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OneDay volunteers from the Hefer Valley in central Israel during training to become emergency rescue workers. (Courtesy, OneDay)
June 16, 2026, 6:14 am
Jarred by Israel’s lack of readiness, volunteer rescuers train for quake they know is coming
With country 99 years into century-long cycle but still well behind on reinforcing structures, social org prepares civilian teams to dig through rubble of thousands of buildings predicted to collapse in temblor
By Sue Surkes
Officers in the Border Police's National Guard force approach a man on the street in Tarabin al-Sana on December 31, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
February 23, 2026, 11:19 pm
Ben Gvir’s National Guard operating without directives or oversight, Knesset finds
Force used around country despite government failing to OK operational guidelines; National Security Ministry refuses to provide MKs with basic information about guard’s functions
By Charlie Summers
View of a massive wildfire near Mevo Horon, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 2:21 am
15 years after deadly Carmel blaze, state still ‘underfunding wildfire protection’
Knesset committee hears how lack of cash impacting pilot firebreak project, maintenance, water provision, firefighting personnel
By Sue Surkes
Police investigation in the Bedouin city of Rahat after a shooting incident, April 8, 2021. (Israel Police)
August 16, 2021, 11:07 am
Arab men in Israel 36 times more likely to be shot than Jews, study shows
Ra’am chief Abbas calls for investment in education, employment opportunities as well as law enforcement: ‘Crime and violence is a serious disease’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Staff and Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv move a patient to a new ward, March 22, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
March 26, 2020, 1:00 pm
As ventilators run short, health chief ‘not optimistic’ there’ll be enough
Knesset coronavirus committee hears there are just 1,437 spare breathing machines; Health Ministry says stored devices, army can boost number to 2,864
By Stuart Winer
People take cover during an air-raid warning siren in Sderot, southern Israel on November 13, 2019. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
December 3, 2019, 10:50 am
Nearly a third of Israelis in north, south consider moving due to security fears
40% of respondents to Knesset poll say they do not feel safe, with southerners citing Gaza rocket fire as their main concern
By ToI Staff
Israeli medics and emergency units work at a construction site where an underground car park collapsed on September 5, 2016 in the Ramat Hahayal neighborhood of Tel Aviv (AFP Photo/Gil Cohen-Magen)
October 5, 2016, 1:11 pm
Only half of construction worker deaths investigated — report
With Israel’s rate of worker deaths among highest in West, lack of coordination between government breeds negligence
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative: Israelis buying food at the Rami Levi supermarket in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem, September 03, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2014, 9:52 am
‘Food prices in Israel 25% higher than in Europe’
Knesset Research and Information Center says costs have risen more than in any other developed country since 2005
By Spencer Ho
Ethiopian women participating in a prayer service outside Jerusalem in 2011. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
July 14, 2013, 10:46 pm
Comptroller to probe Ethiopian birth control claims
Knesset committee unable to determine whether officials coerced immigrants to receive Depo-Provera injections
By Asher Zeiger
Ethiopian immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in December 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
July 1, 2013, 7:28 pm
Ethiopians in Israel have fewer children, study finds
But Knesset investigation can’t confirm claims that women were given contraceptives without consent
Israeli travelers now have a guide of interesting sites to explore in Iran (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 5, 2012, 11:01 am
Knesset promoting tourism to Iran?
Research center gives a cheeky response to its Iranian counterpart
By Stuart Winer
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