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Illustrative: A man holds a smartphone showing the app for ride-sharing service Uber in London, on March 17, 2021. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)
September 17, 2025, 2:51 pm
Uber ride hailing may be allowed in Israel next year, transportation minister says
Move would cut transport costs while disrupting the taxi sector and potentially opening the door to thousands of black-market drivers
By Zev Stub
A sports car drives along the Place de l'Etoile, in front of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, February 18, 2025. (AP/Aurelien Morissard)
April 14, 2025, 4:01 am
A French taxi app for visiting Israelis is gaining popularity amid rising antisemitism
Monite, an application similar to Uber designed specifically for Hebrew speakers, is catching on beyond its intended audience, as unprecedented levels of hate threaten local Jews
By Romain Chauvet
Gett taxis in Tel Aviv on March 2, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 9, 2024, 7:08 pm
Israeli parking payments app inks deal to buy ridesharing startup Gett for $175m
Pango says the ride-hailing taxi app will continue to operate under the Gett brand following the acquisition, which is still subject to regulatory approvals
By Sharon Wrobel
Taxi driver Shlomo Yitzhaki speaks to Channel 12 on August 21, 2023. (Screen capture/Channel 12)
August 21, 2023, 11:35 pm
‘Drive, you stinking leftist’: Taxi passenger assaults driver as own daughter watches
70-year-old files police complaint after passenger with a toddler breaks his nose, lacerates his forehead in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of an Uber car (Skoda) in Warsaw, Poland, in 2019. (MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski via iStock by Getty Images)
July 5, 2022, 11:29 pm
Uber to relaunch ride-hailing operations in Israel with licensed cab drivers
Company to compete for passengers and drivers with Gett and Yango, in a return to the local market 5 years after being restricted
By Ricky Ben-David
An autonomous taxi, or robotaxi, pilot will be launched by Mobileye, an Intel company, in Tel Aviv and Munich in 2022, Mobileye announced in September 2021. Passengers will be able to hail a ride using Moovit, an Israeli company bought by Intel in 2020. (Mobileye/Intel)
September 7, 2021, 6:16 pm
Mobileye to launch pilot scheme for autonomous taxis in Tel Aviv, Munich in 2022
Jerusalem-based Intel subsidiary partners with German mobility service provider Sixt to test ‘robotaxis’ next year; passengers will hail ride on Moovit or Sixt apps
By Ricky Ben-David
The first female Palestinian taxi driver in the Gaza Strip, Nayla Abu Jubbah, sits at her vehicle as she works in Gaza City on November 17, 2020. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 18, 2020, 5:39 pm
Palestinian mother of 5 becomes Gaza’s 1st female taxi driver
Nayla Abu Jubbah hopes to expand her business in the Hamas-run Strip, where one client says she ‘felt a kind of freedom’ being driven around by another woman
By AFP and ToI Staff
A GetTaxi vehicle in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2020, 10:16 pm
Lawsuit alleges Gett’s ‘Kosher’ taxi option discriminates against Arab drivers
Israeli TV airs hidden camera footage of representative for ride-hailing app saying its ‘Mehadrin’ service ‘isn’t for the religious, it’s for people who don’t want an Arab driver’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian man walks along Israel's security barrier, in the West Bank town of Aram, as a taxi drives in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
January 9, 2020, 12:22 am
Masked men reportedly carjack Israeli family in West Bank
Driver, wife and daughter treated for mild hypothermia after walking to checkpoint in cold and rain
By ToI Staff
Illustration of US dollar bills. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)
December 8, 2019, 2:36 pm
Taxi driver finds $15,000 in his backseat, tracks down owners
Moshe Barkat of Bat Yam manages to locate the owners of the money, which was meant to fund treatment at Tel Aviv hospital: ‘They weren’t very excited to get the money back’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Taxis drivers at Ben Gurion Airport on June 12, 2017. (Flash90)
April 1, 2019, 6:40 am
Tel Aviv taxi drivers brush up on English ahead of Eurovision
City’s cabbies also looking to polish their manners before expected tourist influx, even if it’s just to get a bigger tip
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A black cab drives past London's Westminster Bridge, March 23, 2017 (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
November 15, 2018, 6:49 am
London Jewish cab owners donate taxis to Holocaust rescuers in Poland
Iconic black vehicles will be used in initiative to help chauffeur elderly Poles who risked their lives to save Jews
By JTA
A GetTaxi vehicle in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
From the WebSeptember 4, 2018, 3:51 pm
Russia’s Yandex is moving in on Gett’s home turf
Calcalist: Russian multinational tech firm Yandex, which runs Russia’s most popular internet search engine, is looking to roll out a taxi service in Israel
Illustrative: Line of taxis waiting for passengers (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
November 27, 2017, 12:39 pm
Court bans Uber ride-sharing activity in Israel
Judge says drivers without taxi licenses cannot pick up passengers due to lack of insurance
By ToI Staff
Taxis drivers demonstrate at Ben Gurion Airport outside of Tel Aviv against the airport's planned 12% reduction in cab fares, June 12, 2017. The placard says 'no discount.' (FLASH90)
June 13, 2017, 1:31 am
Taxi drivers disrupt airport services over rates dispute
Airport said to reach compromise with cabbies after they protest plans for 12 percent discount on list prices
By ToI Staff
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