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Labor leader Amir Peretz, center, with Vegan Friendly founder and CEO Omri Paz, right, and lobbyist Anna Nemkov, left. (Courtesy/Zman Yisrael)
September 1, 2019, 5:18 am
Vegan animal lovers uncage political aspirations ahead of Israeli elections
Thousands have joined political parties in time for September 17 vote, aiming to leverage the animal rights community’s growing social presence into political power that bites
By Anabel Zamir
Footage posted by the Israel Against Live Shipments animal rights group on June 13 shows what the group says are workers beating and shocking cow with electric prodders as they disembark from an Australian ship in Eilat. (Facebook screenshot)
June 15, 2019, 6:19 pm
Dozens of cows perish in hot, crowded live transport ship to Israel
Rights advocates call practice ‘shocking and disturbing’ after video emerges of workers unloading surviving animals with electric prodders
By TOI staff
A cow carcass washes up to the shore of the Jaffa dog beach on June 9, 2019. (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 9, 2019, 7:58 pm
For second time in a week, cow carcass washes up on Tel Aviv area beach
Onlookers in Jaffa say they first thought calf was a human being and rushed to move it to shore before realizing it was a long-dead animal
By TOI staff and Sue Surkes
Members of Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Center release an injured, pregnant turtle on May 26, 2019, after it was rescued on May 23, while in distress far from shore. (Channel 11 screen capture)
May 26, 2019, 8:54 pm
Ultrasound surprise: Injured turtle found to be pregnant
Imaging scan of turtle found off northern coast reveals crack in shell is not as serious as her need to give birth, so she is treated and released to lay her eggs
By TOI staff
Lionesses rest in an enclosure on April 10, 2019, at the Al Ma'wa For Nature and Wildlife in Jerash, Jordan. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 20, 2019, 11:18 am
Animals traumatized by Mideast conflicts find safe haven in Jordan
Dozens of bears and lions rescued from zoos in war-torn Syria, Iraq and the Gaza Strip undergo rehabilitation at Jerash wildlife sanctuary
By Mussa Hattar
A sedated lioness is pictured in a cage at a zoo in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during the evacuation by members of the international animal welfare charity 'Four Paws' of animals from the Palestinian enclave to relocate to sanctuaries in Jordan, on April 7, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
April 7, 2019, 6:00 pm
Animal welfare group evacuates 40 animals from Gaza zoo
Lions, foxes, monkeys, and pelicans among animals rescued by ‘Four Paws’ group, to be resettled in Jordan and Africa
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a Mimouna celebration in Or Akiva on April 11, 2015. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
March 7, 2019, 11:13 pm
Netanyahus moving toward vegetarianism, Likud MK says
Sharren Haskel lauds PM’s food choices; vegan Miki Haimovitch, Blue and White party’s top female candidate, tells rights conference she’s eyeing environmental ministry
By Sue Surkes
A sample of the offerings at Meshuggah Bagels in Kansas City. (Victor Wishna/JTA)
December 7, 2018, 9:03 pm
PETA: ‘Bring home the bagel’ — not the bacon
Activist animal rights group suggests list of animal- and fauna-friendly alternatives to common idioms
By JTA
Rolene Marks
July 17, 2018, 1:41 pm
Rolene Marks
You can hate Israel and be kind to animals
Animal lovers, take note: using a majestic falcon as an incendiary device is cruel and unusual
Undated image of sheep bound for the meat industries of the Middle East from Australia are so overcrowded that they are forced to stand, covered in excrement, for the more than three week journey by sea. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)
April 9, 2018, 12:53 am
Public security minister calls for halt to ‘cruel’ long haul animal shipments
Gilad Erdan slams supervision on international shipments after Australian group uncovers overcrowding, filth and suffering on livestock vessels bound for Middle East
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A ritually slaughtered lamb being delivered to a halal butcher shop in The Hague, Netherlands, December 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
March 21, 2018, 7:45 am
Dutch animal welfare party proposes ban on ritual slaughter
Backed by liberals and nationalists alike, measure would overturn agreements with Jewish and Muslim communities to allow kosher and halal meat production
By JTA
Knesset lawmakers tuck into vegan alternatives to their meat and dairy favorites in support of annual Animal Rights Day. Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), who hosted the feast, stands at the end of the table next to the chefs, February 6, 2018. (Anonymous for Animal Rights).
February 6, 2018, 3:45 pm
Lawmakers go vegan for the day to support animal rights
Annual Knesset Animal Rights Day organized by cross-party group includes committee discussions and virtual reality experiences of livestock life and abuse
By Sue Surkes
Israeli animal activists join together on December 10, 2017, to remember International Animal Rights Day (Courtesy Drone Imagebank)
December 11, 2017, 1:26 pm
Animal lovers channel their favorite pet in heartfelt video
In honor of International Animal Rights Day, Israeli activists learn new tricks
By Jessica Steinberg
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over the heads of his family members as they perform the Kaparot ceremony in the Jewish neighbourhood of Beit Shemesh west of Jerusalem on September 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
September 29, 2017, 12:49 pm
6 activists hurt protesting Yom Kippur chicken twirling ritual
Residents in the city of Hadera hurl rocks, fire extinguisher at demonstrators
By JTA
Israeli animal rights activists take part in a protest for animal rights in Tel Aviv on September 9, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 10, 2017, 3:04 am
Thousands rally for animal rights at Tel Aviv demonstration
Protesters hold up signs decrying transports of livestock to Israel for slaughter, experimentation on animals
By TOI staff
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