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Rapper Azaelia Banks announces move to Tel Aviv days before planned show

“If you would have told me years ago I'dd end up moving to Tel Aviv and liking it, I would have said you're crazy,” Banks shared in a post on X/Twitter along with a picture of her new apartment. 

 Azealia Banks performs at O2 Academy Brixton on September 13, 2024 in London, England.
An Israir Airlines plane takes off from Ben-Gurion Airport, outside Tel Aviv, August 4, 2026.

Israir UAE rescue flight canceled after failure to receive Emirati approval

Yuval Raphael

Eurovision runner-up Yuval Raphael to return to Nova to perform three years after massacre

Aviva Siegel and Keith Siegel attend a protest calling for the release of the remaining hostages at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, in March 2025.

Memorial initiative brings October 7 survivors’ stories to stage and screen


In unusual legal measure, Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosli placed under house arrest without charges

The intelligence-based measure is the first reported use of the 2024 law against a Jewish crime organization.

Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosli arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, August 11, 2022

Israeli lawyer arrested after drugs disguised as eyelash remover arrive in cargo shipment

Police seized a range of additional substances from the lawyer's home that are suspected to be drugs, including more GHB, heroin, ecstasy, and other substances.

Illegal drugs and distribution equipment, pictured here, was seized from an Tel Aviv lawyer's apartment on August 11, 2026.

Israel's one-center economy is a national security risk – opinion

Israel should build Haifa and Beersheba into additional centers of economic power before overconcentration in Greater Tel Aviv becomes a national failure.

Hanan Markovich, CEO of the Haifa Economic Corporation.

Revamped ‘Peter Pan’ musical returns to Tel Aviv stage

This updated version retains the signature sword fights alongside a modernized theatrical flight system.

THE NEW VERSION of ‘Peter Pan’ retains the signature sword fights alongside a modernized theatrical flight system.

Prosecutors signal indictment over vandalism attacks on Justice Ministry, Israeli media outlets

The suspect, in his 40s, was arrested on July 30 following a weeks-long investigation. Police linked him to attacks on buildings housing Channel 12, Haaretz, Israel Hayom, and the Justice Ministry.

Front door of Channel 12 News offices shattered by vandals in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2026.

Protesters demand October 7 investigation two years after murder of six Gaza hostages

The protest took place two years after Hamas' murder of the hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino.

A protest in Tel Aviv demanding a government probe into October 7, August 9, 2026.

Wizz Air flight to Tel Aviv delayed after passenger asks to leave prior to takeoff

Footage posted on social media showed Israeli passengers standing inside the aircraft as police officers climbed the stairs toward the entrance.

A Wizz Air flight takes off from Ben-Gurion Airport. July 22, 2019; illustrative.

Police probe suspected grenade attack on Tel Aviv residential building

An explosion heard across northern Tel Aviv was caused by a suspected fragmentation grenade thrown at a residential tower, according to Hebrew media reports.

Illustrative: Hand grenade -  A member of the Popular Resistance Committee holds up a grenade during a rally in Gaza City, 27 April 2006.

Tel Aviv among world’s most expensive for employers, least lucrative for employees

Study comparing employment costs across 13 US, European, and Israeli cities finds Tel Aviv ranking second only to San San Francisco.

Alon Towers complex, Tel Aviv

Exhibition of ultra-Orthodox military draft cartoons vandalized ahead of Animix Festival

A young man wearing a kippah confronted organizers and Tel Aviv Cinematheque CEO Tomer Cohen. They said he tore down and damaged parts of the exhibition before attempting to flee.

Cartoon showing Moses saying, "Don't they teach  this commandment at yeshivas?" and holding a tablet that says, "Thou shalt not vandalize cartoons," created in response to the incident.