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Michael Horovitz

The Times of Israel

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Podcasters host antisemitic influencers after backlash over Netanyahu interview

Podcasters host antisemitic influencers after backlash over Netanyahu interview

In apparent attempt at damage control, Nelk Boys stream talk with conspiracy theorists, one of whom denies October 7 atrocities, falsely claims IDF...

22.07.2025 40

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Michael Horovitz

Freed hostage Romi Gonen released from hospital: ‘Another step toward my freedom’

Gonen underwent two surgeries in her half-year in hospital, says she will return for another; says she has mixed feelings upon release, her heart is...

10.07.2025 10

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Tel Aviv ranked 8th most expensive place to buy home in report on world’s key cities

Tel Aviv ranked 8th most expensive place to buy home in report on world’s key cities

Deutsche Bank says prices in city center jumped 110% since 2012; Tel Aviv ranked 28th for quality of life, 3rd most expensive city to buy car

08.07.2025 50

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Anger, protests, tears and courtesy as Netanyahu finally visits Nir Oz, worst-hit Oct. 7 kibbutz

636 days after Hamas massacre, freed hostage refuses to shake PM’s hand, urges him to show ‘responsibility,’ get the hostages home, launch state...

04.07.2025 60

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‘We have to be united’: Father’s plea at funeral for UK-born IDF soldier killed in Gaza

Thousands join funeral for Sgt. Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, who moved to Israel along with family from London 11 years ago; father urges end to...

30.06.2025 10

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AG says Netanyahu cannot pick next Shin Bet chief due to ongoing probes of aides

Baharav-Miara tells High Court PM has conflict of interest, should give authority to another minister, indicates indictment looming for his adviser...

25.06.2025 30

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One of the victims in Bat Yam strike: A Ukrainian girl who came to Israel for cancer care

Grandmother and two young cousins also killed in Sunday’s Iranian missile impact, mother missing; father said fighting in Ukraine’s war...

18.06.2025 30

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Manchester City boss decries ‘painful’ scenes in Gaza: ‘The next kids will be ours’

Accepting honorary doctorate, Pep Guardiola encourages people to speak out against war even when told they are ‘too small’ to make a difference

10.06.2025 20

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First-of-its-kind government report finds Israeli men earned 54% more than women in 2024

Among 27 municipalities, data shows Ra’anana residents had highest wages in 2023-24 period, while Arab- and ultra-Orthodox-majority cities had...

09.06.2025 10

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IAEA chief says information stolen by Iran refers to Israeli nuclear research site

In first outside confirmation of Tehran’s claims to have obtained vast trove of Israeli intelligence, Grossi says documents ‘seem to refer’ to...

09.06.2025 10

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‘The Jews here want to continue’: Likud MK kicks Reform rabbi out of Knesset hearing

Labor MK Gilad Kariv asserts women can wrap tefillin, prompting outrage from Distel Atbaryan, who appears to compare act to giving dog a bar mitzvah

09.06.2025 10

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Beirut, PA agree that Lebanon won’t be used as a launchpad for attacks on Israel

Abbas and Aoun agree on ‘commitment’ that Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon can’t be ‘safe havens for extremist...

21.05.2025 10

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9 Jerusalem light rail stops closed for months, causing significant disruptions

Light rail to offer limited service amid work to link existing line with new route, set to last three months; commuters say substitute busses...

21.05.2025 9

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Watchdog: Gazan reporters face beatings, threats when covering anti-Hamas rallies

Committee to Protect Journalists says phenomenon ‘vastly underreported’ due to reporters’ fears of coming forward; journalists self-censoring...

16.05.2025 30

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Pentagon: More than 1,000 targets hit in Yemen during air campaign against Houthis

US Defense Department says the strikes are ‘killing Houthi fighters and leaders… and degrading their capabilities’; UK announces joint attack...

30.04.2025 40

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7-month-old baby in critical condition; family blames police search

Family says officers threw items into playpen where baby was sleeping during sweep of Givat Ze’ev home; police deny claims, but probe launched

30.04.2025 30

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Firefighters battle Beit Shemesh area blazes into night, but evacuees allowed to return

Ten firefighters, two civilians and a policewoman hurt; efforts ongoing to control blaze west of Beit Meir; Jerusalem fire service to be reinforced by...

24.04.2025 70

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Dossier accusing 10 Britons serving in IDF of war crimes in Gaza handed to UK police

240-page file claims IDF troops, some of them officers, were involved in indiscriminate and targeted attacks against civilians, displacement; British...

08.04.2025 20

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Butterfly renamed in honor of murdered hostage Ariel Bibas

Orange Jerusalem renamed Orange Ariel, evoking an alternate biblical name for the capital and the vivid color of the slain 4-year-old’s hair

04.04.2025 20

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Footage shows soldier Matan Angrest being kidnapped on Oct. 7, interrogated in Gaza

With loved ones’ consent, Channel 12 airs clips showing ‘lynching attempt’ of hostage; released surveillance troops, held near him in Gaza,...

04.04.2025 40

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Hospital receives toys donated to murdered kids of freed hostage Yarden Bibas

Toys will help young patients at Assuta Ashdon, where Bibas boys were born; families pray for return of hostages outside home of chief negotiator

30.03.2025 30

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Hostages Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal chained, starved, kept in dark – report

According to info received by families, Gilboa-Dalal couldn’t talk for a month due to extreme dehydration, lost hearing in one ear; David held...

30.03.2025 30

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Iran Guards show off underground ‘missile city,’ claim ‘enemy’ falling behind

Iran’s military chief claims capabilities are now 10 times stronger than what was used in October missile attack on Israel; several Iranian-made...

27.03.2025 10

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Hostages feted as they attend first soccer games since release

Emily Damari leads crowd at Bloomfield Stadium in singing of Maccabi Tel Aviv anthem; Romi Gonen invited to meet Hapoel Haifa players in changing room

16.03.2025 30

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Two men shot dead within hours in separate killings in central Arab cities

Victim of Friday shooting in Qalansawe was the father of a man killed in May 2023; relatives decry lack of police action, say they live in constant...

01.03.2025 20

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Michael Horovitz

Man suspected of stabbing mother to death in Kiryat Malachi

Police said to believe suspect was in long-running feud with mother; data shows number of women murdered in 2024 exceeds 2023 toll

27.11.2024 7

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Poland condemns vandalism after Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial sprayed with red paint

Polish foreign ministry says ‘such acts are an attack on history and the values that unite us as a society’; Israeli envoy urges ‘determined...

17.11.2024 10

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Four killings within 24 hours rock Arab community, raising year’s death toll to 209

Police say 7 arrested in connection with separate suspected homicides; police chief holds special assessment, updates Ben Gvir on investigations

17.11.2024 30

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Michael Horovitz

Organization calls out 5 Gaza schools it says are run by Hamas men employed by UNRWA

IMPACT-se says refugee agency has ‘deep ties’ to terror groups and has taken no meaningful steps to curb hateful content in curriculum

15.11.2024 20

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Radiohead frontman confronts ‘coward’ anti-Israel heckler at Melbourne concert

‘You wanna piss on everyone’s night?’ Thom Yorke responds to protester yelling about Gaza death toll before storming off stage; he then returns for...

31.10.2024 20

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Rallies in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem demand ‘cabinet of death’ reach hostage deal

Marchers carry sign saying ‘there’s no rebirth without a deal,’ referencing PM’s desired name change for war; marking Yom Kippur, protesters...

11.10.2024 6

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IDF to give parents recordings of surveillance troops murdered at army base on Oct. 7

Military approves measure after families petitioned High Court for documentation from Nahal Oz; attorney praises army for sparing families from...

27.09.2024 7

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Michael Horovitz

Thousands protest in north against government ‘abandonment,’ demand early elections

Activists decry government’s desertion of north to Hezbollah attacks, demand hostage deal; Left-wing rallies in Tel Aviv, calling for agreement to...

26.07.2024 10

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Israeli leaders thank Biden for ‘steadfast support’ after he quits presidential race

Lapid posts photo with US leader, writing ‘Thank you’; President Herzog calls him a ‘true ally of the Jewish people’; ex-PM Bennett: ‘Stood...

22.07.2024 10

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Michael Horovitz

Opposition MKs: Be’eri findings confirm need for state inquiry into Oct. 7 failures

Lapid says government can no longer avoid responsibility to citizens; Liberman: Probe must start with PM and defense minister; Golan: This is ‘a...

11.07.2024 1

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