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A group of left-wing activists stage a walkout from their Birthright trip in Jerusalem on July 15, 2018. (Screen capture/Facebook)
July 15, 2018, 5:48 pm
8 left-wing activists stage 2nd Birthright walkout in less than a month
Participants affiliated with IfNotNow leave trip four days early to meet with Palestinian family whose home is slated for demolition in East Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid
View of the Givat Asaf outpost, near the Beit El settlement in the West Bank. (Miriam Alster/ Flash 90)
July 9, 2018, 10:25 pm
State funds being used to build up illegal outposts, auditor charges
Settlement council, ministries and KKL-JNF are bankrolling construction in wildcat communities, even after Civil Administration issues stop-work orders, according to comptroller
By Jacob Magid
A firefighter puts out a fire in the Beeri forest, June 6, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2018, 4:25 am
As kite-set fires engulf the south, foresters fight to ‘save every tree’
More than 17,500 dunams burned in Gaza periphery, majority in parks and conservation areas, destroying groves planted decades ago
By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress
A JNF firefighter tries to put out a blaze in southern Israel, near the Gaza border, caused by incendiary kites sent from Gaza. (Yehuda Peretz/KKL-JNF/courtesy)
June 5, 2018, 4:57 pm
JNF threatens to sue Hamas in international courts for kite arson damage
Nonprofit, which owns much of the land near the Strip that has been ravaged by fires, accuses Palestinian group of 'environmental terrorism'
By Michael Bachner
Alex Singer, Michael Levin, Max Steinberg, three fallen IDF lone soldiers, who were commemorated at a ceremony in Jerusalem on April 17, 2018. (courtesy)
April 18, 2018, 6:34 pm
Fallen lone soldiers mourned as tiny Goliaths, true Zionists, talented artists
The mothers of two American-born IDF soldiers remember their sons, along with comrade of a third, at an English-language Memorial Day ceremony
By Judah Ari Gross
12,000 Israelis gather at the latest Koolulam singing initiative held at Tel Aviv's Menora Mivtachim in honor of Israel's 70th (Courtesy Koolulam)
April 16, 2018, 12:03 pm
On Israel’s 70th, become a part of history as you look back on it
Israel celebrates Independence Day in every city, town and village; here are a few standout options for marking Yom Ha'atzmaut
By Jessica Steinberg
A view of Marcus Street in Talbieh, one of the Jerusalem neighborhoods in which the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate has sold land to private investors. (Courtesy Eiferman Realty)
March 5, 2018, 6:10 am
Government tells Jerusalem homeowners on former church lands, ‘Don’t sell’
Deputy Attorney General Erez Kamenitz heads committee looking for solutions for apartment owners whose property rights were put in limbo by churches' sales
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 27, 2017, 10:05 pm
PM said looking at special task-force to nationalize KKL-JNF
Decision comes after organization reported to renege on plan to transfer majority of its revenues to the government to retain its tax exempt status
By TOI staff
Jewish National Fund workers protesting a bill that would transfer $570 million to state coffers in return for the organization retaining tax exempt status, Jerusalem, November 12, 2017. (KKL-JNF)
November 12, 2017, 5:40 pm
JNF heads lobby against bill demanding $570 million payment to state
Move 'ignores will of the Jewish people,' says one Diaspora leader, after JNF workers warn government not to 'fulfill dream of Zionism's enemies'
By Sue Surkes
Jewish National Fund workers protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem against legislation requiring JNF to transfer large sums of its revenues to the government, on November 12, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2017, 1:15 pm
JNF workers protest at PM’s office against bill forcing handover of its cash
Demonstrators say legislation will lead to the 'elimination of Zionism,' but also say the money is meant to fund their pensions
By TOI staff
The Jewish National Fund collects money through donations in boxes that look like this. (Flickr Commons via JTA)
November 10, 2017, 5:03 am
Israel wants a big cut from the Jewish National Fund
Government advancing legislation to force organization to fund state-run national infrastructure projects
By Andrew Tobin
The Knesset Finance Committee meets in the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 9, 2017, 10:23 pm
KKL freezes funding for Israel programs over tax law
As lawmakers advance legislation and dispute deepens, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael warns local authorities, other groups that NIS 2 billion is on hold until further notice
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Coalition chairman Likud MK David Bitan, left, with Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich, second left, during a meeting of the Finance Committee in the Knesset, November 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 7, 2017, 5:18 pm
Battle over Jewish National Fund money pits Likud against Jewish Home
As ministers advance bill to force JNF to pay much of its earnings to the state, faction leaders squabble over MK who plans to resist his own coalition
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro in April 2013. (Flash90)
November 7, 2017, 2:46 pm
State Department said blocking testimony by ex-US envoy in Netanyahu graft probe
Separately, Ron Dermer reportedly confirms to police he reached out to John Kerry at PM's request to help organize visa for Arnon Milchan
By Raoul Wootliff
History enthusiasts and descendants of Australian Mounted Division and ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division) Mounted Division soldiers ride their horses during rehearsal of the reenactment of the Battle of Beersheba when British and ANZAC forces captured Beersheba from the Ottoman Empire during World War I, as part of the 100 year anniversary, near Beersheba, southern Israel, October 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 31, 2017, 11:58 am
WWI battle to be re-enacted in Israel on centennial of Anzac defeat of Turks
Australian and New Zealand troops turned the tide of the war in 1917's Battle of Beersheba, and shaped the modern Middle East
By Ilan Ben Zion
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