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What’s UP? El Al’s new low-cost brand launches one-way fares starting at $69

Service will begin next March with 50 weekly flights between Israel and five European destinations.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Nov 26, 2013 | 07:07 PM

El Al, British Airways, Lufthansa sued for price-fixing
By Zohar Blumenkrantz
El Al's revenue hits five-year high
By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Zohar Blumenkrantz and Reuters
El Al CEO says says new investors eyeing airline after FIMI deal collapses
By Zohar Blumenkrantz

A British Airways aircraft lands at City Airport in London.

El Al, British Airways, Lufthansa sued for price-fixing

Israeli Judge slams airlines with heavy court costs to boot.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Nov 18, 2013 | 07:19 PM

The new Marc Jacobs pop-up store in the Ramat Aviv Mall, Tel Aviv.

Marc Jacobs store pops up in Israel

The temporary pop-up store in north Tel Aviv offers the American Jewish designer's more affordable line.

By Hilla Ohayon | Nov 11, 2013 | 10:21 PM

A Christian pilgrim from the U.S. is baptized in the water of the Jordan River

Turkish airline begins operating indirect charter flights from Nigeria to Israel

Despite protests from El Al regarding unfair competition with Turkish airlines, Turkish Atlasjet begins flying Nigerian pilgrims to Israel via Antalya.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Nov 5, 2013 | 02:41 AM

Trimming the VAT - how to save money on your holiday purchases

Many countries offer tourists tax refunds. The trick is knowing all the rules for getting your money back. We list them here.

By Rina Rozenberg | Oct 25, 2013 | 09:06 AM

Arab Israelis head to Turkey and Sinai for the Id al-Adha festival

Charter flights to Turkey up from eight to over 20 a day; most land crossing closed on Tuesday.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Oct 15, 2013 | 07:05 AM

Cheap eats: Does Cofix portend rise of NIS 5 menu?

Competitors write off new low-cost cafe chain, but it could shake up pricey market.

By Adi Dovrat-Meseritz | Oct 10, 2013 | 06:03 PM

Flights disrupted at Ben-Gurion airport due to baggage handlers' dispute

Israel Airport Authority’s new tender for the running of the cargo terminal makes no mention of existing employees or terms of their employment. Up to 500 workers may face dismissal.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Oct 2, 2013 | 01:51 PM

The hotels in the Dead Sea’s southern basin

Israel’s hotels finding a new rival in average Joe

Websites matching homeowners with tourists is creating new competition for hotel industry, warns Fattal CEO Reuven Elkes in an interview.

By Rina Rozenberg | Oct 1, 2013 | 06:48 PM | 2

The Hebrew language to receive two new museums, and maybe more

The Academy of the Hebrew Language finds an unlikely competitor in Rishon Letzion.

By Nir Hasson | Sep 23, 2013 | 04:33 AM | 3

Come on in, the water's fine! Israeli rivers, minus the sewage

Major cleanup has made the Yarkon safe to swim in; the Kishon could be next.

By Zafrir Rinat | Sep 19, 2013 | 07:28 PM | 2

El Al resumes day flights to Eilat

Airline stopped flying to the resort city during the day because of flight path changes due to rocket fire from Sinai.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Sep 15, 2013 | 06:12 PM

El Al to resume all Eilat flights, following three-day hiatus over security concerns

El Al will continue flying on its regular route to Eilat for two more weeks until the airline completes its organization for the authority's new flight procedure.

By Zohar Blumenkrantz | Sep 12, 2013 | 10:00 AM

Parks & Nature

Gan Hashlosha National Park. Crowded but still beautiful.

Spring-hopping in Israel's Beit She’an Valley

By Moshe Gilad | 08:22 PM

Baby baboon born at Ramat Gan Safari: Fake father protecting it from his wives

By Ruth Schuster | 03:47 PM

Forty years on, an Israeli archaeology class keeps on giving

By Alona Ferber | 09:55 AM | 4

Food & Drink

Rolling in dough || The 8 best Hanukkah sufganiyot in Israel

By City Mouse Online | 12:45 PM

How Israeli wine caught up to France, Italy and California

By Moshe Gilad | 02:58 AM | 4

Cooking local || A Tel Aviv chef's unbeatable beet gnocchi

By Limor Laniado Tiroche | 08:27 PM

Religion & Relics

The British High Commissioner's headquarters in Jerusalem, now the seat of the UN.

A colonial room with a view of Jerusalem

By Noam Dvir | 05:47 AM | 13

When Acre goes boutique

By Noam Dvir | 01:20 PM

Neot Kedumim: Exploring biblical Israel in the footsteps of those that walked it

By Danna Harman | 12:16 PM

Music & Theater

Silver screen stories of migration, identity and modern Israel

By Alona Ferber | 09:35 AM

Stars, stripes and dust: Life and tunes of Woody Guthrie come alive on stage

By Michael Handelzalts | 11:09 AM

Electrodes instead of drumsticks at Grateful Dead member's Jerusalem concert

By Ido Kenan | 04:15 PM

Museums & Exhibits

A mandate to inform and entertain: Visiting the Underground Prisoners Museum in Jerusalem

By Jacob Solomon | 05:13 AM

'Ready maideleh’: 100 years since Marcel Duchamp

By Yuval Saar | 06:16 PM

The secret to peace in the Middle East, at an architectural expo

By Keshet Rosenblum | 07:05 PM | 3