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Michael Bachner
An Iranian Shahab-3 missile launched during military exercises outside the city of Qom, Iran, in June 2011. (AP/ISNA/Ruhollah Vahdati)
May 24, 2018, 4:36 pm
Israel accuses Iran of testing 2 missiles this year, violating UNSC resolution
UN envoy Danny Danon says Tehran secretively launched a Shahab-3 and Scud in January tests, with both missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads
By Michael Bachner
In this file photo from April 26, 2018, Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
May 24, 2018, 3:37 pm
Trump’s lawyer ‘received hundreds of thousands from Kiev to set up WH meeting’
Ukrainian leader established a backchannel via Michael Cohen for June 2017 sit-down with US president, BBC reports
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: IDF soldiers search for the perpetrators of the terror attack that killed Rabbi Raziel Shevach in the northern West Bank village of Burqin on February 4, 2017. (IDF spokesperson)
May 24, 2018, 11:50 am
IDF soldier critically injured by stone slab dropped on him in West Bank
Serviceman from elite Duvdevan unit hit in head with chunk of marble during arrest operation in Palestinian refugee camp
By Michael Bachner
A pocket knife belonging to a Palestinian man arrested on May 24, 2018, south of Jerusalem after shooting at Border Police officers, and a pistol found nearby that was apparently used by him. (Israel Police)
May 24, 2018, 9:58 am
Palestinian shoots at Border Police south of Jerusalem, is arrested
No wounded among Israeli troops; assailant fires at police vehicle, is lightly injured during chase
By Michael Bachner
The transferal of Palestinians wounded in Gaza border clashes with IDF soldiers to Jordan via the Erez Crossing, May 22, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 23, 2018, 5:00 pm
22 Gazans injured in border clashes taken to Jordan for treatment
Move comes at request of King Abdullah, a week after Israel refused initiative to airlift Palestinians to Turkey
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin, left, meets with Britain's Prince Charles following the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 30, 2016. (Gali Tibbon, Pool via AP)
May 23, 2018, 1:02 pm
Prince Charles to attend event for Israel’s 70th at London’s Royal Albert Hall
Event this week to feature music and dance performances by Israeli artists, with Balkan Beat Box as headliner
By Michael Bachner
Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri delivers a speech during a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 23, 2018, 12:09 pm
Tehran rejects Pompeo demands, vows to push ahead with weapons development
Iran's military chief says US is imposing sanctions because it is afraid to face Iran in battle, accuses Washington of acting for Israeli interests
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: A broken window is seen at the center of the Jewish community center, after a suspected anti-Semitic attack in Rostock, northern Germany, January 8, 2009. (AP/ Thomas Haentzschel/File)
May 23, 2018, 9:44 am
Poll finds 68% of Israeli teens report encountering anti-Semitic content online
Results of ADL survey mark 'encouraging' decrease in anti-Jewish hate speech on internet and social networks compared to high levels found in 2016
By Michael Bachner
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lays out the Trump administration's new Iran strategy at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, in Washington, on May 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 23, 2018, 8:07 am
Pompeo says he merely asked Iran to ‘behave like a normal nation’
US secretary of state rejects claims that the demands he set Tehran this week are a 'fantasy;' is 'confident' sanctions can be coordinated with Europe
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Israeli gold-medalist judoka Tal Flicker on the mat at the Judo Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, where local judo authorities banned all Israeli symbols, October 26, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)
May 22, 2018, 11:34 pm
Lawsuit seeks to force Arab states to allow Israeli symbols at sport events
Legal team headed by Alan Dershowitz prepares case to end 'humiliation' and 'capitulation to extremism'
By Michael Bachner
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is pictured next to a man holding a poster of the Jewish Temple replacing the Muslim Dome on the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, at an event for the Achiya educational nonprofit in Bnei Brak, May 22, 2018. (Courtesy: Kikar HaShabbat)
May 22, 2018, 10:28 pm
US Embassy: Image of Jewish Temple ‘thrust in front’ of envoy Friedman for photo
US ambassador photographed with poster of Temple Mount, without Dome of the Rock; ultra-Orthodox non-profit apologizes for employee's 'cheap political act'
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make their way to the Oval Office for a meeting at the White House on March 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
May 22, 2018, 9:38 pm
European official said to warn Israel: ‘Trump won’t be president forever’
'Don't disparage Europe,' senior source reportedly says as tensions simmer between Jerusalem and EU
By Michael Bachner
A Dutch parody of Israel's Eurovision winning song "Toy" that has been accused of being anti-Semitic (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 22, 2018, 7:43 pm
Dutch TV says Eurovision Israel spoof not meant to be anti-Semitic
Sketch 'questions Israel's policy and is emphatically not an indictment against the Jewish community,' BNNVARA says after Israel lodges formal protest
By Michael Bachner
Netta Barzilai celebrates after winning the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Lisbon, Portugal, May 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
May 22, 2018, 7:41 pm
‘Don’t book flights yet’: Eurovision casts doubt over 2019 contest in Israel
Israeli sources reportedly say organizers concerned about politicization due to 'unacceptable' comments by ministers Miri Regev and Ayoub Kara
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
A Mobileye self-driving car running a red light in Jerusalem in May 2018. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
May 22, 2018, 6:54 pm
Mobileye autonomous vehicle runs red light in Jerusalem
Incident occurs with TV crew in car; company says transmitters set up by reporters on roof interfered with sensors
By Michael Bachner
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