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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 591

Spencer Ho

Tourists take a picture of the Old City of Jerusalem at the Armon Hanatziv lookout on a stormy winter day on Novermber 26, 2014. (Photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 26, 2014, 6:58 pm
Heavy rains, strong winds wreak havoc as storm blows through
Flooding reported around country, three boys rescued from mud pit, wall collapses on cars in Herzliya in season’s first major tempest
By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff
Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem, July 3, 2014 (Photo credit: Thomas Coex/AFP)
November 26, 2014, 2:20 pm
Bill seeks to deport terrorists, their families
Initiative would also see stone throwers, ‘inciters’ forfeit welfare benefits for life; group pans bill’s ‘serious human rights violations’
By Spencer Ho and Haviv Rettig Gur
Tzipi Livni on November 2, 2014. (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90/pool)
November 26, 2014, 12:52 pm
Livni postpones debate on PM-endorsed ‘Zoabi bill’
Delay is second setback this week for proposal aimed at expelling from the Knesset MKs who incite against state
By Spencer Ho
Cars drive in the rain in Tel Aviv on November 25, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
November 26, 2014, 8:42 am
Sea of Galilee notches highest one-day rise of season
Heavy rains expected throughout country Wednesday and Thursday
By Spencer Ho
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni before the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, November 16, 2014 (photo credit: Amit Shabi/POOL)
November 24, 2014, 2:19 pm
Vote on ‘Jewish state’ bill delayed amid coalition jockeying
Decision comes just hours after Livni dared PM to break up government over law she says defies democracy in Israel
By Spencer Ho
A view of a snow-clad Mount Hermon as seen from the village of Majdal Shams on January 12, 2012 (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
November 24, 2014, 11:32 am
Snow hits summit of Mount Hermon in Golan
Winter precipitation expected to fall on lower altitudes later Monday or Tuesday
By Spencer Ho
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki looks on prior to the start of an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Gaza crisis on July 23, 2014 at the United Nations Offices in Geneva (photo credit: AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI)
November 24, 2014, 9:57 am
Palestinians to delay Security Council bid until after Iran talks
Minister says Ramallah has yet to secure votes, and Tehran nuke diplomacy has overshadowed lobbying for West Bank withdrawal
By Spencer Ho
Illustrative photo of a car crash in the West Bank near Hebron in August 2013. (photo credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
November 24, 2014, 8:07 am
Three Palestinians killed in West Bank car crash
Nine others injured, including one Israeli, in three-vehicle collision south of Jerusalem
By Spencer Ho
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), with ministers Gilad Erdan (left) and Yuval Steinitz (center), during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 23, 2014 (Ohad Zwigenberg/Flash90/Pool)
November 23, 2014, 3:02 pm
Cabinet okays controversial ‘Jewish state’ bill
Ministers pass PM’s softened proposal by 14 votes to 6 after stormy discussion, sending it to Knesset; Livni and Lapid vote against
By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz (L), at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, November 23, 2014. (photo credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL/FLASH90 )
November 23, 2014, 2:34 pm
With deadline imminent, Netanyahu ‘anxious’ over Vienna talks
On eve of end of negotiations between Iran and P5+1 on nuclear program, PM still urging leaders not to accept ‘bad deal’
By Spencer Ho
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz (2R), Interior Minister Gilad Erdan (L), cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (R) during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, November 23, 2014. (photo credit: Ohad Zweigenberg/POOL/FLASH90)
November 23, 2014, 2:07 pm
Cabinet holds shouting match ahead of vote on nationality bill
Netanyahu blames Livni’s ‘flaccid’ management; Lapid says Ben-Gurion, Jabotinsky and Begin would oppose measure
By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff
PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, center right, after his convoy was pulled over by Israeli police for speeding, Tuesday, January 14, 2014 (screen capture: Channel 2)
November 23, 2014, 9:46 am
Police pull over Palestinian Authority PM in West Bank, again
High-level intervention apparently required to avoid any detentions after cars seen speeding, driving recklessly
By Spencer Ho
Itamar Shimoni welcoming kids to an Ashkelon school on September 1, 2014. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)
November 23, 2014, 8:34 am
Ashkelon reportedly to let Arab workers finish kindergarten shelters
After backlash, mayor says decision to bar Arabs was ‘disproportionate’; new plan would move children to community center during construction
By Spencer Ho
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni (photo credit: Flash90)
November 20, 2014, 9:46 pm
Ashkelon warned over Arab worker ban, as poll shows public support
Attorney general says halting construction in kindergartens to keep out Arabs could have ‘serious legal repercussions’; dozens of parents rally to back mayor
By ToI Staff and Spencer Ho
Ashdod Mayor Yehiel Lasri. (Screen capture, YouTube/Limor Edrey)
November 20, 2014, 2:40 pm
Ashdod mayor orders security measures that may target Arabs
Amid furor over neighboring Ashkelon barring Arab workers, Yehiel Lasri calls for extra checks at construction sites
By Spencer Ho
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