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February 27, 2013
12:57 am

Rabbi Mordechai (Motti) Elon speaking in a Jerusalem synagogue, August 2010 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Witness refuses to testify against popular rabbi

Half the indictment sheet against Motti Elon dropped after alleged sexual assault victim pressured out of taking the stand

February 25, 2013
4:49 pm

Members of the activist group Women of the Wall celebrate the holiday of Purim with a reading of the Scroll of Esther at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem on February 23, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Women of the Wall read Megillah undisturbed by police

80 participants take part in holiday celebration at the Western Wall, dressed up as cops, ultra-Orthodox men and a prisoner

By Asher Zeiger

February 25, 2013
3:52 pm

Prime Minister’s Office employee robbed

Burglars, who were unaware of the man’s identity and his position, were scared off when they realized residents were home

By Asher Zeiger

February 25, 2013
2:08 pm

Palestinian women demonstrate in Jerusalem for the release of hunger-striking prisoners (photo credit: Flash90)

Most Palestinian hunger strikers break fast

Some 1,100 prisoners at Megiddo Prison refused Monday morning meal, but were expected to resume eating later in the day

By Asher Zeiger and Times of Israel staff

February 25, 2013
1:52 pm

Illustrative photo of a car driving on a flooded street (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

IDF chief’s car takes a swim

The lead vehicle in Benny Gantz’s security convoy suffers hundreds of thousands of shekels in damage, plunging into a water-filled ditch

By Asher Zeiger

February 25, 2013
10:20 am

Israel’s long-range interceptor passes test in space

Arrow 3, which can block enemy missiles at high altitudes, is ‘most sophisticated’ such system in the world

By Asher Zeiger

February 25, 2013
9:30 am

Eritrean migrants in South Tel Aviv (photo credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)

UN rep says Eritreans being forced out of Israel

Jerusalem accused of violating international law with repatriation of asylum seekers under threat of lengthy jail terms

By Asher Zeiger

February 20, 2013
5:01 pm

Former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 31 (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hagel called Netanyahu a ‘radical,’ urged talks with Hamas

In 2010 speech, defense secretary nominee also reportedly warned Israel risked becoming an apartheid state if it blocked Palestinian state

By Asher Zeiger

February 20, 2013
4:38 pm

The Russian Embassy on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv (photo credit: Google maps)

Rent is too damn high, say Russians

TA embassy claims landlord wants to raise rent without fixing plumbing

By Asher Zeiger

February 20, 2013
12:43 pm

Anti Facebook graffiti on a wall in Jerusalem (photo credit: Sophie Gordon / Flash90)

Man arrested for threatening Yair Lapid on Facebook

Social network user calls for hanging Yesh Atid party head and other ‘leftist enemies,’ just like Haman in ancient Persia

By Asher Zeiger

February 20, 2013
12:17 pm

Iran rolls out big guns in war on rats

Tehran deploys snipers to eliminate mutant vermin that threaten to overrun the city

By Asher Zeiger

February 20, 2013
10:09 am

Tzipi Livni (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Livni: Joining Netanyahu not a betrayal of Hatnua voters

PA official optimistic about presumptive justice minister’s prospects as a negotiator; Yishai: Shas not in the coalition yet

By Asher Zeiger

February 19, 2013
10:56 pm

Israelis held in Romanian ova trafficking case

Leading fertility expert and his assistant suspected of illegally harvesting eggs from local women and selling them for profit

By Asher Zeiger and AP

February 19, 2013
10:12 pm

MK Ruth Calderon (left) sits next to fellow Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman as she leads the Torah study session in the Knesset on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. (photo credit: Benjy Goldberg)

Yesh Atid initiates Knesset Torah study group

Party members hope Tuesday sessions will become a staple for MKs and their staffs

By Asher Zeiger

February 19, 2013
9:50 pm

Jewish Agency chairman and former cabinet minister Natan Sharansky (photo credit: Courtesy JAFI)

Sharansky unanimously reelected Jewish Agency head

Prime minister praises former Soviet dissident, cabinet minister as ‘a symbol of Jewish unity’

By 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

Witness refuses to testify against popular rabbi

Half the indictment sheet against Motti Elon dropped after alleged sexual assault victim pressured out of taking the stand

Women of the Wall read Megillah undisturbed by police

80 participants take part in holiday celebration at the Western Wall, dressed up as cops, ultra-Orthodox men and a prisoner

Prime Minister’s Office employee robbed

Burglars, who were unaware of the man’s identity and his position, were scared off when they realized residents were home

Most Palestinian hunger strikers break fast

Some 1,100 prisoners at Megiddo Prison refused Monday morning meal, but were expected to resume eating later in the day

IDF chief’s car takes a swim

The lead vehicle in Benny Gantz’s security convoy suffers hundreds of thousands of shekels in damage, plunging into a water-filled ditch

Israel’s long-range interceptor passes test in space

Arrow 3, which can block enemy missiles at high altitudes, is ‘most sophisticated’ such system in the world

UN rep says Eritreans being forced out of Israel

Jerusalem accused of violating international law with repatriation of asylum seekers under threat of lengthy jail terms

Hagel called Netanyahu a ‘radical,’ urged talks with Hamas

In 2010 speech, defense secretary nominee also reportedly warned Israel risked becoming an apartheid state if it blocked Palestinian state

Rent is too damn high, say Russians

TA embassy claims landlord wants to raise rent without fixing plumbing

Man arrested for threatening Yair Lapid on Facebook

Social network user calls for hanging Yesh Atid party head and other ‘leftist enemies,’ just like Haman in ancient Persia

Iran rolls out big guns in war on rats

Tehran deploys snipers to eliminate mutant vermin that threaten to overrun the city

Livni: Joining Netanyahu not a betrayal of Hatnua voters

PA official optimistic about presumptive justice minister’s prospects as a negotiator; Yishai: Shas not in the coalition yet

Israelis held in Romanian ova trafficking case

Leading fertility expert and his assistant suspected of illegally harvesting eggs from local women and selling them for profit

Yesh Atid initiates Knesset Torah study group

Party members hope Tuesday sessions will become a staple for MKs and their staffs

Sharansky unanimously reelected Jewish Agency head

Prime minister praises former Soviet dissident, cabinet minister as ‘a symbol of Jewish unity’

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