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April 9, 2013
2:17 pm

A Hezbollah poster on Israel's northern border (photo credit: Hamad Almakt/Flash 90)

7 years in jail for Israeli Arab who spied for Hezbollah

Resident of Western Galilee, 26, handed over military info, collected details about Peres’s security arrangements

By Asher Zeiger

April 9, 2013
1:49 pm

Illustrative photo of a wedding (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Rabbinical courts given leave to lock up recalcitrant husbands indefinitely

Women’s groups hail landmark decision that will turn up the heat on men who refuse to grant their wives a divorce

By Asher Zeiger

April 9, 2013
9:54 am

Iranian technicians work at a facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, outside Isfahan, in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran inaugurates new uranium mine, processing plant

Defiant Tehran marks ‘National Nuclear Technology Day’ after latest round of talks with Western powers fails to produce deal

By Asher Zeiger

April 9, 2013
9:26 am

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel with former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak after a meeting at the Pentagon on March 5, 2013. (photo credit: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/DOD)

Hagel set to visit Israel in two weeks

Spate of trips by high-ranking officials underscores Obama administration’s increasing focus on the Middle East

By Asher Zeiger

April 9, 2013
8:48 am

A burnt mezuzah in a building in the Brooklyn, NY neighborhood of Williamsburg on Monday April 9, 2013 (screen capture: WNBC - Channel 4, New York).

Vandals burn mezuzahs in Brooklyn building

Police investigating whether act was fueled by anti-Semitism

By Asher Zeiger

April 7, 2013
9:45 pm

A trail of smoke is seen as a rocket is launched from the Gaza Strip toward the southern Israeli city of Sderot, November 11, 2012 (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

Missiles fired from Gaza, marring Shoah remembrance ceremony

Two rockets fall in Strip, one hits open area in Shaar Hanegev region; no injuries or damage

By Asher Zeiger

April 7, 2013
9:42 pm

Three killed in two motorcycle accidents

In Lower Galilee, vehicle flipped and caught on fire, claiming lives of both riders; in south, a rider collided with a car

By Asher Zeiger

April 7, 2013
8:21 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at Yad Vashem Sunday night. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu at Shoah ceremony: ‘We won’t leave our fate in the hands of others’

Also speaking at official Yad Vashem remembrance, Peres calls on world to take seriously modern-day threats of mass destruction

By Asher Zeiger and Times of Israel staff

April 7, 2013
5:17 pm

A victim of an alleged chemical attack in Jobar, Syria, earlier this mont. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Rebels claim Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus attack

Video shows victims of attack on neighborhood with ancient synagogue have trouble breathing, focusing eyes

By Asher Zeiger and Stuart Winer

March 31, 2013
4:16 pm

Israeli basketball fans today do not have as much to cheer about as did these supporters of the Hapoel Jerusalem team against Maccabi Ashdod in November 2012. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Local hoopsters launch strike against foreign stars

Israeli basketball players have long complained that influx of overseas talent has diminished their own opportunity to play

By Asher Zeiger

March 31, 2013
12:11 pm

Illustrative image of a man riding an All Terrain Vehicle. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Police mistakenly report death of boy in ATV accident

Nehorai Danino, who was injured while filming his bar mitzvah video, remains in critical condition

By Asher Zeiger

March 31, 2013
11:13 am

Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom visits a special processing plant off the coast of Ashdod, set to receive gas from the Tamar deposit for the first time in four years. (photo credit: Moshe Binyamin/Energy and Water Ministry)

Despite natural gas boost, electricity to rise 6.5% next month

With Israel now moving towards energy independence, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom hopes this will be last price hike

By Asher Zeiger and Times of Israel staff

March 31, 2013
9:42 am

MK Uri Orbach of the Jewish Home party (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister urges cops, courts to get tough on attackers of seniors

‘The elderly are not punching bags for every bully,’ says Uri Orbach, following two incidents over the weekend

By Asher Zeiger

March 31, 2013
7:58 am

A man fills his fuel tank at a gas station. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Gasoline prices to drop in April

Government cites lower global fuel prices and the devaluation of the US dollar as reasons for 38-agorot decrease

By Asher Zeiger

March 30, 2013
9:21 am

Rescue personnel take part in a search for three brothers swept away from an Ashkelon beach, Friday, March 29 (photo credit: ZAKA/Flash90)

Body found on Ashkelon beach

Divers, helicopters and jet skis utilized in search for three brothers missing since Thursday

By Ron Friedman and Asher Zeiger

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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: Asher Zeiger

7 years in jail for Israeli Arab who spied for Hezbollah

Resident of Western Galilee, 26, handed over military info, collected details about Peres’s security arrangements

Rabbinical courts given leave to lock up recalcitrant husbands indefinitely

Women’s groups hail landmark decision that will turn up the heat on men who refuse to grant their wives a divorce

Iran inaugurates new uranium mine, processing plant

Defiant Tehran marks ‘National Nuclear Technology Day’ after latest round of talks with Western powers fails to produce deal

Hagel set to visit Israel in two weeks

Spate of trips by high-ranking officials underscores Obama administration’s increasing focus on the Middle East

Vandals burn mezuzahs in Brooklyn building

Police investigating whether act was fueled by anti-Semitism

Missiles fired from Gaza, marring Shoah remembrance ceremony

Two rockets fall in Strip, one hits open area in Shaar Hanegev region; no injuries or damage

Three killed in two motorcycle accidents

In Lower Galilee, vehicle flipped and caught on fire, claiming lives of both riders; in south, a rider collided with a car

Netanyahu at Shoah ceremony: ‘We won’t leave our fate in the hands of others’

Also speaking at official Yad Vashem remembrance, Peres calls on world to take seriously modern-day threats of mass destruction

Rebels claim Assad used chemical weapons in Damascus attack

Video shows victims of attack on neighborhood with ancient synagogue have trouble breathing, focusing eyes

Local hoopsters launch strike against foreign stars

Israeli basketball players have long complained that influx of overseas talent has diminished their own opportunity to play

Police mistakenly report death of boy in ATV accident

Nehorai Danino, who was injured while filming his bar mitzvah video, remains in critical condition

Despite natural gas boost, electricity to rise 6.5% next month

With Israel now moving towards energy independence, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom hopes this will be last price hike

Minister urges cops, courts to get tough on attackers of seniors

‘The elderly are not punching bags for every bully,’ says Uri Orbach, following two incidents over the weekend

Gasoline prices to drop in April

Government cites lower global fuel prices and the devaluation of the US dollar as reasons for 38-agorot decrease

Body found on Ashkelon beach

Divers, helicopters and jet skis utilized in search for three brothers missing since Thursday

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