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Eid al-Adha

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 25, 2023, 5:58 am
Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights
PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’
By ToI Staff
File: Muafaq Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel, at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 24, 2023, 5:50 pm
Druze leader: Golan wind turbine project must stop or face unprecedented response
Muafak Tarif speaks at emergency meeting over controversial project that has enraged Druze living on the plateau
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (center-right) meets with Druze spiritual leader Mowafaq Tarif and members of a Druze community council, June 22, 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2023, 11:35 pm
After Druze riots, Ben Gvir says wind farm construction will pause for holiday
National security minister, who took hardline approach to protests, confirms project will halt for Eid al-Adha next week in a message delivered alongside Druze leadership
By ToI Staff
Druze community members protest against the construction of a new wind farm in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 2:58 pm
Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports
Far-right minister vows work will continue despite two days of protests, violence; police chief reportedly wanted contentious work paused until after next week’s Eid al-Adha
By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
Iranian worshippers take part in the morning prayer ceremony for Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla mosque, on July 10, 2022. (AFP)
July 17, 2022, 7:12 pm
Iran pardons, commutes sentences for 2,200 convicts to mark Muslim holidays
Supreme leader Khamenei ‘granted pardons or commuted the sentences of 2,272 convicts’ for the Eid al-Adha and Ghadir religious holidays
By AFP
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem for former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, July 10, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 11, 2022, 12:15 am
Lapid speaks to Erdogan, Sissi, as Israel bolsters links with neighbors
In PM’s separate calls to Turkish, Egyptian presidents, leaders note ‘major significance’ of bilateral relationships to region
By ToI Staff
Muslim worshipers offer Eid al-Adha prayers in Jerusalem's Old City, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 9, 2022, 1:14 pm
Millions of Muslims around the world commemorate Eid al-Adha amid soaring food costs
While many cut back on traditional feasts as prices rocket, community prayers return — a welcome sight for many after years of COVID restrictions
By amr nabil and Isabel Debre
Photo combination: Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads his first weekly cabinet meeting, July 3, 2022 (left); Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas talks to the media during a press conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (Haim Zach/GPO; Iakovos Hatzistavrou, Pool via AP)
July 8, 2022, 1:45 pm
Rare dialogue: Ahead of Biden visit, Lapid, Herzog hold phone calls with PA’s Abbas
Israeli leaders wish Palestinian Authority president a happy Eid al-Adha, stressing need for cooperation and calm; calls come day after Abbas hosts Gantz in Ramallah
By Lazar Berman
President Isaac Herzog (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in Ankara, on March 9, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 7, 2022, 9:59 pm
Herzog calls Erdogan with holiday blessings, lauds warming ties between nations
President tells Turkish leader he hopes for the ‘further strengthening of ties’ after a series of measures boosting renewed relations
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers stand guard, as Palestinians make their way through a checkpoint to attend Friday prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, April 29, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ Flash90/ File)
July 3, 2022, 9:13 pm
Israel to ease some travel restrictions on Palestinians for holiday
COGAT says 500 West Bank residents will be able to fly out of Ben Gurion airport, 400 Gazans to be allowed to visit Jerusalem during Eid al-Adha
By Aaron Boxerman
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei checks the time in farewell meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani's administration in Tehran, Iran, in July 28, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 31, 2021, 3:07 pm
Iran’s Khamenei grants clemency to over 2,800 prisoners
Statement from supreme leader’s office does not name the 2,825 convicts who were either pardoned or had sentences commuted to mark religious holidays
By AFP
This aerial photograph, taken on February 10, 2021, shows the oil storage containers of the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC) in the mountains near Israel's Red Sea port city of Eilat. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
July 23, 2021, 9:58 pm
UAE said spooked by Israeli plans to scrutinize controversial pipeline deal
Reports say Abu Dhabi surprised to hear that agreement to pipe Gulf oil through Israel could be in jeopardy, sparking tension between Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
United Arab Emirates Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, Oct. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
July 23, 2021, 5:07 pm
Bennett and UAE crown prince discuss bilateral ties in first call
Prime minister calls de facto ruler Mohammed Bin Zayed al Nahyan to wish him well on Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, leaders agree to meet in the future
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the coronavirus pandemic, at PA headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 5, 2020.
July 22, 2021, 3:00 pm
Abbas speaks with Israeli minister Barlev in 4th recent high-level contact
For years, President Rivlin was the only top official to hold conversations with PA leader, but the new government appears to be changing tack
By Aaron Boxerman
Thousands of Palestinians attend prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem, marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, July 20, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 20, 2021, 2:16 pm
100,000 Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Eid al-Adha
Despite anger over Jewish visits to the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, prayers take place peacefully; Bennett conveys his blessings to Israel’s Muslim and Druze populations
By Emanuel Fabian
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