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Meir Yitzhak Halevi

Facebook's logo is displayed next to a screen showing that the Facebook website is down, on October 4, 2021, in San Anselmo, California. (JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 8, 2021, 9:21 pm
Knesset advances bill censoring ‘criminal’ social media posts
Proposed law, allowing courts to remove content that incites violence or ‘endangers mental health,’ is met with pushback from right-wing leaders, who claim it will crimp speech
By ToI Staff
Gideon Sa'ar seen during a visit to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem on December 16, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 28, 2020, 12:05 pm
Gideon Sa’ar: Limiting PM’s term to 8 years is ‘the first law we’ll pass’
Also seeks to restrict mayors to two terms; Eilat’s veteran mayor quits Likud to join Sa’ar’s New Hope, says Netanyahu’s party has ‘a culture of slander’
By ToI Staff
Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi talks to AFP in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat on April 17, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
September 7, 2020, 1:14 pm
Eilat mayor says potential nightly curfew would ‘destroy’ resort city
Local leader slams ‘bizarre decision’ to reportedly place tourism-based town under new restrictions despite it being classified as a ‘green’ area with low infection rate on Sunday
By ToI Staff
Israelis at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, August 27, 2019. (Flash90)
December 12, 2019, 6:57 pm
In first for Israel, city of Eilat bans disposables on beaches
Municipality announces move to avoid polluting Red Sea, with several coastal cities planning similar action
By AFP
Illustrative. An airplane taking off from Eilat's airport, December 2012. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
March 18, 2019, 9:51 pm
Eilat city airport closes for good after final departure
Ramon takes over as main airport serving southern resort city; some locals bemoan losing conveniently placed old airport
By Ori Lewis
An aerial view of the Israeli resort city of Eilat on October 21, 2015. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
March 12, 2019, 8:55 pm
Protesters block access to Eilat amid outcry over Tel Aviv airport closure
Mayor calls Sde Dov airport Eilat’s ‘oxygen supply,’ promises to go on hunger strike starting Thursday in bid to reverse planned July shuttering
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat celebrates with supporters after winning a hard-fought reelection race, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 23, 2013, 7:47 am
After tough campaign, Barkat beats Lion to remain Jerusalem mayor
Incumbents returned in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beit Shemesh and nearly everywhere else; Likud-Beytenu garners just one seat on capital’s council
By Yoel Goldman
Local and foreign tourists sunbathe in the resort city of Eilat. (Illustrative photo credit: Flash90)
August 13, 2013, 9:38 pm
After rocket scare, Eilat makes quick rebound to sea and sun
Officials say no hotel cancellations and defense minister calls for normalcy, even as security forces gird for more attacks
By Asher Zeiger
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