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(Lior Zaltzman via JTA)
November 16, 2018, 11:04 am
Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that?
While startling to many immigrants and visitors, the aggressive arguing and disdain for lines is part of Israel’s cultural DNA
By Sam Sokol
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 28, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP)
August 29, 2018, 4:01 pm
Abbas says he opposes solution to refugee issue that would ‘destroy Israel’
Palestinian official confirms substance of remarks, though he says Abbas used different wording — that he does not want ‘to drown’ Israel with Palestinian refugees
By Adam Rasgon
A Palestinian Muslim woman walks by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, on June 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 27, 2018, 8:59 pm
Expert confirms Jews and Arabs nearing population parity
Hebrew University demographer defends military’s census figures for Israel and Palestinian territories that sparked backlash from right-wing lawmakers
By Aron Heller
Naomi Chazan
March 26, 2018, 1:36 pm
Naomi Chazan
Israel’s Passover responsibility
Most Israelis are united in their desire to treat those who have nowhere to go with basic human decency
Illustrative: A woman places her vote in a ballot box for the Israeli general elections for the 19th parliament, January 22, 2013, in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 17, 2017, 4:14 pm
More Israelis satisfied with their democracy than Americans, survey finds
Pew research also finds only 10% support in Israel for military rule — less than in America, France and Britain
By Stuart Winer
A Bluebird Airways plane. (Screen capture/YouTube)
August 15, 2017, 11:18 pm
Plane forced to make emergency landing due to drunk, unruly Israeli
Witnesses on Budapest to Tel Aviv flight say passenger attacked flight crew, had to be strapped to his seat
By TOI staff
A screenshot from a video of an Israeli family being removed from a JetBlue flight to New York from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on June 21, 2017. (Screen Capture: YouTube)
July 20, 2017, 1:24 pm
Ex-Israeli family says it was booted from plane over toddler kicking seat
JetBlue rejects Mandy Ifrah and Tamir Raanan’s version of events, says they were ejected for ‘physical threats and profanities’
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a businesswoman threatening her colleague. (iStock by Getty Images)
May 25, 2017, 11:37 am
Employee guide warns of overbearing Israelis
‘You may feel an Israeli is attacking you’ in voice, facial expressions and body language, Israeli-founded international gambling firm tells staff
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an Israeli crowd. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
May 1, 2017, 1:26 am
Israeli Arabs view country more positively than Jews, survey finds
While 66% of Arabs see the overall situation as good, just 43.9% of the Jewish population agrees, according to new IDI study ahead of Israel’s 69th Independence Day
By Stuart Winer
Yoni Ariel. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 16, 2017, 12:50 pm
Israeli implicated in fake Trump document scandal
Yoni Ariel is central figure in report on doctored wire transfer suggesting Rex Tillerson bribed US president for secretary of state job
By TOI staff
Gal Gadot's Twitter page. (Times of Israel)
July 28, 2016, 9:22 am
‘Wonder Woman’ attacked as ‘Zionist’ on Twitter
Amid social media chatter about her new film, some Twitter users target Israeli actress Gal Gadot to express anti-Israel sentiment
By JTA
Journalist and author David K. Shipler (Deborah I. Shipler)
June 11, 2016, 6:46 am
After 30 years, author finds Arab and Jewish spirits more deeply wounded
In updating his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, former NYT Jerusalem bureau chief David Shipler encounters an even dimmer Israeli-Palestinian dynamic
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Bedoins seen riding camels in tdesert in Jordan, February 8, 2013. (Lucie March/Flash90)
May 5, 2016, 2:07 pm
Israeli hiker falls to death near Jordan’s historic Petra
Jordanian search and rescue teams trek 5 kilometers to reach body of 23-year-old man in Wadi Rum desert
By Raoul Wootliff
Students at the EMIS School in Ramat Hasharon (Courtesy)
February 20, 2016, 4:12 pm
Kids from Morocco, Afghanistan, Yemen, West Bank flock to unique Israeli school
Out of the limelight, an experimental boarding school has sprung up outside Tel Aviv, drawing students from 60 countries, many on full scholarship
By Simona Weinglass
The synagogue in the house at 3600 Estate Oak Circle in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The house is on the market for $7.5 million. (Courtesy of Lifestyle Production)
February 19, 2016, 2:16 pm
$7.5 million Florida mansion with synagogue for sale
Palatial home built by Israeli-American couple boasts several Jewish amenities
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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