Eid al-Fitr

A Palestinian vendor displays food, including pickled vegetables and olives, in preparation for Ramadan at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Majdi Mohammed)

July 8, 2019, 8:53 am

PA tax dispute with Israel leaves its employees struggling with slashed salaries

Palestinian finance minister says Ramallah has found itself in ‘a dangerous financial position,’ but partial solution may be on the horizon

By Adam Rasgon

President Reuven Rivlin (L) greets people paying their respects to his wife during the traditional Shiva mourning period. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

June 7, 2019, 9:13 pm

Rivlin thanks public for ‘tides of love and warmth’ following wife’s passing

President says Israeli people’s ‘prayers, hopes and well-wishes’ gave the family strength during painful days after Nechama’s death

By TOI staff

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the State funeral for late former President Shimo Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 30, 2016. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

June 6, 2019, 8:27 pm

Abbas calls Rivlin to offer condolences on wife’s passing

Hamas accuses PA leader of stabbing Palestinians in the back by offering message to Israeli president following death of Nechama Rivlin

By Adam Rasgon

Palestinian Authority security forces surrounding who appears to be a supporter of Hizb al-Tahrir in Hebron on June 4, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)

June 4, 2019, 8:59 pm

PA stops Islamist group from performing holiday prayers in Hebron mosque

Crackdown comes as Hizb al-Tahrir supporters mark Eid al-Fitr on Monday, contradicting PA-appointed grand mufti of Jerusalem; social media pictures appear to show use of force

By Adam Rasgon

Palestinian protesters holds ballons and kites before loading them with flammable material to be flown towards Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

June 16, 2018, 8:27 pm

Three said hurt as IAF aircraft fires at Gazans launching flaming balloons

Palestinian incendiary devices cause at least 15 fires inside Israel, destroying hundreds of acres

By TOI staff

File: Israeli firefighters battle a blaze in a field in southern Israel caused by kites flown by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 16, 2018, 2:15 pm

Incendiary kites, balloons hit Gaza periphery, sparking fires

Firefighters battle blazes near Sderot, Kisufim; one fire raging near a military post

By TOI staff

Children and residents of Kibbutz Nir Am release balloons carrying candy towards the Gaza Strip on June 15, 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot TV News)

June 15, 2018, 8:01 pm

Israeli children counter flaming kites with peace balloons

Hamas threats to send 5,000 flaming devices from Gaza toward Israel fail to materialize, with residents focused on Eid al-Fitr and World Cup games

By TOI staff

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, leading the Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on June 15, 2018. (Iranian Supreme Leader's Website/AFP)

June 15, 2018, 2:14 pm

Khamenei: Israel will soon perish, Palestinians should vote on ‘right of return’

Iran’s supreme leader says the main problem with the ‘Zionist regime’ is its ‘fundamental illegitimacy’

By TOI staff and Agencies

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, January 2, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

June 15, 2018, 11:10 am

Iran leaders focus on Palestinians in Eid messages to nation

Khamenei praises citizens for participating in anti-Israel rallies; Rouhani says he believes ‘Palestine will be returned to owners of the land’

By Agencies and TOI staff

Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (3rd-L) attends morning prayers during the first day of the celebrations of Eid al-Fitr, at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza city on June 15, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

June 15, 2018, 11:01 am

Hamas leader joins thousands of Palestinians at fresh Gaza border protest

Israeli sappers defuse booby-trapped balloon in south; terror group threatens to send 5,000 flaming kites, balloons into Israeli territory

By Michael Bachner, Judah Ari Gross and Agencies

File: Masked Palestinians prepare balloons loaded with flammable material to be flown toward Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

June 14, 2018, 10:57 pm

IDF said to mull shooting Gazans preparing fire kites

After warning shots appear to fail to dissuade use of incendiary devices, army reportedly looking into actually targeting suspects

By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative image of a kite with a Molotov cocktail prepared to be flown by Palestinians during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Gaza Israeli border east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 20, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

June 14, 2018, 6:09 pm

Hamas threatens to launch 5,000 fire kites, balloons Friday

Terror group prepares for fresh protests on Gaza border, warns Israeli communities will ‘live under a siege of kites’

By Michael Bachner and Judah Ari Gross

Incendiary balloons being launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip in May 2018. (Screen capture: Quds news)

June 14, 2018, 5:13 pm

IDF fires warning shot at Gazans preparing ‘fire balloons’, launches airstrike

Palestinians say missile launched by Israeli drone caused no injuries, in second such incident in less than a day

By Judah Ari Gross

A new festive series of 2017 Canadian stamps features Hanukkah, Eid, and Diwali. (courtesy)

November 21, 2017, 12:17 pm

Canada Post introduces its first Hanukkah stamp

With bold geometric design, stamp dedicated to the Jewish Festival of Lights joins others honoring Eid and Diwali in highlighting country’s religious diversity

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Turkish riot police officers block an access to Istiklal Avenue to prevent LGBT rights activists from going ahead with a Gay Pride annual parade on June 25, 2017, in Istanbul, a day after it was banned by the city governor's office. (AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)

June 25, 2017, 7:43 pm

Turkish police disperse Gay Pride march, fire rubber bullets

At least 22 arrested as Istanbul LGBT activists try to press ahead with event, despite threats and ban from authorities

By Fulya Ozerkan