Middle East

In muggy Tel Aviv, Guns N’ Roses brings sizzling show to 62,000 fans

Energetic peformance, one of Israel’s largest concerts ever, runs for over 3 hours; woman seriously hurt attempting to scale stage, 65 treated for dehydration By Melanie Lidman Guns N’ Roses closed out their European tour with a high energy, marathon-length show in Tel Aviv that lasted for more than three hours on Saturday night in […]

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

France’s Macron calls for new Mideast peace talks based on two-state solution

French President Emmanuel Macron appealed Sunday for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks based on a two-state solution as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris. “I call for a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in the framework of the search for a solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, living in

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International, Middle East

American swimmer makes a splash with 60 years of Maccabiah Games competitions

After her first appearance in 1957, septuagenarian Olympian Jane Katz has returned to Israel every 4 years to celebrate Jewish athleticism By Renee Ghert-Zand Dr. Jane Katz may have just competed in her fifteenth Maccabiah Games, but the swimmer still gets nervous before each race. “I’m running to the bathroom with everyone else. I do

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Erdogan vows harsh measures against ‘traitors’ during mass rally

Istanbul/Ankara (dpa) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Saturday to carry out harsh measures against alleged putschists, stressing he would seek to bring back the death penalty, during a mass rally on a bridge in Istanbul attended by hundreds of thousands. “Those traitors will always be remembered with hatred,” Erdogan said, adding that Turkey

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Middle East

Adelson ‘told police he and Netanyahu discussed Mozes’

Report by Channel 10 news could undermine PM’s claim he did not intend to make a deal with the Yedioth Ahronoth publisher By Times of Israel staff US billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, August 12, 2007. (Flash90) In his recent testimony to Israeli police, US billionaire Sheldon Adelson recounted a conversation

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Middle East, USA

Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani Dies

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the U.S. The 40-year-old reportedly had breast cancer that spread to her bones. “A light was turned off today. It breaks my heart… gone far too soon,” her friend, NASA scientist Firouz Naderi, posted on Instagram. The Fields

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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Families, friends mourn ‘beloved’ officers killed in Temple Mount attack

Haiel Sitawe, 30, not supposed to be on patrol Friday, filled in for friend, police chief reveals at funeral; thousands attend funeral for Kamil Shnaan, 22, son of former Labor MK By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff Screenshot from the funeral of Haiel Sitawe, 30, in Maghar in northern Israel. Inset: Master

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Middle East

Terror in the Old City is all too familiar, but Friday’s attack was something else

Two years into a terror wave, attacks in Jerusalem’s Old City are not uncommon, but Friday’s strays from the norm in its proximity to holy site, identities of the shooters By Judah Ari Gross Nearly every aspect of Friday’s terror attack in Jerusalem, in which two police officers were gunned down, stands out as irregular,

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Middle East