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Driving democracy to the ground: Don't make it harder for Israelis abroad to vote – opinion

If Diaspora Jews are called back to serve in the IDF when war breaks out, the same logic should apply when Israeli elections near – they should return to vote for their country

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.
Tel Aviv Vice Mayor Guy Avner challenges NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to a boxing match. August 3, 2026.

Tel Aviv Vice Mayor Guy Avner challenges NYC Mayor Mamdani to charity boxing event

Papaya Gaming’s offices in Tel Aviv.

Papaya Gaming wins temporary stay after $719 million US judgment

Israeli daycare-aged children (illustrative). March 24, 2026.

Three Tel Aviv daycare workers indicted over alleged physical abuse of infants, toddlers


Tel Aviv municipal parking fees to rise 20% starting August 1

Tel Aviv residents will retain discounted parking, but hourly and evening rates will rise, and some resident benefits will be scaled back.

Cars filling up parking lots in Tel Aviv, July 06 2010.

'You will end up dead': Letter from Channel 12 vandals calls for apology over Sde Teiman affair

Police officers called to the site opened an investigation into the property damage. No suspect has been arrested at this stage, and the individual's identity remains unknown.

A masked individual shattered the glass entrance doors of Channel 12 News' headquarters in Tel Aviv overnight on July 28, 2026, in the second such incident this month.

Tel Aviv protesters block roads, demand Shin Bet investigates Haymanut Kasau's disappearance

The protest marks 882 days since Kasau's disappearance, with her father claiming that the government has not exhausted its capabilities, accusing it of discriminatory treatment.

Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Infinite painting, boundless experience: How Leo Ray finds joy in an increasingly dark world

For over 30 years, up to the pandemic, he taught art at Art School, Ein Vered, and BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yanai, where he also headed the painting program from 2006 to 2014. 

Leo Ray in his south Tel Aviv studio.

Israel Railways resumes train service between Tel Aviv and Lod after electrical failure

The company said its crews were working to restore normal service as quickly as possible and recommended that passengers still impacted consider using alternative means.

View of Savidor train station in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2026; Illustrative.

Police arrest nine people blocking streets during unlawful protests in Tel Aviv

The police said the protest took place without authorization and without coordination with the police this evening on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv.

Israel Police car

Sally Reidman came to Israel with a massage table - and built a healthcare empire

Born in Pennsylvania in 1949 to Holocaust survivors, Sally grew up with her mother in California and studied psychology at California State University.

Sally Reidman.

Demand surges: Airline significantly expands operations in Israel

Ethiopian Airlines will increase Tel Aviv–Addis Ababa flights from 21 to 26 per week in August, with Dreamliner service on select flights, boosting capacity and connections.

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787.

One in four Tel Aviv-Jaffa families headed by a single parent, report finds

The rate is significantly higher than the 15% national average, with women heading 96% of the city’s 13,412 reported single-parent families.

‘TO BE a parent in Israel is almost obligatory’: Israel’s national health insurance system offers one of the world’s most generous fertility packages.

Israel looks toward record-breaking election season with over half a million first-time voters

First-time voters are expected to account for about 8.7% of all eligible voters in the upcoming election, the largest such wave since the establishment of the state.

(Illustrative) A man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, in Ashdod, February 27, 2024