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Screen capture from video of amputee Israeli athlete Shalev Biton from a video promoting a single-shoe order service from Adidas, August 2026. (Shalev Biton)
Adidas apologizes for ‘offense’ over promotion featuring ex-IDF soldier who lost leg in 2021
By ToI Staff
Sports giant says it's 'taking feedback seriously' after boycott calls followed inclusion of Shalev Biton in local Israeli campaign advertising Single Shoe service for amputees
Screen capture from video of amputee Israeli athlete Shalev Biton from a video promoting a single-shoe order service from Adidas, August 2026. (Shalev Biton)
September 6, 2026, 11:42 am
Adidas faces boycott calls over promotion featuring ex-IDF soldier who lost leg in 2021
Pro-Palestinian activists rage at sportswear company amid false claims that amputee Shalev Biton participated in ‘genocide’ in Gaza after he posts video lauding single-shoe service
By Stuart Winer
Yigal Yehoshua, 56, was killed by rioters who pelted his car with bricks while he drove home in Lod, May 11, 2021. (Courtesy)
September 28, 2025, 2:21 pm
7 Arab men jailed for 12-14 years for role in death of Jewish man in 2021 Lod riots
Family of Yigal Yehoshua, who died after being hit in the head by a brick when a mob stoned his car, will ask state prosecutor to seek a harsher sentence, lawyer says
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (center-left) and Yahya Sinwar (center-right) in Gaza City, June 26, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 4:20 pm
Hamas chiefs’ correspondence shows how Israel misjudged results of May 2021 clash
Report reveals Haniyeh’s praise of ‘glorious victory,’ while Sinwar wrote he was close to destroying Israel; senior Hamas officials said tunnel network ‘not damaged at all’
By Michael Horovitz
Torched cars and vandalized stores in Jaffa Tel Aviv, following a night of rioting by Arab residents in the city, on May 15, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
September 26, 2024, 6:08 pm
Man jailed for 15 years for attempted murder of IDF soldier during May 2021 riots
Arab Israeli spotted mob attacking soldier in Jaffa, ran across road to join in, hitting him with 3-kilogram rock before fleeing
By Michael Horovitz
Saeed Mousa, an Arab Israeli who was assaulted by a Jewish Israeli mob, at a court hearing at the District Court in Tel Aviv, October 24, 2022 (Flash90/File)
January 15, 2024, 9:13 pm
Bat Yam man sentenced to 12.5 years for 2021 mob assault on Arab driver
Prosecution sought 20-year term for Netanel Binyamin for beating of Saeed Mousa; defense intends to appeal guilty verdict from last year, seek acquittal
By ToI Staff
Mor Ganashvili, seriously injured during a mob assault in Acre in May 2021, arrives for a court hearing of one of his attackers at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 27, 2023, 5:10 pm
Arab Israeli gets 17 years in prison for role in 2021 Acre mob assault of Jewish man
Qusay Abbas also ordered to pay compensation to victim Mor Ganashvili, who suffered life-threatening and permanent injuries; judges say assault was a ‘lynching’
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a tour of Sderot on October 11, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 11, 2023, 1:56 pm
Ben Gvir widely panned for warning of renewed Jewish-Arab intercommunal riots
Touring Sderot, far-right minister says he’s ordered police chief to prepare for potential repeat of ethnic violence in mixed cities, drawing accusations of fearmongering
By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner
Dozens attack the vehicle of Saeed Mousa, an Arab man, in Bat Yam on May 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
September 20, 2023, 1:31 pm
Bat Yam man convicted over 2021 mob assault on Arab driver
Netanel Binyamin found guilty of all charges, including committing a terrorist act of attempted murder, for taking part in brutal beating of Saeed Mousa amid Gaza war
By ToI Staff
MK Ahmad Tibi, right, during a discussion and a vote at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 19, 2023, 7:01 pm
Arab MK includes Israeli boy killed by Gaza fire in montage of slain Palestinian kids
Ahmad Tibi removes photo of Ido Avigal, 5, who died in a 2021 rocket attack from Gaza, after mother asks him to take it down
By ToI Staff
Suspects in an attack on an Arab man at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, at a May 30, 2021 hearing at Jerusalem District Court (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 11:43 pm
2 Jewish Israelis sentenced over brutal assault of Palestinian during May 2021 riots
Noam Elimelech given 11 years, Naftali Elmakayes gets 4.5 years for stabbing, beating restaurant worker they sought out for being Arab; two others waiting to be sentenced for crime
By ToI Staff
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets then US Vice President Joe Biden upon his arrival to the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Debbie Hill, Pool, via AP)
September 1, 2023, 6:24 am
Biden ‘smothered Netanyahu with love’ to hasten end of 2021 Gaza war, book reveals
In order to build trust with PM, president didn’t publicly call for ceasefire early on; used Gantz admission Israel was running out of targets to later tell premier ‘it’s over’
By ToI Staff
Hamza Abu Sneineh, 30, who was shot with a rubber bullet by Israel Police during clashes on the night of May 7, 2021, at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (Twitter screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 18, 2023, 4:42 pm
Palestinian man dies of injuries from May 2021 Temple Mount clash
Hamza Abu Sneineh, 30, was hit by rubber bullet fired by police, causing him to lose eye and suffer multiple skull fractures; Hamas, Islamic Jihad terror groups hail ‘martyr’
By Michael Horovitz
File: Mor Ganashvili, who was seriously injured during a lynching in Acre last year, arrives for a court hearing of one of his attackers at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 3:42 pm
Arab Israeli convicted of attempted murder with terror motive in 2021 Acre mob assault
Qusay Abbas, 21, found guilty in most serious judgment yet in case; victim Mor Ganashvili says verdict sends message that ‘Jewish blood is not worthless’
By ToI Staff
Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai addresses a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 6, 2023, 6:36 pm
Police unprepared to deal with multi-front outbreak of violence, chief warns
Two years after intense ethnic clashes nationwide, Kobi Shabtai tells Knesset lack of manpower, equipment and resources means cops would be unable to deal with a similar scenario
By ToI Staff
Shalom Rotban (third from right) with his family at the Israeli-Jordanian border on May 25, 2023. (Israel Dog Unit Spokesperson; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 25, 2023, 9:00 pm
Israeli missing for two years reunited with family after being found in Jordan
Shalom Rotban, who has had PTSD since 2012 Gaza war that was retriggered during 2021 conflict, was identified at a psychiatric hospital in Amman by an Arab Israeli medical student
By ToI Staff
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