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Israeli journalist Dan Margalit speaks to students of the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut on December 13, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
October 18, 2018, 7:51 pm
Senior Israeli journalist resigns amid wave of sexual misconduct claims
Dan Margalit says he’s stepping away from ‘journalistic activities’ after his employer Haaretz reported accusations of assault, harassment against him
By TOI staff
Israeli journalist Dan Margalit in Tel Aviv, March 14, 2017 (Gideon Markowicz/POOL)
October 17, 2018, 12:51 pm
Six women accuse veteran Israeli journalist of sexual assault, harassment
Haaretz breaks report on allegations against Dan Margalit, an author and television host, who in the past was a top writer for the daily
By Stuart Winer
Likud MK Miki Zohar at an Interior Affairs Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2018, 9:13 pm
Israeli lawmaker proclaims supremacy of ‘Jewish race’
Likud’s MK Miki Zohar says Jews are the smartest in the world, so know Netanyahu isn’t corrupt
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen jailed for 15 years in Egypt on charges of spying, who was released from prison on December 10, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO, File)
December 11, 2015, 1:25 pm
When a win is not exactly a win
The release of a ‘spy’ held in Egypt for 15 years, an interception by an anti-ICBM rocket and a cancellation by Trump are all seen as successes. But maybe they aren’t
By Joshua Davidovich
President Reuven Rivlin (photo credit: Flash90)
October 24, 2014, 1:25 am
New president seeks to cure ‘epidemic’ of racism
‘Israeli society is sick, and it is our duty to treat this disease’ and ease tensions between Arabs and Jews, Rivlin tells academics
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt transit the Suez Canal, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2008. (US Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann)
September 9, 2013, 12:17 pm
Waiting for go
As Israel prepares for a US strike against Syria, there are leaks from the peace talks and Jean Valjean is used as a legal example
By Aaron Kalman
Hagai Felician (second from left), the prime suspect in the 2009 gay youth club shooting, at the Tel Aviv magistrate's court, on Thursday, June 6, 2013
June 12, 2013, 2:42 pm
Pride and prejudice
The release of more details in the gay club shooting attack shows off the rainbow of Israeli press coverage
By Joshua Davidovich
Danny Danon at his office in the Knesset. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2013, 12:20 pm
Amid uproar, deputy defense minister stands by rejection of two states
Opposition MK calls for Danny Danon’s dismissal, fellow coalition partners say they’ll bolt if Palestinian state off the table
By Ilan Ben Zion
Yaakov Peri (left) and Yair Lapid at the Knesset (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2013, 1:09 pm
VAT and Syria wars
The possibility of a military escalation with Syria, along with across-the-board criticism of Lapid, push the new IDF draft bill to the inner pages
By Aaron Kalman
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