition’s pet law https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-july-31-on-final-knesset-day-high-court-hobbles-coalitions-pet-law/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:34:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3062372&preview=true&preview_id=3062372 Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and legal reporter Jeremy Sharon review a charged summer Knesset session and its looming aftermath, with a legal showdown set for September

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]]> High Court rules unanimously against mayoral election law that would benefit Deri ally https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-unanimously-against-mayoral-election-law-that-would-benefit-deri-ally/ Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:09:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3062038 Judges say changes to cooling-off period for acting mayor must take effect only after next municipal poll; note legislation seemed ‘tailor-made’ to benefit Boaz Yosef

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