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Archaeologists from Bar-Ilan University, in cooperation with the staff officer of archaeology, excavated the site of Sartaba/Alexandrium in the Jordan Valley in February 2025. (Yodan Flaytman, staff officer for archaeology in Judea and Samaria)
May 24, 2026, 7:09 pm
West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill breaks Israel’s international obligations – legal official
As Knesset committee gears up to bring legislation for final votes in plenum, panel’s legal adviser warns it reinforces ‘creeping annexation’ claims; army also opposes it
By Rossella Tercatin
Israelis visit the site of the ancient village of Sebastia near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 22, 2019, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 3:02 am
West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill advances as government okays $86 million heritage plan
Knesset committee working to finish controversial legislation, which critics say would mark an unprecedented step toward annexation, for final votes in the plenum on Sunday
By Rossella Tercatin
The memorial site for the Nova music festival massacre in southern Israel, February 9, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 11, 2026, 6:31 pm
‘Over my dead body’: PM’s office drops ‘massacre’ from Oct. 7 memorial bill, sparking outrage
Legal adviser in separate panel slams plans for politically appointed inquiry into attack, with critics saying both moves aim to rewrite the day’s narrative and shift responsibility
By Ariela Karmel
Strollers outside the building where two babies died and dozens of others were injured in an unlicensed private daycare in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 26, 2026, 1:37 pm
79% of kids under 3 in Jerusalem are in unsupervised daycares, Knesset panel hears
Grim figures shown to joint meeting of several committees, after 2 babies died and dozens were hurt in unlicensed center in the capital; MK: ‘Why are the babies being neglected?’
By Sam Sokol
MKs Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) and Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) at the first meeting of the newly established 'Knesset Caucus for the Renewal of Settlement in the Gaza Strip,' June 18, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
December 19, 2025, 12:40 am
Far-right MKs Har-Melech, Sukkot set to take over Knesset panels vacated by Shas
Health and education committees were left inactive since Shas quit its coalition posts in October, in protest of failure to pass Haredi draft exemption law
By Sam Sokol
Broken glass due to Hezbollah rocket fire at a school for evacuees, in Rosh Pina, northern Israel, on September 8, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
October 8, 2024, 6:33 pm
16,000 students still evacuated from north, 90 schools damaged – official
Hundreds of northern schools lack adequate protected spaces from rocket attacks, but renovations might not be finished until next year, Home Front Command officer says
By Gavriel Fiske
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif, left, argues with Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky, right, at a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting in Jerusalem on June 19, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 19, 2023, 3:07 pm
‘Go rape another one,’ ‘worthless terror supporter’: MKs trade barbs at Knesset
Coalition lawmakers threaten to act against youth village for hosting Israeli-Palestinian group’s summer camp, with one of them verbally clashing with Hadash-Ta’al MK
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2022, 6:21 pm
Liberman rejects Teachers Union ‘bullying,’ publicly presents wage hike proposal
Finance minister says strike threat is an attempt to ‘take students and parents hostage’; union calls proposal ’embarrassing,’ as representatives set to sit down with Lapid
By Michael Bachner
Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teacher's Union, at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2022, 5:28 am
School opening imperiled as treasury accused of dragging out teacher salary talks
Education Minister Shasha-Biton says negotiations going too slow, days after union head threatens to call strike for start of school year next month
By Michael Horovitz
Fadi Abu Shkhaydam, the terrorist who killed an Israeli civilian and wounded four others in a shooting attack in East Jerusalem's Old City on November 21, 2021. (Facebook)
May 16, 2022, 2:47 pm
Education Ministry, Shin Bet said cooperating to identify terror-backing teachers
Report of collaboration – said to be revealed at closed-door Knesset panel hearing – prompts Labor MK to demand that PM, education minister explain the new procedure
By ToI Staff
The Bar-Ilan University campus in Ramat Gan (CC BY-SA Bar-Ilan University/Wikimedia Commons)
January 2, 2022, 5:25 pm
Bar-Ilan University switches to distance learning in bid to stem COVID morbidity
School says it will use Zoom for class until end of 1st semester in mid-January; education minister seeks to ease rules for closing high schools to only apply to infected classes
By ToI Staff
Parents receive COVID-19 home testing kits ahead of the opening of the new school year in the settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, August 29, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
August 30, 2021, 3:22 am
Bennett to meet top officials in last-minute scramble to open school year
Teachers union said planning to ban unvaccinated or untested pupils, supplies of rapid tests intended for first day reportedly lacking; some procedures still unclear
By Stuart Winer
Israeli students arrive at school in the southern city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020 (Flash90)
December 27, 2020, 2:50 pm
Grades 5-10 stay in school as Knesset education panel rejects lockdown closure
Government can appeal committee’s ruling; chair Ram Shefa said to get Gantz’s approval on vote; teachers union threatens strike if not prioritized to get vaccine
By ToI Staff
The Knesset Education Culture and Sports Committee convenes in Jerusalem on October 28, 2020. (Ronit Gal/Knesset)
October 28, 2020, 1:46 pm
Knesset rejects ‘illogical’ outdoor studies plan, causing PM to reconsider
Education Committee unanimously shoots down proposal to only allow groups of 15 for grades 5-12 with 100-meter distance between groups, saying it’s too stringent
By ToI Staff
Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber speaks at a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting on the proposed "Loyalty in Culture" bill, which will limit state financial support for art deemed antithetical to the state's interests, at the Knesset on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 7, 2018, 12:16 pm
Attorney general defends deputy embattled for criticizing ‘loyalty’ bill
Justice minister demands Dina Zilber be fired for accusing MKs of seeking ‘obedient legal advisers, compliant artists, a complacent media, and a deferential public’
By ToI Staff
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