Eitay Mack

President Rodrigo Duterte, right, reviews the police under a sudden downpour to mark the 117th Philippine National Police Service anniversary at Camp Crame in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. Wednesday, August 8, 2018. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

August 31, 2018, 5:47 am

Visit by controversial Philippines strongman sparks ire in Israel

Some wonder why Jerusalem wants to forge a closer bond and sell arms to Rodrigo Duterte, known for poor human rights record and past self-comparison to Hitler

By Charles Dunst

African migrants gather during a protest outside the Knesset in the Rose Garden in Jerusalem on January 26, 2017. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

April 5, 2018, 1:56 pm

Israel says ‘highly probable’ African migrants will be deported to Uganda

In documents submitted to court, state says special envoy has reported back that deal is possible, though more time needed to hammer out details

By TOI staff

Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett (R) with Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked during a plenum session on November 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 4, 2018, 10:30 pm

Jewish Home vows to advance bill sidestepping High Court on deportations

Legislation, to be pushed ahead next week, will include a clause preventing the top legal body from striking down parts of proposal

By TOI staff

African asylum seekers and Israeli activists protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, against their deportation, on April 3, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 4, 2018, 7:32 pm

Israel frees dozens of jailed asylum seekers after Rwanda deportations axed

Hundreds more expected to be released from desert prison if deal with unnamed country, believed to be Uganda, collapses as well

By TOI staff

A Rohingya refugee carries an elderly woman toward a makeshift shelter at Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia, October 26, 2017. (AFP/Tauseef MUSTAFA)

November 1, 2017, 1:07 pm

Amid uproar, Israel halts arms sales to Myanmar — report

Sources tell Intelligence Online magazine that Avigdor Liberman has blocked defense exports to Asian nation accused of ethnic cleansing

By Judah Ari Gross

Rohingya Muslim refugees making their way into Bangladesh from Myanmar on September 7, 2017. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

September 28, 2017, 6:14 pm

After court’s gagged ruling on arms sales to Myanmar, activists call for protest

As hundreds of thousands displaced by violence in south Asian country, and Israeli government demands weapons exports be kept secret, Myanmar’s own military boasts of its purchases

By Judah Ari Gross

Luai Abed (right) stands in front of a portrait photograph of himself at an exhibition of works by photo journalist Tali Mayer, who, herself, was wounded by a black sponge bullet in 2014 while covering a demonstration. (Ido Grumer)

September 28, 2017, 1:36 pm

Setting precedent, East Jerusalem man shot by police recognized as terror victim

Dozens more injured Palestinians expected to claim disability benefits after case of Luai Abed, who lost an eye to sponge-coated plastic bullet

By Sue Surkes

Rohingya Muslim refugees carry food distributed by the Bangladeshi army at the Balukhali refugee camp near Gumdhum on September 26, 2017. (AFP/Dominique Faget)

September 26, 2017, 7:55 pm

Amid genocide allegations, Israel mum on halting arms sales to Myanmar

High Court hears request to halt weapons exports to the Asian nation, but its ruling will be under gag order

By Judah Ari Gross

Thousands of young Jewish boys wave Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day, dancing and marching their way through Damascus Gate on the way to the Western Wall of Jerusalem's Old City, June 5, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

May 8, 2017, 10:09 pm

Left-wing group calls for Jerusalem Day march to avoid Muslim Quarter

Israeli revelers will be allowed to go through Arab neighborhood, but under strict time limits out of respect for Ramadan

By Judah Ari Gross

South Sudanese government forces ride on a vehicle, January 12, 2014. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin, File)

September 23, 2016, 7:23 am

High Court hears arguments against spy tech sales to South Sudan

Meretz MK Zandberg behind case to prevent Israeli ‘surveillance weapons’ from being used against political dissidents; details of the trial under gag order

By Judah Ari Gross

In this file photo taken April 14, 2016, government soldiers follow orders to raise their guns during a military parade in Juba, South Sudan. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch, File)

September 10, 2016, 5:49 pm

Israel’s role in South Sudan under scrutiny amid violence

Critics say Netanyahu’s forging of new ties with African countries disregards human rights records of those allies

By Tia Goldenberg and JUSTIN LYNCH

Former defense minister Ehud Barak visits a Rafael Advanced Defense Systems production plant on November 27, 2012. (Alon Bason/Defense Ministry/Flash90)

June 15, 2016, 6:51 am

Likud, Meretz MKs team up to stop arms sales to human rights violators

Politicians from almost every party join Tamar Zandberg, Yehuda Glick on proposal to limit defense exports

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Thousands of Israeli wave the national flag as they celebrate Jerusalem Day, dancing and marching their way through Damascus Gate to the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 17, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 5, 2016, 1:28 pm

Court rejects petition to keep marchers out of Muslim Quarter

Jerusalem Day revelers will be allowed to go through Arab area, but under strict time limits out of respect for Ramadan

By Judah Ari Gross

A young Rwandan girl walks through Nyaza cemetery outside Kigali, Rwanda, on Monday November 25, 1996, where thousands of victims of the 1994 genocide are buried (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

April 12, 2016, 8:35 pm

Records of Israeli arms sales during Rwandan genocide to remain sealed

Supreme Court denies attorney’s petition to reveal defense exports to the African country, citing risk to national security, foreign relations

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli youth chant outside an Arab store in the Old City during Jerusalem Day's 'flag march,' May 21, 2009. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

May 11, 2015, 8:56 pm

High Court okays Jerusalem Day march through Muslim Quarter

Judges warn that participants shouting anti-Arab slogans or engaging in nationalistic violence could face charges

By Tamar Pileggi