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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at an event to introduce his new plan for disabled citizens in Bnei Brak, April 16, 2026. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel.)
April 17, 2026, 4:16 am
Bennett unveils plan for increasing disability access across Israel
‘Accessibility is not a side issue. It is the heart of our society,’ says ex-prime minister; pledges to integrate the disabled into the workforce and IDF
By Sam Sokol
President Isaac Herzog made an unannounced appearance at a Jerusalem Purim party for children with disabilities, March 2025. (Deborah Danan via JTA)
March 14, 2025, 5:26 am
At Herzog Purim party for children with disabilities, costumes are inclusive by design
Second lady Michal Herzog says Jerusalem event serves as reminder of how Israel will need to accommodate large number of wounded soldiers returning from war
By Deborah Danan
Team at Israeli AI digital accessibility startup UserWay. (Courtesy)
December 31, 2023, 6:56 pm
Israel digital accessibility startup to be bought by US firm in deal valued at $99m
UserWay, a developer of technology to improve websites” usability for people with disabilities, will be delisted from the Tel Aviv stock exchange as part of the transaction
By Sharon Wrobel
From left to right: Kivunim flatmates Elad Kornhauser, Maya Ronen, Aya Jaber, and Maysoon Samaka. (Courtesy)
December 23, 2023, 1:56 pm
At group home in Nahariya, bond between Muslim and Jewish young adults survives Oct. 7
Aya Jaber, 22, feared being ostracized after the Hamas atrocities, but connection with her friends and flatmates in northern Israel, who also have disabilities, is unbroken by war
By Diana Bletter
Israeli athletes celebrate gold and silver medal wins in the double men's table tennis event at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 2023. (Courtesy of ZDVO)
September 19, 2023, 6:14 am
IDF disabled veteran athletes bring home 14 medals from their first Invictus Games
Israeli team makes a splash in its debut at sports competition for wounded combatants from around the world, meets ‘kind and friendly’ games founder Prince Harry
By Renee Ghert-Zand
International fashion model Ellie Goldstein (Courtesy)
June 23, 2023, 5:13 am
How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity
Recently seen on the cover of British Vogue and an inspiration for a new Barbie doll, at only 5 feet and born with a disability, Ellie Goldstein is not your average supermodel
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Members of the 2023 Special Olympics delegation from Israel meet with Israeli Olympic Committee president and past medalist Yael Arad (center), June 8, 2023. (Ben Melnik)
June 16, 2023, 6:07 am
Israel’s 35 Special Olympics athletes are going for gold at games in Berlin
For the first time, delegation is departing with government backing after group recognized earlier this year as a sports federation; CEO: ‘We are beyond excited, beyond motivated’
By Amy Spiro
Judith Heumann speaking at a 504 protest. (HolLynn D'Lil)
March 7, 2023, 8:41 pm
Judy Heumann, Jewish American disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75
The daughter of Holocaust survivors broke down barriers for kids and teachers in NYC schools, protested until federal legislation was passed, and advised multiple presidents
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Idan Fishslevich, a 22-year-old with high functioning ASD who was made a flight attendant for a day, is seen onboard an El Al plane before departing to Rome, Italy, February 20, 2023. (Tobias Siegal/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2023, 4:08 pm
To promote disability inclusion, El Al makes man with autism a crew member for a day
Fulfilling a childhood dream, volunteer soldier Idan Fishslevich, 22, becomes a flight attendant in a joint initiative by JNF-USA and Israel’s national airline
By Tobias Siegal
The entrance to the Beit Dafna residence in Holon on May 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 6, 2022, 2:46 pm
Police open probe month after 3 die of food poisoning at Holon care facility
Investigation into Beit Dafna home for residents with disabilities to be conducted by fraud unit, after Health Ministry cited ‘severe deficiencies’ in kitchen cleanliness
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his daughter Yael in 2018. (Yair Lapid' Facebook profile)
May 22, 2022, 7:10 pm
Lapid in tears as cabinet discusses budget boost for people with disabilities
PM says proposed bill will enshrine rights and services in law ‘for the first time’; FM weeps as he shares daughter’s story
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative image of a doctor in a hospital ward (sudok1; iStock by Getty Images)
May 22, 2022, 11:24 am
4 hospitalized in new suspected food poisoning in home for people with disabilities
Welfare Ministry to investigate incident at Neve Ram facility in north, which comes weeks after 3 died at a similar institution; father of one patient: ‘No lessons learned’
By ToI Staff
The entrance to the Beit Dafna shelter in Holon on May 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
May 8, 2022, 8:57 pm
Health Ministry confirms contamination caused deadly food poisoning in Holon shelter
Officials find fecal bacteria in several food samples, ‘severe’ deficiencies in maintenance and cleanliness of facility where three died
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: View of a hospital patient food tray. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
May 2, 2022, 9:52 pm
Food poisoning suspected as three die at Holon shelter for people with disabilities
A team sent by the Health Ministry to the Beit Dafna shelter finds severe deficiencies in the facility’s kitchen
By ToI Staff
At the train station in the Hungarian town of Zahony, more than 200 Ukrainians with disabilities — residents of two care homes in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv — disembarked into the cold wind of the train platform after an arduous escape from the violence gripping Ukraine, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Balazs Kaufmann)
March 2, 2022, 11:41 pm
People with disabilities forced to flee care homes as assault on Kyiv intensifies
Over 200 refugees unable to fend for themselves disembark into the cold in an arduous escape; UN predicts Europe’s ‘biggest refugee crisis this century’
By Justin Spike
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