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Paramedics and police at the scene of a shooting in Ramle on September 17, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
September 17, 2025, 11:42 am
Woman shot dead; young son, teen sister wounded; husband and his mother arrested
Wafa Abu Janam had bomb placed in her car last year, was stabbed by her sisters-in-law; police source says court didn’t grant protection order, and she wouldn’t go to a shelter
By ToI Staff
The elections of Israel's new chief rabbis in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
December 11, 2024, 7:34 pm
Feminist groups decry law setting quota for women in assembly that elects chief rabbis
Billed as an effort to increase female representation, measure actually serves to disenfranchise female Torah scholars, say critics
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A police car in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 26, 2024, 4:54 pm
Woman stabbed to death in southern town of Rahat, allegedly by husband
Partner arrested, murder weapon seized as victim becomes 16th woman murdered this year, with most killed by their partners
By ToI Staff
Alice Shalvi, Israeli professor and educator, at her home in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 11:07 am
Alice Shalvi, trailblazing feminist and educator, dies at 97
The Israel Prize laureate, longtime principal of Jerusalem’s revered Pelech school for girls and founder of Israel Women’s Network, was an agent for change
By Jessica Steinberg
A pistol retrieved from the scene where a man was suspected of shooting his wife dead and then attempting to take his own life, causing himself moderate injuries in Rahat, September 11, 2023. (Israel Police)
September 11, 2023, 8:03 pm
Rahat man suspected of killing wife, turning gun on self
Police arrest suspect, 35, with moderate injuries in predominantly Bedouin southern town of Rahat; lobby group says 21 women killed in homicides since beginning of year
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech, right, head of the Special Committee for Oversight of the Israeli Citizens' Fund, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2023, 2:58 pm
Women’s rights groups angered over bill to politicize body promoting gender equality
Ministers give initial okay to legislation replacing existing Authority for Advancement of Women with a new body subordinate to minister and coalition; critics: It’s ‘unthinkable’
By Stuart Winer
Likud MK May Golan visits at then-MK Itamar Ben Gvir's makeshift Office in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 9:36 am
Second woman tapped to be ministry director under current government
Minister for Advancement of the Status of Women May Golan says she will seek approval for Merav Stern to head her office
By Stuart Winer
Israeli women dressed as characters from 'The Handmaid's Tale' television show protest against disadvantages for women in the state rabbinical courts and against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court, May 4, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 29, 2023, 9:25 am
Israel ranked lowest of all OECD countries in gender equality index
Jewish state scores worse than Turkey, and over twice as bad as UK and France; director of government group to advance women’s rights urges thorough examination by relevant bodies
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of ultra-Orthodox men preventing a woman from boarding a bus in Ashdod due to her gender, May 7, 2023. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
‘Only for men’: Haredi passengers bar woman from Ashdod public bus
Footage shows male passengers telling her the bus is only for them; driver suggests she takes another line; operating company says it will prevent recurrence
By ToI Staff
Members of the new Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pose for a group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 17, 2023, 12:08 pm
Women’s groups ask court to intervene over lack of female ministry directors
With only men appointed so far, petition by the Israel Women’s Network, Na’amat and Forum Dvorah seeks to ensure eight remaining vacancies will be filled by women
By Ash Obel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 5, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL/Flash90)
February 9, 2023, 6:47 am
New government to appoint first woman as ministry director-general
Sharon Uziel Peled to direct Public Diplomacy Ministry headed by Galit Distel Atbaryan, the first woman publicly named to position, alongside 23 male director-generals
By ToI Staff
Members of the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2023, 5:55 pm
New government has so far appointed zero women as ministry directors general
Out of 31 cabinet ministries, 23 men have been tapped as directors, with only a handful of positions still unfilled; women’s group threatens to go to court over matter
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
August 2, 2022, 12:23 am
Court overturns ruling forcing Lod woman into shelter following ex-husband’s threats
Woman also refused to move into Welfare Ministry apartment with protection from security firm; ‘We are not interested in a hiding place or a shelter,’ her mother says
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from an Israel Police video showing images and videos of hundreds of naked women and minors that were allegedly traded by a suspect on the Telegram app without their knowledge, October 2021. (Israel Police)
October 11, 2021, 6:51 pm
Man arrested for selling images of naked women, girls online without consent
Suspect, 21, accused of trading media featuring hundreds of victims, including dozens of minors, on Telegram
By Stuart Winer
Passengers at Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2020, 6:16 pm
Israel Railways sued for discrimination against women
Rider claims railroad employee demanded she move to a different car so male passengers could pray in a gender-segregated environment
By ToI Staff
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