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Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets on their maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 22, 2018, 10:04 am
Israel the first in the world to conduct strikes with F-35 jet, army says
Showing picture of the aircraft over Beirut, air force chief reveals the stealth fighter was used in at least two operations
By Judah Ari Gross
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone visits the area of a blaze at Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in west London, on June 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS/File)
May 21, 2018, 8:53 pm
Livingstone, ex-London mayor who says Hitler was once a Zionist, quits UK Labour
Close ally of opposition party chief Jeremy Corbyn insists he abhors anti-Semitism, says he's sorry his 'historical argument' has caused 'offense and upset in the Jewish community'
By Agencies and TOI staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. (AFP/POOL/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 21, 2018, 7:45 pm
Netanyahu hails tough new US strategy on Iran as ‘the right policy’
PM urges other countries to follow in Washington's footsteps after Pompeo lays out steep demands for fresh nuclear pact, threatens 'strongest sanctions in history'
By Raphael Ahren, Eric Cortellessa and Agencies
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is interviewed by The Associated Press, in New York, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
May 21, 2018, 2:35 pm
Iranian FM dismisses Pompeo speech as a ‘sham’
Zarif says new US strategy on Iran 'repeats the same wrong choices and will thus reap the same ill rewards'
By Alexander Fulbright
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurate Paraguay's new embassy in Jerusalem, May 21, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 21, 2018, 1:04 pm
Paraguay becomes third country to open embassy in Jerusalem
'We have no better friends than you,' Netanyahu tells President Cartes; Palestinians slam 'provocative and irresponsible measure'
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Middle East historian Bernard Lewis at the Prime Minister's Office. (Government Press Office)
May 20, 2018, 9:41 pm
Netanyahu eulogizes Bernard Lewis as ‘great scholar, robust defender of Israel’
'Professor Lewis's wisdom will continue to guide us for years to come,' PM says, following death of influential Islam and Middle East historian
By TOI staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump addresses a meeting on prison reform at the White House on May 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
May 20, 2018, 8:05 pm
As election probe spreads to Israel, Trump protests ‘witch hunt’ has gone global
US president slams New York Times over report on son's meetings with an Israeli media specialist, Arab emissaries and a private military contractor ahead of 2016 election
By TOI staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a protest rally in Istanbul on May 18, 2018, against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
May 18, 2018, 9:06 pm
Erdogan likens Israeli ‘brutality’ in Gaza to Nazi murder of Jews
'There is no difference between the atrocity faced by the Jewish people in Europe 75 years ago and the brutality that our Gaza brothers are subjected to,' Turkish presidents says
By Ezzedine SAID
May 18, 2018, 5:29 pm
UN rights council approves probe into Israeli response to Gaza clashes
Smoke is seen following reports of explosions at Hama air base in Syria on May 18, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 18, 2018, 4:19 pm
11 said killed, dozens hurt in blasts at Syria’s Hama air base, cause unclear
Conflicting accounts emerge for what set off huge explosions at military airfield; Sky News Arabia reports attack on powerful Iranian air defenses, others say it was an accident
By Judah Ari Gross
An Iron Dome missile defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, is deployed in northern Israel on May 7, 2018. (Jalaa Mary/AFP)
May 17, 2018, 5:23 pm
Rocket sirens blare in Golan, Iron Dome set off in false alarm
Army confirms air defense battery launched a missile, denies reports it intercepted a drone over northern Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli flares illuminating the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 7, 2014. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
May 17, 2018, 1:33 am
IDF planes strike Hamas ‘terror targets’ in northern Gaza Strip
Army says military base and weapons factory targeted in response to shots fired from across border that hit nearby Israeli homes in Sderot
By TOI staff
Palestinian demonstrators burn tires near the Gaza-Israel border, east of Gaza City, on May 14, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
May 16, 2018, 4:59 pm
Hamas official: 50 of the 62 Gazans killed in border violence were our members
Salah Bardawil's confirmation means number of acknowledged members of terror groups who died on Monday and Tuesday is now 53
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
May 16, 2018, 4:32 pm
Hamas leader says 50 Gazans killed were members of group
Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Eitan Na'eh (L) holds his luggage at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on May 16, 2018, as he prepares to leave Turkey. (AFP Photo/DHA/Dogan News Agency)
May 16, 2018, 1:11 pm
Turkey, Israel humiliate each others’ envoys in escalating diplomatic tiff
Expelled Israeli ambassador undergoes strict security screening in Istanbul airport; in response, Israel inspects Turkish delegate's papers, dresses him down
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
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