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Palmachim

Idan Herman (Courtesy)
October 24, 2024, 10:28 pm
Idan Herman, 26: Engineering student with a passion for surfing
Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
A 3,000-year-old figurine of the Egyptian goddess Hathor found on the beach in Palmachim in 2023 (Yuli Shwartz/IAA)
June 13, 2023, 10:07 am
3,000-year-old Egyptian goddess figurine, a good luck symbol, washes up on beach
Little statuette of Hathor, widely used in Canaanite culture, found by woman out walking on Palmachim beach in southern Israel; IAA calls on public to report all antiquity finds
By ToI Staff
Monk seal Yulia rests on an Israeli beach, May 20, 2023, with Israeli environmental officials and volunteers keeping a protective watch (Delphis screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 20, 2023, 1:40 pm
Yulia, the rare seal, briefly chased off Palmachim beach by overenthusiastic bathers
Environmentalists urge public to keep their distance from celebrity Mediterranean monk seal as she makes short forays ashore to rest
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Pouring a Nana Estate Winery rose while looking out toward the unlikely desert terroir of this Negev vineyard. (Courtesy: Nana Winery)
September 25, 2022, 12:14 pm
Daily Briefing September 25: For Rosh Hashanah, Negev Desert wine and ancient opium
The two podcast hosts swap favorite Times Will Tell episodes and update listeners on a recently discovered 3,300-year-old untouched cave at their favorite beach
By ToI Staff
Preliminary IAA inspection of the 3,300-year-old cave at Palmachim National Park, September 13, 2022. (Emil Eljam/IAA)
September 18, 2022, 11:37 am
Frozen in time: 3,300-year-old burial cave from Ramses II era found at popular beach
During construction work at Palmachim National Park near Tel Aviv, a fallen rock reveals an ancient treasure trove from the era of the biblically notorious pharoah
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
New chunks of tar washed up onto the Palmachim beach in central Israel, six months after an oil leak in the Mediterranean Sea, August 26, 2021. (Shlomi Amran, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
August 26, 2021, 2:54 pm
Tar still washing up onto Israel’s beaches six months after oil spill
Israel Nature and Parks Authority hopes to finish the delicate job of hand-cleaning rocks by year’s end
By Sue Surkes
View of the Leonardo hotel on the beachside of Haifa (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 10, 2020, 6:22 pm
High Court comes out against Tshuva’s plan for four hotel towers on Haifa beach
Environment Ministry hails victory as judges appear to bury 1970s project with a demand for ‘a more modest’ version, that will not involve draining sea to create a bigger beach
By Sue Surkes
Israelis enjoy the Palmachim beach in southern Israel, October 21, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 2, 2020, 9:21 pm
Victory for environmentalists as court quashes bid to build on Palmachim beach
While citing ‘great injustice’ done to developers who won tender 16 years ago, judge rules that holiday resort, conference center on coast would be ‘tragedy for generations’
By Sue Surkes
Inside the Sorek A Desalination Plant, November 2015. (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)
September 3, 2019, 2:16 pm
Two desalination plants faked water quality data to cut costs
Energy Ministry inquiry reveals that Sorek plant manipulated chloride amounts before daily samples were taken; workers at Palmachim facility doctored lab reports
By Sue Surkes
At HaMalabiya, the menu is malabi, sahleb and backgammon (Courtesy HaMalabiya)
February 12, 2017, 2:49 pm
Wake up and smell the rosewater
5 recommended spots Israel-wide to spoon up the creamy, syrup-topped pudding called malabi
By Jessica Steinberg
The coast at Palmachim (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 7, 2015, 12:18 pm
At Palmachim, a beautiful and historic coastline
Settlement began here 3,500 years ago, and passed through Canaanite, Phoenician, Roman and Jewish rule. Archaeologists have been excavating for more than two decades
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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