Diamond

Over four years later: Leviev family drops criminal complaint against 'Tindler Swindler'

The agreement was submitted for approval to the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court after more than four years of legal proceedings.

JULY 10, 2026|ByHODAYA RAN

The "Tinder Swindler" Simon Leviev arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, November 17, 2022.

The ex-wife concealed a rare blue diamond worth millions of shekels

The man claimed that the woman exploited her time alone in the house to empty a hiding place of jewelry and diamonds worth NIS 3.2 million. The woman denied his claim.

JULY 2, 2026|ByWALLA! MONEY

The hardest material? Chinese team forges hexagonal diamond with super strength

To synthesize the crystals, the team compressed highly ordered pyrolytic graphite to pressures as high as 20 gigapascals, roughly 200,000 times the atmospheric pressure at Earth’s surface.

MARCH 20, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Custom Jewellery by Leading Hatton Garden Jewellers

JANUARY 12, 2026|ByDAVID RABINOWICZ

Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange district to undergo major upgrade

The plan will allow the construction of 1,750 housing units, 1,500 hotel rooms, 400 sheltered housing units, and 500 student dormitories.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022ByYASER WAKID/GLOBES, TEL AVIV/TNS

View of the Israel Diamond Exchange center, in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, January 14, 2016.

Israel's diamond sales hit record after decade of decline

Then increase, the ministry said, came after a decade of declining sales led by the transfer of aspects of the polished diamond trade to India.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A trader inspects a 709-carat diamond, found in Sierra Leone and known as the ‘Peace Diamond,’ as Martin Rapaport, chairman of the Rapaport Group, looks on, at Israel’s Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan on October 19, 2017.

What is the history of the South African Jewish diamond industry?

Once a desirable trade for a nice Jewish boy, diamond cutting and polishing in South Africa no longer is - here's why.

DECEMBER 2, 2021ByLIONEL SLIER

The Eureka Diamond, the first diamond discovered in South Africa near Hopetown by Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs, 15, in 1867.

Israel's diamond industry has a bloody history

Diamonds may be the diamond industry’s best friend, but the glitter hides a blood-stained history, for which the industry has yet to be made accountable.

OCTOBER 19, 2021ByMORDECHAI BECK