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Netanel Divker at the Royal Hotel near the Dead Sea on March 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 13, 2024, 2:38 pm
At Dead Sea hotels, lasting mental, physical traumas delay homecoming for some evacuees
Despite challenging conditions, some displaced have rejected government incentives to return, citing lingering security concerns, while others still have no homes to go back to
By Canaan Lidor
Deputy Interior Minister Faina Kirshenbaum at a Knesset Finance Committee meeting, May 19, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
August 8, 2017, 3:15 pm
Ex-deputy minister, other Yisrael Beytenu officials indicted in massive graft case
Faina Kirshenbaum charged with financial felonies including bribery, breach of trust, fraud and money laundering
By Raoul Wootliff
Salt stalactite formations at the Dead Sea. (courtesy Noam Bedein)
February 20, 2017, 2:40 pm
After Sderot, photographer trains lens on a disappearing Dead Sea
Noam Bedein has captured the beauty in destruction wrought by rockets in Israel’s south. Now, he’s taking aim at the rapid demise of a natural heritage site
By Melanie Lidman
People swim in the salty waters of the Dead Sea, from Jordan to Israel, arriving at Ein Gedi, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Swimmers from around the world plunged into the salty waters of the Dead Sea in a bid to draw attention to its environmental degradation. Wearing protective masks and snorkels, 25 swimmers paddled through the muddy water to attempt the 10-mile (17-kilometer) swim from Jordan to Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 16, 2016, 2:45 am
Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
Using protective masks and snorkels, multinational activists complete ‘historic and iconic’ journey in ‘global call to save this amazing sea’
By Video by Iacopo Luzi
Swimmers attempt a seven-hour swim across the Dead Sea in from Jordan to Israel a bid to draw attention to its environmental degradation on November 15, 2016. (EcoPeace Middle East)
November 15, 2016, 2:21 pm
Swimmers attempt 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
Wearing protective masks and snorkels, participants embark on ‘historic and iconic’ attempt to highlight lake’s environmental degradation
By Sam McNeil and Video by Iacopo Luzi
Stas Misezhnikov, then-tourism minister, in Jerusalem, October 21, 2012. (oav Ari Dudkevitch / FLASH90)
September 26, 2016, 4:09 pm
Ex-minister, other political figures to be charged in massive graft case
Stas Misezhnikov, who held tourism portfolio, suspected of soliciting kickbacks, using coke while in office; 15 others, many linked to Yisrael Beytenu party, also face indictment
By ToI Staff
June 9, 2015, 6:31 pm
Targeted for West Bank factory, Ahava cosmetics may open in south
Dead Sea firm, which closed London store because of protests, denies boycott pressure to blame
By JTA
The performance of La Tosca at Masada barely utilized the mountain, only lighting it at a few points. The enormous stage swallowed performers when there were only two or three during most of the show. (courtesy Israel Opera/Yossi Zwecker)
June 5, 2015, 2:23 pm
Works of passion sung at a site of passion
Israel Opera’s 5th production at Masada fails to incorporate the iconic landmark, but the desert location still excites
By Melanie Lidman
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