Miri Regev
A test drive of the light rail on August 16. Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
August 28, 2023, 6:58 am
Tel Aviv light rail begins operating
The government mass transit agency NTA oversaw the work on the line, which has been under construction since 2015 and cost NIS 19 billion ($A7.8 billion).
By AJN STAFF
Benjamin Netanyahu and Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said.
November 1, 2018, 12:00 am
Boosting ties with the Arab world
Israel's new ties with Arab countries are suddenly becoming public, after three leading Israeli politicians paid visits to Gulf states and Hatikvah played in Abu Dhabi.
By Nathan Jeffay
Jibril Rajoub speaking after Argentina cancelled its pre-World Cup friendly against Israel. Photo: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed
August 30, 2018, 12:00 am
Rajoub shown red card by FIFA
FIFA has suspended the top official in Palestinian football, because he "incited hatred and violence" when he tried to turn international players against Israel.
By Nathan Jeffay
Natalie Portman in 2017. Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Environmental Media Association
April 26, 2018, 12:00 am
Portman denies supporting BDS campaign
Natalie Portman has said she won't attend a prize ceremony in Israel because of her feelings about its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and "atrocities" committed on his watch, but emphasised that she would not shun Israel itself.
Israel's Minister of Culture, Likud politician Miri Regev, was strongly in favour of the resolution. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL
January 5, 2018, 2:00 pm
Likud tightens grip on West Bank
The ruling party in Jerusalem has voted in favour of extending Israeli sovereignty to West Bank settlements. The Israeli left is livid about the resolution, which was passed by the central committee of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud.
By Nathan Jeffay
Elor Azaria sitting with his parents in a courtroom at a Tel Aviv military base on Sunday. Photo: Flash 90/Avshalom Sasoni/JTA.
August 3, 2017, 12:01 am
Azaria appeal rejected
THE most controversial army reservist in Israel has lost the appeal against his manslaughter conviction, meaning that to the shock of the right, he will serve a year and a half for killing a Palestinian terrorist.
By Nathan Jeffay
Stars of 'The Meyerowitz Stories' Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman and Adam Sandler in Cannes.
June 29, 2017, 1:18 pm
On a movie mission in the south of France
Jewish International Film Festival co-director Lindy Tamir was at the Cannes Film Festival last month, searching for movies with Jewish themes.
Israel's Minister of Culture, Likud politician Miri Regev, was strongly in favour of the resolution. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL
June 15, 2017, 12:02 am
Regev walks out on performance of Palestinian poet’s work
Israel’s minister of culture and sports, Miri Regev, walked out on an awards ceremony during a song based on a work by a Palestinian poet that the official said “hoped … for the death of the Jewish state."
May 29, 2014, 11:40 am
Reclaiming human rights for the right
By Nathan Jeffay
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