Tobias Siegal

Tobias (Toby) Siegal is a breaking news editor and contributor to The Times of Israel.

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. (Menahem Kahana/AFP; Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

May 16, 2022, 11:12 pm

Netanyahu accuses Bennett of ‘gambling with lives’ as PM defends Ra’am partnership

‘His vision was, how can we – Israeli citizens – get along,’ premier says of Mansour Abbas, accusing Likud chair of treating Islamist party leader like a ‘mistress’ when he was PM

By Tobias Siegal

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 15, 2022, 12:24 pm

As Druze officer is hailed as a hero, lawmakers join call to ‘fix’ Nation-State Law

Liberman assails ‘contradictions’ in controversial legislation, despite supporting it in 2018; Blue and White party pledges to bring equality bill to committee hearing next week

By Tobias Siegal

Police and mourners are seen during the funeral procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem, on May 13, 2022. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)

May 14, 2022, 9:26 pm

Some police critical of force after violence at journalist’s funeral in Jerusalem

But others accuse public security minister of not backing officers and pressuring police chief to open probe after widespread international condemnation

By Tobias Siegal and TOI staff

Cheese production at the Tnuva Tel Yosef dairy plant. December 21, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)

May 13, 2022, 11:16 pm

After Strauss recall, salmonella found at Tnuva factory as well

Health Ministry finds bacteria in one batch of powdered milk produced August 9, 2021, says no health hazard posed to public; Tnuva accounts for 70% of Israel’s dairy market

By Tobias Siegal

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat-Michigan, listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on February 12, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP)

May 12, 2022, 11:17 pm

Israel ‘murdered’ reporter, Rep. Tlaib charges, drawing condemnation from ambassador

Herzog says congresswoman ‘acting as the judge, jury and executioner,’ after she explicitly blames Israel for Abu Akleh’s killing

By Tobias Siegal

Illustrative: Cheese production at the Tnuva Tel Yosef dairy plant, on December 21, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

May 12, 2022, 8:08 pm

Health Ministry suspects contamination in Tnuva powdered milk production

No risk of tainted products reaching consumers, ministry says; suspicion rises during investigation of salmonella in Strauss chocolate

By Tobias Siegal

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on May 11, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

May 12, 2022, 6:02 pm

Bennett says he expects PA’s ‘full cooperation’ in probe of reporter’s death

PM accuses Palestinians of reluctance to ‘reach the truth’ about Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, says he hopes they won’t ‘obstruct the investigation’

By Tobias Siegal and TOI staff

Palestinian protesters in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina clash with police during a protest condemning the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen, May 11, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

May 11, 2022, 11:47 pm

Hundreds gather in Israeli cities to protest death of Al Jazeera reporter

Three Palestinians arrested in clashes with police in East Jerusalem; peaceful rallies held in Haifa and Nazareth

By Tobias Siegal

United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindros (left) speaks during a panel held for Israel's 74th Independence Day at the Nehora high school yeshiva in the West Bank. Alongside him is Religious Zionism party MK Simcha Rothman, May 5, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)

May 9, 2022, 2:00 pm

Haredi lawmaker says his dream is to ‘blow up’ the Supreme Court

Coalition lawmakers and former justices slam ‘shocking’ remarks made by MK Yitzhak Pindrus of United Torah Judaism during an Independence Day panel

By Tobias Siegal

File: El Al workers at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on March 1, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

May 6, 2022, 1:00 am

Work dispute forces El Al to cancel participation in Independence Day flyover

Mechanics leave posts, accuse pilots of canceling several commercial flights in recent days; pilots’ union says mechanics playing ‘petty politics’

By Tobias Siegal

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel and Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Gaby Portnoy, director general of the Israel National Cyber Directorate hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 2, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

May 3, 2022, 12:45 am

Seeing hack attacks on the rise, Israel orders telecoms to erect ‘cyber Iron Dome’

Reform requires communications firms, seen as gateway to other vital infrastructure, to develop detailed plans for identifying and preventing online attacks

By Tobias Siegal

MK Itamar Ben Gvir shouts at Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the Knesset plenum on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 29, 2022, 5:05 pm

Ben Gvir blasted by Bennett after blaming Shin Bet head for security blunders

Far-right MK accuses Ronen Bar of failing to address terror wave and instead dealing with blocking him from Old City; PM accuses Otzma Yehudit politician of being ‘anti-Israeli’

By Tobias Siegal and TOI staff

Front page of Iran's state-run daily newspaper Kayhan on April 28, 2022. (Screenshot)

April 28, 2022, 9:46 pm

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran paper publishes antisemitic piece praising Hitler

Opinion piece in state-run Kayhan calls Jews ‘a people known for their stubbornness, objections and excuses,’ praising ‘the logic that Hitler showed by expelling them from Germany’

By Tobias Siegal

View of Elite chocolate products manufactured by Strauss following a massive recall after the discovery of salmonella on the production line at a factory in the Galilee, on April 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

April 26, 2022, 11:36 am

Two children suspected of salmonella infection after massive Strauss recall

Health minister vows to investigate incident, as ministry avers that company’s week-long delay in issuing recall of chocolate, ice cream and other snacks followed its guidelines

By Amy Spiro and Tobias Siegal

April 25, 2022, 6:15 pm

Strauss in huge recall of chocolate throughout country over salmonella fears

Some reports characterize recall as Israel’s largest ever; food manufacturer said to have waited days before announcing danger; CEO apologizes but denies wrongdoing

By Tobias Siegal