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Melanie Lidman
Melanie Lidman
A municipality worker paints over Yigal Shtayim's mural depicting the murder of Rabin in Tel Aviv on April 17, 2018. (courtesy Facebook)
April 26, 2018, 10:31 pm
Erasure of iconic Rabin assassination mural reveals a grim picture in Tel Aviv
City says painting over the 22-year-old work was an 'innocent mistake'; artists and activists say it proves there's no policy to preserve public murals and artwork
By Melanie Lidman
Activists demonstrate in favor of closing the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv on April 24, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2018, 6:40 am
After migrant deportations canceled, south Tel Aviv rallies for real change
African asylum seekers have been blamed for the neighborhood's woes, but many residents say the hulking, partially abandoned Central Bus Station is the real culprit
By Melanie Lidman
Members of the Israel Cycling Academy, which received one of the Giro d'Italia wild cards to participate in the May 4, 2018, race in Israel (Courtesy Noa Arnon)
April 25, 2018, 6:18 am
Israel gears up to host prestigious Giro D’Italia cycling race opener in May
First three stages of iconic competition to be held at cost of NIS 120 million, one of the country's most expensive and logistically complex sporting events
By Melanie Lidman
The Backstreet Boys performing in Rishon Lezion on April 22, 2018. (courtesy Orit Pnini)
April 23, 2018, 6:12 am
Backstreet’s back in Israel and 15,000 fans want it that way
25 years later, boy band still selling out shows with a trip down memory lane to the golden age of manufactured 90s pop music
By Melanie Lidman
A child follows the Independence Trail down Rothschild Bouldevard in Tel Aviv on April 11, 2018. (courtesy)
April 16, 2018, 10:20 pm
Tel Aviv’s new Independence Trail follows footsteps of founders
Kilometer-long path, marked in golden brick and illuminated at night, highlights important points in history of the nation
By Melanie Lidman
Hundreds of asylum seekers demonstrate in Levinsky Park in south Tel Aviv against the deportation deal with Uganda on April 8, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 12, 2018, 11:16 am
Activists doubt state’s ability to present deportation plan by Sunday deadline
State's attorneys maintain there is 'high probability' they'll manage to submit a detailed strategy that meets court's requirements in time
By Melanie Lidman
Hundreds of asylum seekers demonstrate in Levinsky Park in south Tel Aviv against the deportation deal with Uganda on April 8, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
April 10, 2018, 1:02 pm
Despite Ugandan denials, deportation plan still on, state tells court
State says unnamed African country will accept thousands of asylum seekers though agreement with Rwanda is off, asks for more time
By Melanie Lidman
African asylum seekers wait outside the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority office waiting to find out their status, in Bnei Brak, Israel, February 13, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 28, 2018, 1:57 pm
Population Authority: Half of the asylum seekers can stay if we deport the rest
Women, children, and married men requesting asylum will be able to receive permanent status if approximately 20,000 single men are sent away, director Shlomo Mor-Yosef says
By Melanie Lidman
An Israeli family seen during the Passover seder on April 3, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 27, 2018, 9:55 pm
Doze off before Had Gadya? You’re not alone
64% of Israeli Jews finish the entire Hagaddah at their seders, including the part after the festive meal, study finds
By Melanie Lidman
African asylum seekers and activists protest plans to deport migrants, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on March 24, 2018. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
March 26, 2018, 9:00 pm
State requests extension to defend policy of deporting African asylum-seekers
Government asks court for delay until April 9 to submit information about deportations, though unlikely to meet that deadline due to Passover holiday
By Melanie Lidman
Ethiopian Jews make matzah by hand in the synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. (courtesy)
March 21, 2018, 4:03 pm
Despite government approval, still no funds for Ethiopian immigration
In repeat of 2017's challenges, last week‘s budget did not allocate money for integrating the community in Israel, delaying flights again
By Melanie Lidman
A sapper working to clear mines from the area around the Qasr al-Yahud Baptism site on the Jordan River, March 2018. (Defense Ministry)
March 20, 2018, 1:39 pm
Israel begins clearing thousands of landmines from Jordan River baptism site
Defense Ministry says there are over 3,000 munitions in Qasr al-Yahud area, including anti-personnel, anti-tank mines and booby-traps
By Melanie Lidman and TOI staff
African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against deportation in Tel Aviv, February 21, 2018 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 15, 2018, 6:38 am
Facing deportation, asylum seekers find refuge with ‘sanctuary’ host families
In an act of civil disobedience, the Israel Sanctuary Movement is helping Africans locate safe homes, calls on public to show sense of humanity
By Melanie Lidman
Children play in a water fountain on a hot summer day near the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem on a hot summer day. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 14, 2018, 5:44 pm
Study: Israel’s summer to get hotter, longer
Scientists at Tel Aviv University expect region's summertime to expand from four to six months by 2100
By Melanie Lidman
Palestinian children fill jerrycans with drinking water from public taps in the southern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 13, 2018, 8:34 pm
Hamdallah hit attempt rains on bid to ease Gaza’s dire water crisis
Opening of a sewage treatment plant will provide some relief to the Strip's parched residents, but officials say there's more to be done
By Melanie Lidman
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