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View of the settlement of Efrat, Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, July 31, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 12, 2026, 12:37 am
US embassy denies reported plan to open consular service branch in West Bank settlement
After Efrat settlement officials claim that American mission will set up a local ‘service station,’ embassy insists that reports of any office opening there are ‘incorrect’
By Nava Freiberg
View of Efrat and its surroundings on a winter day, in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank on January 18, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 17, 2025, 11:06 am
Watchdog says plans advancing for nearly 1,000 more settler homes in West Bank
Peace Now accuses government of operating ‘on steroids’ to establish facts on the ground even as hostages languish in captivity in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
Shmuel Greenberg, left, speaks to supporters at his election headquarters during the second round of Municipal Elections, in Beit Shemesh, March 10, 2024. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
March 11, 2024, 1:34 pm
Ultra-Orthodox retake Beit Shemesh, former Haifa mayor Yona Yahav returns to office
46.1% of eligible voters cast ballots in run-off elections across the country; right-wing candidate Matan Dil wins in Rehovot, former MK Oren Hazan trounced in Ariel
By Sam Sokol
A construction site in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 6, 2024, 2:46 pm
Israel greenlights plans for nearly 3,500 new settlement homes
Defense Ministry body approves projects to build 2,402 new homes in Ma’ale Adumim, 694 homes in Efrat and 330 homes in Keidar after record-breaking year of West Bank expansion
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School class of 2020 on a field trip. The three alumni who were killed while fighting in Gaza are circled in red. (courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 3:22 pm
A religious boys’ high school in Efrat grapples with war losses
Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School in Efrat has had three recent alumni from the same class fall in Gaza fighting, along with two parents of current students
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli volunteers, including dozens of teenagers, at work at Shuk Tzafon market in Tel Aviv making meals for Israeli soldiers and others in need, October 12, 2023. (Bar Mandel/JTA)
October 31, 2023, 3:34 pm
With adults off to war, Israeli teens are stepping up in their communities
Thousands have been organizing independently and through youth groups to volunteer to babysit, deliver art supplies to kids home from school and prepare food for soldiers
By Daniela Gribetz
Anti-judicial overhaul protesters in Maale Adumim. (Courtesy)
September 17, 2023, 3:41 pm
In the major West Bank settlements, anti-judicial overhaul rallies gather steam
Small but growing groups of protesters – many of whom are disillusioned with a government they voted for – take to the streets in some of the far-right’s strongholds
By Gavriel Fiske
Lucy and Leo Dee. (Courtesy)
April 17, 2023, 9:10 am
Leo Dee says he holds ‘no hatred’ for terrorists who killed wife, two daughters
Dee recounts how Palestinian friends from neighboring West Bank villages came to him in tears after news broke of deaths, notes one of organs donated by late wife went to Arab
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack, during a shiva visit to Efrat on April 16, 2023. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
April 16, 2023, 4:02 pm
‘They live on through you’: Netanyahu visits grieving Dee family at Efrat home
Rabbi Leo Dee tells PM he doesn’t regret for one moment moving to Israel; daughter Tali asks PM how he dealt with pain of the death of his brother Yoni in 1976 Entebbe raid
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
Rabbi Leo Dee (left) talks with OC Central Command Yehuda Fox at his home in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, April 14, 2023. (Efrat Municipality spokesperson)
April 15, 2023, 10:45 pm
Visiting grieving family, general vows to catch terrorists who killed mom, daughters
Week after deadly attack, Central Command chief says military failed in mission to protect women; Rabbi Leo Dee urges him not to put soldiers’ lives at risk for manhunt
By Michael Horovitz
Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen of the Yakar Jerusalem Center attends a prayer for unity near Knesset in Jerusalem on March 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor)
March 23, 2023, 3:19 pm
Between the court and the Knesset, overhaul critics and advocates pray for unity
Songs replace speeches at an unusual rally focused on healing the deepening political and societal rift
By Canaan Lidor
Israelis protest against the government's planned legal overhaul, in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, February 11, 2023. (Gershon Elinson /Flash90)
February 12, 2023, 8:05 pm
Over 70 local authorities urge dialogue before judicial overhaul pushed through
Among leaders of initiative are supporters of government’s plan to weaken legal system, who say they nevertheless see a need for discourse with opposition first
By ToI Staff
Protesters estimated by organizers to number 145,000 rally in central Tel Aviv, on February 11, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's far-right government. (Screenshot of drone footage; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
February 11, 2023, 10:15 pm
Tens of thousands rally against judicial overhaul; organizers claim over 200,000
Protest leaders say 145,000 rally in Tel Aviv, 83,000 in other cities; police allow demonstrators to march on Ayalon Highway
By ToI Staff
Protesters rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 4, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
February 11, 2023, 1:28 pm
Tens of thousands to rally Sat. night ahead of nationwide anti-overhaul strike Monday
Protest to be held in West Bank settlement for 1st time; demonstrators to march from Rothschild Boulevard to Kaplan Street at central Tel Aviv demonstration
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. A view of Haifa's Hadar Hacarmel neighborhood and downtown area in northern Israel, on May 28, 2022. (RnDmS via iStock by Getty Images)
January 27, 2023, 8:14 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
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