Petah Tikva

After week of killings, police chief says some murders ‘impossible to prevent’ as anger grows

Danny Levi's remarks came after one of the bloodiest weeks Israel has seen this year, with a string of killings across Jewish and Arab communities.

Newly appointed Police Commissioner Daniel Levi at a ceremony of new appointments and ranks of the Israeli police, at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on July 4, 2023.
Illustration image of handcuffs on the hands of an arrested man, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.

Suspect in Independence Day murder is son of senior figure in defense establishment

Israel Police detains six minors linked with the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka.

Police detain seven minors for Independence Day stabbing of pizzeria worker in Petah Tikva

Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, 21, was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day and later succumbed to his wounds.

Pizzeria worker stabbed to death in Petah Tikva after commenting on snow spray on Independence Day


Fires break out in Petah Tikva and east Jerusalem overnight

Nine people were injured to various degrees a fire that broke out in an east Jerusalem apartment.

 The fire in the residential building in Petah Tikva.

Chinese university to open campus in Petah Tikva

A new Chinese campus will be an independent Israeli campus of the University of International Business and Economics, a prestigious school whose base is in Beijing.

ISRAEL-UIBE Campus

Israel Police search for crude street artist after his prank went wrong

Israel Police have said that they view the incident as "serious," and that it is a deliberate statement against the police, leading to "contempt" for them and their work.

Israel police car (Illustrative)

'Most damaging termites in the world' emerge from nests in Petah Tikva

The public was reminded that the termites are not dangerous to humans but that they can do substantive damage to property, and harm the environment, making it important to locate the nests.

Fomosan termite

Israeli startup brings hi-tech to reading glasses

32°N sunglasses use a proprietary pixelated liquid crystals technology which enables the swift transition, developed over the course of ten years by DeepOptics.

DeepOptics' 32°N adaptive focus sunglasses.

Innovative Israeli surgery saves a cancer patient's ability to give birth

A rare robot-assisted procedure was carried out for the first time in Israel, with the potential to save women's reproductive organs from the dangers of radiation.

Pregnant woman, illustrative

Maccabi Haifa retains grip on pole position

Comeback draw at Maccabi Tel Aviv keeps Greens on pace for title • Petah Tikva grabs the crucial win.

AFTER RALLYING from a two-goal deficit to draw Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa has a strong hold on first place with just three games left in the season.

Convicted sexual offender slapped with full one-year prison sentence

Shne'or Landau was convicted of indecent acts towards 17 minors, and was originally sentenced to seven months of community service.

STUDENTS in school.

Two synagogues in Petah Tikvah vandalized

"The feeling is terrible, it is a feeling of pain and deep crying."

Synagogue broken into in Petah Tikva, Dec. 18, 2021

An immigrant-turned-university rector's passion for ideas

From London to Petah Tikva.

Prof. Chaim Hames