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Ra'anana Meridor, in an undated photo. (courtesy Meridor family)
November 10, 2023, 12:10 pm
Ra’anana Meridor, matriarch of influential right-wing family, dies at 100
Mother of Likud politician Dan Meridor was born in Vienna in 1923, became a Betar activist and saw her offspring achieve positions of authority in the new Jewish state
By ToI Staff
The exterior of the recently completed National Library of Israel, due to open in October 2023 (Courtesy Laurian Ghinitoiu)
September 13, 2023, 6:59 am
Long-awaited National Library set to reopen with 11 floors and millions of stories
Grand space to open in October, featuring plush reading rooms, museum-like exhibits, robotic stacks for 4 million books and rooms for all visitors, not just the quiet kind
By Jessica Steinberg
Author David Grossman speaks during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 25, 2023, 2:46 pm
Top authors, poets petition against effort to curb National Library independence
Artists warn that if the government passes bill to interfere in library leadership, they will refuse to donate archives or books to institution
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helps lay the National Library's new cornerstone, while National Library chairman David Bloomberg, speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein, and Menachem Ben-Sasson, president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, look on, April 5, 2016.. (Courtesy Albatross)
February 24, 2023, 10:32 am
National Library chair: Government moves threaten very existence of institution
Education Minister Kisch said to advance proposal to take away independence of library, allow the government to appoint management
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
August 22, 2018, 5:49 am
Only 17% of Democrats have favorable view of Netanyahu; 64% of Republicans
Survey of American attitudes to world leaders shows significant gaps between the two parties across the board, with Israel’s leader a particular focus of divergence
By ToI Staff
Emirati men perform a traditional dance in front of flags bearing portraits of Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, February 9, 2016. (AFP/Karim Sahib/ File)
June 11, 2018, 10:01 pm
Israel and UAE have maintained close covert ties since 1990s, magazine claims
‘I can envision us being in the trenches with Israel fighting against Iran,’ crown prince of Abu Dhabi said to have told Jewish leaders two decades ago
By Raphael Ahren
Deputy Minister Michael Oren at the Knesset, June 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel)
January 24, 2018, 3:13 pm
Michael Oren: Winning over Democrats must be a ‘strategic goal’ for Israel
Deputy minister calls for concerted effort to combat declining support among progressives, says budget needs to be as big as the one for fighting BDS
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: A Jewish man watches voting results come in at Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's election night event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center November 8, 2016, in New York City. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
January 23, 2018, 10:20 pm
Poll: Democratic support for Israel, Palestinians nearly identical
Pew survey shows support for Israel increasingly partisan, with GOP backing for the Jewish state far outstripping that of Democrats
By ToI Staff and AP
Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency, signs books at a Times of Israel event in Jerusalem, May 7, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2017, 8:32 am
Jewish Agency cancels dinner with PM over Western Wall decision
Board of governors scraps agenda, to focus on cabinet decision to freeze plan for pluralistic prayer pavilion
By ToI Staff
Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls, Matryoshka dolls, depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin, US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are seen on sale at a gift shop in central Moscow on November 8, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
November 9, 2016, 2:00 pm
Experts on US-Israel ties cautious on Trump’s future impact on the region
At Tel Aviv panel, former US envoy to Israel says embassy might actually be moved to Jerusalem; others don’t expect dramatic changes
By Raphael Ahren
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