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Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:03:48 +03:00
'We saw Jews with hearts like Germans': Moroccan immigrants in Israel warned families not to follow
Thousands of letters written in the early years of the state by immigrant soldiers to their families in Morocco reveal a gloomy picture. Most wanted to go home

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 02:21:07 +03:00
Iran investigating small blast in northern Tehran, no injuries reported
Tehran's Deputy Governor says no sound of an explosion, fire or damage found in the area

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 01:57:50 +03:00
Biden presses Putin again to rein in ransomware attacks
U.S. President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin for the first time since they discussed the attacks last month, and warned of consequences for Russian inaction

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 01:36:13 +03:00
Arab states to send aid to Tunisia as COVID death toll peaks
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Libya are among the countries lining up to help Tunisia, which is facing the collapse of its health system and fearing the economic blow of its national lockdown

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 00:08:21 +03:00
UN approves extension of aid from Turkey to rebel-held Syria
An agreement between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin secures urgent assistance for 3.4 million people in Idlib

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 20:23:46 +03:00
U.S. to leave Afghanistan on August 31, Biden says
Biden says Afghan people must decide their own future and U.S. has achieved its goals in its war as he defends decision to withdraw troops

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 19:41:00 +03:00
'Unprecedented chaos': Cyberattack disrupts Iran rail network
A notice on electronic boards at stations asked travelers to call a number belonging to the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 18:54:10 +03:00
Ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to head Softbank’s investment activities in Israel
Cohen, who ended his role as head of Israel's espionage agency this year, will establish a local arm of the Japanese giant holding company to identify Israeli firms for investment

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 18:12:34 +03:00
Israel’s interior minister knows she can’t deport the asylum seekers

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 17:40:44 +03:00
Tel Aviv: A city that only the mega-rich call home
That is the future of the city according to new data that shows it's becoming unaffordable for those who don’t inherit a home or earn triple the average salary, and some say the whole country will bear the cost

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 17:36:44 +03:00
France expected to back Israel's entry into EU program that bars settlement funding
Israeli culture minister asks French counterpart to support the request to join the EU's Creative Europe program when it comes up for approval

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 16:34:10 +03:00
Israeli settlements amount to war crime, UN rights official says
'Israel's defiance of international law and international opinion can and will no longer be cost-free,' UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories says

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 15:47:02 +03:00
Greater Israel means much greater problems for the Jewish people

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 14:30:30 +03:00
Widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat dies in Egypt
Jehan Sadat, who had been battling cancer, had consistently defended her husband’s decision to sign a peace agreement with Israel in 1979 after nearly three decades of war

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 13:50:06 +03:00
Ahead of DC antisemitism rally, Israel manifests an issue for leftist Jewish groups
The American Jewish community is divided on whether attacks on Israel should be considered antisemitism or not

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 13:46:29 +03:00
Taliban seize more territory, announce they control swathes of Afghanistan
Government officials dismissed the assertion by a Taliban delegation visiting Moscow as part of a propaganda campaign launched as foreign forces, including the U.S., withdraw after almost 20 years of fighting

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 13:03:43 +03:00
TikTok fanned the flames of the Israel-Gaza war. What else is it capable of?
It has overtaken YouTube, knows its users better than its competitors do, and doesn’t hesitate to use songs and dances to promote political messages. And with China behind it, TikTok is accountable to no one

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 12:50:53 +03:00
All Israel arrivals to quarantine until testing negative for COVID starting July 16
The rule will apply to all travelers entering Israel, even if they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 08:49:45 +03:00
LISTEN: How Israel’s aristocratic new president could pardon Bibi

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 06:07:50 +03:00
The economic crises on Israel's borders are cause for concern
Lebanon's economic collapse threatens the regime, and the situation is not much better in Jordan and Egypt. Israel shouldn't stake its neighbors' stability for granted

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 06:04:22 +03:00
Brutality and panic mark the twilight of Abbas’ rule. Hamas is ready to jump in
85-year-old Palestinian President Abbas sent his forces to brutally repress protest over the death of a dissident – the latest manifestation of what is perceived as a corrupt, rotten regime

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 06:03:51 +03:00
Iran ups its game as U.S. return to nuke deal faces new hurdles
For Israel, however, Lebanon is the most immediate powder keg ■ Netanyahu’s real battle is not against Bennett ■ What the U.S. expects from Israel on China

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 06:01:29 +03:00
Bennett lurches between the bright side and the dark side, but it's going nicely
The prime minister has gone to great lengths to show understanding for his leftist partners, who are getting in trouble with their base, while one new law is driving opposition leader Netanyahu particularly crazy

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 05:10:21 +03:00
Pfizer to seek U.S. authorization for third COVID shot dose as Delta variant spreads
Pfizer has previously said people will likely need a booster dose, though some scientists have questioned when, or whether, boosters will be needed

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 03:14:53 +03:00
Encourage work, not poverty

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 02:06:45 +03:00
Law denying benefits to parents over minor’s security offenses ruled unconstitutional
Five of nine High Court judges say amendment violates their right of equality. Chief Justice Hayut: Holding parents responsible for a child’s crimes is highly unusual and unacceptable.

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 01:37:44 +03:00
Notorious daycare owner gets 9 years in prison for assaulting children
Video of Carmel Mauda brutalizing kids at her Rosh Ha’ayin home was on social media in 2019; her house was burned down after her indictment

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 01:32:15 +03:00
An unbreakable American-Israeli bond? Maybe not

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 01:29:58 +03:00
Why Israel should recognize the Bosnian genocide
The U.S. Congress pioneered recognition of Europe’s worst massacres since the Holocaust. Now, in the face of rising genocide denial from Serbs, the far right and the hard left, it’s time for Israel to act, before it’s too late

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 01:28:38 +03:00
Now is the time for the real protest to create a new, relevant social order

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 01:14:10 +03:00
Despite critic’s death, Palestinian Authority still believes in intimidation and repression
Arrests and police violence are surprising considering recent conciliatory comments and the identity of the arrested protesters, in the wake of Nizar Banat's death

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 00:31:11 +03:00
Lieberman breaks ground on the Haredi education revolution
Lieberman isn’t forcing Haredi men to stop studying Torah or Haredi women to stop having children. What he has done is change the regulations, making it more difficult – and that’s what governments do

Fri, 9 Jul 2021 00:22:26 +03:00
You don’t believe COVID-19 exists? 'It’s not a natural virus. It was engineered with American funding'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A retired historian who believes COVID-19 is a manipulation that serves 'transparent rulers,' and a physical therapist who realized she belonged in Israel during a visit when she was 16

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 23:51:25 +03:00
The Israeli agent made a veiled threat. Soon after, the Palestinian activist was dead
A Palestinian student activist who was on the Shin Bet's wanted list was shot to death from afar during a demonstration in May. The IDF’s response: 'A Military Police investigation has been launched'

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 23:42:43 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 23:37:07 +03:00
We didn't dare to know: Seven years after Hamas tunnel attack, revising my nephew's death
Iris Leal’s nephew fell in an attack by Hamas during Operation Protective Edge. On the seventh anniversary of that war, she illuminates one of the most charged zones of Israeli life, the nationalization of private grief in the name of the ethos of ...

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 23:35:16 +03:00
An ex-judge exposes the rotten underbelly of Israel's court system
Sexual harassment, judges who hand down decisions in cases they did not hear, corrupt appointments and a culture of silence surrounding it all. A rare glimpse of the world behind the bench

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 22:39:35 +03:00
Israel aims to join EU program that excludes funding for projects in settlements
Lapid is expected to announce Israel's desire to participate in the culture program at an EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday, the first such official event in more than a decade attended by Israel's top diplomat

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 22:34:03 +03:00
Lebanon crisis prompts rare Saudi visit of U.S., French envoys
U.S., French embassies in Beirut tweet that trilateral meetings look to find ways how to 'support the Lebanese people and stabilize the economy'

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 21:32:03 +03:00
Ex-PM Olmert told he owes millions in taxes for donations to his legal defense
Olmert, who served time for graft, claims contributions were tax-exempt because donors were close friends. Tax Authority believes some were given in the hope that he would return to a public position

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 21:28:47 +03:00
Palestinians claiming land at illegal outpost take Israel's deal with settlers to court
The petitioners demand the removal of the buildings put up by the settlers, who as things stand have a chance to return in the future

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 21:18:24 +03:00
Palestinian hunger striker to be released from Israeli custody
Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, 28, will be released from administrative detention to a hospital in Ramallah

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 20:52:13 +03:00
Boris Johnson warns of 'Jewish exodus' out of Northern Ireland over threat to kosher food
Post-Brexit trade dispute threatens to cut off access to kosher food in Northern Ireland, British PM says, as Jewish group warns of end to Jewish life in Belfast

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:50:12 +03:00
Israel and Jordan sign water and trade deals in foreign ministers' meeting
Jordan will also increase its exports to West Bank from $160 to $700 million. Deals mark a possible turn in relationship that has grown icy while Netanyahu was in office

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:40:39 +03:00
Israel's Bennett secretly met Jordan's King Abdullah, in first after years of strained ties
The two leaders, meeting in Amman, agree to turn over a new leaf in bilateral ties. According to Palestinian sources, President Abbas met with the Jordanian king after his meeting with the Israeli leader

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:20:51 +03:00
Israeli female soldiers told to cover up at pool in consideration of religious soldiers
Commanders ordered both male and female soldiers to swim wearing oversized shirts, but only women were told to also wear long pants. IDF: Orders were against regulations

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:18:13 +03:00
Search called off for survivors of Florida condo collapse
Crews have extracted the remains of 54 people from the rubble in Surfside; another 86 remained missing as of early Thursday local time

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 18:52:00 +03:00
One man’s crusade to capture the memories of an Arab Israeli town
Salam Diab has spent nearly 20 years building an archive for his hometown of Tamra. His recently released book is both a family album and a vision of hope for Jewish-Arab relations

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 18:50:34 +03:00
When Canada was hotter than Baghdad
The problem with climate change isn’t the averages, it’s the spikes, and you can engineer a drought-resistant seed but the weather can bake it

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 18:38:39 +03:00
‘An entire industry exists around Hitler’s image’
In an interview with the creators of a new documentary film on Hitler, they criticize what they call the excessive use of images and pictures created by the Nazis – and wonder how to deal with the rebirth of the ideology Hitler represents

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 17:57:49 +03:00
Should Turkey’s Erdogan fear Israel’s new government?
Turkey’s president has outlived, in office, sparring partner Netanyahu. But the long-standing hostility of Israel’s new coalition members to Turkey's strongman could derail Erdogan's plans to rehabilitate relations

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 17:38:48 +03:00
Israel's top court rules the nation-state law is constitutional, denies petitions against it
Ten of 11 justices favored denying petitions arguing the law was discriminatory. 'Law does not negate Israel's character as a democracy,' chief justice says. Arab lawmaker deplores 'racist, anti-democratic' ruling

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:57:57 +03:00
Five queer Israeli households on the future of family
Nontraditional families discuss their habits, identities, struggles and dreams. 'Co-parenting is the most effective way to get around the obstacles and discrimination that exist against us'

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:46:14 +03:00
Imam of Lod's Great Mosque charged with intimidation, incitement
Sheikh Yusuf Albaz shared in May a video containing a murder scene of two police officers and added a caption reading 'The best way to deal with injustice'

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:07:48 +03:00
Israeli court blasts arrest of citizen suspected of grave security-related offenses
'It doesn’t seem to me like a dramatic thing,' district court judge says

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:04:50 +03:00
Desperate, Lebanon tries it on: Guilt-tripping donors
Its prime minister wails that Lebanon is dying, but failed states don’t just expire. History shows they muddle through

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 14:28:51 +03:00
Ultra-Orthodox up in arms after 'evil' Lieberman cuts daycare subsidy
The new rules will require both spouses to work at least 24-hours a week to qualify for the payments of about $305 per child under the age of three

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 14:28:33 +03:00
The most crucial issue for U.S.-Israel relations – and it’s not Iran
As the Biden administration eyes China’s burgeoning superpower status with increasing concern, Israel's new government, led by Naftali Bennett, hopes it won’t be forced to choose between the two sides

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 13:55:17 +03:00
Palestinian cast of Israeli movie to boycott Cannes Film Festival
The Palestinian-Israeli actors in Eran Kolirin's 'Let There Be Morning' say their decision not to attend the Cannes Film Festival is a political statement

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 13:08:09 +03:00
New president Herzog presented with digital copy of father's signed oath
The Knesset has dug out the oath of office signed 38 years ago by former president Chaim Herzog — father of the newly instated president

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 12:33:25 +03:00
U.S. slams Israel for razing home of Palestinian-American who murdered an Israeli
Muntasir Shalabi shot and killed 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta at the Tapuah junction in the West Bank in May

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 11:40:03 +03:00
COVID in Israel: Serious cases double in a week as delta variant spreads
The first case of the COVID-19 delta plus variant in Israel was diagnosed on Wednesday

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 11:18:34 +03:00
A rare interview with 'the greatest Israeli singer of all time'
At 80, Esther Ofarim still doesn’t like to give interviews, is embarrassed when dubbed ‘the greatest singer’ (though she agrees it’s true), and prefers to stay at her home in Germany. Ahead of three special performances in Israel, she relents...

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 10:58:36 +03:00
Trump called Netanyahu’s congratulations to Biden ‘an ultimate betrayal,’ new book claims
'It was startling to aides, however much they were anticipating an eruption, that Trump’s wrath fell on Bibi Netanyahu,' journalist Michael Wolff writes in his new book

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 10:13:10 +03:00
Luxurious banquet hall, erected near Temple Mount, unearthed in Jerusalem
The new finds in Jerusalem support the theory that King Herod really didn’t finish the Second Temple complex

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 09:25:24 +03:00
Nasrallah exploiting Lebanon crisis, but faces a dual dilemma
Prime minister Hassan Diab's unconvincing speech to diplomats couldn't cover up Lebanon's political dysfunction. Now its leaders need to do the impossible

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 09:08:38 +03:00
Multiple attacks target U.S. diplomats, troops in Iraq and Syria
Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran vowed to retaliate after U.S. strikes on the Iraqi-Syrian border killed four of their members last month

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 03:27:12 +03:00
Crews give up hope of finding survivors at Florida condo collapse site
Families of victims were told that crews would stop using rescue dogs and listening devices, but would continue to search for remains in the rubble after the condo collapsed on June 24

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 01:18:47 +03:00
Rebuilding Gaza after Israel fighting will cost half a billion dollars, World Bank says
Cash for 45,000 Gaza residents to buy food and housing for over 4,000 families whose homes were either destroyed or damaged is needed immediately, says a new report issued by the World Bank, UN and EU

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 01:13:09 +03:00
A little history lesson, suckers

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 01:04:55 +03:00
Rivlin's seven tough, dangerous years as president draw to a close

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 00:57:47 +03:00
Soon my childhood home will be razed

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 00:35:52 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 23:57:56 +03:00
Israel razes homes of dozens of Palestinian families in Jordan Valley village
Dwellings in Khirbet Humsah, located in an area designated by the Israeli military as a firing zone, demolished in third such operation within a year, leaving residents homeless

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 23:37:33 +03:00
Israeli army chief orders reprimand of senior officers over 2019 death of recruit
Ron Eliyahu Oved, 18, was killed outside a Negev army base by a runaway bus while trying out for the paratroops

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 23:37:06 +03:00
Huge blast, fire rocks Dubai port
No deaths were reported in a blast which appears to have been caused by a shipping container which caught alight

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 22:58:52 +03:00
Israeli ambassador to Polish parliament: Reconsider the law restricting restitution
Amid escalating rhetoric between officials, Israel’s acting ambassador to Poland calls on legislators in Warsaw to ‘listen to the voices of Holocaust survivors’

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 21:43:58 +03:00
'Meager suspicion': Israeli left-wing activist Jonathan Pollak released from custody
Pollak was arrested for refusing to agree to a restraining order that he keep out of the West Bank

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 20:53:38 +03:00
Why new president Herzog could be key to Israel's political stability
PM Bennett's sparse diplomatic experience could open up a broader role for Herzog, who will look to mend Israel's relationship with the Diaspora

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 20:52:27 +03:00
Ahmed Jibril, founder of pro-Syrian Palestinian guerrilla faction, dies at 83

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 20:14:48 +03:00
Israeli citizen arrested on suspicion of grave security-related offenses
The Israeli citizen was denied the right to meet with his lawyer in the first 20 days of his detention, at the order of the court

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 19:32:25 +03:00
Trump praised Hitler for doing ‘a lot of good things,' new book reveals
According to new book by a WSJ reporter, Trump was told by his chief of staff during 2018 visit to Europe that he 'cannot ever say anything supportive of Adolf Hitler’

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 18:21:42 +03:00
Ahmed Jibril, founder of Palestinian group who killed dozens of Israeli civilians, Dies at 83
Jibril was the initiator of a 1985 prisoner exchange deal that saw the release of 1,150 convicted terrorists, including future leaders of the first intifada

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 18:13:58 +03:00
First delta plus case found in Israel; all arrivals to quarantine until testing negative
A vaccinated arrival from abroad and a person who came in contact with her in Israel have been diagnosed with the COVID delta plus variant

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 16:48:40 +03:00
The forgotten American-Jewish war hero who went toe to toe with the Nazis
A new biography shines a light on Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose’s vital wartime contribution to the U.S. cause in Europe, and how he led a hitherto floundering tank division to prominence

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 16:03:00 +03:00
The new Chile deserves better than the antisemitic Daniel Jadue
Despite the bad faith insinuations, progressive Chilean Jews like us can’t support Daniel Jadue's presidential bid. Not because he is a communist, but because he is an unrepentant antisemite

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 15:35:41 +03:00
Rocket attack on Iraqi air base housing U.S. forces, two said wounded
U.S. army says 14 rockets were fired at Ain Al-Assad, damage is being assessed. On Monday, at least three rockets hit the base

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 15:06:02 +03:00
The rising rap star of Israel lives in constant fear of the police
He’s restless and hyperactive; He liberally quotes everything from the Bible to Disney movies: And he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, then released and the case was closed. Meet rapper Bazzi B, a rising voice in Israel

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:53:42 +03:00
They ousted Netanyahu, but Bennett and his number two still refer to him as PM
During a press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was corrected by a reporter after referring to his former boss as prime minister. The next day, Interior Minister Shaked experienced a slip of the tongue too

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 13:54:50 +03:00
Civilization may have collapsed in 1200 B.C.E. but the silver trade didn’t, researchers discover
Ancient Israelites, Canaanites and others in the southern Levant had to import silver. Now we know from where

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 13:49:45 +03:00
Iran's clock counting down to Israel's destruction halts during power outage
Officials have blamed Iran’s recent blackouts on surging demand for power, along with low rainfall cutting hydroelectric output and illegal cryptocurrency mining farms

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 13:33:45 +03:00
Following backlash, Orthodox female rabbi gets job back at top U.K. institution
The London School of Jewish Studies reinstates Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz after deciding that her teaching role was an academic, not religious, appointment

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 13:22:48 +03:00
Citizenship Law's expiry is 'window of hope' for Arab Israelis, but a narrow one
While the expiry of the amendment means thousands of Palestinians can apply for family reunification, what happens next is unclear

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:55:34 +03:00
Undercover president: Photo reveals disguised Rivlin strolling through Israel
On the occasion of the last day of his term, Shin Bet security service releases image of disguised outgoing President Rivlin on anonymous jaunt outside, thanks him for 'years of significant work' for Israel

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:29:40 +03:00
Costly and critical: the battle for a key Yemeni city
The Houthis have for years attempted to take Marib to complete their control over the northern half of Yemen. But since February, they have waged an intensified offensive from multiple fronts

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:25:15 +03:00
Israeli man deemed unfit to stand trial kept in custody for 11 days
Ministries deferred blame onto one another for delays in finding a suitable treatment program for 24-year-old A., who copes with drug addiction and mental illness

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:23:06 +03:00
Why Saudi Arabia is now in no rush to recognize Israel
Saudi leaders like Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have focused on the benefits of normalization with Israel. But the recent violence highlighted the downside, which is far more serious for Riyadh than for the UAE or Bahrain

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 11:11:10 +03:00
COVID infections in Israel reach another peak as delta wave continues
Israel's coronavirus cabinet decides to ramp up vaccination efforts, as serious COVID cases increase to their highest point in weeks

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:52:19 +03:00
With Lebanon on brink of collapse, Israel does what it can to stave off Iranian influence
Gantz's statement reflects Israel's concern that Iran will cast itself as Lebanon's savior. Israel is aware of a possibility, which currently seems remote, that Hezbollah could be tempted to seize power

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 09:23:32 +03:00
COVID in Israel: The case for masks — even if you're vaccinated
As the delta variant spreads across Israel, and with other COVID mutations looming on the horizon, the smart move remains to cover your mouth and nose indoors



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