Yoav Etiel

Yoav Etiel is a journalist and reporter for Walla.

A passenger plane prepares to land at the airport as commuters drive on the road below on a heavily polluted day in Chiang Mai on April 2, 2026

Thai authorities inspect Chabad House in Chiang Mai, find no violations

An altercation between Otzma Yehudit affiliated activists and activists attending an event at the Joint List Hebrew-language headquarters, October 15, 2026.

Right-wing activists affiliated with Otzma Yehudit invade Arab Joint List Tel Aviv headquarters

A still image appearing to show Washington Post photojournalist Nadia Levine wounded in a hospital bed after reporting on a clash between extremist settlers and Palestinians near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

WATCH: Washington Post photojournalist wounded in clash between Israelis, Palestinians in West Bank


Ben-Gurion Airport resumes normal operations following anonymous bomb threat on Delta flight

Passengers were quickly evacuated from the aircraft after an anonymous report was received claiming that a bomb was located in the plane's cargo hold.

Delta Air Lines.

Universal conscription, constitution plan: Liberman reveals requirements to form government

Lieberman said on Sunday that mandatory military or civilian service for all Israelis would be a nonnegotiable condition for joining a government, while proposing a constitution drafted by experts.

Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman announced on Sunday his selection of candidates for his party's Knesset slate ahead of the upcoming deadline to submit lists before the October elections, September 6, 2026.

Arkia cancels long-awaited direct route to Tokyo

According to the airline, Japanese authorities have not approved operating the route using a wet-leased aircraft at this time.

Sayonara Tokyo. Arkia.

Kremlin sentences Russian-Israeli scientist to prison over donation to Navalny foundation

Dr. Sofia Rosenfeld argued that she had been out of contact with the outside world while participating in a scientific expedition in the northern Arctic when the transfers were made from her account.

This photograph taken shows barbed wire in front of the Kremlin in Moscow on October 8, 2026; Illustrative.

One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North

Northern District police officers and bomb disposal experts responded to the incident, which was declared a mass-casualty event by the IDF.

IDF soldiers evacuate wounded victims into a military helicopter after unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.

Joint List offers safety net to government seeking to oust Netanyahu, opening door for Eisenkot

Declaring the Joint List will use "every tool at our disposal," party leader Yousef Jabareen also laid out a series of demands as conditions for providing political support to a minority government.

Yousef Jabareen, chairman of the Joint List, attends the party’s campaign launch event ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2026

Berlin shopkeeper attacked after displaying posters against antisemitism for Oct. 7 anniversary

Speaking to the German newspaper Bild, Lindenau estimated that the attackers were between 10 and 15 years old and said they had asked him whether he was Jewish.

Counter-demonstrators hold an Israeli flag and a banner with the lettering 'Fight left-wing antisemites' on the sidelines of a pro-Palestinian demonstration under the title 'United4Palestine' in Berlin on October 10, 2026.

Missing Israeli tourist's body found on Mount Olympus after weeks of searching by Israeli team

Yogev had been missing since September 20. The four Israeli rescuers searched mountain streambeds, navigating cliffs, waterfalls, and dense vegetation in terrain that required climbing equipment.

Ami Yogev, a 46-year-old Israeli tourist, who went missing in Greece.

Haifa mayor demands parties commit to shutting down city's petrochemical industry by 2029

Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav urged parties to commit to closing the Haifa Bay petrochemical industry by 2029, citing security threats and health risks.

Smoke rises from the oil refineries in Haifa following a missile strike fired from Iran, in northern Israel, March 30, 2026

Hind Rajab Foundation asks ICC to investigate Israeli doctors over alleged Sde Teiman torture

The Hind Rajab Foundation has asked the ICC to investigate Israeli medical officials over alleged torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees at Sde Teiman.

Israeli soldiers are seen outside the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, southern Israel, July 30, 2026.