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April 16, 2013
5:45 pm

Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion stands at attention as the national anthem, Hatikva, is played at the Knesset opening ceremony in 1949. (photo credit: GPO/Hugo Mendelson)

How an unwieldy romantic poem and a Romanian folk song combined to produce ‘Hatikva’

The national anthem only actually became the national anthem nine years ago, and that’s just one of the twists in the ‘loathsome’ hymn’s ongoing quest for harmonious acceptance

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 15, 2013
6:43 pm

PA hands over driver suspected of killing cyclist

25-year-old man investigated in hit-and-run death of 47-year-old Gavriel Lerner; could face trial in Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 12, 2013
8:05 pm

UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the border from an Israeli army post at Mount Bental near Kibbutz Merom Golan in the Golan Heights in July 2012. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

IDF troops come under fire along Syrian border

No injuries reported, light damage reported to vehicle; Israel returns fire with Tammuz missile

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 12, 2013
5:55 pm

Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

IDF defuses WWII bomb near Tel Aviv airfield

Explosive may be remnant of Italian bombing of city in 1940

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 12, 2013
2:42 pm

Finance Minister Yair Lapid (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The return of death and taxes

Memorial Day is around the corner; and dread of the proposed austerity measures grows in the press

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 11, 2013
11:11 pm

Cars transported into Gaza via the Erez crossing (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings

Decision comes four days after IDF closed gateways in wake of Holocaust Remembrance Day rocket fire

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 11, 2013
9:18 pm

Palestinian gunmen ride motorcycles as they drag the body of a man who was killed as a suspected collaborator with Israel, in Gaza City, November 20, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

Rights group pans Hamas for not probing executions

Human Rights Watch says failure by Gaza rulers to prosecute killers ‘makes mockery of claims that it’s upholding rule of law’

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 11, 2013
7:03 pm

A beach in Bodrum, Turkey. (photo credit: CC BY-SA yilmaz ovunc, Flickr)

Despite warming ties, Israelis cold to Turkey trips

Contrary to projections, poll shows most Israelis uninterested in hitting Bodrum beaches this summer

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 11, 2013
4:10 pm

Rescue personnel at the site of a mass car crash that left 6 dead on a major Haifa road, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

Deadly crash shocks and awes

Six die after runaway tractor-trailer slams into standing traffic; Catholic Church sues Jerusalem over toilet

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 10, 2013
1:29 pm

Israeli musician Ivri Lider (photo credit: Ivri Lider/Facebook)

Fallen soldiers group protests musicians’ Memorial Day gig

Yad Lebanim says Izhar Ashdot and Ivri Lider shouldn’t perform in Tel Aviv ceremony because of their stances toward the IDF

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 10, 2013
12:46 am

The bus that was blown up in a July 2012 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria (photo credit: AP/Impact Press Group)

Bahrain cabinet blacklists Hezbollah as terror group

Move endorses parliamentary measure last month, now needs Foreign Ministry approval

By Yoel Goldman and Ilan Ben Zion

April 10, 2013
12:41 am

200 Israelis at a college and a newspaper to be tested for tuberculosis

Health Ministry works to prevent outbreak after youth hospitalized with infectious disease

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 7, 2013
11:43 am

Lapid cancels biannual budget

Finance minister blames ‘massive overdraft’ on predecessor, says annual budget better for economic policy

By Times of Israel staff and Ilan Ben Zion

April 6, 2013
7:35 pm

Hamas terrorists in Gaza pose on anniversary of prisoner exchange deal for Gilad Shalit. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Hamas reportedly arrests Western agents in Gaza

Senior internal security official claims to have a list of collaborators operating on behalf of foreign governments

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 3, 2013
8:10 am

A volley of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on November 15, 2012. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

2 rockets fired from Gaza explode in southern Israel

Projectiles hit near Sderot after overnight IAF strikes; defense minister in Jerusalem warns Israel won’t tolerate renewed missile fire

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

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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: Ilan Ben Zion

How an unwieldy romantic poem and a Romanian folk song combined to produce ‘Hatikva’

The national anthem only actually became the national anthem nine years ago, and that’s just one of the twists in the ‘loathsome’ hymn’s ongoing quest for harmonious acceptance

PA hands over driver suspected of killing cyclist

25-year-old man investigated in hit-and-run death of 47-year-old Gavriel Lerner; could face trial in Israel

IDF troops come under fire along Syrian border

No injuries reported, light damage reported to vehicle; Israel returns fire with Tammuz missile

IDF defuses WWII bomb near Tel Aviv airfield

Explosive may be remnant of Italian bombing of city in 1940

The return of death and taxes

Memorial Day is around the corner; and dread of the proposed austerity measures grows in the press

Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings

Decision comes four days after IDF closed gateways in wake of Holocaust Remembrance Day rocket fire

Rights group pans Hamas for not probing executions

Human Rights Watch says failure by Gaza rulers to prosecute killers ‘makes mockery of claims that it’s upholding rule of law’

Despite warming ties, Israelis cold to Turkey trips

Contrary to projections, poll shows most Israelis uninterested in hitting Bodrum beaches this summer

Deadly crash shocks and awes

Six die after runaway tractor-trailer slams into standing traffic; Catholic Church sues Jerusalem over toilet

Fallen soldiers group protests musicians’ Memorial Day gig

Yad Lebanim says Izhar Ashdot and Ivri Lider shouldn’t perform in Tel Aviv ceremony because of their stances toward the IDF

Bahrain cabinet blacklists Hezbollah as terror group

Move endorses parliamentary measure last month, now needs Foreign Ministry approval

200 Israelis at a college and a newspaper to be tested for tuberculosis

Health Ministry works to prevent outbreak after youth hospitalized with infectious disease

Lapid cancels biannual budget

Finance minister blames ‘massive overdraft’ on predecessor, says annual budget better for economic policy

Hamas reportedly arrests Western agents in Gaza

Senior internal security official claims to have a list of collaborators operating on behalf of foreign governments

2 rockets fired from Gaza explode in southern Israel

Projectiles hit near Sderot after overnight IAF strikes; defense minister in Jerusalem warns Israel won’t tolerate renewed missile fire

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