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Pichayapa 'Namsai' Natha of Thai pop group BNK48 tearfully apologizes for wearing swastika T-shirt, January 26, 2019 (Screen grab via Instagram)
January 27, 2019, 10:24 am
Thai pop idol tearfully apologizes for Nazi swastika T-shirt
Namsai of BNK48 vows not to repeat the mistake after drawing outrage for wearing shirt in televised performance; star to meet with Israel’s ambassador on Holocaust Remembrance Day
By AFP
Eyal Bokal (L) and Dolev Zuarez sit while in Thai police custody on January 22, 2018. (Screen capture/Hadashot news)
August 20, 2018, 5:52 pm
Israelis sentenced to 25 years in Thai prison for killing underworld rival
Pair avoid death sentence after confessing to murder of Netanya crime boss Maor Malul on resort island of Koh Samui
By TOI staff
Thai soldiers drag water pipes used to pump water out a cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped in northern Thailand, July 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
July 7, 2018, 2:02 pm
Ambassador to Thailand visits flooded cave site to offer Israeli assistance
Envoy Meir Shlomo says Netanyahu has asked him ‘to see how Israel can help its friend Thailand’; leader of rescue effort says conditions ‘perfect’ for evacuation of trapped boys
By TOI staff and AFP
In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Thai Navy Seal, Thai boys are with Navy SEALs inside the cave, Mae Sai, northern Thailand. (Thai Navy Seal via AP)
July 4, 2018, 5:29 am
Israeli rescuer predicts Thai cave rescue will take week as new video emerges
Clip shows group laughing and in good health; authorities say waiting for cave to drain could take months, but youths trapped for nine days can’t swim
By TOI staff and AFP
Thai police guard the entrance to a cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
July 1, 2018, 12:35 pm
Israelis join week-long operation to rescue 12 boys trapped in Thailand cave
Yuval Zalmanov, who flew out last Monday, says some rescue divers feared dead after trying to cross clogged passageway
By Michael Bachner and AP
Illustrative: A Thai police officers stand guard outside a courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
June 9, 2018, 9:41 pm
Israeli suspected of stabbing Australian who touched his girlfriend in Thai club
Footage captured in night club shows man with a knife attacking the Australian after he pinched his girlfriend’s backside
By TOI staff
Israeli Shimon Biton (r), convicted of murder of another Israeli, Eliyahu Cohen, in Bangkok, Thailand on November 12, 2016. (Screen capture: Walla News)
December 1, 2017, 1:09 pm
Israeli sentenced to death in Thailand for murdering fellow expat
Shimon Biton, a former police informant, admitted to killing 62-year-old Eliyahu Cohen and burying his body under concrete
By TOI staff
Thailand 's new king Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun pays his respects to a portrait of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Thai Queen Sirikit at the Dusit Palace Thursday, December 1, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Bureau of the Royal Household via AP)
December 1, 2016, 8:27 pm
Vajiralongkorn crowned Thailand’s new king
Crown Prince sworn in as monarch in ceremony at royal palace, succeeding his father who ruled for seven decades
By Aidan JONES and Boonradom CHITRADON
Evening view of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 12, 2016, 11:25 am
Israeli former policeman murdered, buried in concrete in Thailand
Bangkok police arrest two other Israelis, a father and son, in connection with the killing
By TOI staff
Evening view of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 29, 2016, 8:56 pm
Israeli arrested in Bangkok drugs raid
Suspect owns guesthouse in Thai capital that was targeted in police bust in which 20 people were detained
By TOI staff
A woman holds an image of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej as she waits in a queue to pay her respects at the Grand Palace in Bangkok on October 14, 2016. (AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)
October 14, 2016, 1:17 pm
Israel sends condolences to Thailand over king’s death
Foreign Ministry asks visiting Israelis to show ‘understanding, restraint and patience’ during time of sensitivity in Asian nation
By TOI staff and AP
Thai rescue workers carry an injured person after a bomb exploded outside a religious shrine in central Bangkok late on August 17, 2015. (AFP Photo/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
August 17, 2015, 4:25 pm
18 confirmed killed as bomb rocks central Bangkok
Devastating blast goes off outside popular shrine in downtown district; Jerusalem: No Israeli casualties reported
By AFP, AP and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of Thai soldiers, May 20, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand (photo credit: AP /Apichart Weerawong)
May 9, 2015, 12:10 pm
In bizarre mix-up, 9 Israeli businessmen briefly detained by Thai army
Sales team arrested at police station after soldiers mistakenly claim they don’t have licenses for product they’re pitching to cops
By AFP
This picture taken on December 2, 2014, shows Thai female students standing in lines as they sing the national anthem in the courtyard of the Satriwithaya school in downtown Bangkok at the start of their school day. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT)
December 10, 2014, 4:44 pm
Hitler appears in Thai video to promote ‘values’
Official in the PM’s office says uproar is a ‘misunderstanding’ but Nazi imagery in propaganda clip will be removed
By AP
A farmer returns from work in the greenhouse of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israel-Gaza border. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
July 25, 2014, 10:48 am
Thailand asks Israel to move workers from the south
Request comes after laborer killed when a Gaza mortar strikes hothouse
By JTA
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