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A crop-dusting plane sprays a field in Israel's Negev Desert, Wednesday (Dror Garti/Flash90)
Soldiers mistakenly shoot Israeli crop-dusting plane, thinking it’s from Syria
By Judah Ari Gross
Troops operating on Golan Heights say they believed the aircraft had infiltrated Israeli airspace; IDF investigating the ‘serious incident’
David Horovitz
InterviewLapid: If there’s no clear election winner, Likud MKs will abandon Netanyahu
By David Horovitz
New immigrants from North America arrive on a special aliyah flight arranged by the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on August 14, 2019 (Flash90)
Leap of faith: New US immigrants hopeful, nervous, ready for adventure
By TOI staff
Nachmani 23, then and now (Courtesy Ronna Mink)
First personOld photo of iconic Tel Aviv hotel puts Buffalo bootlegger back in the picture
By Karen Chernick
A crop-dusting plane sprays a field in Israel's Negev Desert, Wednesday (Dror Garti/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 10:17 pm
Soldiers mistakenly shoot Israeli crop-dusting plane, thinking it’s from Syria
Troops operating on Golan Heights say they believed the aircraft had infiltrated Israeli airspace; IDF investigating the ‘serious incident’
By Judah Ari Gross
Yonatan Heilo is seen leaving the Sharon Prison on July 23, 2018.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 8:42 pm
Man freed after killing rapist to return to jail over parole violations
Yonatan Heilo released last year after serving 8 years of 12-year sentence; lawyer accuses state of failing to assist in his rehabilitation
By TOI staff
Soldiers of the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion prepare for a night hike during training, near the border with Egypt, September 3, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 8:07 pm
Netanyahu defends female troops after Smotrich blasts mixed-gender units
PM praises servicewomen as transportation minister claims men and women serving together weakens IDF
Foreign workers, their children and supporters take part in a protest against the deportation of the children of Filipino workers in Tel Aviv, on August 6, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 6:11 pm
Judge orders Filipino couple and 2 Israeli-born daughters kept in jail
No decision reached in appeal against deportation of family; dozens of friends of girls, aged 13 and 10, protest outside Tel Aviv court
By TOI staff
Justice Minister Amir Ohana at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 6, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 5:03 pm
High Court blocks appointment of new Justice Ministry director
Justice Mazuz says selection of Ophir Cohen violates attorney general’s guidelines and previous court ruling on powers of caretaker government
By TOI staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, on June 24, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 1:31 pm
Likud urges pollsters to classify saber-rattling settler Liberman a leftist
While liberal on social issues, the Yisrael Beytenu chief who on Tuesday signed a vote-sharing agreement with Blue and White champions hardline views on security
By TOI staff
The scene of a shooting in Pardes Hannah, August 21, 2019. (Magen David Adom)
August 21, 2019, 1:03 pm
2 men injured in drive-by shooting in Pardes Hannah
One in serious condition as search is underway for assailants; police say motive unknown but terrorism not suspected
By TOI staff
Avigdor Liberman meets with hardline Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach in Jerusalem in 2013. (Channel 12 screenshot)
August 21, 2019, 11:09 am
Liberman’s liberal credentials questioned over video with fundamentalist rabbi
Yisrael Beytenu chief accused of homophobia after TV airs 2013 clip of meeting with the late Shmuel Auerbach, in which the MK spoke out against gay pride parades
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Ecstasy pills (AP Photo/Isidoro Pitera')
August 21, 2019, 10:11 am
Israel seeks to beat PTSD with ‘ecstasy’ therapy
Health Ministry opens pilot program after study shows effectiveness of MDMA in treating post trauma, common among IDF veterans
By Jonah Mandel
Leaders of the Blue and White party, left to right, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya'alon at a press conference at party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2019, a day after the elections. (Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 9:47 am
Yesh Atid MK, staff member said behind media leaks within Blue and White
Gantz’s party denies newspaper report that intel group it hired has identified two moles within its ranks
By TOI staff
Soldiers pose on top of a tank during the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973. (Avi Simhoni/Bamahane/Defense Ministry Archives)
August 21, 2019, 8:40 am
Production begins on ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s most ambitious TV show ever
The eight-episode miniseries depicts the 1973 Yom Kippur War through the eyes of three young combatants
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 8:28 am
Mandelblit said committed to fighting any immunity bid by Netanyahu
Associates of AG tell Channel 13 he never discussed PM’s cases with Ayelet Shaked, after report she may have sought to influence his decision-making
By TOI staff
Matanyahu Englman (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem shortly after being nominated for state comptroller on June 3, 2019. (PMO/Twitter)
August 21, 2019, 6:51 am
Losing bite, friendlier state watchdog is accused of being Netanyahu’s poodle
New ombudsman under fire as he mulls axing anti-corruption unit, peppering audits with compliments, refraining from real-time criticism; this after shaking up key oversight panel
By Jacob Magid
Yisrael Goldstein, head of the KKL-JNF national workers' union. (Facebook)
August 21, 2019, 6:03 am
Head of KKL-JNF union calls on workers to join Likud ahead of elections
In ‘urgent’ request, Yisrael Goldstein tells employees that joining ruling party will help stave off potentially ‘devastating’ political decisions
By TOI staff
Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben Gvir (L) argues with Arab Israeli candidate Ata Abu Madighem after a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 14, 2019. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
August 20, 2019, 10:59 pm
Likud joins far-right appeal to bar Arab parties from running in election
9 members of ruling party, among them Netanyahu loyalist David Bitan, team up with Otzma Yehudit; Supreme Court expected to dismiss plea
By TOI staff
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