search
Israel Inside
The people and the land
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman, right. (Flash90)
Netanyahu calls last-ditch effort to avert elections, is snubbed by Liberman
By TOI staff
PM summons potential coalition partners in bid to ink last-minute deal, as Yisrael Beytenu and the ultra-Orthodox parties clash over Haredi draft
Illustrative image of teenagers. (iStock)
Almost one in three Israeli adolescents at risk, report finds
By TOI staff
Blue and White Knesset members Yoaz Hendel (L) and Zvi Hauser seen at the Knesset Plenary Hall, ahead of the opening Knesset session of the new government on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
2 Blue and White MKs boycott opposition rally over speech by Arab party leader
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Eritrean migrant Russom Weldu Weldeslasie works at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 8, 2018. (Caron Creighton/AP)
Estimated NIS 700 million missing in deposit law for asylum seekers
By Melanie Lidman
Members of Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Center release an injured, pregnant turtle on May 26, 2019, after it was rescued on May 23, while in distress far from shore. (Channel 11 screen capture)
May 26, 2019, 8:54 pm
Ultrasound surprise: injured turtle found to be pregnant
Imaging scan reveals cracked shell not as serious as having to give birth. Treated and released to lay her eggs
By TOI staff
Eritrean migrant Russom Weldu Weldeslasie works at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 8, 2018. (Caron Creighton/AP)
May 26, 2019, 8:12 pm
Estimated NIS 700 million missing in deposit law for asylum seekers
Widespread abuse of 2017 legislation requiring employers to deposit 20% of paychecks sees asylum seekers struggling to make ends meet, unable to withdraw funds when leaving country
By Melanie Lidman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman, right. (Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 7:30 pm
Netanyahu calls last-ditch effort to avert elections, is snubbed by Liberman
PM summons potential coalition partners in bid to ink last-minute deal, as Yisrael Beytenu and the ultra-Orthodox parties clash over Haredi draft
By TOI staff
Police spray water to try and disperse a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews against the conscription of members of their community to the IDF at the entrance to Jerusalem on October 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
May 26, 2019, 7:21 pm
The Supreme irony of Liberman’s bid to squeeze Netanyahu on Haredi army service
Yisrael Beytenu head is blocking PM’s coalition by insisting more ultra-Orthodox men are enlisted. But it’s only judicial oversight, which he opposes, that has kept his cause alive
By David Horovitz
Illustrative image of teenagers. (iStock)
May 26, 2019, 6:11 pm
Almost one in three Israeli adolescents at risk, report finds
Elem support organization delivers assessment to President Rivlin showing 30% of youngsters having problems involving drugs, alcohol, sexual abuse or violence at home
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance seen outside the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on December 13, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 6:06 pm
Toddler dies after apparently being run over by his father’s car
Boy, 2, taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center with critical head injuries, doctors unable to save his life
By Stuart Winer
US-Israeli businesswoman Shari Arison seen leaving a police investigation at the Lahav 433 serious crime unit, in Lod, August 12, 2018. (Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 6:06 pm
Police to recommend charges against Israel’s richest woman
Officers say Shari Arison and executives of her construction firm had ‘culture of bribery’ in payoffs to African countries
By TOI staff
House Committee Chairman MK Miki Zohar leads a discussion on canceling the 2013 law limiting the number of ministers, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 5:09 pm
Likud prepares bill to dissolve Knesset as coalition talks snag
House Committee chairman says he’ll file proposal Sunday, thus preventing president from tasking lawmaker other than Netanyahu with forming a government
By TOI staff
The headquarters of the Israel Police's Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit in Lod. (Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 4:22 pm
Ex-soccer player among 9 held on suspicion of laundering millions
Also arrested is a former senior local council figure suspected of advancing interests in return for benefits
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with then-Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman at a meeting in the Knesset, on November 25, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 4:07 pm
Likud floats possible coalition compromise in attempt to avert new elections
But agreement to ‘preserve status quo’ on religion and state currently doesn’t include Avigdor Liberman, who refuses to join coalition if Haredi draft law isn’t passed unchanged
By TOI staff
Then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the IDF's West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, on January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 3:17 pm
Game of Thrones, the Bibi-Liberman edition: 7 things to know for May 26
As PM runs out of time to form coalition and his opponents mount united show of force, newspapers wait to see if secularist kingmaker will fall in line or prevent nascent coalition
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an event marking one year since the transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 2:11 pm
Coalition deadline expires Wednesday night. But Netanyahu may yet have more time
With clock ticking down, PM may seek to exercise never-before-used provision to secure another 2 weeks for negotiations if no deal is reached when supposedly final deadline expires
By TOI staff
Israeli firefighters check a house that was badly damaged by a fire amid an extreme heat wave in the village of Mevo Modi'im, in central Israel on May 24, 2019. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 26, 2019, 2:02 pm
Authorities suspect arson behind fire that gutted central Israel village
Fire services previously blamed faulty power line for blaze that destroyed 40 of the 50 homes in Mevo Modi’im
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and incoming defense minister Avigdor Liberman (left) hold a press conference in the Knesset, May 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 12:55 pm
Amid standoff with Liberman, Likud says it’s bracing for snap elections
Netanyahu says sending Israelis to the polls again would be ‘unfortunate,’ insists the deadlock in talks could be resolved; Yisrael Beytenu accuses ruling party of ‘lying’
By Marissa Newman and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, walks through the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 8, 2019, a day ahead of Israel's parliamentary elections. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
May 26, 2019, 12:51 pm
Ex-justice, AG: If Netanyahu is above the law, Israel is not a civilized country
Elyakim Rubinstein warns against anti-court laws, advanced to keep the PM from going on trial, destroying the ‘checks and balances’ that protect minorities and the weak
By David Horovitz
Load More