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Elad Dvash-Banks, left, and his partner, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan, center right, and Aiden in their apartment Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
February 22, 2019, 12:34 pm
Israeli-American gay couple wins lawsuit to grant US citizenship to one twin son
Request previously denied because he is not American parent’s biological son; judge rules children of Americans who marry abroad are citizens if parents married at time of birth
By TOI staff and AP
The Tel Aviv Marathon, 2019 (Tel Aviv Municipality/YouTube)
February 22, 2019, 11:28 am
40,000 runners take to the streets of Tel Aviv for annual marathon
Ethiopian runner Demi Getacheo wins 42.2-kilometer race; record-breaking number of participants from abroad take part in event
By TOI staff
Border Police patrol near an entrance to the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, on February 19, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 22, 2019, 11:22 am
60 arrested as police brace for Temple Mount violence after Friday prayers
Security forces say dozens in custody, with further arrests expected ahead of prayers at flashpoint Jerusalem compound
By TOI staff
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, September 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
February 22, 2019, 10:49 am
Polish PM says nation’s Holocaust involvement was ‘individual criminals’
Morawiecki tells Haaretz that Katz’s statements on anti-Semitism are words that could be used by ‘a radical extremist, but not by a foreign minister’
By TOI staff
ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this photo taken Aug. 27, 2015, John Jay Hooker shows a melanoma spot that has shrunk since starting treatment at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, Tennessee (AP Photo/David Goldman)
February 22, 2019, 10:21 am
AI may be able to predict spread of melanoma, Israeli scientist says
Assaf Zaritsky says video sequence can by analyzed to identify the appearance, behavior of cells; fears use as a functional model for melanoma may be clinically irrelevant
By TOI staff
This Tuesday, March 7, 2017 frame grab from video shows US forces patrol on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters and US-backed Kurdish fighters, in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)
February 22, 2019, 10:04 am
US to leave ‘peacekeeping group’ of 200 troops in Syria after withdrawal
White House says soldiers will remain ‘for a period of time,’ as Washington tries to convince European allies to maintain a military presence in war-torn country after pullout
By AFP and TOI staff
Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz,right, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shake hands at a news conference at Lazienki Palace, Warsaw, Poland, February 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
February 22, 2019, 1:39 am
Poland says US secretary of state supports its stance in spat with Israel
Warsaw thanks Pompeo after envoy calls on acting FM Katz to apologize for saying ‘Poles ‘suckle anti-Semitism with their mothers’ milk’
By TOI staff and Agencies
MKs Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi react after submitting a joint list of candidates from their Hadash and Ta'al parties to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset on February 21, 2019. (Hadash)
February 21, 2019, 11:56 pm
Arab parties officially running on two tickets: Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am-Balad
Thursday’s registration of new rosters with election committee sees the Joint (Arab) List split into two separate alliances
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 20, 2019. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
February 21, 2019, 11:56 pm
PA to cut civil servant salaries after Israeli tax freeze over terror stipends
Cuts won’t apply to ‘pensioners and families of martyrs, wounded or prisoners,’ PA finance chief Shukri Bishara says
By AFP and TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. (AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky)
February 21, 2019, 10:55 pm
PM, Putin to meet in Moscow next Wednesday after postponement
The two leaders had originally been slated to convene Thursday, but Netanyahu remained in Israel in order to push a political merger of right-wing parties
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a televised statement after a meeting of his ruling Likud party in Ramat Gan on February 21, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 21, 2019, 9:46 pm
Netanyahu urges Israelis: Don’t elect weak, incompetent leftists Gantz and Lapid
As polls show Blue and White alliance poses growing threat to his re-election, PM claims his rivals would establish a Palestinian state, endangering Israel’s very existence
By TOI staff
From left to right: Blue and White party leaders Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz , Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi pose for a picture after announcing their new electoral alliance in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
February 21, 2019, 8:53 pm
Polls give new Gantz-Lapid faction meaningful lead over Netanyahu’s Likud
But TV surveys indicate Blue and White would struggle to form a governing coalition, despite emerging from elections as largest party
By TOI staff
Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid of the newly formed Blue and White party give a joint a statement to the press in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 21, 2019, 8:33 pm
Gantz, Lapid at joint party launch: ‘Today we are changing the face of Israel’
Vowing to replace ‘divisive’ PM at first event of Blue and White alliance, ex-army chief reveals his mother, Yesh Atid chief’s father lived in same apartment building in Budapest
By TOI staff
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a gathering of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in Jerusalem on February 18, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 21, 2019, 6:47 pm
PM’s plan to run Jewish Home candidate on Likud slate faces legal appeals
MK Eli Ben Dahan named as the cross-over political candidate; petitioners say running one party’s lawmaker on another party’s ticket is a form of election fraud
By TOI staff
Police question a 15-year-old boy who helped his brother, 5, drive their parents' car. (Israel Police)
February 21, 2019, 5:54 pm
Police pull over car, find 5-year-old at the wheel
Officers discover pint-sized driver sitting on his 15-year-old brother’s lap, with teen saying he wanted to teach the child how to drive
By TOI staff
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