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Kalniyot at the Be'eri nature reserve, February 4, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 7, 2019, 10:55 am
In south, red is the new black as scorched lands give way to annual flower craze
Fires that burned 16,000 dunams near Gaza border decimated other plants that usually compete with the seasonal red flower, clearing way for one of the reddest Darom Adoms in years
By Melanie Lidman and Photos and video: Luke Tress
The Canadian parliament building in Ottawa, Canada (MarcBruxelle/iStock)
January 28, 2019, 10:36 pm
Canada revokes Jewish group’s charity status, citing funds for IDF, settlements
Tax authorities say Beth Oloth’s donations to Israeli pre-military seminaries aid military, other monies went to settlements
By TOI staff
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, his wife Paula, and the IDF Chief of Staff, arrive at the Tu Bishvat tree-planting ceremony at Shaar Hagai, 1949. (Courtesy GPO)
January 21, 2019, 4:26 pm
5 fruitful facts to sweeten Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees
From the Zionistic, to the kabbalistic, to eco-activistic, these bitesized historical tidbits may surprise you
By Yaakov Schwartz
Ultra-Orthodox Jews prepare a platter for a Tu B'Shvat seder in the northern town of Meron on January 30, 2018. (David Cohen/ Flash90/ File)
January 20, 2019, 8:35 pm
This Tu Bishvat, Ag Ministry says it’s the ripe time to leave dried fruit behind
Tradition of eating dried fruit to mark Israel’s Arbor Day harkens back to a time when it was hard to get fresh fruit from Israel; now, most dried fruit is from Turkey
By Melanie Lidman
Israeli kids plant trees for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, in Haifa, on February 9, 2017, in a KKL-JNF forest. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 13, 2019, 9:54 pm
Accusing leader of cronyism, ministry report urges century-old KKL be dismantled
With branches abroad already frustrated by Israel mothership, Justice Ministry investigator alleges mismanagement at top of legendary multi-billion dollar organization
By Sue Surkes
Flames from the Woolsey Fire surround a house in Malibu, Calif., Nov. 9, 2018. (David McNew/Getty Images via JTA)
November 20, 2018, 10:24 pm
KKL-JNF group offers US help for California fire recovery effort
Environmental organization’s chairman Danny Atar pens letter to Department of Agriculture, which assisted Israel in putting out forest fires in 2006 and 2010
By JTA
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan (L) on February 25, 2018, outside of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON)
October 24, 2018, 5:49 am
Israel reassures churches it does not seek to seize their lands
Cabinet minister Tzachi Hanegbi meets church leaders after they send a letter to PM urging him to block a bill that would let state intervene in Jerusalem land dispute
By AFP and Sue Surkes
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press announcing the closure of the Holy Sepulchre church as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan, left, on February 25, 2018. (AFP/ GALI TIBBON)
October 22, 2018, 1:33 am
PM again puts brakes on draft law to confiscate land sold by churches
Under pressure from furious church leaders and from head of powerful US congressional caucus, Netanyahu stops advancement of bill backed by justice minister
By Sue Surkes
Israeli firefighters extinguish a fire in a wheat field caused by kites flown by Palestinian protesters, near the border with the Gaza Strip, May 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 10, 2018, 8:08 pm
More than 7,000 acres scorched in Gaza arson attacks, authorities say
Jewish National Fund says 3,000 acres of forest and 4,000 acres of farmland in northern Negev damaged by airborne incendiary devices
By TOI staff and JTA
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and his wife Tammy lay a wreath in memory of those who perished in the 9/11 attacks, at a ceremony marking 17 years to the attacks at Jerusalem's 9/11 memorial, September 6, 2018. (Yossi Zamir, KKL-JNF Photo Archive)
September 6, 2018, 6:28 pm
At Jerusalem memorial, US envoy marks 17 years since 9/11
Embassy ceremony moved up in order not to clash with next week’s Rosh Hashanah holiday
By TOI staff
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
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