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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 11, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
November 18, 2018, 3:27 pm
After bitter debate, cabinet approves budget cut to raise cops’ salaries
Across-the-board budget cut of 1.35% will cover multi-billion-shekel cost of equalizing police, Prisons Service, Shin Bet and Mossad salaries to those of IDF soldiers
By TOI staff
From left, Gilad Erdan, Moshe Kahlon and Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on November 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 18, 2018, 6:22 am
Netanyahu set for last-gasp bid to save coalition as budget battle brews
Prime minister to meet treasury chief Kahlon late Sunday; proposal for across-the-board cuts to pay for police raises drawing fire from allies and opposition
By TOI staff
Border Police officers at the scene of a stabbing attack at a police station in Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on November 14, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 14, 2018, 10:59 pm
4 policemen lightly hurt in Jerusalem stabbing attack
Assailant shot, wounded while carrying out assault at entrance to police station in south of city; one of the officers apparently hurt by friendly fire
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Burning tires are seen on Route 34 at the entrance to the southern Israeli town of Sderot on November 14, 2018, during a protest over the government's handling of violence from the Gaza Strip. (Israel Police)
November 14, 2018, 9:33 pm
For second day, Israelis burn tires, block roads in south over Gaza violence
Demonstrators gather at entrances to Sderot and Ashkelon as criticism persists over ceasefire ending intense border flareup
By TOI staff
A man stands inside a house that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on November 13, 2018 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 3:29 pm
Residents of rocket-battered Ashkelon try to regain a sense of normalcy
Coastal city slowly comes back to life after overnight strike kills 1 and injures 13, but school is still off, and residents are staying near protected areas
By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress
An Israeli submarine sails during Independence Day celebrations marking 70 years since the founding of the state in 1948, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
November 8, 2018, 3:01 pm
Police recommend charging ex-Netanyahu lawyer, others in submarine bribery case
David Shimron among those accused of bribery, fraud and other charges in naval acquisitions scheme with German shipbuilder; PM’s former adviser Molcho cleared
By TOI staff
Ari Fuld, who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist outside a West Bank shopping mall on September 16, 2018. (Facebook)
November 7, 2018, 12:59 am
Terror victim Ari Fuld posthumously awarded medal for shooting his stabber
Border guards killed by Jordanian Arab Legion in 1954 also given police commendation as new information emerges about their actions
By Judah Ari Gross
A picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock shrine in the center, on December 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
November 4, 2018, 4:27 pm
Israeli security forces raid PA offices outside Jerusalem, sparking clashes
Israeli security forces attempt to confiscate computer equipment, according to official PA news site
By Adam Rasgon
Jerusalem police chief Moshe Edri at the scene of the pride parade stabbing in Jerusalem on July 30, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 2, 2018, 8:54 pm
LGBT rights groups slam choice of new Israel Police chief
Organizations criticize Moshe Edri over fatal stabbing of marcher Shira Banki, 16, at Jerusalem pride parade when he was the city’s top cop
By TOI staff
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (R) and then-Jerusalem police chief Moshe Edri (L), at a press conference at the Russian compound in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
November 2, 2018, 2:28 pm
Former Tel Aviv commander tapped as next Israel Police chief
Nomination of Moshe Edri comes after AG dismisses document containing ’embarrassing’ information about him and another candidate
By TOI staff
The Atar family, killed in a car crash near the Dead Sea on October 30, 2018. (Courtesy)
October 31, 2018, 2:01 pm
Driver held on suspicion of killing family of 8 while under influence
Suspect in death of Atar family to be held for 6 days as it comes to light he has record of more than 20 traffic offenses
By TOI staff
The Atar family, killed in a car crash near the Dead Sea on October 30, 2018. (Courtesy)
October 30, 2018, 11:31 pm
Driver arrested for suspected manslaughter after family of 8 killed
Suspect in head-on collision near the Dead Sea reportedly not cooperating with investigators; victims named as Atar family from Psagot settlement
By TOI staff
A police officer blocks media from entering the Old City, outside the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, July 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2018, 10:40 am
Foreign press group rejects police-proposed limits on coverage in public spaces
Regulations presented to Supreme Court amid legal battle for freedom of access to events are ‘too vague,’ allow arbitrary restrictions, journalists say
By Stuart Winer
A balloon carrying a suspected incendiary device is seen in Moshav Tarum near Beit Shemesh on October 27, 2018. (Israel Police)
October 27, 2018, 11:52 am
Suspected incendiary balloon lands in Jerusalem area community
Police sappers arrive at Moshav Tarum to inspect third suspicious device to land in capital or its environs in as many days
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of a police undercover agent posing online as a teenage girl to snare pedophiles. (Israel Police)
October 25, 2018, 6:23 pm
Policewoman, posing as teen, leads to arrest of 14 for online pedophilia
73-year-old man asks officer to meet her after school to give her a gift, is arrested en route by cops
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
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