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Illustration: Israelis withdraw money from Bank Hapoalim cash machines. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US investment manager BlackRock says it holds 3% stake in Bank Hapoalim

By Shoshanna Solomon

Investor now considered a ‘significant stakeholder’ in the bank, according to Israeli regulation

Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.

Full list of victims

A Hasidic singer, a dozen boys and teens, a father of 11: All 45 Meron victims

Among those who died in the tragedy were 2 sets of brothers, children as young as 9, and visitors from abroad including 6 US citizens; identification complete after 2 days

A man weeps at the funeral of Rabbi Eliezer Goldberg, who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, in Jerusalem on Friday, April 30, 2021.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Times of Israel PodcastDaily Briefing May 2 – Anatomy of a disaster: What happened at Mount Meron?

Israeli investors can now trade on Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israel Securities Authority gives green light to Israeli market players to become members of the exchange and deal in precious metals, energy, equities and currencies

Illustrative image of the American and Israeli flags. (3dmitry; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel-US fund seeking proposals for clean-energy joint research

By Shoshanna Solomon

BIRD Energy to focus this year on AI, vehicles, natural gas and water technology

Heavy black smoke rises from Movaledan chemical factory in the vicinity of Qom, one of Iran’s prominent religious cities on May 2, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Huge blaze reported at Iranian chemical factory near Qom; cause unclear

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Fire injures at least 2; incident comes amid escalating tensions with Israel, which Tehran blamed for a blast at Natanz nuclear plant last month

Israeli soldiers wearing protective face masks walk on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on June 23, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

IDF says no active COVID cases among soldiers, in first since start of outbreak

By Judah Ari Gross

Military declares itself coronavirus-free as Health Ministry records only 13 daily cases nationwide, the lowest in nearly a year

This image provided by NASA shows Loay Elbasyouni, a Palestinian engineer who is part of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team on April 25, 2021. (NASA via AP)

From Gaza to Mars: Palestinian engineer behind helicopter flight on red planet

But Loay Elbasyouni, who grew up in Beit Hanoun before moving to US, says Israeli and Egyptian travel restrictions make visiting his hometown an even bigger challenge

At Mt. Meron their dancing turned into mourning

Like so many other righteous souls seeking healing and relief, my late father went every Lag B’Omer for 12 years following his cancer diagnosis

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