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Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:58:17 +03:00Adderall tech? This Israeli start-up is concentrating on ADHD
ADHD and the medicine used to treat it is still heavily reliant on patients’ self-disclosure. This couple is creating a smartwatch to personalize and streamline treatment
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:43:07 +03:00Israeli being retried over teen's murder released to house arrest after 15 years
Prosecutors had agreed to retry Roman Zadorov, who was convicted in 2010 for the murder of a 13-year-old girl, but objected to his release from prison while the new trial was underway
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:35:01 +03:00I never thought Tel Aviv could become any more of a mess
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:31:22 +03:00COVID in Israel: Serious cases stable, drop among vaccinated
While the number of seriously-ill coronavirus patients in Israel incrementally rises, the number of vaccinated people who suffer serious symptoms continues to drop
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:17:09 +03:00IN PHOTOS: Excavating the great temple at Motza near Jerusalem
Dozens of silos, figurines and arrows: The 2021 summer dig in the shelter of a bridge on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:00:24 +03:00Bennett-Biden meeting: An initiation ceremony under Netanyahu's shadow
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hopes today's meeting will lead to a personal channel of communication with President Biden as the two are slated to discuss Iran's nuclear deal, Gaza, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and climate change
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 05:54:17 +03:00Can we worry only about a wounded Israeli soldier, and not the victims in Gaza too?
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 04:56:17 +03:00Rabbinate asks pope to clarify remarks on Torah
In letter, rabbinate says Pope Francis' appeared to denigrate Jewish law, by suggesting it was obsolete when he recently told a general audience that 'The law (Torah) however does not give life'
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 03:56:03 +03:00Police left for a break and returned to screams, officer tells Meron disaster panel
When the officers returned from their coffee break, about 15 minutes later, they could hear shouting. The disaster, one of the officers said, 'was at the exact location of our position'
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 02:37:52 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 02:36:33 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 01:11:37 +03:00Israeli education chiefs say can't keep unvaccinated kids out of school
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, meanwhile, says the decision on whether to admit unvaccinated children 'is an issue we're leaving to the schools'
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:37:49 +03:00Don't want your kids taught by an Arab? Yes, that's racist
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:13:04 +03:00For Hamas, May's war with Israel never ended
Criticism over the wounding of an Israeli officer led to a tighter deployment at the Gaza fence, but Hamas is still striving to get all its Qatari money and the border crossings opened
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:20:05 +03:00Israeli man convicted of wife's attempted murder, abuse of son
Aviad Moshe found guilty of stabbing Shira Isakov 20 times and brutally beating her while forcing their son to watch
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:19:57 +03:00Bennett holds first climate briefing ahead of Biden meeting
Some experts urged PM Bennett to set a more ambitious target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, sources say
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:53:31 +03:00Israeli minds under siege
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:39:55 +03:00Meeting Biden on Iran, Bennett's task is nearly impossible
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:28:21 +03:00Kabul and Ethiopia airlifts: The similarities and differences, 30 years apart
Two Israeli officers look back at Operation Solomon that evacuated 15,000 Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa and compare it with current events in Afghanistan
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:01:12 +03:00Archaeologists: In Herculaneum, men ate fish, women ate dairy and eggs
Analysis of Vesuvius' victims in the town of Herculaneum indicate that eggs and dairy may have been considered unmanly – and that a seafood diet was not for girls
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:32:39 +03:00Top Israeli rabbi calls for ban on unvaccinated teachers in ultra-Orthodox schools
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who has been criticized for keeping yeshivas open during COVID's first wave, now says Jewish law requires the observance of public health guidelines
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:01:05 +03:007,300-year-old Sulawesi woman belonged to unknown lineage of humans
Buried in a flexed position with large rocks, she was genetically closest to indigenous Australians and Papuans – but her lineage may have gone extinct
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:40:54 +03:001,000 Palestinians protest along Israel border; 14 reportedly wounded
Following critical wounding of soldier in previous protest, Israeli forces have been instructed to respond 'more aggressively' to attempts to breach fence
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 16:41:47 +03:00Israel sees slowdown in Iran nuke program as Tehran tops agenda in Biden-Bennett talks
PM Bennett expected to tell Biden that Jerusalem reserves the right to act unilaterally against Tehran, while defense officials believe slowdown result of renewed talks
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:44:12 +03:00Turkey's drone base in Northern Cyprus hightens regional tensions
The Cypriot government views the upgrade to a Turkish airbase on the divided island as part of Ankara's 'expansionist' agenda
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:37:12 +03:00You’ve got fake mail: Pro-Palestinian hackers behind massive phishing campaign targeting Israelis expecting packages
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis received messages from the Post Office to pick up their package. However, investigators say it was a scam by political hackers from Gaza and London
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:27:23 +03:00Palestinian shot by Israeli troops in last week's Gaza border clashes dies
Hamas identifies dead man as a member of its armed wing, mourning him as a 'heroic martyr'
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:07:20 +03:00And then Biden will ask: 'Bennett, where did the Palestinians disappear to?'
Prime Minister Bennett promised a 'new spirit,' but on his way to the White House he is sticking to a long-standing tradition set by his predecessor Netanyahu
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:00:32 +03:00‘When I followed Trump’s campaign, I often saw a resemblance to the Nazi Albert Speer’
The documentary ‘Speer Goes to Hollywood’ reveals the true face of the Nazis’ chief architect Albert Speer, through conversations he had for a potential Hollywood biopic. Director Vanessa Lapa reveals the impact that making two films about Nazi...
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:58:17 +03:00Progressive Democrats slam Palestinian Authority for human rights abuses after protesters’ arrests
Rep. Ilhan Omar: Locking up peaceful protesters is a textbook human rights abuse; Rep. Mark Pocan: Arresting peaceful human rights defenders is never OK
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:43:42 +03:00War on COVID: Israeli-led research develops protein with potential to foil the coronavirus
A new COVID treatment approach: International team led by Weizmann Institute researchers has developed a protein that focuses on the human receptor through which the virus enters human cells
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:35:25 +03:00Huge oil spill from Syrian power plant spreads across Mediterranean coast
Satellite images show the leak spreading some 20 kilometers north of its source, and authorities say work is underway to clean the coast in the rocky areas
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:36:46 +03:00Israel's 20% unvaccinated now account for half of all serious COVID-19 cases
While serious cases among a minority of Israelis who are not vaccinated against COVID are steadily rising, among vaccinated people they seem to have plateaued
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:18:23 +03:00After four wars the story of the Nassir family and their neighborhood is the story of Gaza
Gaza saw four wars in 13 years. Sitting in the ruins of their home the Nassirs tell their story
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:34:06 +03:00Tokyo Paralympics: In first, Arab swimmer Iyad Shalabi wins gold for Israel
Competing in the Paralympic Games for the fourth time, Shalabi beat Ukrainian Anton Kol in a photo finish
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:06:40 +03:00Seven Israeli hospitals limit services in protest of lack of funding
'Understanding and sympathy' are not enough, hospitals say in a joint statement, decrying lack of funding despite an agreement with the government
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:00:01 +03:00Israel Aerospace Industries, Etihad to open aircraft conversion site in Abu Dhabi
The demand for conversion has been on the rise due to the growth of ecommerce and the devaluation of used planes since the COVID-19 pandemic
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:49:36 +03:00Serious COVID cases in Israel plateau; antibody testing for children halted
After a chaotic start marred by technical glitches and long waits, COVID antibody testing will focus on parts of Israel with high infection rates
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:40:31 +03:00Israeli high-tech is desperate for workers. Are foreigners the solution?
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:15:18 +03:00Could a new Guggenheim Museum save the Middle East?
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:58:18 +03:00U.S. rushing to evacuate remaining personnel as Biden sticks by Afghanistan deadline
'The sooner we can finish, the better,' said President Biden, warning of 'added risk to our troops'
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:30:37 +03:00Bennett meets with top U.S. officials ahead of Biden meeting
Israel's prime minister to meet Blinken, Sullivan
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:30:51 +03:00Saeed Alkharumi, Knesset member and Bedouin leader, laid to rest
Alkharumi, 49, was the only member of his United Arab List party who didn't back the establishment of the Bennett-Lapid government, but abstained to protest house demolitions in the Negev
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:00:23 +03:00Israel fails to probe animal cruelty complaints over live transports
Animal rights group asks court to intervene, citing inaction by the Agricultural Ministry over complaints going back to early 2018
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:10:01 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:49:39 +03:00Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Eleven Israeli and Jewish athletes to watch
Some 4,500 athletes are set to compete in 539 events, starting August 24
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:29:19 +03:00Chaos reigns as Israel set for start of school year
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:20:30 +03:00Israel vaccinated its population against COVID at an astonishing rate, but some groups are left behind
Official figures point to lower inoculation rates among the economically disadvantaged, young, and groups on the margins of mainstream Israeli society. How did it get there?
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:56:17 +03:00Arab teacher reassigned after parents complain that she can't teach Jewish values
The parents of second graders in a Tel Aviv suburb say that because the teacher, who they have not met, identifies as Palestinian, she cannot educate children in Torah, Jewish holidays and other subjects
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:49:39 +03:00Israeli landlord ordered to compensate Arab for terminating her lease over neighbors' pressure
The Afula landlord 'caused her to feel like a second-class citizen who is not wanted in certain places in Israel, where she lives as a citizen with full rights,' court rules
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:46:58 +03:0015-year-old arrested in stabbing death of another teen in northern Israel
'This was kids’ nonsense,' said suspect’s father. A gag order bars the publication of most details of the investigation
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:12:48 +03:00Israel's COVID antibody testing for schoolchildren started on the wrong foot, but it's worth it
The tests may exempt tens of thousands of children from quarantine and make life easier for the whole family
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:08:37 +03:00The German who was the key to Mossad’s capture of Eichmann finally revealed
Without German geologist Gerhard Klammer, the Nazi war criminal never would have gone to trial
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:06:34 +03:00Why is Spain suddenly turning down so many Jews who apply for citizenship?
New citizenship data reveals that last quarter, 2,276 applications of Sephardic Jews were turned down — compared to a total of three before this year
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:59:20 +03:00Natural gas is here to stay
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:58:54 +03:00An Israeli forest to erase the ruins of Palestinian agricultural terraces
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:58:13 +03:00Until you’re in their place, don't judge the women who turn to surrogacy
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:42:08 +03:00Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with Morocco, accusing neighbor of 'hostile actions'
Morocco and Algeria have had strained relations for decades, mainly over the issue of Western Sahara
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:14:45 +03:00Meron site chief tells disaster inquiry he wasn't invited to preparatory meetings
Eli Friend tells government committee investigating disaster he had no role in managing the holiday celebrations, site operates without a budget
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:03:09 +03:00Iran prisons head apologizes after leaked pictures show abuse
The head of Evin prison apologizes to God and to Khamenei after what appears to be surveillance footage surfaced showing guards beating prisoners and dragging an unconscious detainee on the floor
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:29:08 +03:00Biden to stick with Afghanistan withdrawal deadline
The Pentagon recommendation to remove troops by August 31 reflects increasing security concerns at the Kabul airport, where American citizens and at-risk Afghans are being evacuated
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:12:58 +03:00Israel may deny green passports to people who have not received COVID booster
Health Minister Horowitz says that since the vaccine loses effectiveness over time, proof of immunity will no longer be valid for those who have not had the booster
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:59:35 +03:00A week before school year starts, Israel scales down antibody testing of children
The Health Ministry says they were not informed of the decision in advance, which would see the COVID antibody tests carried out only in areas that saw high infection rates
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:30:58 +03:00What Israelis really think about civil marriage, surrogacy and dating foreigners
According to a survey by Haaretz and the Israeli Congress over half of Israelis are in favor of civil marriage, and 61 percent support equal rights for LGBTQ couples
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:24:01 +03:00Bahrain used Israeli NSO spyware to target pro-democracy activists, report finds
Citizen Lab says at least nine Bahrainis were targeted, including two in London, indicating that it may not just have been the Bahraini regime snooping. NSO dismissed the claims as 'impossible'
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:15:57 +03:00Israeli military orders 'more aggressive' response to planned Gaza border protest
The military has beefed up forces along the border fence after the shooting of a soldier, who is in critical condition. Hamas reportedly tells Egypt it would stop launching arson balloons
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:51:08 +03:00U.S. donation of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in West Bank and Gaza
With a boost of 500,000 COVID shots, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas strive to increase vaccination numbers
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:27:46 +03:00Israel restores state stipends to seven Palestinian activists
The seven are among some 20 political activists from East Jerusalem who were denied government allowances during May's fighting with Gaza
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:48:58 +03:00Jewish Agency invites staff to radical West Bank settlement for holiday trip
Workers were invited to attend a Rosh Hashana trip in Hebron, where hundreds of Israeli settlers live among more than 200,000 Palestinians. The Agency's deputy chairman says he was not consulted
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:39:10 +03:00The 15 minutes waiting for a COVID test result at home is the most alive I've felt in ages
Everything you want to know about at-home COVID tests available in Israel. And some things you didn’t
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:23:46 +03:00CIA director secretly met with Taliban leader in Kabul, report says
Western forces at Kabul airport are working flat out to get people out of Afghanistan before an August 31 deadline
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:22:59 +03:00New destination for Jewish vacation: Welcome to Taiwan's Talmud Business Hotel
Ideas about successful Jews like the ones displayed at the Talmud Business Hotel, with rooms named after George Soros and Alan Greenspan, are commonplace in East Asia
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:19:51 +03:00IN PHOTOS: Zeydes and bubbes living it up in South Florida
In the 20th century, the now dilapidated Haddon Hall Hotel hosted Jews fleeing the cold winters of the U.S. Northeast for sunny Miami Beach. Photographer Naomi Harris visited them in 1999 and today her pictures hark back to a lost era
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:12:27 +03:00What Israel stands to gain from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
The chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan could push leaders into Israel's arms – in the Middle East and beyond
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:10:23 +03:00Israel hits seven-month high in COVID infections; booster vaccine drive expanded to 30 and older
Serious cases remain stable, while the number of COVID infections since the pandemic erupted in Israel has crossed a million
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:19:06 +03:00What Israel’s secret talks with Facebook, Twitter and TikTok reveal
A mysterious email account run by the gov't reveals how Israel deals with ‘illegal’ content it wants taken down by Facebook, Twitter and TikTok
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:12:06 +03:00Hamas and Israeli right push Bennett to unnecessary Gaza offensive
A tactical error should not dictate Israel's strategy in the Gaza Strip, and Bennett should not get distracted by anything Netanyahu says
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:10:07 +03:00Palestinian teen killed by Israeli military fire in the West Bank
Fifteen-year-old Imad Hashash was shot in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank after attempting to throw a heavy object at an IDF soldier
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:38:54 +03:00U.S. COVID booster shot: Why Israel went for it, and is it working
60 percent of Israelis aged 60-69 have already received a third Pfizer COVID vaccine shot, amid a delta variant surge. Data shows it’s already reducing infections
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:36:01 +03:00COVID in Israel: Number of unvaccinated getting their first shot triples
10,000 Israelis received their first vaccine dose Sunday, compared with 3,000 at the start of the month. The increase comes as public outreach intensifies to bring down the infection rate caused by the delta variant
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:04:03 +03:00Israeli jails have an Arab majority, but rules in Hebrew only – until now
Minister orders prison service regulations to be translated into Arabic, after the state had refused to do so, citing Israel's nation-state law
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:02:06 +03:00Israel set to approve seizure of Palestinian land for settlements a day before Bennett-Biden meeting
The land is slated for the construction of 5,650 apartments as part of the expansion of the West Bank settlements of Alfei Menashe, Tzufim, Karnei Shomron, Ma’aleh Shomron and Kedumim
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:01:16 +03:00Bennett heralds 'new spirit' as he departs for Biden meeting, says Iran will top the agenda
In their first meeting since assuming office, the two leaders will discuss Iran nuclear plan, climate change and Israel's COVID booster campaign
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:50:11 +03:00Fighting crime in Israel's Arab community is not the Shin Bet's job
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:12:47 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:09:35 +03:00Goliath and the Gazan pistol
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:09:11 +03:00For disabled Israeli children, nothing. For army pensions, $340 million
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:54:47 +03:00Three new suspects arrested in May assault of Arab man in Tel Aviv suburb
Thirteen people have been arrested so far in the violent attack on Said Moussa, 33, in Bat Yam during riots in May
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:49:07 +03:00COVID in Israel: Arrivals from Austria, Australia, Moldova ordered into quarantine
Israel's updated COVID quarantine regulations, also removing Georgia and Spain from the list of countries barred from travel, will go into effect next week
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:59:31 +03:00LISTEN: Why failed Iranian talks could be Israel’s worst-case scenario
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:45:27 +03:00Egypt to step up COVID-19 vaccination ahead of fourth wave
Health minister says increase in infections expected to continue for a while, with significant rise likely to come in late September
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:30:14 +03:00Israeli medical workers to start sanctions over labor dispute
The measures by dozens of operators of ventilators and ECMO machines, will primarily affect hospitals outside central Israel, where the medical staff say they aren't receiving proper salary for night and on-call shifts
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:26:10 +03:00One week to start of school year: Israel at a loss over COVID resolutions
The plan to reopen schools on September 1 has raised an abundance of legal and educational questions, and authorities admit they can't answer them all
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:25:02 +03:00After Taliban takeover, Iran resumes fuel exports to neighboring Afghanistan
To counter the gasoline price spike, which has reached $900 per ton, Taliban asked Iran to keep the borders open for traders
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 20:01:31 +03:00Israeli airstrikes on Gaza 'apparently' broke international law, Human Rights Watch says
The prominent rights group calls on Israel to produce evidence justifying the strikes that demolished four high-rise building in Gaza during the latest round of fighting
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:22:05 +03:00Israel sees 'no value' in return to Iran nuclear deal, official says ahead of Bennett-Biden meeting
The rate of enrichment by Tehran has been 'concerning' since Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from 2015 nuclear deal, according to senior Israeli official
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:48:20 +03:00The Israeli right has found a new way to incite against Arabs
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:47:08 +03:00The house is on fire? In Israel, just blame it on an Arab
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:35:46 +03:00Enough with the hyperbole: Leaving Afghanistan won't harm America's international standing
The United States may no longer be willing to fight an unwinnable war with no vital interests at stake, but that's only part of the story. The real reason for leaving Afghanistan is a broader shift in foreign policy priorities
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:03:52 +03:00Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza following incendiary balloons
The airstrikes targeted a Hamas weapons manufacturing site, tunnels and a rocket launching site, the Israeli military said, after incendiary balloons set off fires near the Gaza border