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Ali Hasarma. (Courtesy)
July 2, 2022, 12:37 am
Father shot dead while feeding daughter in northern Arab town
Ali Hasarma found bleeding out in his car in Ba’ana, becoming 49th Arab or Druze to be violently killed in Israel since start of 2022
By ToI Staff
Bassam Kablan, 40, who was shot to death at his building supply store in the Druze town of Beit Jann in northern Israel on July 1, 2022. (Courtesy)
July 1, 2022, 5:51 pm
Brother of former Beit Jann mayor shot to death
Bassam Kablan killed at work in a building supplies store, making him the 48th Arab or Druze homicide victim this year; second person seriously injured
By ToI Staff
Activists and supporters of the Druze community in Israel protest against the national-state law recently passed by the Knesset for its ostensible discrimination against the community, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on August 4, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 12, 2020, 11:50 am
Support for Joint List increased in all Druze villages but one, results show
Expert says election data indicates Arab alliance’s messaging against Jewish nation-state and Kaminitz laws resonated with some Druze
By Adam Rasgon
Druze men from the Golan Heights in traditional garb (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 10:01 am
Israel’s Druze honor the prophet Jethro in annual pilgrimage to ancient tomb
Holiday gives visitors a glimpse of secretive religion, and community’s ‘living bond’ with Israeli Jews
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Apparel industry workers and business owners protest in Tel Aviv, March 7, 2018 (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)
March 12, 2018, 11:33 am
The internet is killing Israel’s fashion industry. Should we care?
Hundreds of apparel workers and small business owners take to the streets to protest government policies they say favor e-commerce sites and Chinese sweatshops
By Simona Weinglass
People watch the start of the solar eclipse and raise their hands in prayer in an eclipse viewing event led by Native American elders, at Big Summit Prairie ranch in Oregon's Ochoco National Forest near the city of Mitchell on August 21, 2017. (Robyn Beck/AFP)
August 22, 2017, 4:20 pm
Sunny side up
Papers contrast the disappearance of the sun with a bright outlook celebrating excelling schools (though they still mind the gaps) and increased freedom for Gazans
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative photo of a minefield in northern Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
March 12, 2017, 5:16 pm
Food foragers stumble into minefield, decline army rescue
2 residents of Druze village on Golan Heights tell police they entered fenced area in search of edible plants
By ToI Staff
Students in Kiryat Sharet high school in Holon take their matriculation exams in mathematics, May 21, 2013. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
August 29, 2016, 9:33 pm
For second straight year, Druze town has top matriculation rate
Beit Jann comes first in key high school exam pass rates; ultra-Orthodox and poorer Arab communities record lowest test averages
By Tamar Pileggi
Staff Sgt. Hussam Tafesh,who was killed on July 17, 2016, when a grenade he was holding apparently discharged accidentally at an IDF base on the Golan Heights (via Facebook)
July 18, 2016, 12:45 pm
Hundreds attend funeral for Druze soldier killed by grenade
US-born Shlomo Rindenow, second victim in the accidental blast, to be buried later in the day
By Stuart Winer
A Likud member casts his vote in the party primaries in Jerusalem, December 31, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 24, 2015, 12:43 am
Likud to recount primaries votes, again
Both Hotovely and Dichter claim 20th slot on party list after improbable results discovered at several ballots
By ToI Staff
Tzipi Hotovely in the Knesset. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
January 5, 2015, 1:03 am
Likud primary recount still leaves Hotovely in the cold
Deputy minister remains 26th on party list, Dichter 20th; Danon, Levin move up, while Hanegbi drops three spots
By ToI Staff
A Likud member casts his vote in the party primaries in Jerusalem, December 31, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 4, 2015, 10:16 pm
Likud orders partial recount of primaries votes
MK Hotovely looks to move up as thousands of votes reevaluated, but move not expected to dramatically reshuffle list
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at the Knesset. (Photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 7, 2014, 8:50 pm
Ya’alon: Jewish visitors to Temple Mount ‘fueling fire’ of incitement
Defense minister joins FM, Sephardi chief rabbi in blasting rightist ministers, MKs for trips to flashpoint site
By ToI Staff
Economy Minister and Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett. (Photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash 90)
November 7, 2014, 4:42 pm
Rightist MKs hit back at Sephardi chief rabbi for Temple Mount visit ban
Bennett, Feiglin blast Yitzhak Yosef for saying trips by Jews to site provoked recent attacks by terrorists
By Itamar Sharon and ToI Staff
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during the funeral of Shalom Aharon Ba'adani, in Jerusalem on November 7, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 7, 2014, 12:39 pm
Jews must stop Temple Mount visits, Sephardi chief rabbi says
At funeral of teen killed in terror attack, Yitzhak Yosef says visits only further incitement and violence, blasts ‘fourth-rate rabbis’ who encourage them
By Itamar Sharon and ToI Staff
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