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Iran retaliates striking Tel Aviv with cluster warheads

Agencies — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:33:02 +0000

Iran has used cluster warheads to attack on Tel Aviv, in retaliation for Israel’s killing of the Islamic Republic’s powerful security chief Ali Larijani. An elderly couple in their 70s were killed early Wednesday when cluster munitions fired from Iran struck a residential building in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan on Wednesday morning. […]

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Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release

JNS — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:53:55 +0000

Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield Stadium for a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and Beitar Jerusalem F.C., the first since before their abduction. The twin brothers, devoted fans of Maccabi, got on the pitch before kickoff, to the cheers […]

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Cancelled football match exploited to further vilify Israelis

Kostis Konstantinou — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:17:40 +0000

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s decision to decline any allocation of tickets for away fans at next month’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham has provoked a range of reactions. This announcement coincided with the British government’s efforts to reverse an earlier ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the match in the UK. Maccabi Tel Aviv […]

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Maccabi Tel Aviv declines allocation for Aston Villa match issuing a strong statement

TPS-IL — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:20:52 +0000

Maccabi Tel Aviv announced last night that it has decided to decline any allocation offered for away fans at next month’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham. In a statement, the Israeli club denounces efforts by ‘various entrenched groups to malign the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan base most of whom have no truck with racism […]

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Study: Israeli economy dodged wartime fiscal crisis thanks to high-tech sector

Pesach Benson — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:04:18 +0000

Israel’s economy dodged a fiscal crisis last year thanks to its high-tech sector, which has become the country’s economic lifeline and a magnet for global investment, according to a report released on Wednesday. The study, conducted by Startup Nation Central and the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University, argues that Israel’s innovation economy […]

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Another protest, another city, another cause

TPS-IL — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:14:10 +0000

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and their supporters marched through Tel Aviv to the Defence Ministry compound in protest for their release on Wednesday. Photo: Gideon Markowicz/TPS-IL Get J-WIRE on WhatsApp Join the channel

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More Iranian missiles hit Israel’s Tel Aviv, Haifa

Reuters — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 05:29:03 +0000

Israel says Iran has again fired missiles at Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa, in a conflict that started with an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program. Iranian missiles have struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting […]

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Tel Aviv twins with Berlin

J-Wire — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:24:54 +0000

Tel Aviv and Berlin mayors will sign a twinning agreement in the German city next month. Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner and Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Ron Huldai have announced the establishment of a new Twin Cities partnership, which marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel and reflects the long-standing friendship and […]

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‘Nothing unusual’: Tel Aviv’s calm morning contradicts Nasrallah’s claimed drone strike

Anna Epshtein — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:26:21 +0000

Unlike for the residents of the north, the morning looked as usual for the residents of Tel Aviv, including the northern neighbourhood of Glilot, which Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed was hit by drones. “The desired target was the Israeli military intelligence base ‘Aman’ 8200 in Glilot, near Tel Aviv, and our information is that […]

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Jerusalem population doubles Tel Aviv

Pesach Benson — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 23:14:34 +0000

More than one million people live in Jerusalem, more than double the number living in Tel Aviv, according to an annual report released on Sunday, ahead of Jerusalem Day. The report, compiled by the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research, found that Jerusalem’s population of 1,005,900 is double that of Tel Aviv’s, according to figures from […]

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