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Tarek Issa, the founder of Lofic, a collaborative music platform (YouTube screenshot)
December 11, 2018, 5:31 pm
US, Israel hold first conference to boost Arab participation in tech sector
While Arab Israelis have become more integrated into the local tech ecosystem, they still hold just 3% of R&D jobs though they are some 20% of the population
By Shoshanna Solomon
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan attends a committee meeting in the Knesset, on July 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 9, 2018, 10:00 am
Public security minister launches fresh round of interviews for top cop position
After candidate Moshe Edri failed to pass a vetting committee, Erdan said to be frustrated at panel’s refusal to approve multiple candidates for him to choose from
By TOI staff
Then-Minister of Senior Citizens Gila Gamliel speaks during the weekly government conference at PM Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on December 30, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
December 6, 2018, 7:41 pm
Social equality minister calls for next police chief to be a woman
Gila Gamliel sends letter to PM urging ‘historic’ step, citing need for ‘different leadership’ after wave of sexual harassment cases within force
By Michael Bachner
Zionist Union MK Robert Tiviaev speaks in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, on August 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 29, 2018, 12:29 am
Zionist Union punishes absent MK after pensioner pay bill fails by single vote
MK Robert Tiviaev suspended from parliamentary duties for one month after skipping vote that ended up 57-56; MK Hilik Bar, in China, may also face discipline
By Stuart Winer
Police detectives brutally apprehend an Ethiopian Israeli high school student in Ashdod as his principal looks on. (Kan Public Broadcaster)
November 21, 2018, 1:06 am
Cops brutally detain Ethiopian Israeli high school student as principal watches
Police deny accusations of racism and brutality, say 15-year-old was actively resisting arrest; family accuses school head of frequently involving police in school issues
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on November 18, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 18, 2018, 11:21 pm
Opposition lawmakers berate Netanyahu for keeping defense portfolio
After PM lashes out at his coalition partners for mixing security and politics, Avi Gabbay and Tamar Zandberg accuse premier of doing just the same
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of activist Uzi Mushalem. (YouTube)
November 7, 2018, 11:56 pm
Minister seeks posthumous pardon for controversial ‘Yemenite children’ activist
Gila Gamliel asks President Rivlin to clear name of Uzi Mushalem, who campaigned to uncover the fate of thousands of infants allegedly kidnapped by state after arriving in country
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of Israeli students at the Hebrew University on the first day of the academic year, October 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2018, 11:47 pm
Israel offers free online course for local version of SATs
Each year, approximately 75,000 people take the test, with at least half of them paying about $2,000 for private preparatory courses
By JTA
Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem, March 25, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
August 28, 2018, 1:19 pm
Likud minister says there should be no religious political parties
Attacking her own ruling party’s coalition partners, Gila Gamliel says ‘politics is a matter of compromise and religion is simply unyielding’
By Michael Bachner
Oded Guez (handout via JTA)
June 18, 2018, 9:55 pm
In rare move, rabbinical court annuls marriage of woman refused divorce
Two years after Oded Guez fled rather than grant wife bill of divorce, Haifa court uses secret legal procedure to nullify the marriage retroactively
By David Sedley
Illustrative image of digital health technology (chombosan; iStock by Getty Images)
June 11, 2018, 4:32 pm
Israel kicks off plan for startups to try out tech at health organizations
Program is part of a NIS 1 billion National Digital Health plan that aims to make Israel a global leader in digital health technologies
By Shoshanna Solomon
Arab students working on a project at Moona, a nonprofit technology incubator in the Galilee that aims to build bridges between Israeli Jews and Arab youth through space technologies (Courtesy)
April 26, 2018, 9:20 am
Israel earmarks NIS 20 million for new tech parks in Arab towns
Knesset committee for Arab affairs green-lights setting up a 2-year plan to boost Arab high-tech employment in bid to close income gap
By Shoshanna Solomon
Likud MK Sharren Haskel arrives for a court hearing at the Court of the Likud Movement in Tel Aviv on January 8, 2018. (Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 7:27 pm
Likud court rejects bid to oust MK over opposition to Shabbat bill
Judges urge Sharren Haskel to reconsider vote, but slam coalition chairman Amsalem for seeking to expel her from party
By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK David Amsalem during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on January 8, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 5:48 pm
Ahead of Shabbat bill ballot, Netanyahu says a ‘no’ vote betrays coalition
Opposition plans 14-hour filibuster on controversial proposal, as coalition heads into vote with just 59 MKs backing legislation
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
MK Motti Yogev at a meeting of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, June 14, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 10:33 am
Shabbat bill threatened as death of MK’s mother shakes coalition majority
For second week, bereaved Knesset member complicates math needed for government to secure final approval of controversial measure to shutter stores on Jewish day of rest
By Raoul Wootliff
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