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A volunteer from the Purple Vest Mission moves a disabled man to a protected facility during Operation Roaring Lion. (Courtesy)
March 18, 2026, 9:59 am
‘We’re playing Russian roulette’: People with disabilities struggle to reach bomb shelters
Of the 600,000 severely disabled and elderly in Israel, about 40% — roughly 240,000 — cannot make it to safety as missiles fall from Iran and Lebanon, says Access Israel chairman
By Diana Bletter
Maayan Gabai, right, and Dr. Pieter Jan Van-Balen reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on January 28, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 28, 2025, 4:15 pm
The sky is no limit: Reserve soldier with cerebral palsy summits Mt. Kilimanjaro
Walking with crutches through the ice and snow, Maayan Gabai ascends Africa’s tallest mountain with a group of 30 Israelis, helps raise NIS 1 million for Shalva, a non-profit for people with disabilities
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of a woman on a wheelchair (Halfpoint; iStock by Getty Images)
December 9, 2022, 2:27 pm
Wheelchair-using pensioner to be jailed for 2 unpaid parking tickets
Gregory Cherkasky, 74, from Ashdod says he’d rather spend five days in prison than pay ‘unjustified’ fine
By ToI Staff
The five hearing and/or seeing impaired actors performing in the Nalagaat play 'It Could be a Man Standing in the Snow' by Emanuella Amichai, on December 6 and 13, 2022 (Courtesy Nalagaat)
December 1, 2022, 11:07 pm
Jaffa arts fest celebrates disabled artists with music, theater and more
Events at Nalagaat Center starting December 6 include a Rami Kleinstein performance in the dark, Agatha Christie thriller on headphones and five-person play
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of protesters with disabilities blocking a level-crossing, November 3, 2021. (Ynet)
November 3, 2021, 12:29 pm
Protesters with disabilities block railway lines in renewed rights campaign
Demonstrators gather at intersections in north, temporarily disrupt some services, vow more action in coming days unless demands are met
By ToI Staff
Disabled activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on July 25, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2021, 12:29 pm
Disabled activists block major highway ahead of state budget debate
Protesters have been demanding benefit boosts for handicapped and elderly for years; group warns there will be continued demonstrations if ‘demands are not met’
By ToI Staff
A staff member and a resident at the ADI Jerusalem facility for individuals with disabilities (courtesy of ADI Jerusalem)
January 11, 2021, 7:56 am
100 residents, 0 cases: How Jerusalem’s largest home for disabled dodged COVID
A rigorously sterile environment and other strict measures have helped ADI Jerusalem elude the pandemic, though staying safe has come at a cost of increased isolation
By Nathan Jeffay
Disabled Gazan couple Nihad Jarboa, 37, (L) and his wife Zeinab, 35, sit on their wheelchairs as clients try on cartoon-inspired costumes stitched by them, at their home in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 19, 2020. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
August 4, 2020, 9:01 am
Disabled Gaza couple make dolls, costumes to give their children ‘decent life’
Nihad and Zeinab Jarboa vow not to give up even as coronavirus crisis reduces their business by 75%
By AFP and ToI Staff
Denise Sherer Jacobson (left) and friends at Camp Jened (Courtesy of Denise Sherer Jacobson)
June 28, 2020, 4:58 am
How a hippie New York camp put rocket fuel in disability advocacy
Netflix documentary ‘Crip Camp’ charts how an inclusive 1960-70s summer camp in the Catskills shaped activists who are fighting for equality today amid the COVID-19 crisis
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Andrei Gurbanov, a chess player from Haifa who won second place in the May 2020 World Chess Championship for disabled players held online due to the coronavirus (Courtesy Lior Aizenberg)
June 26, 2020, 2:45 pm
Coronavirus creates online opportunity for disabled chess players
Games go online during the pandemic, making it easier to hold global competitions and play with just about anyone
By Jessica Steinberg
Activists block the Ayalon Highway near Tel Aviv on May 31, 2020, demanding increased stipends for people with disabilities. (Lavi Naor/courtesy)
May 31, 2020, 8:37 am
Activists briefly block Ayalon highway, demand benefit boost for disabled
With new government in place, protesters resume 2018 campaign for increased stipends
By ToI Staff
The Dome of the Rock is accessible to disabled travelers via ramp. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 21, 2019, 8:05 am
Holy rolling: Old City sites, lanes now accessible for travelers in wheelchairs
After a 9-year renovation project, disabled tourists can access most of Jerusalem’s famous attractions, and might find some surprises on the way
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Efraim Ben Baruch, a disabled man who died on July 26, 2019, after allegedly being beaten by his caregiver. (Courtesy)
July 26, 2019, 11:37 am
Disabled man dies after allegedly being beaten by caregiver
Police arrest 19-year-old employee suspected of murder after Efraim Ben Baruch succumbs to severe injuries suffered two weeks ago
By ToI Staff
Meretz parliament member Ilan Gilon at faction meeting in the Knesset, on May 28, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 6, 2018, 12:18 pm
Wheelchair-bound MK fires back after Likud lawmaker mocks his disability
Meretz’s Ilan Gilon says children should ‘feel very bad’ that Oren Hazan, who called him ‘half a human,’ is a member of Knesset
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of police in the Liberty Bell Park in Jerusalem, July 24, 2013. (Zuzana Janku/Flash90)
October 10, 2018, 12:19 pm
Homeless man who set himself on fire in Jerusalem dies of his injuries
Hospital says patient was treated for extensive burns in intensive care unit; circumstances and motive of self-immolation not clear
By ToI Staff
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