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Head of the left-wing Meretz party Tamar Zandberg attends a rally marking 23 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on November 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 4, 2018, 3:49 pm
Mending a broken nation: 6 things to know for November 4
The Rabin assassination Rabin 23 years ago is reverberating to this day, and the political divide becomes evident on the anniversary of the murder
By Adiv Sterman
Screen capture from video of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with Israeli innovators, at the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem, October 4, 2018. (YouTube)
October 7, 2018, 11:31 am
Merkel photo with all-male group of Israeli entrepreneurs draws ire
MK demands Netanyahu include representation of both sexes in future delegations; Facebook group organizes mass gathering of businesswomen for pic in Tel Aviv
By Stuart Winer
Demonstrators hold up signs at a Tel Aviv rally demanding security for residents of Israel's south on August 18, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 19, 2018, 12:24 am
‘Not cannon fodder’: South Israel residents march to demand quiet on Gaza border
As possible cease-fire takes shape, hundreds at Rabin Square protest say they won’t tolerate continuation of airborne arson attacks torching their fields
By TOI staff
Israeli Arabs, some waving Palestinian flags, protest against the nation-state law' in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 12, 2018, 12:39 pm
PM: Many Arabs protesting nation-state law want Israel to be a Palestinian state
Netanyahu says ‘PLO flags’ waved at Tel Aviv rally on Saturday underlined the need to enshrine country’s Jewish nature in law
By Tamar Pileggi
Israeli Arabs hold a Palestinian flag during a protest against the Jewish nation bill in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
August 11, 2018, 8:33 pm
30,000 oppose nation-state law at Arab-led Tel Aviv rally; Palestinian flags fly
Dozens defying request by organizers and wave Palestinian flags, chant anti-Israel slogans; PM says display is ‘no better testament to the need’ for the law
By Tamar Pileggi and TOI staff
The LGBT Association members hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, on July 25, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2018, 7:54 pm
LGBT community lays out demands from government for ‘full equality’
Following Sunday’s mass protests and widespread support, gay activists threaten action if not given full rights, including support for surrogacy births
By TOI staff
Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a protest against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 22, 2018, 10:16 pm
100,000 protest in Tel Aviv over anti-LGBT discrimination
Nationwide rallies and strikes demanding equal surrogacy rights for gay men culminate in mass rally where anger focuses on Netanyahu
By Naomi Lanzkron
White Night Tel Aviv 2018 kicked off Wednesday, June 27 with the White Picnic, an elegant, al fresco event where participants show up with a picnic dinner at a previously undisclosed location in the city (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
June 28, 2018, 2:50 pm
Tel Aviv celebrates itself with annual all-nighter
The White City rejoices in its Bauhaus demeanor and its youthful spirit with events in the parks, streets and sidewalks
By Jessica Steinberg
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
June 25, 2018, 4:11 pm
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
Sex segregation is bad and getting worse
What happens when the public hides women, whether on an El Al plane or in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square
Hundreds of Israelis celebrate in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after Israeli contestant Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision song contest with her song "Toy," May 12, 2018. (Flash90)
May 13, 2018, 6:54 pm
Tel Aviv to host Netta in Eurovision victory concert
Free concert in Rabin Square will also feature previous Israeli contestants in singing competition, including past winner Dana International
By David Sedley
Israeli revelers at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2018, celebrating Netta Barzilai's Eurovision Song Contest victory. ( Screen capture: YouTube)
May 13, 2018, 3:23 am
Thousands of Israelis fill streets, social media to celebrate Eurovision win
Rabin Square packs with revelers, hundreds party in Jerusalem market after Netta Barzilai nets victory for Israel at song contest
By TOI staff
Israeli teens light candles at a vigil at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on April 28, 2018, in memory of the 10 victims killed in a flash flood while hiking in the Judean Desert. (Screen capture/YouTube)
April 28, 2018, 10:57 pm
Thousands gather at Tel Aviv candlelight vigil for victims of flash flood
Similar memorials held at Jerusalem’s Zion Square and in central town of Mazkeret Batya, where one of the casualties, Tzur Alfi, lived
By TOI staff
12,000 Israelis gather at the latest Koolulam singing initiative held at Tel Aviv's Menora Mivtachim in honor of Israel's 70th (Courtesy Koolulam)
April 16, 2018, 12:03 pm
On Israel’s 70th, become a part of history as you look back on it
Israel celebrates Independence Day in every city, town and village; here are a few standout options for marking Yom Ha’atzmaut
By Jessica Steinberg
A tilted Israeli flag hung at Kikar Rabin in Tel Aviv on March 5, 2018. (Screen capture/ Twitter)
March 5, 2018, 2:03 pm
Culture minister knocks ‘falling flag’ placed in Rabin Square
Artist says piece meant to symbolize country’s current interim status between stability and utter collapse
By TOI staff
A statue of assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the place where he was murdered, in Tel Aviv, seen on October 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 9, 2018, 12:13 pm
Bust of slain prime minister Rabin defaced with swastika
Suspect, who also scrawled ‘thank you, 600000000’ on Tel Aviv statue, apprehended; found carrying two knives, was apparently drunk
By TOI staff
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