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A member of the Israeli Druze community casts her ballot during Israel's parliamentary elections on September 17, 2019, in Daliyat al-Karmel in northern Israel. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
September 18, 2019, 8:32 pm
Likud supporter caught ballot stuffing in Arab village
Representatives of other political parties report Fureidis case to police, Central Elections Committee
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The Bedouin town of Rahat in the northern Negev. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 21, 2019, 2:39 pm
Shin Bet nabs man who allegedly planned to bomb Ashdod hotel
Indictment says Adel Abu Hadayeb, 20, of Rahat was radicalized online by Hamas propaganda, attempted to build bomb and rocket
By TOI staff
Local youth participate in the excavation of a very early 7th-8th century mosque near Rahat ahead of a neighborhood expansion, July 2019. (Anat Rasiuk/Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 18, 2019, 12:54 pm
One of the earliest mosques in the Holy Land unearthed in Bedouin city of Rahat
The rural, open-air mosque dates to just after the Arab conquest in 636 CE and adds wealth of knowledge about an empire transitioning from Christianity to Islam
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum dances with employees during a Ramadan iftar breakfast at the Rahat factory on May 27, 2019. (courtesy SodaStream)
May 29, 2019, 6:50 am
At SodaStream Ramadan break fast, hopes that peace will bubble up from Rahat
Interfaith iftar dinner for 2,000 Jewish and Arab employees highlights company’s expansion to serve more marginalized populations at its ‘Island of Peace’
By Melanie Lidman
Police footage of a woman being dragged along with her parents' car in the town of Rahat on April 5, 2019. (Israel Police)
April 18, 2019, 1:33 pm
Parents suspected of abducting child and dragging her alongside car
Police say they intend to indict couple from Bedouin town of Rahat alleged to have assaulted 18-year-old daughter due to her relationships with men
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The Bedouin city of Rahat in south Israel, on August 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 25, 2018, 10:12 am
Two-year-old girl dies after being hit by car
Paramedics unable to save toddler, who suffered multiple injuries in accident in southern Negev region
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: The Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, February 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
November 29, 2018, 1:31 pm
Rahat man succumbs to wounds sustained in brawl stabbing
After doctors declare death of Fahd Naif al-Qasasi, another fight breaks out between clans in southern Bedouin town
By TOI staff
A screenshot from video reporting to show a police officer slapping an arrested suspect in the face during a violent confrontation between police and residents of the southern city of Rahat on May 25, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 27, 2018, 5:43 pm
Cop filmed slapping Bedouin man questioned under caution
Officer ordered to stay away from police station; court refuses to free 2 men suspected of attacking police during clash in Rahat
By TOI staff
A screenshot from a video of clashes between police and residents of the southern Bedouin town of Rahat on May 25, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 26, 2018, 9:42 pm
Probe opened after video shows cop slapping Bedouin during arrest
Justice Ministry announces investigation into Rahat traffic stop that turned violent, as hundreds protest police’s ‘untrue’ version of events
By TOI staff
A screenshot from a video of clashes between police and residents of the southern Bedouin town of Rahat on May 25, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 25, 2018, 11:45 pm
2 cops hurt after being attacked by mob with rocks, clubs in Bedouin town
Police set upon by dozens of Rahat residents after stopping a driver for traffic offenses; video appears to show officer slapping detained man
By TOI staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks to the press in a field just outside the Gaza Strip on February 20, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
March 8, 2018, 2:18 pm
Liberman vows not to ‘succumb’ to Haredi ‘extortion,’ even if it means elections
As ultra-Orthodox parties threaten to topple government, Yisrael Beytenu party digs in and insists it will resist fast-tracking of military draft law
By TOI staff
Ron Yitzhak Kokia, an IDF soldier who was stabbed to death in a terror attack on November 30, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 5, 2017, 3:25 pm
Bedouin leaders disavow soldier’s killers, urge coexistence
After murder of Sgt. Ron Kokia, mayors meet with their counterpart in Arad to reaffirm commitment to neighborly relations
By Stuart Winer
An M-16A2 assault rifle. (Swedish Army Museum/Wikimedia)
November 29, 2017, 12:37 pm
Soldier suspected of fabricating assault and gun theft
Investigators believe serviceman faked story about attackers who grabbed his M-16 rifle, sold piece himself
By TOI staff
The Magen Abraham Synagogue in Ahmedabad, India. (Wikipedia/Emmanuel Dyan/CC BY)
October 26, 2017, 1:59 pm
IS operatives accused of planning attack on Indian synagogue
Indian anti-terror officials say suspects carried out reconnaissance on the Magen Abraham synagogue in Gujarat on Sept. 12, were planning either an explosion or shooting
By TOI staff
Undercover police officers arrest a Palestinian man in Israel illegally who is suspected of planning a stabbing attack, in Rahat, southern Israel, October 11, 2017. (Israel Police)
October 11, 2017, 5:27 pm
Palestinian illegally in Israel arrested for planning terror attack
Tulkarem resident pulls knife on officers during arrest in Bedouin city of Rahat, but is overpowered
By TOI staff
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