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May 13, 2013
11:19 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s household spending up 80% in four years

In 2012, PM’s residence shelled out NIS 480,000 on food, NIS 1.2 million on cleaning — nearly double what it spent in 2009

By Aaron Kalman

May 13, 2013
9:34 pm

Uzi submachine gun (illustrative photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Public asked to deliver unlicensed guns to police

According to initiative, people who step forward won’t be prosecuted

By Aaron Kalman

May 13, 2013
9:06 pm

Eyal Golan performs 'Always My No. 1.' (photo credit: screen capture EyalGolanOfficial/YouTube)

Israeli song kick-starts soccer tourney

‘I hope it becomes a hit around the world,’ says singer Eyal Golan, ahead of Euro Under-21 in Israel

By Aaron Kalman

May 13, 2013
8:39 pm

UNRWA's Ann Dismorr (second from right) holds the Israel-less map. (photo credit: screen capture/pn-news.net)

UNRWA erases Israel from the map

United Nations agency shows ‘Arab Palestine’ extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean

By Aaron Kalman

May 12, 2013
5:51 pm

Stephen Hawking (photo credit: CC-BY elhombredenegro/Flickr)

Conference boycotted by Hawking has hosted Palestinian speakers every year

Top West Bank figures, including key PA officials, regularly participate in Peres-hosted gathering that top British scientist is eschewing in solidarity with the Palestinians

By Times of Israel staff and Aaron Kalman

May 9, 2013
5:11 pm

Hawking battered over Israeli conference boycott

Facebook memes ask scientist to stop using the Israel-designed chip that allows him to talk

By Aaron Kalman

May 9, 2013
4:51 pm

Qatari Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia)

In Gaza, Islamic cleric rejects Israel’s existence

Palestinian Authority condemns visit of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the so-called ‘imam of the Arab Spring’

By AP and Aaron Kalman

May 9, 2013
4:43 pm

Elderly men play backgammon at a country club in northern Tel-Aviv, April (illustrative photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli scientists may be closing in on cause of Alzheimer’s

Researchers see disease-like syndromes on mice injected with tomosyn

By Aaron Kalman

May 9, 2013
2:41 pm

The Ulpana outpost, adjacent to the Beit El settlement (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/ Flash90)

Defense minister okays 296 homes in West Bank settlement

Palestinians say move proves Israel doesn’t want peace; US says settlement construction counteractive to peace efforts

By Aaron Kalman

May 9, 2013
2:12 pm

The site of a Jerusalem hit and run accident (illustrative photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)

Danish national sent to prison for hit-and-run

Michael Nidoya, who drove drunk while working for the EU, was unprecedentedly extradited to Israel

By Aaron Kalman

May 9, 2013
11:24 am

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews holding a prayer rally in Jerusalem's Shabbat Square in opposition of the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service, June 25, 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers face jail from 2017

Ministerial panel says financial sanctions not enough; aims to limit exemptions on religious grounds to 1,800 per year

By Aaron Kalman

May 8, 2013
11:42 pm

The Dohany Synagogue (photo credit: Aaron Kalman)

‘Glory and disaster’ intertwine in Budapest’s historic Jewish quarter

The beauty and horror of the past merge with evidence of revitalised but wary community life along the cobblestone streets of District VII

By Aaron Kalman

May 7, 2013
10:43 pm

Jobbik party supporters burning an EU flag at a rally in Budapest in 2012. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube video uploaded by Euronews)

Budapest Jews fear violent attack only ‘a matter of time’

With anti-Semitic events on the rise and the WJC in town, community members warn intensifying verbal assaults could be a sign of worse to come

By Aaron Kalman

May 7, 2013
11:37 am

Ron Lauder (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

World Jewish Congress reelects Lauder as president

Assembly chooses key position holders for years ahead

By Aaron Kalman

May 6, 2013
12:31 pm

Guido Westerwelle speaks at the WJC, Monday (photo credit: screen capture/WJC)

German FM says Israel has ‘absolute right’ to self-defense

Guido Westerwelle calls on Europe to fight the ‘root causes of anti-Semitism’; warns that a nuclear Iran is a global threat

By Aaron Kalman

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Aaron Kalman

Netanyahu’s household spending up 80% in four years

In 2012, PM’s residence shelled out NIS 480,000 on food, NIS 1.2 million on cleaning — nearly double what it spent in 2009

Public asked to deliver unlicensed guns to police

According to initiative, people who step forward won’t be prosecuted

Israeli song kick-starts soccer tourney

‘I hope it becomes a hit around the world,’ says singer Eyal Golan, ahead of Euro Under-21 in Israel

UNRWA erases Israel from the map

United Nations agency shows ‘Arab Palestine’ extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean

Conference boycotted by Hawking has hosted Palestinian speakers every year

Top West Bank figures, including key PA officials, regularly participate in Peres-hosted gathering that top British scientist is eschewing in solidarity with the Palestinians

Hawking battered over Israeli conference boycott

Facebook memes ask scientist to stop using the Israel-designed chip that allows him to talk

In Gaza, Islamic cleric rejects Israel’s existence

Palestinian Authority condemns visit of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the so-called ‘imam of the Arab Spring’

Israeli scientists may be closing in on cause of Alzheimer’s

Researchers see disease-like syndromes on mice injected with tomosyn

Defense minister okays 296 homes in West Bank settlement

Palestinians say move proves Israel doesn’t want peace; US says settlement construction counteractive to peace efforts

Danish national sent to prison for hit-and-run

Michael Nidoya, who drove drunk while working for the EU, was unprecedentedly extradited to Israel

Ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers face jail from 2017

Ministerial panel says financial sanctions not enough; aims to limit exemptions on religious grounds to 1,800 per year

‘Glory and disaster’ intertwine in Budapest’s historic Jewish quarter

The beauty and horror of the past merge with evidence of revitalised but wary community life along the cobblestone streets of District VII

Budapest Jews fear violent attack only ‘a matter of time’

With anti-Semitic events on the rise and the WJC in town, community members warn intensifying verbal assaults could be a sign of worse to come

World Jewish Congress reelects Lauder as president

Assembly chooses key position holders for years ahead

German FM says Israel has ‘absolute right’ to self-defense

Guido Westerwelle calls on Europe to fight the ‘root causes of anti-Semitism’; warns that a nuclear Iran is a global threat

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