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Likud minister slams ‘out of touch, elitist’ Smotrich over soaring cost of living

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party lashed out Monday at Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich,...

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Daily Briefing June 5: Blackouts shine light on ill-preparedness for climate change

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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Netanyahu’s new media adviser has peddled 2020 US election falsehoods

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently appointed media adviser has spread 2020 US election fraud conspiracies and charged that US President...

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University staff end 2-week strike after wage deal reached with Finance Ministry

An umbrella group representing senior staff at leading universities said Monday that it was ending a labor strike launched two weeks ago after...

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Man gunned down in Qalansawe as deadly violence claims 89th Arab victim this year

Unidentified individuals shot dead a man in his 30s in Qalansawe, an Arab city near Kfar Saba in central Israel on Sunday evening. Police believe the...

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Israel declassifies file on Nazi who enlisted in the IDF and spied for Egypt

Even by the standards of the Cold War espionage world, Ulrich Schnaft had a rare talent for infiltration. A former Nazi and Waffen-SS fighter, in 1947...

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‘An unimaginable loss’: 3 IDF soldiers killed in Egypt border incident laid to rest

Thousands turned out to pay their final respects Sunday evening to the three IDF soldiers who were killed over the weekend by an Egyptian policeman...

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Making a splash: Cops pull over pickup truck turned into pool

The owner of a pickup truck from the Sharon region will have to explain to a judge why he converted the back of his vehicle into a pool and drove...

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Head of local council bordering Egypt says residents concerned after deadly attacks

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen. CAIRO — Egypt deployed three tugboats to tow away an oil tanker that had...

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Daily Briefing June 4: Timeline of how an Egyptian infiltrated Israel to kill 3

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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Biden envoy said to meet Iran’s UN ambassador as West looks to restart nuke contacts

The Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has reportedly held several recent meetings with the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, as...

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Australian police reopen probe into Jewish school for allegedly helping Leifer flee

Australian police have reopened an investigation into whether a Jewish girls school in Melbourne helped former principal and convicted sex offender...

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2 arrested for stabbing 11-year-old on Jerusalem outskirts

Police have arrested two Jerusalem residents for stabbing an 11-year-old boy on the city’s outskirts. The two, ages 18 and 23, are suspected of...

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Netanyahu vows to probe deadly shooting of troops by Egyptian policeman ‘to the end’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to fully investigate the killing of three soldiers in southern Israel by an Egyptian policeman on Saturday, as...

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Man killed, teenager injured in Ramle shooting as crime wave continues

A shooting in the central city of Ramle on Saturday night left a man dead and a teenager wounded, as a relentless wave of violent crime in Israeli...

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Palestinian nabbed for posing as Arab Israeli to work as armed guard at Holon mall

A Palestinian from the West Bank has been arrested for posing as an Arab Israeli man to work as an armed guard at a mall in Holon. Police said they...

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Senior officer vows nothing to remain ‘unsolved’ in probe of Egypt border shootings

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen. Several hundred protesters against the judicial overhaul rally near Prime...

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Anti-overhaul protests enter 22nd week spurred by violent clashes with police

Demonstrations against the government’s judicial overhaul were set to enter their 22nd week on Saturday night spurred by a series of violent...

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Hikers urged to leave Judean Desert as flash flood warning issued, parks closed

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority on Saturday urged hikers to immediately leave the Judean Desert area after a flash flood warning was issued. The...

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Rare seal Yulia spotted on Gaza shores, appears headed to Egypt

An Israeli environmental group said its researchers confirmed Friday that a rare and endangered Mediterranean monk seal — affectionately known as...

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Police arrest 3 at ‘illegal’ anti-government protest at Netanyahu’s Caesarea home

Three people were arrested for alleged public disorder and attacking police officers during a protest on Friday night outside the private residence of...

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Power outages spark heated accusations as grid fails to meet sweltering demand

Hundreds of thousands of homes across Israel lost power Friday as a severe heatwave forced officials managing the nation’s electric grid to impose...

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Police arrest Beit Shemesh teen after mob attack on Jerusalem Pride participants

Police on Friday arrested a teen who allegedly assaulted a member of the LGBTQ community in Jerusalem following the city’s heavily secured pride...

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Firefighters battle hundreds of blazes as Israel sizzles under blistering heatwave

Israel simmered under a severe heat wave Friday as temperatures topped 38°C (100°F) in most places and high winds whipped up hundreds of fires...

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Visiting US climate envoy Kerry meets ministers on water, solar projects with Jordan

Energy Minister Israel Katz and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman on Friday met separately in Jerusalem with John Kerry, the Biden...

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After backlash, Rogers Waters drops Nazi costume at first show on UK tour

Roger Waters did not sport a costume resembling an SS officer and omitted a controversial comparison between Israel and the Nazis at his Birmingham...

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Rally held outside New Jersey synagogue during speech by judicial overhaul architect

Israelis and American Jews protested Thursday in New Jersey outside an event attended by a leading figure in the government’s push to overhaul the...

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Security cabinet set to meet to discuss threat of multi-front clash with Iran

The security cabinet is set to convene next week to discuss a potential multi-front conflict including Iran and Hezbollah, amid concerns over...

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Havoc as wild winds send thick clouds of swirling sand skyward in south, center

Powerful winds kicked blinding clouds of sand and dust into the skies over Israel and the surrounding region Thursday, knocking down trees and cranes,...

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Biden takes face-first fall after speech at Air Force Academy

US president trips over object on stage while walking back to his seat, is helped up but appears to be unhurt

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Man fatally shot in northern city of Umm al-Fahm; 4 suspects arrested

Victim taken to hospital, where he is pronounced dead; anti-violence monitor says he’s the 87th Arab to be killed in a homicide this year

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Judicial overhaul backers rally in Tel Aviv, urge end to ‘High Court’s dictatorship’

Supporters of the government’s push to radically remake the judiciary rallied Thursday in Tel Aviv, calling for the coalition to advance the highly...

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After IAEA closes uranium probes, Israel says it bowed to Iranian pressure

Israel fumed Thursday over a decision by the UN’s atomic watchdog to close an investigation into an Iranian site where secret nuclear activity was...

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Nationwide fire-starting ban ordered for Friday as temperatures spike

Israeli fire officials issued a nationwide fire-starting ban for Friday, amid concerns of conflagrations from an intense heat spike. Thursday’s...

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Protesters hound ministers as well as policy architect of judicial overhaul

Protesters against the government’s plans for a drastic overhaul of the judiciary held rallies Thursday outside events attended by two government...

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Youth soccer trainer, 72, killed by driver of stolen car fleeing police in Holon

A 72-year-old resident of Holon was killed early Thursday while riding a scooter when he was rammed by a fleeing car thief, the Israel Police said...

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Police arrest woman trying to smuggle over 70 reptiles into Israel

A woman was caught trying to smuggle dozens of snakes and other reptiles into the country, including a dangerous anaconda, one of the largest species...

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Russia says it foiled a Ukrainian ‘invasion’ attempt

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they happen. Police in the central city of Ramat Gan say that forces opened fire on a...

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Woman who stripped down to swimsuit at Western Wall is charged with disturbing peace

A woman who stripped down to a bathing suit at the Western Wall in protest of a government bill was indicted Thursday on charges of disturbing the...

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Daily Briefing June 1: PM kicks coalition issues down the road; Gay Pride in capital

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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Tel Aviv teacher sentenced to 7 years in prison for rape of 12-year-old student

A former Tel Aviv middle school teacher was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for the rape of a 12-year-old student, a year and a half after...

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NIS 50m per year to be invested in boosting English proficiency among undergraduates

The Council for Higher Education on Wednesday decided to invest NIS 50 million ($13.3 million) annually over the next five years in increasing the...

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Antiquities thief nabbed with ancient floor tiles used by destroyers of 2nd Temple

Police caught a man with dozens of ancient floor tiles produced by soldiers of the Tenth Roman Legion, the military unit that was involved in...

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Woman critically injured in 2001 Sbarro Palestinian terror attack dies of wounds

A woman who was critically wounded in an infamously deadly Palestinian terror attack and who has remained in a vegetative state for 22 years, has died...

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AG pans law expanding Ben Gvir’s authority over police but doesn’t recommend repeal

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said Wednesday that a law passed by the coalition expanding far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben...

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Judges in Netanyahu trial said to have urged mediation shortly before AG nixed it

Before Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s decision against a non-binding mediation process in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption...

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A crown prince and an architect — the bride and groom in Jordan’s royal wedding

Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, heir to the Hashemite Kingdom, is set to marry Saudi aristocrat Rajwa Alseif, 29

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IDF rescuers pull 2 Palestinians from collapsed settlement construction site

Workers evacuated to Jerusalem hospital in serious and moderate condition, respectively, after two-hour operation

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Settlers, Palestinians clash near new West Bank illegal outpost

Israeli settlers and Palestinians clashed on Wednesday evening close to a new illegal outpost established by Israel in the northern West Bank. The...

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Rare celebrity seal Yulia believed spotted on Gaza shore for first time

The Hamas-run agriculture ministry in Gaza reported Wednesday that a seal arrived on the shore of the coastal enclave before returning to the sea...

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