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| April 10, 2013
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Interior Minister Sa’ar: Illegal African infiltrator problem can not be solved in a day

 

On Tuesday, Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar toured south Tel Aviv neighborhoods to get a better understanding on the illegal infiltrator problem, saying, “There is a need to act to change the situation, and that’s what I intend to do”.

By Dan Lavie & the Israel Hayom Staff

 

Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar toured south Tel Aviv neighborhoods on Tuesday to get a better feel for the migrant worker and illegal infiltrator problem in the area. Within the framework of his street tour — accompanied by a large police contingent — Sa’ar also met representatives of the south Tel Aviv neighborhood committee and visited small businesses in the area.

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| March 24, 2013
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Done Deal: Barbra Streisand will perform in Tel Aviv on June 20

Highly acclaimed Jewish singer/actor will wrap up European tour at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium.

Streisand also set to sing at President Peres’s 90th birthday party.

By DAVID BRINN

 

People who need Barbra Streisand are apparently the luckiest people in Israel.

Ending weeks of unconfirmed speculation, the iconic songstress/actress/diva has announced that she will perform for the first time ever in the country on June 20 at Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa.

Accompanied by a 60- piece orchestra, the 70-yearold Streisand will end a select tour of Europe with the show at the stadium which holds 16,000 spectators.

Two days earlier, she is expected to perform privately at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem in honor of President Shimon Peres’s birthday. Continue Reading »

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| March 15, 2013
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Dramatic Terror Arrest by Yamam in Tel Aviv

Special Border Police & Shin Bet units rappelled from rooftop to snatch a terror suspect.

By Gil Ronen

 

Maariv reported Friday about a dramatic arrest operation in central Tel Aviv that netted a terror activist.

Special Yamam police and Shin Bet forces cooperated in the operation.

Intelligence regarding the presence in Tel Aviv of a terror activist reached the Shin Bet in the late evening hours Thursday. Large police forces sealed off central Tel Aviv.

The forces closed in on an apartment on the corner of Tchernichovsky and Rashi streets, near Dizengoff Center. At around midnight, Yamam forces rappelled from the building’s roof with drawn weapons and burst into one of the apartments, arresting the suspect.

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| March 6, 2013
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Tel Aviv to stop prostitutes’ business cards from cluttering streets

Ahead of Int’l Women’s Day, inspectors & city workers will take part in lecturers on women trafficking and the sex trade.

 

The Tel Aviv Municipality’s enforcement branch will team up with the Task Force on Human Trafficking, to clean up the business cards for sex workers scattered across the city, the municipality stated on Tuesday.
Prostitute [illustrative]

Prostitute [illustrative] – Photo: Edgard Garrido / Reuters


Ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday, the municipality said city enforcement workers will take part in lectures on the trafficking of women and the sex trade in the city, “in order to gain a deep understanding of the problems and importance of this phenomenon.”
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| February 24, 2013
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Purim’s atmosphere of merriment & glee spreads across Israel

View ‘Harlem Shake’ from Tel Aviv,  Purim Style

Women of the Wall to hold Megila reading at the Kotel (Western Wall)

 

Purim’s carnival atmosphere spread out across the country on Sunday, with revelers of all types and ages soaking up the holiday cheer, many bedecked in bright, loud and extravagant costumes.

Tel Aviv on Purim, 2013.

Tel Aviv on Purim, 2013. – Photo: REUTERS

As in every year, traditional ‘Adloyada’ Purim parades were held the length and breadth of Israel in cities and towns throughout the country, wending their way through town centers and major urban thoroughfares.

Holon’s Ad’deloyada, one of the most renowned, included more than 4,500 participants making merry, including dancers, artists, musicians and other performers from around the country who all marched through the streets of the city.

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| February 19, 2013
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Belgrade bloggers captivated over Israel

6 young, influential Serbian bloggers fall in love with the Jewish State after finding ‘wonderful people, outstanding food, and soldiers with big guns & huge smiles’

By Itamar Eichner

 

“If we could, we would stay in Tel Aviv forever. The people are wonderful, the food is outstanding, the views are splendid, the soldiers walk around with big guns and huge smiles and they are much nicer than our civil servants.”

Serbians "like" Israel (Archives) Photo: Desa Fogel

Serbians “like” Israel – Photo: Desa Fogel

This is the impression Israel made on bloggers from Belgrade, Serbia who returned to their country enamored with the Jewish state.

The six skillful and curious bloggers who write on an array of topics were brought to Israel on a joint Foreign Ministry-Tourism Ministry venture. Continue Reading »

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| February 10, 2013
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Car exploses in Tel Aviv, 2 people wounded

Police Investigators believe explosion is criminal assassination attempt.

Car exploded as it was driving on Ben Zvi Road.

By Yaniv Kubovich

 

One person was seriously wounded and another moderately hurt on Saturday evening when an explosion occurred in a car driving on Ben Zvi Road in Tel Aviv, near the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine.

car bomb in Tel Aviv

The car that exploded in Tel Aviv. – Photo by Tomer Appelbaum

Though an investigation is still in its early stages, experts believe the incident was a criminal assassination attempt. Police have begun scanning the scene for evidence.

A month ago, a car exploded in central Tel Aviv, wounding at least seven people. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2013
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WATCH: Tel Aviv paints handicapped space around car, then tows it.

Camera show TA municipality workers painting handicapped markings around parked car & then towing it away.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, BEN HARTMAN

 

Security cameras in Tel Aviv documented a Tel Aviv municipality worker painting handicapped space markings around a vehicle parked legally in the city, resulting in the car being towed shortly afterward, to its owner’s chagrin.

Car towed from handicapped space

Car towed from handicapped space – Photo: Screenshot

The security camera video was obtained by the vehicle’s angry owner as part of her efforts to fight the fine she was assessed for parking in a handicapped space. The video and story of Tel Aviv resident Hila’s fight against the city went viral in Israel on Tuesday.

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| December 12, 2012
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Google opens innovation campus at Electra Tower in Tel Aviv

At the center, Google also will offer Launchpad, a two-week seminar for startups in their early stages.

By JTA

 

Google launched its Campus Tel Aviv, a center for Israeli entrepreneurs and startups.

Photo: To celebrate the inauguration of Google's new offices and campus in Tel Aviv, Israel, PM Netanyahu drew his own Google Doodle.

To celebrate the inauguration of Google’s new offices and campus in Tel Aviv, Israel, PM Netanyahu drew his own Google Doodle.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut a virtual ribbon at the inauguration ceremony on Monday for a campus that occupies a floor of the Electra Tower in Tel Aviv. The 16,000-square-foot space includes an area for meetings and workshop space for startup companies.

Using the campus and participating in its activities are free for entrepreneurs and startups. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2012
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Arabs Celebrate Tel Aviv Bus Bombing by Lighting Fireworks

Arabs celebrated after a bomb ripped through a bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday, injuring over 20 people.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Arabs living in Lebanese refugee camps celebrated Wednesday after a bomb ripped through a bus in Tel Aviv, injuring over twenty people.

Arab terrorists

Arab terrorists – Reuters

In Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon muezzins sang out words of praise to G-d via their megaphones, while fireworks lit the sky and terrorists handed out sweets, AFP reported.

In Ain al-Hilweh near the southern city of Sidon, fighters shot live rounds into the air and chanted religious texts.

The blast took place following the meeting between U.S. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2012
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Terrorist Attack Bus in Tel Aviv; Hamas Celebrates Carnage

Terrorist blows up a bus in central Tel Aviv. 

3 people are seriously wounded.

Suspect terrorist denies involvement.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

A terrorist blew blown up a Dan local bus on Shaul HaMelech street in central Tel Aviv aroun noon. Three people were seriously wounded. No one was killed.

Seventeen people have been evacuated to Icholov Hospital, most of them with lesser injuries. Others are being treated for emotional shock.

Eyewitnesses said that that the terrorist boarded the bus, placed a suspicious package there and then fled. Police said they have caught a suspect, who denies any connection with the attack.. Continue Reading »

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| November 17, 2012
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New Iron Dome Battery Intercepts Rocket for Tel Aviv

After air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv & Rishon Lezion at around 4:30pm, new Battery deployed in Tel Aviv area on Saturday makes 1st interception.

By Yoav Zitun

 

For the third time in three days an air raid siren sounded in Tel Aviv. The Iron Dome battery which had been deployed in the region just hours earlier intercepted one rocket fired from Gaza. Another rocket landed in an open area. No injuries were reported.

Hamas‘ military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the firing of the Fajr 5 missile.

Interception of rocket fired toward Tel Aviv

At around 4:30 pm, an air raid siren sounded in the Tel Aviv area and in Rishon Lezion. Continue Reading »

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| October 22, 2012
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Will Tel Aviv win title of ‘Most Innovative City’?

In a competition testing forward thinking, The Wall Street Journal nominates the city that never sleeps as the Most Innovative City.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Tel Aviv is one of three cities nominated for the title of “Most Innovative City” in a competition run by the Wall Street Journal. The other cities nominated, selected in an online vote, are New York City and Medellin, Colombia.

Tel Aviv - Photo: REUTERS/NIR ELIAS

Tel Aviv – Photo: REUTERS/NIR ELIAS

The competition tests a city’s capacity to adapt and re-imagine itself and the municipality’s ability of forward thinking.

Other cities that competed for the title but did not make the final voting round include Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, Sao Paolo, Singapore and London.

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| August 3, 2012
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As some Israeli cities demonstrate, all that glitters is not always green

Some ‘Green Cities’ make it on to the good list because of their parks, but the residents’ high standard of living demonstrate they consume a great deal of resources.

 

 

Europe did it this summer, and so did Israel.

But just because cities are regularly ranked based on how environmentally friendly they are, that doesn’t mean the chosen cities are always quite as green as they may seem.

Park Hayarkon

Park Hayarkon from above. – Photo by Tal Cohen

Environmental experts say that while some of these cities make it on to the good list because of their parks and public transportation, their residents’ high standard of living means they continue to exploit and consume a great deal of resources and create a lot of waste.

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| June 9, 2012
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Israelis flock by the thousands to Tel Aviv’s annual Gay Pride Parade

Speaking at the event, attended by thousands of tourists U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro says: Human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights.

By Ilan Lior

Thousands of people participated in Tel Aviv’s 14th Gay Pride Parade on Friday, including many tourists arrived in Israel to attend the annual gay pride week-long events.

The parade got underway in Gan Meir park, following an event which marked the conclusion of the week-long carnival in Israel’s largest city. Among the speakers were top political and municipal officials, including U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro.

Tel Aviv Gay Pride - Hadar Cohen - 8.6.2012

Women kissing during Tel Aviv's annual Gay Pride Parade, June 8, 2012.

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