The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/naomi-lanzkron/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:24:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Naomi Lanzkron | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/naomi-lanzkron/ 32 32 All 20 remaining living hostages return to Israel, after over 2 years in Hamas captivity https://www.timesofisrael.com/all-20-remaining-living-hostages-return-to-israel-after-over-2-years-in-hamas-captivity/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:44:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3664247 Hostages and Missing Families Forum accuses Hamas of 'blatant violation' of Gaza ceasefire after terror group says it will release just 4 of 28 slain hostages on Monday

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]]> 86 wounded by Iranian missile attacks on Israel after US strikes 3 Iran nuclear sites https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-86-wounded-as-iran-launches-two-missile-barrages-at-israel-after-us-strikes/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:16:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3580762 Broad devastation at impact sites in Tel Aviv and nearby Ness Ziona; failed interceptor crashes in Haifa; IDF destroys primed Iranian launchers, foiling larger attack

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]]> Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against overhaul; police out in force; no major trouble https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-protest-in-tel-aviv-against-governments-judicial-overhaul/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:30:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3060795 Heavy police presence but no violence as demonstrators rally against coalition; in first, police park trucks across Kaplan Street to prevent cars from coming close to protesters

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]]> Chaos as protesters block roads, face riot police, water cannons as judicial law passes https://www.timesofisrael.com/chaos-erupts-as-protesters-block-roads-clash-with-police-after-judicial-bill-passes/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 02:30:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3058381&preview=true&preview_id=3058381 Dozens held in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, elsewhere as protesters shut Begin, Ayalon freeways, defying cops for hours; multiple complaints of police brutality; 20 reported hospitalized

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]]> Thousands of protesters square off with cops at airport as masses rally nationwide https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-of-protesters-square-off-with-cops-at-airport-as-masses-rally-nationwide/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:49:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3050266 Demonstrators spill out of protest areas at Ben Gurion Airport; 77 arrested nationwide; hundreds at US mission call for support; police block marchers from Tel Aviv highway

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]]> ‘A plan to change Israel’s DNA’: 80,000 rally in Tel Aviv against judicial overhaul https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-80000-rally-in-tel-aviv-against-governments-sweeping-judicial-overhaul/ Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:41:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2925459&preview=true&preview_id=2925459 Braving rain, opponents of coalition's radical proposals protest at Habima Square; minor scuffles with cops near Ayalon Highway; president urged to declare Netanyahu unfit to serve

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]]> ‘I just want my kid to be ok’: After days of travel, Ukraine refugees land in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-just-want-my-kid-to-be-ok-after-days-of-travel-ukraine-refugees-land-in-israel/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 22:09:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2715113 Families leave their homes in face of Russian invasion, crossing into Moldova and then Romania before traveling to Israel

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]]> ‘These people have lost everything’: Israeli medics, supplies head to Ukraine border https://www.timesofisrael.com/these-people-have-lost-everything-israeli-medics-supplies-head-to-ukraine-border/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:33:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2714437 40-strong team, 15 tons of aid arrive in Romania on 1st leg of journey to Moldovan field hospitals for refugees fleeing Russian invasion; plane will return to Israel with refugees

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]]> Dry November could bring devastating fires, experts warn https://www.timesofisrael.com/dry-november-could-bring-devastating-fires-experts-warn/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:25:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2648972 High temperatures, strong easterly winds in potentially dangerous combination previously seen in 2010 and 2016; climatologist: 'Global warming is causing an increase in extremes'

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]]> At NJ fair, rise in anti-Semitism in the mix when deciding to move to Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-nj-fair-rise-in-anti-semitism-in-the-mix-when-deciding-to-move-to-israel/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:05:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2035323 Idealism and family are the main reasons cited by potential immigrants considering immigration to the Jewish State. But increasing concerns about public Jew-hatred loom

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]]> At Tel Aviv rally, 30,000 protest rising violence against women https://www.timesofisrael.com/30000-attend-tel-aviv-rally-in-protest-of-rising-violence-against-women/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 21:13:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1974327&preview=true&preview_id=1974327 'Tomorrow it could be any of us,' daughter of murdered woman tells crowd, after day of action in response to killing of 24 women in 2018; PM to convene ministerial meeting on issue

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]]> The women murdered in Israel in 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-24-women-murdered-in-israel-since-the-start-of-the-year/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 03:40:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1972950 As calls continue for action to be taken to end the bloodshed, these are the women who have been killed in cases of domestic violence and abuse targeting females this year. So far

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]]> 100,000 protest in Tel Aviv over anti-LGBT discrimination https://www.timesofisrael.com/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-tel-aviv-over-lgbt-exclusion-from-surrogacy-law/ Sun, 22 Jul 2018 19:16:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1894145 Nationwide rallies and strikes demanding equal surrogacy rights for gay men culminate in mass rally where anger focuses on Netanyahu

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