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Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:41:09 +03:00Israel to revoke citizenship of Ukrainian man who allegedly forged birth certificate
Ukrainian-born Boris Redko says the papers he submitted were not false and he would go to court to prove they were real
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:35:00 +03:00COVID in Israel: Severe cases remain stable
Two-thirds of serious cases in Israel are among the unvaccinated, who represent almost half of COVID deaths and account for about 17% of the population eligible for a vaccine
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:37:22 +03:00Bennett presents: How to establish one state without ruffling feathers
The most important message in Bennett’s holiday interviews didn’t lie in his style, but in his policy
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:52:00 +03:00Anhar al-Dik spent half her pregnancy in Israeli prison. She's hoping her newborn won't grow up there
Just days before the scheduled birth of her son, security prisoner Anhar al-Dik was released, under restrictive conditions, so the baby would not be born behind bars. Anhar, who suffers from mental illness, is accused of attempting to stab a settler
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:31:22 +03:00The Israeli interior minister is cynically violating Palestinian rights
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:28:55 +03:00Israel must codify equality
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:26:50 +03:00'Sometimes, Hamas turns Israel's spies into double agents instead of killing them'
Bar-Ilan University scholar Netanel Flamer explains the difference between state intelligence and that of terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah – and warns of the serious tech threat to Israel
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:26:34 +03:00Where are Israel's school nurses?
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:22:50 +03:00Who will carry the torch of Bedouin leadership?
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:14:23 +03:00Netanyahu's defense claims Walla provided biased coverage to Lieberman, Kahlon
Indicted former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attorneys presented evidence that Walla also gave preferable coverage on demand to other senior politicians, as his trial resumed after a three-month hiatus
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:09:12 +03:00Israel must prove its loyalty to its Arab citizens, not vice versa
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:02:44 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:44:45 +03:00Number of serious COVID cases in Israel falls to lowest number in a week
Despite the decline to 654 serious COVID cases, Israel's Health Ministry also reported a rise in infection rate
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:20:40 +03:00Crime scourge in Arab community: Two men shot dead, another seriously injured
One man killed in Acre and another in Jisr al-Zarqa on Wednesday, as the number of murders in Israeli Arab community reaches 86 for all of 2020
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:49:27 +03:00When the Shin Bet chief warned that educated Arabs are a 'problem' for Israel
Extraordinary declassified documents reveal the reasons cited by Israel’s top security officials for repressing the country’s Arab minority
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:48:34 +03:0012-year-old killed in Yom Kippur bike accident, police open investigation
Israel Police suspect the driver was under the influence, as emergency services report 226 accidents involving non-motorized vehicles during Yom Kippur ■ One-year-old pronounced dead after pulled out of sewage pit
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:22:18 +03:00Israeli study finds COVID booster shot increases protection elevenfold for older people
The peer-reviewed research in New England Journal of Medicine also finds that severe illness from COVID is almost 20 times lower among those receiving a booster shot
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:17:40 +03:00'Munich is very family-friendly. It's like a kibbutz'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: How a French-Israeli couple who met in New York ended up in Munich ■ Why a young Israeli who started a naval officers course quit to join the Paratroops
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:12:01 +03:00Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties had a terrible year. The new one could be worse
On this Yom Kippur, the Haredi political leadership should have spent time asking itself one question: what brought a majority of Israelis to feel glad that the Ultra-Orthodox parties are finally in the opposition
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:49:40 +03:00Why are Israelis scared of Palestinian identity?
Efforts to build a Jewish-Arab shared society in Israel are needed more than ever. Here are three main obstacles such attempts must overcome
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:14:46 +03:00Why the world's most ancient terrain hasn't changed in 2 million years
If hominids who emerged from Africa reached the area of today’s Israel, they trod the same gravel we are walking on today. A sweaty journey to the place where there is literally nothing new under the sun, just 100 kilometers north of Eilat
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:25:41 +03:00First shipment of Hezbollah-commissioned Iranian oil arrives in Lebanon
The delivery is portrayed as a victory by Hezbollah, which stepped in to supply the oil from Iran, while Lebanon grapples with months-long fuel shortages
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:14:53 +03:00German police detain four over synagogue threat on Yom Kippur
A foreign intelligence service reportedly tipped off German security officials about the threat after a 16-year-old Syrian national said in an online chat that he was planning an attack on a synagogue
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:14:18 +03:00Larry Ellison offers Netanyahu lucrative Oracle post
Offer by billionaire Ellison is estimated at some $450,000 ■ The former prime minister would have to quit Knesset to accept a job in the private sector ■ Netanyahu, who recently stayed on Oracle founder's Hawaiian island, denies the report
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:11:25 +03:00Israel has bolstered Red Sea activities over Iran threats, ex-navy chief says
Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit describes Iranian activities on the high seas as a top Israeli concern, adding the navy is able to strike wherever necessary to protect economic and security interests
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:30:09 +03:00Bennett makes Time Magazine's 2021 list as Islamist coalition partner hails his 'courage'
Bennett has pledged that a Palestinian state will not arise on his watch, while his Arab-Israeli coalition partner Mansour Abbas leads a party that champions Palestinian self-determination
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:15:00 +03:00Man seriously wounded in Jaffa stabbing; Palestinian suspect arrested
The victim is a 49-year-old Christian from East Jerusalem ■ Police believe assailant planned to harm Jews ■ Searches for two additional suspects continue
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:04:42 +03:00EU, Israel to mutually recognize COVID proof of immunity
The move will ease travel in the bloc for Israelis, but each country still has the right to impose further restrictions on visitors
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:11:45 +03:00Hundreds arrive in Israel from Iran, Syria, other enemy states, COVID data reveals
With COVID figures, Israel's Health Ministry aims to increase awareness on the countries from which people are bringing in the virus
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:43:14 +03:00Israel could accept a U.S.–Iran nuclear deal, Defense Minister Gantz says
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz hinted that Israel has a military option prepared if necessary. 'If push comes to shove, we’ll get there,' he said in an interview
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:36:58 +03:00Palestinian escapees wanted to reach West Bank, says one of their lawyers
The group of fugitives had no intention of committing acts of terror despite having passed by many Jewish towns, says an attorney of one of the prisoners who was caught
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:17:21 +03:00Palestinian inmates backtrack on hunger strike as hunt for last two fugitives continues
Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners had planned to go on a hunger strike as part of a campaign against the recent treatment of inmates in the aftermath of the escape of six high-risk captives
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:28:16 +03:00Drones strike pro-Iran militants in Syria, war monitor says
The attack occurred shortly after the group crossed into Syria from Iraq, near the city of Albukamal
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:17:58 +03:00COVID in Israel: Testing sites to shut down for Yom Kippur as infection rate rises
Israel's 17% unvaccinated now account for 65% of all serious COVID-19 cases
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:13:49 +03:00Prescription magic mushrooms? This Israeli startup wants to make it happen
PsyRX wants to use natural, consciousness-altering materials to make new drugs to treat disorders like depression and PTSD – and to reduce the side effects of existing ones
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:23:06 +03:00Why are U.S. Jews still calling Jimmy Carter an antisemite?
The American Jewish establishment, which has wrongly and perniciously attacked Jimmy Carter as an intransigent foe of Israel and even a Jew-hater, needs to start apologizing. Call it atonement
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 05:44:32 +03:00Hebrew Israelite community ordered to leave Israel, but they plan to stay and fight
Scores of community members had been living in Israel for years illegally when they received deportation orders. They still hope they can remain in the place they believe God has sent them.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:58:03 +03:00A Palestinian Christian bought a Jaffa house. That’s not gentrification
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:21:42 +03:00A wake-up call for meaning on Yom Kippur
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 03:50:59 +03:00Over 1 in 3 hungry families are unknown to welfare authorities in Israel
A new study shows that 17 percent of Israeli families suffer from food insecurity, but only 11 percent of those families are known to the authorities
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:39:36 +03:00Israel extends digital monitoring as serious COVID cases drop
Proof of immunity will also no longer be required to enter swimming pools, according to new regulations approved by Israel's coronavirus cabinet
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:12:34 +03:00Cable car accident survivors' grandfather questioned on suspected abduction
Earlier this week, the 6-year-old survivor's family in Italy said that the child was abducted to Israel
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 02:05:18 +03:00Bennett says Israel pushing for long-term truce in Gaza 'but if not, there are alternatives'
Israel's prime minister gave an interview to Channel 12, stating he left politics behind when he entered 'the most important' office in the world.' Smotrich, however, slammed Bennett: 'Everything is politics with him'
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:59:59 +03:00Surprise! Monumental camel sculptures in Arabia are prehistoric, archaeologists find
Initially thought to be ‘only’ 2,000 years old, the life-size animal reliefs found in Saudi Arabia were actually carved nearly 8,000 years ago, during the Neolithic, when the desert was green
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:31:34 +03:00The first 100 days of the Bennett-Lapid government
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:28:46 +03:00Israel's government of change is taking commendable diplomatic steps
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:27:18 +03:00Israel should help those who cannot live with the coronavirus
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:26:19 +03:00Prestigious medical journal challenges need for third COVID shot, spiting Israel
The report, published in the Lancet, cites WHO and FDA officials, but fails to take into account recent data from Israel
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:25:32 +03:00Bennett and Sissi understand that they can scratch each other's back
The Israeli Prime Minister and Egyptian President rightfully view each other as valuable partners, each for his own reasons. Meanwhile, a new report on the Iranian nuclear program is overblown, but much work is still to be done
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:24:21 +03:00Ida Nudel, legendary ex-Soviet ‘prisoner of Zion,’ dies at 90
Nudel was a Zionist activist who fought to allow Russian Jews to come to Israel and helped Jews arrested because of their Zionist activity
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:54:04 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:29:27 +03:00Israel, Arab states celebrate Abraham Accords anniversary at Kushner's party
The UAE ambassador to the U.S. credited the accords with saving the two-state solution, while the Israeli ambassador explicitly mentioned Saudi Arabia as a potential future member
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:21:43 +03:00He turned a village high school into Israel's best. Now he dreams to change the entire country
Ali Salalha led his high school in a Druze community in northern Israel to become a national success story. From his new position as a recently elected Member of Knesset, he has even greater plans for the future
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:12:56 +03:00HBO’s ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ is bleak but unmissable
Hagai Levi manages to ‘outglum’ Ingmar Bergman in his remake of the ’70s classic, while Steve Martin makes a welcome return to our screens with ‘Only Murders in the Building’
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:12:07 +03:00In Jerusalem's holiest site, these modern pilgrims are playing with fire
Despite religious edicts forbidding Jewish prayer, the status quo appears to be under threat at the Jerusalem holy site that’s sacred to both Muslims and Jews – and historically is at the heart of regional sectarian violence
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:47:41 +03:00Iranian security guards at nuclear site harassed female UN inspectors, report says
Male security guards reportedly inappropriately touched female inspectors in 'sensitive places,' demanded that they remove items of clothing at the country’s main atomic facility at Natanz, diplomats tell WSJ
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:59:36 +03:00Iran replaces deputy FM who negotiated 2015 nuclear deal with hardliner
The new chief, Ali Bagheri, was a senior negotiator in nuclear talks between Iran and the West under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2007 to 2013
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:19:03 +03:00Domestication of goats in Iran was earlier than thought
Time has not been kind to the goat, but we have been living alongside them for thousands of years. Where this started is still up for debate
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:27:23 +03:00U.S. will hold back some Egyptian military aid due to human rights concerns, report says
The decision, reported by Politico, marks shift by Biden administration from predecessors, who had opted not to touch the $1.3 billion the U.S. gives Egypt annually despite mounting concerns over human rights violations
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:57:30 +03:00It’s heartbreaking, but every new child born poses a danger to the ones already here
Establishing a large family is the most harmful thing we humans can do. One child per couple is all the planet can bear
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:50:22 +03:00The West Bank archaeological site at the center of a passionate Jewish-Palestinian struggle
Tel Sebastia in the West Bank has become a battleground for both control of the site as well as over its historical narrative. The Israeli army, a huge Palestinian flag and Ahab, seventh king of Israel, have all been co-opted for the cause
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:30:29 +03:00U.S. school to probe antisemitic vandalism, but Jewish groups let down by response
In a statement, the Anti-Defamation League said the Georgia high school’s letter addressing the graffiti had 'failed to characterize the incident as antisemitic'
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:25:30 +03:00The Israeli tour guide unearthing remnants left behind in Egypt after the Yom Kippur War
Yoni Dinur forged links with Egyptian veterans and dug up missing items that were taken from Israeli soldiers who fought in '73. Now he wants to issue an appeal to Israelis who have similar ‘souvenirs’ in their possession
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:04:30 +03:00‘Netanyahu turned his back on millions of Jews. We bring a new approach’
MK Gilad Kariv, the first non-Orthodox rabbi to be elected to the Knesset, slams the former PM for the ‘damage’ he did to Reform, Conservative and unaffiliated egalitarian movements in Israel and overseas
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:21:20 +03:00Palestinian inmates began work on tunnel in November, and dug using sharpened pan handles
Investigators believe that one of the two prisoners still at large, Iham Kamamji, was a last gasp replacement for another prisoner who withdrew ■ Roughly 11 prisoners were in on the plot, with six of them making the break
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:59:46 +03:00Germany's Merkel to visit Israel for final time in October
The German Chancellor's trip was initially cancelled last month in reaction to the Kabul bombings
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:00:46 +03:00UN says Syria unsafe for refugees amid host country pressure to return
UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria notes hostilities in several areas of the fractured country, its collapsing economy, drying riverbeds and increased attacks by Islamic State militants
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:07:26 +03:00This app wants to prevent your company's next scandal
Vault lets employees report everything from racism to fraud to COVID violations – before it becomes a reason to quit, a media scandal or an environmental disaster
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:30:51 +03:00Palestinian prisoners run ‘a state within a state’ in Israel’s jails, officials say
'The [Palestinian] security prisoners run their own affairs and are in control from the inside,' a guard told a state committee
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:38:22 +03:00Israel's 17% unvaccinated now account for 65% of all serious COVID-19 cases
Per capita, for every death of an Israeli over 60 that had received the booster shot, there are 15 deaths of unvaccinated Israelis in same age group
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:57:54 +03:00Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at foreign forces in Syria
Russia's air force played a critical role in turning the tide of the Syrian conflict in Assad's favor, helping him recover most territory lost to insurgents
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:34:52 +03:00Bennett has no plans to meet with President Abbas, Israeli minister says
President Mahmoud Abbas 'pays money to terrorists that murder Jews and files lawsuits in The Hague against Israel Defense Forces soldiers – he’s not a partner,' says Ayelet Shaked
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:29:19 +03:00Prominent Israeli anti-vaxxer dies of COVID. His followers remain unwavering
Even as his condition deteriorated, Hai Shaulian posted a message to his followers urging them not to give up. Some of them now believe that he was killed by the Israeli ‘establishment’ for revealing the ‘truth’ about COVID
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:22:52 +03:00LISTEN: When will Saudi Arabia also make peace with Israel
A year after the Abraham Accords were signed under Trump and Netanyahu, how are Biden and Bennett promoting new agreements between Israel and Arab states? Also: the Israeli lawmaker who won his battle with COVID
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:00:51 +03:00The Israeli director in bed with Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac – and Ingmar Bergman
After remaking the Swedish master's seminal miniseries ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ for HBO, Hagai Levi, the co-creator of ‘In Treatment’ and ‘The Affair,’ reveals why he is drawn to exploring the topic of infidelity
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:34:00 +03:0011% of Israeli children infected with virus suffer from 'long COVID'
Health Ministery survey conducted among parents found that between 1.8% and 4.6% of Israel's youth aged up to 18 experienced COVID symptoms six months after recovery
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:28:17 +03:00Do cats speak? Of course. Do they have language? Not exactly
Variations in 'purring, chirping, chattering, trilling, tweedling, murmuring, meowing, moaning, squeaking, hissing, yowling, howling, growling, and other modes of cat–human communication' can tell us a lot, it turns out
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:07:32 +03:00How the Legend of Modi, Hindu hero and political messiah, is breaking India's politics
Cultivating the Modi myth: How the illustrated booklets I bought for 50 rupees at a train station kiosk explain his devotees’ loyalty, despite COVID and Pegasus, eclipsing Trump and Netanyahu, and why it’s such grim news for India
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:13:53 +03:00Apple fixes security hole reportedly used by Israel's NSO to hack an iPhone
Researchers said they had high confidence that the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, Israel’s NSO Group, was behind the attack, which planted spyware on a Saudi activist’s iPhone
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:52:01 +03:00Iran one month away from enough weapons-grade uranium for nuke, report says
Iran is one month out of having enough material for 'a single nuclear weapon,' the New York Times reported, but assembling the warhead itself will take much longer - months, perhaps even years
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:11:23 +03:00Why Israel's vaccine deal with Pfizer has nothing to do with clinical trials
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:21:10 +03:00Israel's fluctuating COVID infection rate makes pandemic predictions difficult
The R number, which represents the infection rate, dropped to 0.81 last Monday, suggesting that the latest wave of infection was weakening. But it has risen over the past week to 1.01
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:06:39 +03:00Other prisoners knew of Palestinian jailbreak efforts at Gilboa Prison
Digging went on for over 6 months without prison officials ever noticing, a Palestinian source close to the prisoners confirmed
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:55:08 +03:00Israel could approve vaccines for ages 5-11 by November
If the move is approved, one of the most difficult consequences of the COVID pandemic – school closures – would no longer be an obstacle, bringing relief to children, parents and the economy
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:51:35 +03:00The culprit is always underfunding
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:43:47 +03:00Israeli minister asks Immigration Authority to disregard expiration of Palestinian unification law
The interior minister ordered the immigration authority to examine the consequences of the expiration of the law, before formulating a new policy
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:39:39 +03:00It's time for Israel to beef up coronavirus testing centers
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:24:41 +03:00Mr. Bennett goes to Egypt, under shadow of Biden and renewed violence
The amicable Bennett-Sissi meeting serves both sides, but Israel is also expected to take some confidence-building steps
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:16:02 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:01:38 +03:00Palestinian PM calls for national unity with Israeli Arabs following treachery claims
'We’re one people, and a single goal unites us' says Mohammed Shtayyeh after West Bank Palestinians blasted Israeli Arabs for allegedly turning in jail-breakers
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:32:12 +03:00Prosecution witness in Netanyahu trial killed in plane crash
Esti and Haim Garon, a married couple, were killed in the crash off Greek island of Samos. Haim Garon served as the deputy Communications Ministry director
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:29:46 +03:00Over 1,000 Palestinian inmates to go on hunger strike in light of 'violent repression' of rights
Detainees may attack wardens in the Gilboa and Shita prisons, leadership inside the prisons warned, following the stripping back of their rights after the high-profile escape last week
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:33:40 +03:00Israel police chief dubs May riots 'intifada,' sparks uproar in Knesset
Joint List lawmakers urged the police commissioner to retract his statement that 'zero' had died in riots, saying it exposes how he 'relates to Arab deaths'
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:55:49 +03:00Israeli woman arrested by police after she reported assault
According to the woman, the police threatened to cuff her 'hands and feet' and put a bag over her head and jokingly suggested taking her to a psychiatric hospital while she was detained
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:47:38 +03:00Israel's border crossing to Sinai reopens without restrictions
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli says 'we will do everything to ensure that it is as accessible, available and quick as possible' to go through the Taba crossing
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:35:56 +03:00Gantz seeks delay in evicting West Bank settlers, citing Jewish agricultural sabbatical year
The settlers initially agreed to leave the site in the Shilo Valley voluntarily in exchange for new lands inside Israel and the relocation of their groves, but the eviction could be postponed due to the religious edict on planting trees
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:45:26 +03:00North Carolina is quieter than Ramallah – sometimes even too quiet
Our neighbors during our stay in the United States have a different idea about what is a reasonable noise for children to make ■ Post #34
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:06:10 +03:00Nationalist pundit drops out of right-wing talk show that wouldn’t let him call Bennett gov’t ‘Judenrat’
Yoram Sheftel says he wasn’t fired but quit after management 'was not willing for me to call the Israeli government by the most appropriate name for it'
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:48:36 +03:00As Israel’s infections rise, so does its forged COVID test industry
Over 200 travelers returned from Ukraine with fake negative COVID tests. On Telegram, forgers offer this and more
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:40:53 +03:00Antisemitic author’s manuscripts, worth millions, are setting France’s literary scene on fire
6,000 recently discovered manuscripts by Louis-Ferdinand Céline are roiling both admirers and detractors of the antisemitic French writer. The controversy over his estate is a continuation of the scandal-filled life of the author who collaborated wi...