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Kulanu leader Moshe Kahlon leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on May 8, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 21, 2017, 7:32 pm
Finance minister opposes bill that would weaken top court
Moshe Kahlon notes that some High Court rulings were against bills pushed by his party, but it's better to maintain the 'hierarchy'
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of cancer cells (Pixabay)
September 21, 2017, 7:16 pm
Starving cells of oxygen can help them kill cancers, Israeli researchers find
Growing 'killer T cells' with less oxygen, like mountain climbers, makes them deadlier in targeting cancer cells, Weizmann Institute scientists show
By TOI staff
An IDF Home Front Command team arrives in Mexico to assist following the devastating earthquake that hit the country, September 21, 2017. (IDF spokesperson)
September 21, 2017, 6:37 pm
IDF emergency team arrives to help quake-stricken Mexico
Home Front Command engineers will assess integrity of buildings hit by tremor; small number of rescuers will assist local efforts
By TOI staff and AP
Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
September 21, 2017, 6:03 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief urges ‘actions’ to cause the US pain
As Iranian leaders castigate US president, IRGC head Jafari says 'taking a decisive position against Trump is just a start,' and that the US must 'witness more painful responses'
By TOI staff and Agencies
Pictures released on June 1, 2014, shows the then 29-year-old suspected gunman Mehdi Nemmouche. (Photo credit: AFP)
September 21, 2017, 5:17 pm
Belgian lawyer says Jewish Museum terror suspect may have brain tumor
Mehdi Nemmouche, alleged killer of four in 2014 attack, has been in solitary confinement without trial for three years
By AP and TOI staff
File: Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
September 21, 2017, 4:31 pm
Live: Leaders of Lebanon, Jordan among speakers at UN today
Thursday's session comes day after Palestinian president accused Israel of imposing 'apartheid' policies, Rouhani slammed 'rogue newcomer' Trump
By TOI staff
A Lufthansa plane which returned to Munich when an engine failed, April 21, 2016 (Ksenia Svetlova)
September 21, 2017, 12:45 pm
Lufthansa plane makes emergency landing in Tel Aviv after engine fails
German carrier forced to circle back to Ben Gurion less than 30 minutes after takeoff
By TOI staff
A tank flying the Hezbollah terror group's flag is seen in the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017.(AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)
September 21, 2017, 1:36 am
Hezbollah has 10,000 fighters in Syria ready to confront Israel, commander says
Iranian-backed Lebanese terror group is an army with 'infantry, rockets, tanks, elite forces,' building tunnels, military bases for future war
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Iraqi Kurds celebrate while urging people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
September 20, 2017, 10:01 pm
Saudi Arabia urges Kurds to scrap independence referendum
Riyadh official tells Iraqi Kurdish leader to drop plans 'in light of situation in the region'; Israel remains lone country to openly support efforts
By AFP and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
September 20, 2017, 9:32 pm
Abbas tells UN it’s responsible for ending Israeli ‘apartheid’
Palestinian leader says two-state solution in jeopardy; demands apology from UK over 1917 Balfour Declaration
By TOI staff and JTA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, fifth from left, leads the last cabinet of the German government ahead of Germany's general elections at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP/Markus Schreiber)
September 20, 2017, 8:38 pm
German government supports new definition of anti-Semitism
Term to include attacks against religious institutions, the state of Israel and non-Jews attacked for anti-Semitic reasons
By AP and TOI staff
Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, addresses the 72nd UN General Assembly on September 20, 2017, at the United Nations in New York. (AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS)
September 20, 2017, 7:13 pm
Calling Trump ‘rogue newcomer,’ Rouhani vows tough response if nuke deal ditched
In address to UN, Iranian president blasts 'ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric' of Trump and Netanyahu, terms Israel a 'racist regime'
By TOI staff and AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks while US President Donald Trump listens before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
September 20, 2017, 6:58 pm
Trump to Abbas on peace prospects: ‘Who knows? Stranger things have happened’
US leader assures PA leader his administration is working 'very hard' for peace in region, despite not mentioning Palestinians in speech to General Assembly
By TOI staff
America's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley wishes Jews a happy new year in a video compilation of UN Ambassadors posted to Facebook on September 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook)
September 20, 2017, 6:01 pm
16 UN ambassadors wish Jews, Israel a happy new year in video compilation
With a cheery 'Shanah Tovah,' US Ambassador Nikki Haley leads off in clip assembled by Israels envoy Danny Danon
By TOI staff
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)
September 20, 2017, 5:57 pm
Handing dossier to The Hague, Palestinians accuse Israel of apartheid
International Criminal Court to study 700-page file, which alleges forced displacement of Palestinian West Bank residents in favor of settlers
By AP and TOI staff
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