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Passengers from flydubai flight FZ1073 walk with their family members after they were saved from an alleged attempt to crash their plane, at Ben Gurion Airport, September 30, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 11:51 am
Flydubai passengers said preparing huge class-action suit against airline, governments
Suit reportedly to seek hundreds of millions from Israel, UAE as some 100 of attacked plane’s 174 passengers sign on, led by bank exec Tzvika Manes who helped subdue attacker
By ToI Staff
The Emirati and Israeli flags fly in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
June 2, 2026, 8:09 pm
Israel to send 2 delegations to UAE next week as ties strengthen amid Iran war
Unnamed official says delegations to include transport ministry team for trade talks; would be first official visit to UAE since war started, though PM has said he secretly went
By AFP and ToI Staff
Passengers check-in for the first outbound flights since the closure of Israel's airspace on February 28, at Ben Gurion Airport on March 8, 2026. (Courtesy of Israel Airports Authority)
March 8, 2026, 6:26 pm
Israeli airlines launch first outbound flights from Ben Gurion since start of Iran war
Efforts to repatriate thousands of Israelis stranded in the UAE to resume as more than 15,000 return to country on 90 flights since the partial reopening of the airspace
By Sharon Wrobel
Heavy traffic on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 26, 2025, 10:49 am
European traffic safety watchdog suspends Israel due to ‘recent government actions’
Unclear whether suspension brought about by Israel’s traffic policies or war in Gaza; 2025 has been the deadliest year on Israeli roads in two decades
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives for a government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2024, 4:39 pm
Police raid Transportation Ministry offices amid probe of alleged corruption
Cops seize documents but don’t say if Minister Miri Regev is a suspect; ministry dismisses allegations, insists officers are searching for files ‘that don’t exist’
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2024, 11:51 am
‘Rot and corruption’: AG said ready to investigate Miri Regev after damning report
Ex-top aide says post-Oct. 7 guilt led him to come forward with records showing Transportation Ministry awash with party politics, corruption and a sycophantic adviser corps
By ToI Staff
Activists demonstrate in favor of closing the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv on April 24, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
September 22, 2022, 2:00 pm
Tel Aviv bus station declared a pollution hotspot
Environment minister’s move under Clean Air Act will force city hall to produce detailed plan to deal with diesel emissions within six months
By Sue Surkes
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, center, seen during an opening ceremony of Route 16 at the entrance to Jerusalem on August 31, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 31, 2022, 5:11 pm
New entrance to Jerusalem opens, spurring hopes for eased congestion
Route 16 connects Route 1 directly to the south and west of the city; Egged announces new high-frequency line between southern Jerusalem and central Tel Aviv
By Ash Obel
Traffic on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
June 28, 2022, 10:17 am
Plan approved to cut car commutes by a million a month
NIS 200 million initiative aimed at public sector employees is greenlit as bus drivers strike, seeks to boost public transportation and scrap incentives to own a car
By Sue Surkes
Two wrecked cars and a truck involved in an accident along route 90 in the Arava, southern Israel, May 28, 2022. (Courtesy of Arava regional council)
June 23, 2022, 12:36 pm
Ministers announce funds for massive safety upgrade of deadly Route 90
Finance and transportation ministries allocate total of $118 million for widening of Negev section of Israel’s longest highway, as well as installing lighting and passing lanes
By ToI Staff
A new train line between Jerusalem and Modiin opened on Thursday, March 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 1, 2022, 4:02 pm
New train line from Modiin to Jerusalem to deliver 22-minute journey time
Added connection to run every weekday including Friday and on Saturday evenings, starting with one service an hour
By Danielle Nagler
The scene of a deadly multi-vehicle collision, in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 31, 2021, 4:55 pm
361 Israelis killed in car crashes during past year, the deadliest since 2017
Nearly one person killed on roads each day in Israel in 2021; Transportation Ministry says Fridays saw the most vehicular fatalities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of an empty bus terminal at the Ben Gurion airport on December 17, 2017. (Flash90/File)
November 28, 2021, 9:39 pm
As 2nd Omicron case found, Israel bars airport arrivals from taking buses, trains
International arrivals will only be able to exit Ben Gurion Airport by private vehicle or taxi; latest case of new COVID-19 strain arrived from South Africa
By ToI Staff
View of the Haifa Bay on April 24, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
September 2, 2021, 1:28 pm
Israel inaugurates Chinese-run Haifa port terminal, in likely boost for economy
$1.7b terminal operated by state-owned Shanghai firm to handle large vessels of some 18,000 containers; Transportation Minister Michaeli says it will accelerate trade, lower prices
By Ricky Ben-David
Top left, Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90), top right, Israeli farmers block junctions (Yossi Aloni/Flash90) Bottom left, Woman at the Mahane Yehuda market (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Bottom right, Traffic jams on the Ayalon highway (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 2, 2021, 3:59 pm
Health funding, farming reform, later retirement for women: Israel’s new budget
From banking reform to stipends for elderly, and from kashrut changes to Tel Aviv subway, here’s what you need to know about the budget, which needs Knesset approval by November 4
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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