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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

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Delegates to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, April 20, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 21, 2023, 1:16 am
Right-wing groups force voting delays at World Zionist Congress amid sparring over resolutions
Delegations move to slow passage of motions that criticize government’s judicial overhaul, support LGBTQ Jews; votes to take place online next week
By ToI Staff and Canaan Lidor
The International Convention Center, Binyanei Hauma, in Jerusalem, August 14, 2007. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 11, 2022, 10:37 pm
Iconic Jerusalem building saved from redevelopment plans
International Convention Center at entrance to capital was slated for near destruction under the NIS 1.8 billion Jerusalem City Entrance Project; ‘You don’t touch a historic icon’
By Ash Obel
Religious singer Bracha Jaffe sings only for women, and will appear February 23, 2022, at Jerusalem's ICC (Courtesy Bracha Jaffe)
February 13, 2022, 5:38 pm
Religious singer Bracha Jaffe books Jerusalem hall for women only
New York nurse by day, singer by night, this Orthodox performer only belts it out for the ladies
By Jessica Steinberg
Philadelphia Orchestra music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the final concert of the orchestra's Israel tour with body and soul (Courtesy Jan Regan)
June 7, 2018, 4:48 am
A triumphant coda to Philadelphia Orchestra’s much-debated visit to Israel
The trip, marked by a scattering of BDS protests, ends on a high note in Jerusalem with standing ovations at the final performance
By Jessica Steinberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks ay the annual Bible contest in Jerusalem on December 19, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
December 19, 2017, 9:05 pm
Netanyahu heckled at Bible quiz over arms sales to rights abusers
Protesters slam military assistance to murderous regimes, including Myanmar, interrupting Jerusalem event
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Eight of the nine winners of the 2017 Israel Prize pose at Jerusalem‘s International Convention Center on May 2, 20107. From left: Yosef Yarden, Arie Vardi, David Beeri, Nili Cohen (behind), Agnes Keleti, Naftali Bennett, Zvika Levy (in wheelchair), and Uri Shaked. Not shown: Yehuda Liebes and Malka Margalit. (Shlomi Amsalem)
May 3, 2017, 2:00 am
Nine outstanding Israelis awarded Israel Prize
Among recipients are father of lone soldiers, the man behind the renovated City of David and a former Olympic athlete
By Sue Surkes
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman (back) and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett (front) seen during a Knesset session on May 11, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 29, 2016, 8:48 pm
Liberman confirmation pushed off over Bennett ultimatum
Jewish Home leader threatening to topple Netanyahu government if his demands for security cabinet reform aren’t met
By Marissa Newman and Tamar Pileggi
Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel at their wedding at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, November 26, 2015. Litman's father and brother were murdered in a shooting attack on November 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 27, 2015, 12:44 am
Thousands from Israel, overseas at wedding of terror victim’s daughter
Some fly in following open public invite from bride Sarah Techiya Litman and groom Ariel Biegel; marriage held two weeks after Litman’s father and brother were murdered
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A frame from the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster 'Armageddon,' which tells the story of a team that lands on a massive asteroid to prevent it from destroying the earth (courtesy Touchstone Pictures)
August 24, 2015, 7:59 am
Mock trial in Israel to debate who pays when asteroid hits
International Court of Justice judges to attend event in Jerusalem focusing on legal aspects of a simulated space disaster
By ToI Staff
Workers at the opening ceremony of the tunnel along the route of the express train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, on October 6, 2014. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
October 6, 2014, 5:47 pm
Work begins on final tunnel for Jerusalem-Tel Aviv link
$1.9-billion project to begin operations at end of 2017 and carry passengers between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in 28 minutes
By Gavriel Fiske
The US Embassy in Tel Aviv (photo credit: Ori~/Wikimedia Commons/File)
January 24, 2014, 4:27 am
US official downplays al-Qaeda plot in Israel
Report cites unnamed official who describes as ‘aspirational’ uncovered plans to attack the US Embassy, convention center
By ToI Staff, AFP and AP
Illustrative: IDF soldiers boarding a train. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
June 26, 2013, 11:39 pm
Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in 28 minutes
Plans for high-speed train station in the capital revealed, ‘HaUma’ terminal will also serve as nuclear shelter
By Lazar Berman
President Shimon Peres. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
June 10, 2013, 1:32 pm
5th Presidential Conference to open in Jerusalem
Tony Blair, Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev among key guests
By Aaron Kalman
US President Barack Obama speaks to an audience of Israeli students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, March 2013. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 21, 2013, 6:42 pm
Full text of Obama’s speech in Jerusalem
President affirms Israel’s historical ties to land, pledges ‘you are not alone’; lambasts treatment of Palestinians
Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Barack Obama shaking hands at a meeting in the White House in March 2012 (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
March 6, 2013, 6:04 pm
Obama forgoes Knesset address
US president said to prefer a ‘politically neutral’ venue for his scheduled speech
By Philip Podolsky
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