Why is this green paradise next to Tel Aviv closed to the public?

by mgall74 | Jan 12, 2026 | Israeli News

Mikveh Israel’s agriculture school is leery about opening its land to visitors, saying the students’ needs come first. But residents of the suburb of Holon next door are upset at being shut out of the huge, beautiful park Source...

Israelis protest against Netanyahu gov't judicial haul, call for Oct. 7 inquiry

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | Israeli News

Protests in Tel Aviv mark three years since the launch of the judicial overhaul will feature the parents of slain hostage Itay Chen, while a right-wing counter-protest in Haifa is being held for the first time near the weekly march in northern Israel calling for an...

In 1925 Patrick Geddes was invited to Israel to plan the first Hebrew city – what's left of it today?

by mgall74 | Jan 1, 2026 | Israeli News

“How many people think twice about a leaf? Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of life; this is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and all dependent upon the leaves. By leaves we live,” town planner Patrick Geddes told...

In complete darkness: Ohad Naharin's new Batsheva dance performance is a wake-up call for Israelis

by mgall74 | Dec 24, 2025 | Israeli News

Even when the lights go completely out, the dancers don’t let you sit back comfortably as they speak in a mélange of languages and shout with locked jaws and terrifying grinsIn his new work, “ZŌ,” the world-famous choreographer Ohad Naharin invites...

If secular, liberal Tel Aviv must have a Chief Rabbi, if has to be someone who fits the city

by mgall74 | Dec 22, 2025 | Israeli News

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