March 8, 2014
6:03 am

A veiled woman walks in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.(photo credit: AP Photo/Aya Batrawy, File)

Saudi Arabia to found women-only town

Factory complex to employ only female workers in hopes of integrating them into kingdom’s industrial expansion

By Yifa Yaakov

March 5, 2014
4:55 pm

Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich (left) with Hatnua head Tzipi Livni, November 2012. Rarities at the helm. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Glass ceiling still firmly in place for Israeli women, state says

Reports find vast female underrepresentation in senior government positions, despite more education

By Yifa Yaakov

March 5, 2014
1:31 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Masada with producer Peter Greenberg during a whistle-stop 'Royal Tour' of Israel. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office)

Post-Oscars, PM unveils tourism TV show in Hollywood

Israel-focused episode produced by ‘Travel Detective’ Peter Greenberg expected to bring 200,000 more to Israel

By Yifa Yaakov

March 5, 2014
11:01 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to the cheering audience as he arrives to speak to the AIPAC meeting at the Washington Convention Center, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Washington. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Netanyahu ‘wasting time,’ PA says of AIPAC speech

Abbas spokesman: Israel avoiding ‘just and comprehensive’ peace deal by demanding recognition as Jewish state

By Yifa Yaakov and Elhanan Miller

March 5, 2014
9:11 am

US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel wave to spectators before Obama delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday June 19, 2013 (file photo credit: AP/Michael Kappeler)

Obama, Merkel mull international inspectors in Crimea

As tensions continue to escalate in Ukraine, leaders discuss initiating ‘direct contact’ between Kiev, Moscow

By Yifa Yaakov and AFP

March 4, 2014
12:28 pm

Illustrative photo of hashish (photo credit: CC BY SA Stan Dalone/Flickr)

‘Hash use rampant in Saudi soccer’

Ex-captain urges clubs to subject players to random testing, teach youth about harmful effects of abuse

By Yifa Yaakov

March 4, 2014
11:26 am

A Turkish Airlines flight (photo credit: CC BY-SA BriYYZ/Flickr/File)

Flight with 20 Israelis on board makes emergency landing in Iran

Turkish Airlines plane headed for India turns back, stops for 2 hours in Tehran after passenger feels unwell

By Yifa Yaakov

March 4, 2014
9:48 am

Syrian senior presidential advisor Buthaina Shaaban speaks to a Syrian TV reporter at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on January 26, 2014 Photo credit: (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

Assad aide: Israel sent undercover troops to Syria

In interview with Hezbollah-linked station, Buthaina Shaaban claims IDF officers physically present in Syria

By Yifa Yaakov

March 1, 2014
6:18 am

US special envoy to travel to Europe to discuss anti-Semitism

Ira Forman to visit London, Amsterdam, and The Hague to meet with Jewish and other leaders, promote interfaith engagement

By Yifa Yaakov

March 1, 2014
5:51 am

Syrian rebels chop off a man's hand in punishment for alleged theft. (photo credit: Twitter)

Syrian extremists live-tweet chopping man’s hand off

Graphic images show ‘thief’ restrained by militants as limb amputated ‘to cleanse his sins,’ in accordance with Islamic law

By Yifa Yaakov

February 22, 2014
6:41 am

The Kaaba in Mecca (photo credit: CC BY-SA Al Jazeera English, Flickr)

Muhammad’s birthplace to be razed

Bulldozers to demolish site steps away from Mecca’s Grand Mosque in multi-billion dollar redevelopment plan

By Yifa Yaakov

February 22, 2014
4:34 am

18-year-old moderately hurt in park stabbing

Youth knifed in Hod Hasharon, evacuated to hospital

By Yifa Yaakov

February 22, 2014
4:07 am

Iranian worshippers listen to a sermon during Friday prayers as an Iranian flag flutters at Tehran University in July 2012. Iranian Intelligence Minister, (file photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Top Iranian cleric warns of ‘crushing response’ to US strike

Iran’s ‘number one option,’ senior prayer leader tells Tehran crowd, is ‘Down with the US’

By Yifa Yaakov

February 21, 2014
6:17 am

Henry Cavill portrays Superman in 'Man of Steel.' (photo credit: AP/Warner Bros. Pictures, Clay Enos, File)

Hezbollah: Jews invented Hollywood to ‘take over the world’

Jews use skills and superheroes to hijack global culture through mass media, TV report claims, lamenting that ‘we don’t know how to do it’

By Yifa Yaakov

February 21, 2014
1:25 am

Protesters urge a boycott against Israel, in Melbourne, Australia, in 2010 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Jewish, Quaker groups launch BDS summer camp

Five-day ‘fun, comprehensive’ training program geared towards campus activists ‘inspired by divestment victories’

By Yifa Yaakov

Writer: Yifa Yaakov

Yifa Yaakov is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.

Saudi Arabia to found women-only town

Factory complex to employ only female workers in hopes of integrating them into kingdom’s industrial expansion

Glass ceiling still firmly in place for Israeli women, state says

Reports find vast female underrepresentation in senior government positions, despite more education

Post-Oscars, PM unveils tourism TV show in Hollywood

Israel-focused episode produced by ‘Travel Detective’ Peter Greenberg expected to bring 200,000 more to Israel

Netanyahu ‘wasting time,’ PA says of AIPAC speech

Abbas spokesman: Israel avoiding ‘just and comprehensive’ peace deal by demanding recognition as Jewish state

Obama, Merkel mull international inspectors in Crimea

As tensions continue to escalate in Ukraine, leaders discuss initiating ‘direct contact’ between Kiev, Moscow

‘Hash use rampant in Saudi soccer’

Ex-captain urges clubs to subject players to random testing, teach youth about harmful effects of abuse

Flight with 20 Israelis on board makes emergency landing in Iran

Turkish Airlines plane headed for India turns back, stops for 2 hours in Tehran after passenger feels unwell

Assad aide: Israel sent undercover troops to Syria

In interview with Hezbollah-linked station, Buthaina Shaaban claims IDF officers physically present in Syria

US special envoy to travel to Europe to discuss anti-Semitism

Ira Forman to visit London, Amsterdam, and The Hague to meet with Jewish and other leaders, promote interfaith engagement

Syrian extremists live-tweet chopping man’s hand off

Graphic images show ‘thief’ restrained by militants as limb amputated ‘to cleanse his sins,’ in accordance with Islamic law

Muhammad’s birthplace to be razed

Bulldozers to demolish site steps away from Mecca’s Grand Mosque in multi-billion dollar redevelopment plan

18-year-old moderately hurt in park stabbing

Youth knifed in Hod Hasharon, evacuated to hospital

Top Iranian cleric warns of ‘crushing response’ to US strike

Iran’s ‘number one option,’ senior prayer leader tells Tehran crowd, is ‘Down with the US’

Hezbollah: Jews invented Hollywood to ‘take over the world’

Jews use skills and superheroes to hijack global culture through mass media, TV report claims, lamenting that ‘we don’t know how to do it’

Jewish, Quaker groups launch BDS summer camp

Five-day ‘fun, comprehensive’ training program geared towards campus activists ‘inspired by divestment victories’

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