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Joint List party members Ahmad Tibi, left, and Ofer Cassif during a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem August 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 3:15 pm

Police ask attorney-general to allow criminal probes of Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif

Force accuses the two lawmakers of assaulting police officers, obstructing a police officer in carrying out his duties, and making threats; pair deny they did anything wrong

By TOI staff

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa arrives to the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

May 16, 2022, 2:57 pm

Top Catholic clergyman condemns police action at Al Jazeera reporter’s funeral

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa says incident was a ‘disproportionate use of force’ and ‘severe violation’ of fundamental human right of freedom of religion

By AP and TOI staff

Fadi Abu Shkhaydam, the terrorist who killed an Israeli civilian and wounded four others in a shooting attack in East Jerusalem's Old City on November 21, 2021. (Facebook)

May 16, 2022, 2:47 pm

Education Ministry, Shin Bet said cooperating to identify terror-backing teachers

Report of collaboration – said to be revealed at closed-door Knesset committee hearing – prompts Labor MK to demand that prime minister, education minister explain decision

By TOI staff

Israeli police officers are seen in Saint Joseph's Hospital in Jerusalem, from where Al Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akleh's funeral set out, on May 16, 2022. (Screen capture: Twitter)

May 16, 2022, 2:24 pm

Video shows cops inside Jerusalem hospital where journalist’s funeral set out from

Newly released security camera footage shows officers armed with batons inside building before heavily criticized police intervention at start of procession for Shireen Abu Akleh

By TOI staff

Picture of a wounded soldier in the besieged Mariupol steel factory distributed May 10, 2022, by Ukraine's Azov Regiment via social media. (Via Twitter)

May 16, 2022, 1:52 pm

Daily Briefing May 16: In besieged Mariupol, Jews fight alongside infamous Azov Unit

Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David speaks about two troubling new reports; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us on the Ukraine war and Lebanon’s recent elections

By TOI staff

Magen David worker take a COVID-19 rapid antigen test from Israelis, at a Magen David Adom drive through complex in Jerusalem, March 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 1:23 pm

Serious COVID cases in Israel drop below 100 for first time in months

Deaths, serious cases of coronavirus dip while testing for active cases rises over previous seven days, as country weighs lifting international flight mask mandate

By TOI staff

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial, at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 1:13 pm

Netanyahu on prosecutors’ request to amend corruption indictment: ‘In your face’

The prosecution has asked the court to change the charge sheet after seemingly self-contradicting testimony by key state witness Shlomo Filber

By TOI staff

A view of houses in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Sawaneen in Israel's southern Negev Desert, on June 8, 2021. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

May 16, 2022, 12:50 pm

Ra’am touts housing wins for unrecognized Negev villages in new deal with government

Party says agreement reached to eliminate fines and threat of demolition for homes up to 70 square meters in size; opposition says coalition selling out for political survival

By TOI staff

Palestinians carry pictures of Daoud Al-Zubaidi during a protest in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 15, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 11:33 am

Jenin gunmen protest death of Daoud Zubeidi, brother of jailed terror chief

Dozens join procession in West Bank city, including father of Palestinian terrorist who carried out deadly shooting attack on Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street in April

By TOI staff

Lt. Col. Mahmoud Khir al-Din (right) and his wife Nahed, in an undated photograph published by the military on May 15, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

May 16, 2022, 10:57 am

Druze officer killed in 2018 Gaza raid had denounced Nation-State Law

Lt. Col. Mahmoud Kheir el-Din’s criticism of the controversial 2018 law, weeks before his death, helps reignite government calls for action to amend legislation

By TOI staff

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at Ben Gurion Airport on March 13, 2022. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 10:00 am

As calls to amend Nation-State Law gather steam, Shaked says Yamina will veto plans

Minister calls on fellow lawmakers to not ‘amuse themselves’ with moves that violate the coalition agreement, as Blue and White pledges to bring equality bill to committee debate

By TOI staff

Axe carried by Palestinian suspect arrested by police in the West Bank, May 16, 2022. (Israel Police spokesperson)

May 16, 2022, 8:37 am

Police arrest axe-wielding Palestinian suspected of planning terror attack

Suspect — a 22-year-old resident of Al-Bireh — found with suicide note in his possession; security forces arrest nine Palestinians in overnight West Bank raids

By TOI staff

An Israeli man attacked after entering the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyah on May 15, 2022 (Twitter)

May 16, 2022, 6:20 am

Jewish man said attacked, beaten after entering East Jerusalem neighborhood

Medics say 43-year-old man suffers head injuries, hit with pepper spray, taken to hospital after being rescued by Border Police

By TOI staff

People celebrate Lag B'Omer near a bonfire, in Kiryat Sefer on May 22, 2019. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 1:39 am

Fire chief bans bonfires on Lag B’Omer festival outside of designated areas

Health and environmental protection ministries join call against traditional celebrations with fires, tens of thousands of which are expected to be lit across the country

By TOI staff

May 16, 2022, 12:36 am

Police reportedly seeking criminal probes of Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif

In recent events caught on video, Cassif seen hitting cop as security forces block his vehicle, while Tibi is accused of obstructing police by helping a suspect escape arrest

By TOI staff