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CSS has trained over 4,000 volunteers across the country to protect Jewish organizations. (Courtesy of CSS/via JTA)
November 15, 2017, 4:34 am
Organization training thousands of Jewish volunteers to keep synagogues safe
Community Security Service focuses on training US community members to spot suspicious behavior and thus avert potential attacks
By Josefin Dolsten
April 19, 2017, 2:51 pm
Freedom from fear in Haifa
Israeli scientists convinced the public of the risk of far more potentially explosive ammonia than the country uses
By Alon Tal
The ammonia storage tank in the northern city of Haifa. (Courtesy of Environmental Protection Ministry)
March 7, 2017, 9:49 pm
Chemical firm says hundreds will lose jobs unless compensated over ammonia tank
With April 1 deadline approaching, Haifa Group demands government shoulder costs of relocating its storage facility
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative: Staff at Camp Harlam in Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Camp Harlam/via JTA)
February 20, 2017, 5:03 am
Security at summer camps: What you need to know
While the rate of reported incidents is low, security experts employ a dynamic range of tactics against a variety of potential threats
By Ben Harris
Haifa's industrial zone. The ammonia tank is visible on the jetty jutting into the sea at the right. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
January 31, 2017, 7:22 pm
Hundreds of thousands of lives in danger from Haifa ammonia operation: report
12,000-ton storage container could 'fall apart tomorrow' or be attacked in a war, expert warns, creating a toxic suffocating cloud; managing company dismisses 'fear-mongering'
By Stuart Winer
Police sappers destroy fireworks confiscated during a drugs bust, at a quarry in central Israel in January 2017 (courtesy of Israel Police)
January 19, 2017, 7:47 pm
Police blow up 10 tons of confiscated fireworks
Sappers destroy pyrotechnics discovered in drugs bust, say blast in isolated quarry comparable to 1 ton of TNT
By TOI staff
A new tsunami warning sign placed at the Ashkelon beach in time for a national drill on April 4, 2016. (Ashkelon Municipality)
April 4, 2016, 2:43 pm
Emergency services drill tsunami along southern coast
'Tsunami Hazard Zone' signs bearing emergency escape routes to be placed on Israeli beaches in coming months
By Tamar Pileggi
Israelis do yoga on an empty Tel Aviv street, on Yom Kippur, on September 23 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
September 23, 2015, 9:17 pm
Minor violence as sweltering Yom Kippur comes to an end
2,220 people treated by medical teams for bike injuries, dehydration; several stone-throwing incidents reported
By TOI staff
Member of Belgian and French police stay next to a Thalys train at the Brussels Midi - Zuid train station, on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Security has become more visible after an attack on Friday of a Thalys train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. (Francois Walschaerts/AP)
August 26, 2015, 2:19 pm
EU ministers to discuss improving security after train attack
Officials to consider 'concrete proposals' to improve public transportation safety, as suspect is charged with terrorism
By AP and AFP
Israeli soldiers secure the scene after a Palestinian man wounded an Israeli soldier with a knife at a crossing between Israel and West Bank north of Jerusalem, August 15, 2015. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
August 21, 2015, 9:53 am
New tools, new complications in fight to keep cities safe
After Bangkok bombing, a look at what places like Jerusalem, which can see over 3.5 million travelers annually, must contend with
By Tim Sullivan
Israeli celebrity chef Haim Cohen in public safety video for Beterem – Safe Kids Israel (YouTube/Beterem)
May 28, 2015, 5:13 pm
Burning pizza video warns how summer heat turns cars into ovens
In public safety clip, celebrity chef highlights dangers of leaving children in parked vehicles; 16 kids have died this way in Israel since 2008
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch. (Photo credit: Flash90)
November 20, 2014, 1:44 pm
Public security minister eases rules for gun permits
Yitzhak Aharonovitch says the temporary move is to help heighten the public's sense of security
By Stuart Winer
A man rides his bicycle on a car-free highway in Jerusalem during the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur on October 4, 2014 (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
October 4, 2014, 7:58 pm
Israel resumes activity as Yom Kippur ends
2,319 people by medical teams during the fast, 18 of them requiring resuscitation; several incidents of stone throwing
By TOI staff and AFP
Jerusalem (Photo credit: Noam Chen)
October 3, 2014, 1:49 pm
Israel shuts down, police on alert for Yom Kippur
Commissioner Yohanan Danino calls on members of all faiths to respect both High Holiday and Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha
By AFP and TOI staff
Web interface for OK2GO's location-based security system (Photo credit: Courtesy)
August 31, 2014, 5:17 pm
School security a button-push away with new Israeli tech
OK2GO's tracking system for guards ensures that students are better protected this school year
By David Shamah
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