Middle East

By TOI staff A Palestinian militant linked to the Islamic State jihadist group in the Sinai Peninsula has reportedly been killed by an Israeli drone in retaliation for rocket fire launched from the Egyptian territory into Israel. Gaza native Zaher Abu Sitta was killed by the drone strike earlier this week, according to the Amaq […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman have requested that the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and other organizations help the state fill gaps in the defense budget, according a report by Channel 1. According to the report, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister have asked the organizations to help raise NIS 4 billion

Twelve ultra-Orthodox protesters were arrested Monday at two separate anti-draft demonstrations in the capital and outside Tel Aviv. In Bnei Brak, four protesters were arrested, while eight were arrested in Jerusalem where the deminstrators blocked major roads adjacent to the city’s Central Bus Station. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never

Relatives of a Jewish resident of Samaria who was found murdered by Arab terrorists in Kfar Qasim earlier this month were visited by some unlikely guests Monday, as the family observed the traditional mourning period (shiva). On October 4th, just hours before the start of the Sukkot festival, Reuven Shmerling was found dead at a

The Jerusalem Magistrate Court has ruled that the site “Jewish Labor List,” whose goal is to encourage the employment of Jewish laborers, is discriminatory according to the law. In the suit, filed against the manager of the site by the Reform Center for Religion and State and the Mossawa Center and joined by the Equal