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Reuma Weizman, wife of Israel's then-president Ezer Weizman, during a special session of the Knesset on October 27, 1994 in Jerusalem. (AP/Joe Marquette)
April 15, 2025, 7:41 am
Eyewitness to history and former first lady, Reuma Weizman dies age 99
Post-WWII, the humanitarian aided orphaned Holocaust survivor children in Germany and later leveraged her position to open the President’s Residence for underprivileged Israelis
By Amy Spiro
Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar (left) and Ashdod Mayor Yehiel Lasri unveil a memorial for the IAF's first-ever strike mission 75 years ago, at the Ad Halom Park near Ashdod, May 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2023, 4:11 am
Successful but scrappy: Air Force marks 75 years since its 1st-ever strike mission
Surprise attack on Egyptian convoy marching toward Tel Aviv is thought to have changed the course of War of Independence in 1948, despite not hitting its target
By Emanuel Fabian
Retired Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein, near his office in the Supreme Court building (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 5, 2018, 6:45 am
Israel can trust Mandelblit, says last AG to tackle alleged graft by Netanyahu
‘Of course there is more caution’ when a PM is being investigated, says Elyakim Rubinstein. But the bottom line: It’s all about the evidence
By David Horovitz
President Reuven Rivlin attends the inauguration of a museum dedicated to the Jewish victims of a 1929 massacre in Hebron, February 2, 2015. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO)
February 2, 2015, 9:23 pm
Settlers, protesters scuffle as president makes rare Hebron visit
Rivlin calls for national unity while inaugurating new museum in memory of 1929 massacre victims in flashpoint West Bank city
By Stuart Winer
Female graduates of the IAF's 163rd flight school course (photo credit: IDF Flickr/CC BY-NC)
December 28, 2014, 8:58 pm
38 female IAF pilots shatter the glass firmament
Twenty years after Miller vs Defense Ministry, a once-reluctant Israeli Air Force wants more women in the cockpit
By Mitch Ginsburg
An Iron Dome missile defense battery set up near the southern Israeli town of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 16, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 17, 2014, 8:47 pm
The tragic self-delusion behind the Hamas war
In the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, weakness is power, and power — well, it’s complicated
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Assi Dayan, in 2013, still working, staging, directing (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
May 1, 2014, 1:02 pm
The brash matinee idol who treated life as a metaphor
Assi Dayan, the son of a revered general, wanted to show that Israel was more than just ‘grapefruit and soldiers’
By Jessica Steinberg
President Shimon Peres raises a toast at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem, on August 14, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 12, 2014, 6:33 pm
Peres’s residence cost over NIS 57 million in 2013
Presidential home spends NIS 8 million on diplomatic visits, NIS 5.6 million on security guards
By Adiv Sterman
Israeli president Ezer Weizman shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Johannesburg, while South African president Nelson Mandela looks on, May 9, 1994. (photo credit: Yaacov Sa'ar/GPO)
December 6, 2013, 1:54 am
Nelson Mandela was close to Jews, resolutely loyal to Palestinians
Late South African leader had strong friendships with many in the Jewish world, but never forgot his allegiance to the PLO — or Israel’s support for the apartheid regime
By Raphael Ahren
Floor mosaic from church or monastery 5-6 centuries CE with inscription in Greek, IDC Herzliya (photo: courtesy Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 1, 2012, 6:26 am
Digging deep: archaeology for everyone
From ancient Egyptian scarabs to lost British pennies, the Antiquities Authority has a million artifacts in storerooms that are bursting at the seams. Here’s where to see some of the most intriguing
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
President Shimon Peres, right, announced the winners of the first Presidential Award of Distinction earlier this year. Left is former president Yitzhak Navon (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
August 21, 2012, 1:27 pm
Did Shimon ‘we can’t go it alone on Iran’ Peres shatter presidents’ precedent?
Israel’s head of state has been slammed for opposing the PM’s Iran plan. But not all presidents have been content with shaking hands and giving out medals
By Raphael Ahren
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