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Rasha Atamny, 31, from Baqa al-Gharbiyye, is Israel's first female Arab-Muslim diplomat. (Twitter)
April 5, 2017, 2:12 pm
Israel appoints its first female Muslim diplomat
Rasha Atamny, 31, from Baqa al-Gharbiya, will be heading to Turkey
By Dov Lieber
Middle Eastern refugees and IsraAID staff and volunteers at a picnic in a Berlin park, summer 2016. Hillel Zand is in the lower left corner. (Hillel Zand)
November 19, 2016, 11:18 pm
What Muslim refugees in Berlin taught me about being a mensch
Working with IsraAID in the German capital for a summer, an American college student learns from those fleeing Mideast carnage how to be a Jew, a Zionist and a human being
By Hillel Zand
Muslim women working on computers (illustrative photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
September 13, 2016, 10:15 am
Citi to help Israeli Arabs benefit from startup boom
$400,000 grant will create accelerators for entrepreneurs in Haifa and Jaffa, and beef up an existing one in Baqa al-Gharbiya
By Shoshanna Solomon
A view of the Northern Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth, on January 26, 2016 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
June 2, 2016, 12:17 pm
Arab Israeli Salafists take aim at sports and culture
Citing a strict interpretation of Sunni Islam, a growing movement is targeting Arabic-language films, theater and athletics
By Majeda El Batsh
Zaitoun Ventures cofounders Forsan Hussein (left) and Ami Dror (Courtesy)
January 31, 2016, 9:09 am
Why Jewish and Arab cofounders are good for business
Forsan Hussein and Ami Dror started Zaitoun Ventures a year and a half ago to back joint Jewish-Arab startups. Investors can't get enough
By Simona Weinglass
A Palestinian protester prepares to throw a firebomb during clashes with Israeli security forces in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, on October 9, 2015. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 10, 2015, 9:52 am
Palestinian killed in E. Jerusalem after shooting at troops
In Gaza, 7th man dies after border shooting; armed man shot while trying to enter settlement; riots continue in Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm
By TOI staff
Arab community leaders demonstrate against armed violence in their societies, Jerusalem, September 21, 2014. (photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)
September 21, 2014, 6:42 pm
Arab-Israeli leaders protest against plague of illegal arms
Unlicensed guns will eventually be directed at Jewish society, mayor warns as homicides spike in Arab towns
By Elhanan Miller
Members of the High Follow-up Committee and Arab MKs visit the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, October 2009 (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
July 7, 2014, 7:39 pm
Arab Israeli demonstrations expose political rift
While national Arab parties rile up the youth, mayors and local leaders try to calm things down
By Elhanan Miller
Palestinians clash with Israeli border police during clashes in Wadi Ara, northern Israel , July 5, 2014. (photo credit: Izik Barbi/Flash90)
July 6, 2014, 1:25 am
Rash of violent attacks on Jewish targets in Jerusalem
Clashes continue into night in capital, Galilee; woman attacked in Old City, Palestinians invade yeshiva; firefighters battle blaze sparked by firebomb
By TOI staff
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks with the press before entering the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, June 1, 2014. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash 90)
July 5, 2014, 12:32 pm
Liberman: Arab Israeli rioters’ place not in Israel
FM says clear message must be sent to 'those who enjoy Israeli citizenship but act like terrorists'
By TOI staff
Palestinian protesters stand amid smoke after Israeli forces fired tear gas during clashes in Shuafat, East Jerusalem on July 4, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP/ THOMAS COEX)
July 5, 2014, 10:37 am
Israelis attacked, car set on fire during riots in Arab Israeli towns
Police make 31 arrests following violent clashes in Taibe, Tira, Kalanswa and Baqa al-Gharbiya in protest of Palestinian teenager's death
By Yifa Yaakov and Itamar Sharon
Palestinians clash with Israeli border police during the funeral of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeirl in the Arab neighborhood of Shuafat, East Jerusalem on July 04, 2014. Photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
July 5, 2014, 2:21 am
East Jerusalem riots spread to Arab Israeli towns
As confrontations following slain teen's burial resume in capital late Friday, residents of Taibe, Tira and Baqa al-Gharbiya burn tires, hurl rocks at police
By Yifa Yaakov and Itamar Sharon
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, winner of the 2014 season of 'MasterChef' directed the A-Sham Food Festival in Haifa, taking place during Chanukah (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 8, 2014, 11:04 pm
A master chef steps into the limelight
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel joined Israel's premier cooking show to gain a platform for her dream: an Arab-Jewish culinary school
By Debra Kamin
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, winner of the 2014 season of 'MasterChef' directed the A-Sham Food Festival in Haifa, taking place during Chanukah (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 6, 2014, 6:48 pm
Microbiologist wins Israel’s ‘MasterChef’
Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, 33, who plans to open a Jewish-Arab culinary school
By JTA
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks to Israeli diplomats at a conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
January 10, 2014, 6:44 am
Liberman’s skilled, cynical ‘Triangle’ maneuver
Proposal to trade Arab-inhabited area with the Palestinians may be expedient for Yisrael Beytenu, but it comes at a huge social cost
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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