Join our Community
Support ToI and remove all ads
Learn more

ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Delphine Matthieussent

Former minister and army general Avigdor Kahalani gives an interview at his home in Tel Aviv on September 7, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 1, 2023, 6:49 am
Yom Kippur War was a needed ‘slap in face,’ says vet who helped reverse battle’s tide
Avigdor Kahalani recalls how unit he commanded in Golan Heights managed to halt the Syrian momentum after twin attacks by Egypt and Syria on October 6, 1973 caught Israel off guard
By Delphine Matthieussent
Yael Rashlin (R) a transgender woman, poses for a photo with her partner Hadar and and their children Yarden and Hillel, at their home in the town of Tzur Hadassah in central Israel, on December 1, 2022. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
February 23, 2023, 1:35 pm
Israel’s transgender Jews struggle in Orthodox circles
New hardline government is raising disquiet among LGBTQ people, with subject of transgenderism already taboo for much of the religious community
By Delphine Matthieussent
Moscow-born linguist Olga Romanova poses for a picture at her son's home in the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on March 29, 2022. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
April 17, 2022, 7:56 am
Fleeing Putin’s regime, Russian dissidents join Ukrainian refugees in Israel
Around 10,000 Russians have immigrated to Israel since the war began, alongside close to 24,000 Ukrainian refugees who have landed in Tel Aviv during the same period
By Delphine Matthieussent
Israeli Druze singer Mike Sharif is pictured during an interview with AFP in the northern Israeli village of Daliyat al-Karmel, on January 10, 2022. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
March 12, 2022, 6:02 pm
Can music bridge Palestinian-Israeli divide? A Druze pop star believes so
Nicknamed ‘the Druze prodigy,’ Mike Sharif sings in Hebrew in Hebron and in Arabic in Tel Aviv; ‘Politics does not bring people together this way,’ he says
By Delphine Matthieussent
MK Gilad Kariv speaks during an interview at his office in the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 24, 2021 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 5, 2021, 8:17 am
First Reform rabbi MK: Most Israeli Jews feel closer to liberals than ultra-Orthodox
Labor’s Gilad Kariv says though liberal Jews are a minority, most Israelis agree with them on civil marriage, public transport on Shabbat, space for Western Wall mixed prayers
By Delphine Matthieussent
Israeli writer and artist Etgar Keret during an interview with AFP at his home in Tel Aviv on November 5, 2020. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
November 25, 2020, 3:56 pm
‘Suddenly, we see more’: Top writer Keret enjoys pandemic-fueled creative surge
With new stories inspired by changes the coronavirus has wrought, 53-year-old decries romanticization of pre-outbreak world, says it’s a chance to improve
By Delphine Matthieussent
Illustrative: People wait in line outside a supermarket in Tel Aviv on April 07, 2020, (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 23, 2020, 3:59 pm
Scared and overworked, foreign caregivers man front line of Israel’s virus fight
As relatives are banned from visiting their elderly charges, workers say they get no relief and fear they’ll spread infection; deportations stop — but so do family visits
By Delphine Matthieussent
Members of a film crew shoot a scene on the set of an Israeli television series inside the Beit Jamal monastery, near the central city of Bet Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on December 11, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
January 29, 2020, 11:54 am
After ‘Homeland,’ Israeli original series go global
Dramatic shift in TV industry means shows no longer have to be adapted to receive international acclaim; just ask the creators of ‘Fauda,’ ‘On the Spectrum,’ ‘Shtisel’ and others
By Delphine Matthieussent
Yigal Amir, the convicted assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, seen during a court hearing in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 5, 2019, 5:20 am
Israel’s Oscar entry ‘Incitement’ gets inside the head of Yitzhak Rabin’s killer
Writers had 100 hours of phone interviews with Yigal Amir; movie also looks to provide commentary on Israeli politics today: It’s also ‘a story about the future,’ says co-writer
By Delphine Matthieussent
President Reuven Rivlin (center) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 22, 2019, 5:18 pm
With folksy charm, President ‘Ruvi’ confronts Israel vote deadlock
After Netanyahu fails to form coalition, Rivlin seeks to prevent a third election while managing an uneasy relationship with Likud leader
By Delphine Matthieussent
An election campaign poster showing Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman over the caption, 'Right-wing, and secular too,' in Jerusalem on April 2, 2019, ahead of the April 9 general elections. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 9:21 am
Liberman’s stand against ultra-Orthodox coercion sees him gaining popularity
Hardline ex-defense minister has relied on support from Russian-speaking Israelis, but polls show his refusal to capitulate to demands of religious parties is widening his appeal
By Delphine Matthieussent and Jonah Mandel
A Jerusalem municipal veterinary center employee attempts to lure stray cats into a cage with food so that they can be sterilized, March 7, 2019. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
May 8, 2019, 5:39 pm
Jerusalem faces dilemma in dealing with hordes of stray cats
Capital’s streets are overrun with an estimated 240,000 felines, but there is little funding or political will to deal with the problem
By Delphine Matthieussent
This photo taken on April 15, 2019, at the University of Tel Aviv shows a 3D print of heart with human tissue. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 15, 2019, 2:46 pm
Israeli scientists unveil world’s first 3D-printed heart with human tissue
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say their ‘major medical breakthrough’ will advance possibilities for transplants
By Delphine Matthieussent
Alona Barkat, the owner of the soccer team Hapoel Beersheba, poses for a portrait during an interview at Turner Stadium in Beersheba, on May 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
July 10, 2018, 4:27 pm
Israel’s first female soccer boss blazes a desert trail
Winning three consecutive national championships, Alona Barkat’s Hapoel Beersheba is an emblematic driving force of a southern Israeli city on the rise
By Delphine Matthieussent
European General Consuls of France (L), Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Findand, Denmark and European Union are blocked by Israeli police as they try to visit the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank east of Jerusalem on July 5, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
July 5, 2018, 7:52 pm
Israel blocks EU envoys’ visit to school in threatened Bedouin village
Diplomats turned back at entrance to Khan al-Ahmar, which police say is now a closed military zone as bulldozers move in
By Delphine Matthieussent
Load More
Sign in or Register
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.
Never miss breaking news on Israel
Get notifications to stay updated
You're subscribed
image
Register for free
and continue reading
Registering also lets you comment on articles and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.