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March 18, 2013
5:46 pm

MK Stav Shaffir ‎(5th frpm right) applauds as she participates in a Reform Jewish wedding ceremony in which Lin Dror and Alon Marcus (4th and 5th from left) marry in front of the Knesset on Monday in protest of the Orthodox Rabbinate's monopoly on marriage licensing and the lack of civil marriages in Israel. (photo credit: Flash 90)

Wedding near Knesset highlights plight of non-Orthodox nuptials

Ceremony presided over by Reform rabbi and Meretz MK to protest likely failure of new gov’t to institute non-Orthodox marriage

By Stuart Winer

March 18, 2013
2:02 pm

Likud MK Danny Danon in his Knesset office, October 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

No peace partners, says incoming deputy defense minister

Danny Danon: United States and the rest of the world will have to get used to increased settlement construction

By Stuart Winer

March 17, 2013
3:35 pm

The triple handshake: prime minister Menachem Begin, president Jimmy Carter, and president Anwar Sadat after signing the Israel-Egypt peace treaty in March 1979. (photo credit: GPO/Tal Shabtai)

Minutes reveal bitter Begin-Carter clashes over Egypt peace

Asked to okay last-minute changes, Israeli PM said no to Egyptian presence in Gaza, and insisted he wouldn’t be pressured into signing the landmark treaty

By Stuart Winer

March 17, 2013
11:55 am

Cannabis plants at a growing facility in northern Israel, 2010. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Czechs look to Israel for medical marijuana

Growers and government at odds over the country’s cannabis export industry

By Stuart Winer

March 17, 2013
9:22 am

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz (photo credit: Flash90)

New defense minister to keep Gantz on for another year

Moshe Ya’alon, who is replacing Ehud Barak, supports extending IDF chief of staff’s term

By Stuart Winer

March 14, 2013
4:41 pm

Pope Benedict XVI meets with Israel's chief Rabbis Yona Metzger (L) and Shlomo Amar at the center for Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem, May 2009 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Rabbinate hopes for cooperation with new pope

Israel’s chief rabbis want to continue ‘rich and productive dialogue’ with the Vatican and newly chosen Catholic leader

By Stuart Winer and Aaron Kalman

March 14, 2013
3:50 pm

A Jerusalem municipality worker hangs an American flag near the President's House in Jerusalem on March 12, 2013, in preparation for the upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama. (Illustrative photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Officials flag upside down stars & stripes

Banners displayed along the road to Jerusalem are suspended wrong way around due to sewing error

By Stuart Winer

March 14, 2013
1:20 pm

Pope Francis I waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Peres invites new pope to pop over for visit

President says pontiff will be welcomed as ‘a man of inspiration who can add to the attempt to bring peace in a stormy area’

By Stuart Winer

March 14, 2013
8:57 am

Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid political party, seen embracing Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett in the Knesset, February, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Jewish Home, Yesh Atid to partner on major Knesset reforms

Parties plan to raise number of votes needed to bring down the government

By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff

March 12, 2013
11:28 pm

Palestinian protestors, near Hebron February 25, 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinian reported killed by IDF fire in Hebron

Clashes erupt when army enters refugee camp after Molotov cocktail thrown at Israeli vehicle; two others injured

By Stuart Winer

March 12, 2013
7:37 pm

African immigrants seen at a detention facility located in the south of Israel. August, 2012. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Court orders state to explain migrant detentions

High Court decree follows petition claiming Israel’s jailing of asylum-seekers is illegal and ‘torments innocent people’

By Stuart Winer

March 11, 2013
5:34 pm

Israeli students in Poland in 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Teachers’ email bashing students draws protests

Misdirected report calls one kid ‘not particularly bright’ and another a ‘big baby’; MK calls for inquiry

By Stuart Winer

March 11, 2013
5:09 pm

The boarding area at Ataturk Airport. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Londo Mollari, Flickr)

Iranians smuggling nuke material nabbed in coordinated sting

Security forces in Germany and Turkey bust network that sought to obtain uranium refinement parts for Iran reactor

By Stuart Winer

March 11, 2013
2:51 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee, October 15, 2012. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Barak: Syria falling apart before our eyes

Defense minister, in final appearance before Knesset foreign affairs panel, says his replacement will have lots to do in unstable region

By Stuart Winer

March 11, 2013
12:41 pm

MK Tzipi Hotovely in the Knesset on March, 2011. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Likud’s young guard not pleased with Netanyahu

PM set to tap current ministers for his Cabinet, ignoring the up-and-coming parliamentarians who bested them in party primaries

By Stuart Winer

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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: Stuart Winer

Wedding near Knesset highlights plight of non-Orthodox nuptials

Ceremony presided over by Reform rabbi and Meretz MK to protest likely failure of new gov’t to institute non-Orthodox marriage

No peace partners, says incoming deputy defense minister

Danny Danon: United States and the rest of the world will have to get used to increased settlement construction

Minutes reveal bitter Begin-Carter clashes over Egypt peace

Asked to okay last-minute changes, Israeli PM said no to Egyptian presence in Gaza, and insisted he wouldn’t be pressured into signing the landmark treaty

Czechs look to Israel for medical marijuana

Growers and government at odds over the country’s cannabis export industry

New defense minister to keep Gantz on for another year

Moshe Ya’alon, who is replacing Ehud Barak, supports extending IDF chief of staff’s term

Rabbinate hopes for cooperation with new pope

Israel’s chief rabbis want to continue ‘rich and productive dialogue’ with the Vatican and newly chosen Catholic leader

Officials flag upside down stars & stripes

Banners displayed along the road to Jerusalem are suspended wrong way around due to sewing error

Peres invites new pope to pop over for visit

President says pontiff will be welcomed as ‘a man of inspiration who can add to the attempt to bring peace in a stormy area’

Jewish Home, Yesh Atid to partner on major Knesset reforms

Parties plan to raise number of votes needed to bring down the government

Palestinian reported killed by IDF fire in Hebron

Clashes erupt when army enters refugee camp after Molotov cocktail thrown at Israeli vehicle; two others injured

Court orders state to explain migrant detentions

High Court decree follows petition claiming Israel’s jailing of asylum-seekers is illegal and ‘torments innocent people’

Teachers’ email bashing students draws protests

Misdirected report calls one kid ‘not particularly bright’ and another a ‘big baby’; MK calls for inquiry

Iranians smuggling nuke material nabbed in coordinated sting

Security forces in Germany and Turkey bust network that sought to obtain uranium refinement parts for Iran reactor

Barak: Syria falling apart before our eyes

Defense minister, in final appearance before Knesset foreign affairs panel, says his replacement will have lots to do in unstable region

Likud’s young guard not pleased with Netanyahu

PM set to tap current ministers for his Cabinet, ignoring the up-and-coming parliamentarians who bested them in party primaries

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