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Ron Cobi, a former mayor of Tiberias and a candidate for the job, stands atop a hill overlooking his city in Israel on August 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
September 20, 2023, 10:42 am
Local elections turn placid Tiberias into unlikely front in Israel’s societal clash
Haredi and secularist extremism, as well as the alleged involvement of a former politician with a criminal record, are muddying the lakeside city’s political waters
By Canaan Lidor
Police arrest Rami Ismail (left) near Kiryat Shmona on August 11, 2023, on suspicion of extortion attempts. (Israel Police)
August 23, 2023, 4:30 pm
Prosecutors seek to use new ‘protection law’ against criminal suspect in north
Rami Ismail, who was arrested earlier this month, could be the first person charged under new legislation that sets minimum prison sentences for such shakedowns
By ToI Staff
President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices at the High Court in Jerusalem hear petitions against the so-called 'Tiberias law,' on July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2023, 1:34 pm
Daily Briefing July 31: On final Knesset day, High Court hobbles coalition’s pet law
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn and legal reporter Jeremy Sharon review a charged summer Knesset session and its looming aftermath, with a legal showdown set for September
By ToI Staff
Acting Tiberias mayor Boaz Yosef at a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, in petitions against the so-called "Tiberias law," on July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2023, 12:09 am
High Court rules unanimously against mayoral election law that would benefit Deri ally
Judges say changes to cooling-off period for acting mayor must take effect only after next municipal poll; note legislation seemed ‘tailor-made’ to benefit Boaz Yosef
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
An aerial view of Netanya in 2022. Illustrative. (Wirestock via iStock by Getty Images)
July 28, 2023, 4:23 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 9, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)
July 27, 2023, 7:55 am
AG slams ‘flawed’ law benefiting Deri ally in Tiberias mayoral race
Baharav-Miara says law, frozen since last week, ‘sets legal situation backward,’ unfairly benefits incumbents, and should not be implemented at upcoming vote on October 31
By ToI Staff
Health and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri seen outside his home in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023 following the High Court of Justice ruling barring him from ministerial office. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 20, 2023, 7:25 pm
Court temporarily blocks law benefitting Deri ally in Tiberias municipal race
Justices issue injunction against legislation which removes requirement for caretaker mayors to sit out an election period before running for the office they were appointed to
By ToI Staff
MK Aryeh Deri seen during a vote on the judge-picking panel at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2023, 5:57 am
Knesset passes law nixing time-out for appointed mayors, boosting Deri associate
Measure passes on second and third reading despite allegations of being tailored to allow the well-connected acting mayor of Tiberias to run for the seat as an incumbent
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Tiberias Acting Mayor Boaz Yosef on the city promenade, May 15, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 7, 2023, 6:59 pm
Knesset advances bill that would allow Tiberias mayor to run in October
Acting Mayor Boaz Yosef needs to sit out an election cycle before running to lead his city — unless fast-tracked Likud-sponsored bill changes the rules of the game
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Edna and Yitzhak Hananyah after attending Birkat Kohanim in Jerusalem, Israel, on April 9, 2023. (Canaan Lidor)
April 9, 2023, 5:00 pm
Wary amid terror fears, thousands of Jews receive priestly blessing at Western Wall
In a monotheistic trifecta, a stream of Jews, Muslims and Christians celebrate their different holidays in an ultra-tense Old City
By Canaan Lidor
Screen capture from video showing a woman filling a bottle with gaslone that she then apparently used in an attempted arson attack on a Tiberias municipal building, March 26, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 28, 2023, 1:29 pm
Woman attempts to set Tiberias city hall on fire over parking ticket
Suspect tells staff she will torch office, returns to douse entrance with gasoline; police nab her before she can start fire with lighter in her possession
By ToI Staff
Lit-up apartment building in Petah Tikva, August 2021. (Itay Tamir via iStock by Getty Images)
March 24, 2023, 7:05 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: A researcher shows seismograph sensor readings from an earthquake in Mexico, on July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
March 1, 2023, 11:13 am
Minor tremor rattles Tiberias amid increase in regional seismic activity
Geological Institute says temblor’s epicenter 2 kilometers northwest of city; no immediate reports of damage or injuries
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of Rishon LeZion, February 2018. (Vicu9 via iStock by Getty Images)
February 10, 2023, 11:29 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
View of neighborhoods in the city of Tiberias on December 17, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 9, 2023, 11:26 pm
National Security Council said preparing $14 billion earthquake readiness plan
If approved by gov’t, it would see strengthening of 600,000 residential buildings, 80,000 commercial properties — with focus on high-risk cities such as Beit She’an, Tiberias
By Ash Obel
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