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Bashar Hakrush, a worker at a Kiryat Shmona factory, who was allegedly stabbed to death by a coworker on July 28, 2019. (Courtesy)
July 28, 2019, 7:59 pm
Factory employee in north stabbed to death; coworker suspected
In separate incident, 83-year-old woman killed in her home in Umm al-Fahm, as total number of suspected murders on Sunday rises to three
By TOI staff
Police help evacuate residents after a brush fire in Kiryat Shmona on May 31, 2019 ( Police Spokesperson)
May 31, 2019, 8:20 pm
Homes evacuated in Kiryat Shmona as wildfire rages
Fire starts in park inside northern town; no reports of injuries; 4 aircraft and six teams battling blaze
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara during a visit to Aleh Negev, a rehabilitation village for disabled children and adults near Ofakim in southern Israel, on July 28, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)
April 30, 2019, 1:58 pm
Why the left keeps failing in the pro-Likud periphery, home to 25% of Israelis
Nearly 1 in 4 Israelis live in development towns and southern cities. The left simply doesn’t speak their language, say experts and locals — one reason it keeps losing elections
By Sue Surkes
A man holds voting notes of Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich and Moshe Lion, during preparations for the upcoming second round of the Jerusalem municipal elections, at a warehouse in Jerusalem on November 11, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2018, 2:14 pm
New mayors, more women: 2018 local elections summed up
Turnout was low, turnover was high in Tuesday’s run-off; Hof Ashkelon Regional Council vote postponed due to Gaza rocket barrage
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the inauguration of a new emergency room in Kiryat Shmona on October 16, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
October 16, 2018, 4:25 pm
Netanyahu pushes back after being slammed for telling heckler she’s ‘boring’
Opposition MKs attack PM after he berates northern resident for decrying lack of medical facilities; sources close to him say she crossed ‘all moral and human lines’
By Raoul Wootliff and Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the inauguration of a new emergency room in Kiryat Shmona on October 16, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
October 16, 2018, 1:48 pm
‘You’re boring,’ Netanyahu scolds woman who interrupts his speech
PM berates Kiryat Shmona resident after she decries lack of medical facilities in north; sources close to him say she crossed ‘all moral and human lines’
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative photo of a banner supporting the Breaking the Silence organization, in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 8, 2018, 10:09 am
3 arrested for attacking participants at left-wing group’s event
Video shows protesters at Tel Hai College threatening students, throwing eggs at their car after Breaking the Silence presentation
By Stuart Winer
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, second right, speaks at a press conference during a visit to the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on February 13, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
February 13, 2018, 11:02 am
After Syria clash, Liberman says Israel will ‘respond to any provocation’
Defense minister also hails security cooperation with PA after Palestinian police protect IDF soldiers from Jenin mob
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a sign along the Israel-Lebanon border. (photo credit: Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
February 13, 2018, 9:05 am
IDF returns to Lebanon mentally ill man who crossed border
Infiltrator told security forces Hezbollah members threatened to have him institutionalized if he didn’t enter Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
The Lebanese-Israeli border near kibbutz Hanita on March 22, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
February 12, 2018, 11:00 pm
IDF: Hezbollah members forced mentally ill Lebanese man into entering Israel
Infiltrator, who was picked up immediately after scaling security fence, also reportedly crossed border last year
By Judah Ari Gross
Druze men in the Israeli Golan Heights congregate near the Syrian border, waving their community's flag, after they heard about a suicide bombing in the Syrian Druze village of Hadar, on November 3, 2017. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
November 7, 2017, 1:20 pm
Police arrest Druze who tried to cross into Syria to help brethren
Seven suspected of damaging security fence while rushing to respond after Syrian Druze village of Hader hit by suicide bombing
By Judah Ari Gross
Lior Lev Sercarz teaches spice blending classes and sells spices at La Boite in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
October 30, 2017, 12:09 am
An Israeli chef in New York wants to shake up the way you think about spices
As seasoned expert Lior Lev Sercarz prepares to open a one-of-a-kind culinary school in Israel’s north, he advises home cooks to play with their food
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative photo of Israeli police cars (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
July 18, 2017, 5:25 am
Two people killed in separate brawls in northern Israel
Man stabbed to death in Kiryat Shmona; woman dies in shooting in Kafr Qara, 2 others injured
By TOI staff
The Lebanese-Israeli border near kibbutz Hanita on March 22, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
May 5, 2017, 12:13 pm
Six soldiers to be punished after Lebanese man walked into Israel
Deputy company commander dismissed from position, battalion head censured for failing to prevent border infiltration
By Judah Ari Gross
The father of a Lebanese man who crossed into Israel gives an interview to Lebanese TV (screen capture)
April 30, 2017, 5:22 am
Lebanese man who crossed into Israel thinks he’s Jewish, father says
Security forces said to return Ali Mari to Lebanon after arresting him at a Kiryat Shmona bus station
By TOI staff
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