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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Rabin Square

Thousands march through Tel Aviv to call for government action on climate change, on October 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 29, 2021, 1:36 pm
Thousands march in Tel Aviv demanding more ambitious action on climate
Organizers describe event as biggest climate protest to date in Israel, estimate 12,000 taking part
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Activists and demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a Global Climate Strike in Tel Aviv on September 27, 2019, against inaction on climate change. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
October 28, 2021, 11:31 am
Thousands expected at Tel Aviv climate protest Friday
‘What comes first — money and tycoons or dramatic steps to save lives?’ asks organizer, two days before PM is due in Scotland for climate talks
By Sue Surkes
Daycare workers protest in Tel Aviv, demanding better working conditions. October 3, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 3, 2021, 3:09 pm
Thousands of striking daycare staff protest in Tel Aviv over working conditions
Workers gather in city’s Rabin Square, march into surrounding roads on first day of open-ended strike to force government into talks on wages, labor shortage
By ToI Staff
Painter and sculptor Igael Tumarkin in 2004 (Flash 90)
August 13, 2021, 11:42 pm
Sculptor, painter Igael Tumarkin dies aged 87
Tumarkin was an Israel Prize recipient known for the large monument at Rabin Square, as well as artworks displayed around the country and the world
By ToI Staff
Israelis celebrate the new government at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on June 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
June 14, 2021, 2:03 am
Thousands in Tel Aviv celebrate Netanyahu ouster with foam, confetti and flags
Contrasting scenes in Jerusalem, where religious Jews gather at Western Wall to offer prayers against new government; ex-PM thanks supporters, urges them to protest
By ToI Staff and AFP
The large vaccination center in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 21, 2021, 3:52 pm
With most adults vaccinated, Israel’s large inoculation centers start to close
As pace slows, Tel Aviv shuts major sites; focus shifts to smaller communities as health providers run mobile units in various places with low rates of vaccination
By ToI Staff
Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv for a memorial ceremony marking 25 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held on November 7, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 7, 2020, 10:12 pm
Thousands attend Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv, 25 years after assassination
Headlining event, opposition leader Lapid vows to defend Israel from ‘those trying to destroy it from within’
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and commemorate assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, in Jerusalem, on October 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 2, 2020, 6:37 pm
In tribal, divided Israel, Rabin’s memory overwhelmed by partisan mistrust
25 years after the assassination, each side believes it is the new target of incitement – and the other side is the perpetrator
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Protesters march against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 29, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 10:56 pm
Hundreds march through Tel Avi in protest of Netanyahu
Smaller demonstrations calling for prime minister to resign held at other locations around the country
By ToI Staff
A display of 25,000 memorial candles in honor of the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, October 29, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 10:25 pm
Tel Aviv square lights up with 25,000 candles 25 year after Rabin assassination
Exhibit at Rabin Square, where former PM was murdered, caps a day of nationwide commemorations largely overshadowed by current political tensions
By ToI Staff
One thousand chairs symbolizing people who died from the coronavirus are placed at the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2020 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
September 7, 2020, 4:26 pm
1,019 empty chairs placed in Tel Aviv square to protest coronavirus dead
Standing Together social justice movement says installation highlights empty places at tables for upcoming High Holidays, calls for inquiry into government management of crisis
By ToI Staff
An installation depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a mock 'Last Supper' by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, is placed at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, July 29, 2020. (Oded Balilty/AP)
July 29, 2020, 11:47 am
Artist takes aim at Netanyahu with life-size Last Supper installation
Creator Itay Zalait says his exhibit in central Tel Aviv square, which shows prime minister sitting by himself at feast, depicts the last minutes to save Israeli democracy
By Oded Balilty
Protesters scuffle with police after a demonstration calling for financial support from the government amid the coronavirus crisis in Tel Aviv on July 11, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 12, 2020, 1:54 am
Hundreds block roads, clash with police in Tel Aviv after economic protests
Cops arrest 19 demonstrators, use riders on horseback and pepper spray to disperse crowds as traffic stalls on a number of major roads
By ToI Staff
Protesters demand government action at a demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against economic policy in the wake of the crisis triggered by the pandemic, on July 11, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
July 11, 2020, 10:06 pm
Thousands demand government action at Tel Aviv protest against economic policy
Demonstrators decry insufficient financial support to small business owners and the self-employed, amid ongoing coronavirus crisis; scuffles, arrests reported as crowd disperses
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Police stand guard at a protest by self-employed Israelis protesting the lack of financial support from the government, on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 11, 2020, 4:02 pm
Hundreds of cops deploy for ‘apolitical’ Tel Aviv rally against economic policy
Organizers call to observe social distancing rules, wear masks; Police: ‘We are aware of the protesters’ desire to make their cries and their pain heard’
By ToI Staff
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