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April 13, 2013
11:00 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, seen next to the grave of Netanyahu's late brother Yoni at the Mt Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Saturday, April 13, 2013 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Prime minister visits his brother’s grave at Mt. Herzl cemetery

Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu pay respects to war hero ahead of Memorial Day

By Ron Friedman

April 13, 2013
9:03 pm

Salam Fayyad (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas accepts Fayyad’s resignation as PA prime minister

At Ramallah meeting, Palestinian president thanks departing PM for his service; US had asked the two to resolve their disagreements

By Ron Friedman and AP

April 13, 2013
8:55 pm

Finance minister Yair Lapid. (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)

Lapid takes to Facebook to calm public fear of ‘scary’ austerity measures

‘I know it isn’t easy … but the steps we are taking now are necessary fixes that will not last too long,’ promises finance minister

By Ron Friedman

April 13, 2013
5:33 pm

Southern district police chief Yoram Halevy speaks to soldiers in a graduation ceremony in 2012 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Police, prosecution to join forces against attackers of seniors

Southern district commander vows ‘no plea bargains’

By Ron Friedman

April 13, 2013
4:22 pm

A photo distributed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights purportedly depicting the remains of a chemical bomb dropped on a rebel-controlled neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, April 13 (photo credit: Courtesy)

Mother, two daughters said killed in Syria chemical attack

Medical officials in Afrin say others injured in bombing are suffering hallucinations, vomiting, nose bleeding and irritation to the eyes

By Ron Friedman

April 13, 2013
4:45 am

11 inmates injured in Beersheba prison blaze

Prisoners suffer from smoke inhalation after setting fire to a mattress

By Ron Friedman

April 13, 2013
3:33 am

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Tuesday (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

PLO slams Canada over FM’s East Jerusalem meeting

John Baird plays down controversy, says where he has coffee with someone is ‘irrelevant’ to Mideast peace and does not signal a foreign policy shift

By Ron Friedman

April 13, 2013
1:03 am

Two injured in Jaffa hit and run

Police bust suspected driver and passengers attempting to remove evidence from vehicle

By Ron Friedman

April 11, 2013
2:29 pm

Women of the Women of the Wall organization wear prayer shawls as they pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, April 11, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Court frees female activists, calls Western Wall arrests groundless

Judge rejects police request to bar the female worshipers from Western Wall for three months; Wall rabbi says the Women of the Wall ‘fueling hatred’

By Ron Friedman and Gavriel Fiske

April 11, 2013
8:27 am

Women of the Wall director Lesley Sachs is detained by police for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall April 11 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Five female worshipers detained at Western Wall

‘Israel is the only place in the world where Jewish women are arrested for praying,’ MK complains; Netanyahu weighing proposal for egalitarian section at holy site

By Ron Friedman and Gavriel Fiske

April 9, 2013
3:53 am

Students at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, October 21 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Treasury to raise university tuition prices

‘We will battle to protect education in the country,’ promises student union head

By Ron Friedman

April 7, 2013
8:00 am

Minister for Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel rejects Turkey as possible peace broker

Minister for international affairs says Erdogan’s ties with Hamas irrelevant, ‘International Quartet will mediate if necessary’

By Ron Friedman and AP

April 6, 2013
6:52 am

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

Lapid appoints first woman director-general of Finance Ministry

Yael Andorn, due to have third child next month, returns to public service after managing pension funds

By Ron Friedman

April 6, 2013
6:28 am

Yeshayahu Leibowitz (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Jerusalem mayor shelves plan to name street after Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Resistance to move by religious and right-wing city council members leads Nir Barkat to postpone vote

By Ron Friedman

April 6, 2013
1:25 am

Amnon Dankner in 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Journalist Amnon Dankner dies

Paramedics unable to resuscitate former editor of Maariv after family members find him unconscious at his home

By Ron Friedman

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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: Ron Friedman

Prime minister visits his brother’s grave at Mt. Herzl cemetery

Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu pay respects to war hero ahead of Memorial Day

Abbas accepts Fayyad’s resignation as PA prime minister

At Ramallah meeting, Palestinian president thanks departing PM for his service; US had asked the two to resolve their disagreements

Lapid takes to Facebook to calm public fear of ‘scary’ austerity measures

‘I know it isn’t easy … but the steps we are taking now are necessary fixes that will not last too long,’ promises finance minister

Police, prosecution to join forces against attackers of seniors

Southern district commander vows ‘no plea bargains’

Mother, two daughters said killed in Syria chemical attack

Medical officials in Afrin say others injured in bombing are suffering hallucinations, vomiting, nose bleeding and irritation to the eyes

11 inmates injured in Beersheba prison blaze

Prisoners suffer from smoke inhalation after setting fire to a mattress

PLO slams Canada over FM’s East Jerusalem meeting

John Baird plays down controversy, says where he has coffee with someone is ‘irrelevant’ to Mideast peace and does not signal a foreign policy shift

Two injured in Jaffa hit and run

Police bust suspected driver and passengers attempting to remove evidence from vehicle

Court frees female activists, calls Western Wall arrests groundless

Judge rejects police request to bar the female worshipers from Western Wall for three months; Wall rabbi says the Women of the Wall ‘fueling hatred’

Five female worshipers detained at Western Wall

‘Israel is the only place in the world where Jewish women are arrested for praying,’ MK complains; Netanyahu weighing proposal for egalitarian section at holy site

Treasury to raise university tuition prices

‘We will battle to protect education in the country,’ promises student union head

Israel rejects Turkey as possible peace broker

Minister for international affairs says Erdogan’s ties with Hamas irrelevant, ‘International Quartet will mediate if necessary’

Lapid appoints first woman director-general of Finance Ministry

Yael Andorn, due to have third child next month, returns to public service after managing pension funds

Jerusalem mayor shelves plan to name street after Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Resistance to move by religious and right-wing city council members leads Nir Barkat to postpone vote

Journalist Amnon Dankner dies

Paramedics unable to resuscitate former editor of Maariv after family members find him unconscious at his home

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