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Thu, 7 Oct 2021 11:25:46 +03:00This could be the end of Tunisia's ancient Jewish community
Tunisia’s arc from igniting the Arab Spring ten years ago into an autocratic winter is tragic. For its 2000-year-old Jewish community, however, Kais Saied's coup is a tragedy with potentially existential consequences
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 11:22:41 +03:00Jordan aims to supply crisis-stricken Lebanon with electricity by end of year
Lebanon is reportedly seeking financing from the World Bank for this project
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 10:28:04 +03:00100-year-old former Nazi camp guard to go on trial in Germany
The defendant is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder at Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin between 1936 and 1945, where more than 200,000 people were held
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:18:34 +03:00Study: Only 142 out of 5 million vaccinated Israelis suffered heart inflammation
Researchers estimate one of 26,000 men is at risk of developing myocarditis after taking COVID-19 vaccine, while one of 218,000 women are at risk ■ Most at-risk group are men and women between 16 and 19
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:14:33 +03:00This is how many weapons are stolen from the Israeli army
The alarming data, obtained by Haaretz, demonstrates how many weapons have fallen into the wrong hands in recent years
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 06:02:30 +03:00Bennett's disclosure of Mossad op aggravates tensions with Gantz
According to sources, the defense minister was enraged by the prime minister's revelation of the mission to gather intel on MIA navigator Ron Arad in his speech kicking off the winter session in Israel's parliament
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 06:01:05 +03:00Israeli army identified settler who shot at Palestinians with soldier's gun, but did nothing
The Israeli military refused to identify the settler from the June attack. They also did not confirm whether proceedings were initiated against a masked soldier, who grabbed a gun and shot at Palestinians in May
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 06:00:36 +03:00Israel Police to be allowed to use body cam footage in slander suits
While Israeli citizens could also access the footage through Freedom of Information requests, they are rarely accepted by the police
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 01:54:04 +03:00Israel's obsessive worship of the dead
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 01:47:15 +03:00The technicality in the Knesset bestowing a whole lot of power
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 01:45:20 +03:00Yes to a Tel Aviv traffic toll for all
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 00:00:49 +03:00COVID antibodies wane six months after second shot – except among one group
Study of 5,000 Israeli hospital workers aimed to obtain a better understanding of the process in which COVID antibodies wane
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 23:12:51 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 23:04:52 +03:00Israel loosens COVID restrictions amid decline in deaths, severe cases
As key COVID indicators fall to lowest levels since August, which Health Minsitry director attributes to vaccinations, Israel begins relaxing some restrictions
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 22:54:42 +03:00Israeli minister rejects asylum request, against panel's advice
This is the second time an asylum bid is rejected despite panel's recommendation ■ Minister Ayelet Shaked says there were contradictions in the man’s statements and that there was no risk he would be deported to his country of origin
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:51:41 +03:00Israeli man convicted of murdering wife in front of baby daughter
Eliran Malul found guilty of murdering Michal Sela under aggravating circumstances, with judges saying his claims of self-defense and abuse are 'baseless'
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:03:11 +03:00Fly fishing invented 13,000 years ago on the banks of the Jordan River
The people’s manufacture of hooks from animal bones or ivory, for fly fishing or otherwise, was extraordinary. These were the last hunter-gatherers in Israel
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:00:41 +03:00The mystery of Nestor’s Cup: Who was buried with the oldest Greek inscription?
New study sheds light on the burial found on an Italian island. But questions remain as to who wrote the bawdy limerick that contains the first written reference to Homer’s epic poems
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 20:30:58 +03:00Using Mossad for politics, Bennett borrows a page from Netanyahu's playbook
The Prime Minister's decision to reveal a recent Mossad mission to discover information on Ron Arad's fate, brought back memories of Netanyahu's use of the spy agency for political purposes – and that’s a problem
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 19:49:09 +03:00Israel's NSO ends contract with UAE after ruler used spyware to track ex-wife
The move comes after England's High Court ruled that Sheikh Mohammed used the Israeli firm NSO's 'Pegasus' technology to track Princess Haya bint al-Hussein
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 19:12:13 +03:00Teen suspect in Texas high school shooting in custody, police say
18-year-old in police custody after four injured at high school in Arlington, Texas
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 16:55:08 +03:00Palestinian actress decries 'ethnic cleansing' after win at Israeli Oscars
In a speech read out by director, 'Let it Be Morning' actress Juna Suleiman laments 'ongoing colonialist traditions of erasing historic identities'
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 15:04:02 +03:00Arab, white or brown? A little girl learns to walk through America’s ethnic maze
‘Yes,’ I told my daughter. ‘Here in the United States you’re white. You’re also Arab. Some people say Arabs are brown.’ Her American journey begins
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:50:57 +03:00Both of these politicians opposed Iron Dome funding. Only one was called antisemitic
While Republican Senator Rand Paul drew criticism this week from the likes of AIPAC, it was nowhere near the level heaped on Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as well as other progressives, for their stance on Iron Dome
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:22:41 +03:00Kippur War files reveal the Egyptian spy who saved Israel and Golda's Soviet fears
To mark the 48th anniversary of the start of the war, the State Archive is releasing historical documents that uncover new details – like what happened to the plan to bomb Damascus
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 13:41:57 +03:00The American women who fought for abortions and women’s liberation in Israel
Tehiya Bat Oren wrote the first feminist manifesto in Hebrew. Marcia Freedman, the Knesset’s only out lesbian, introduced abortion reforms. Both were born in North America and both died on the same day last month
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 12:31:46 +03:00Why Jews join the German far right
Pushing pro-Israel slogans and posing as allies against antisemitism and the ‘Muslim invasion’ of Europe, a fiercely xenophobic, frequently Holocaust revisionist party in Germany has won over an unlikely core of committed Jewish activists
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 12:27:58 +03:00Cyprus believes Iran isn’t behind attempted attack on Israelis, report says
While a statement from Bennett’s office earlier this week tied Iran to the suspected attack on Israeli businesspeople on the island, Cypriot officials played down concerns that Tehran was involved
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 12:01:33 +03:00Dozens of drones to swarm Tel Aviv as central Israel's first delivery test takes off
Starting Wednesday, drones will be flying goods to customers in central Israel for the first time, as Israel's drone delivery experiment expands
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:56:22 +03:00'The job wasn’t completed in 1948. The land wasn't emptied of Arabs'
Veteran Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi’s latest documentary draws on soldiers' damning testimonies to expose the Israeli occupation. Don't expect to see it on Israeli TV or at any local film festival
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:56:04 +03:00Biblical-era toilet with possible air fresheners found in Jerusalem
Discovered in the ruins of an Iron Age palace overlooking the Old City, the toilet and its septic tank were hewn into the bedrock
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:55:51 +03:00No Crusader army camps have ever been found. Until now, in Israel
Crusader knights lived on the move, which may explain why no camps have ever been found. Now one has, and now we know how the soldiers whiled away their time while waiting for war
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:50:00 +03:00Russia, U.S. discuss reviving Iran nuclear deal
Russian foreign minister and his American counterpart discuss possible ways of renewing stalled nuclear talks with Tehran. Russia's Lavrov is also slated to meet with his Iranian counterpart later today
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:15:43 +03:00At Uri Geller's museum, you can catch both John Lennon's UFO egg and Dali's crystal ball
A crystal ball from Salvador Dali ('It belonged to Leonardo da Vinci'), a gilded egg John Lennon used to communicate with aliens, and a model plane from Muammar Gadhafi. Israel’s larger-than-life mentalist has built a shrine to himself – with som...
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:14:47 +03:00Israel to lift some COVID restrictions as deaths, serious cases plummet
Key COVID metrics hit the lowest point since August, as Israel's unvaccinated 15 percent account for 75 percent of serious cases
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:01:20 +03:00Pandora papers: Lebanese politicians stowed vast wealth abroad as economy tanked
A review of nearly 11.9 million documents found that some of the offshore accounts belong to the same ruling elite blamed for the collapse of Lebanon
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:19:56 +03:00After FBI tip-off, 26 Israelis arrested for forex defrauding of U.S. citizens
The group of Israelis allegedly conned tens of millions of shekels from dozens of U.S. citizens under the guise of foreign exchange cryptocurrency transactions
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 06:02:19 +03:00'I shot hundreds of Jews that day': Babi Yar perpetrators' testimonies revealed
The testimony were released by the Ukraine Holocaust center to the public for the first time on the 80th anniversary of the killings
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 05:01:39 +03:00Germany to expand group of holocaust survivors receiving monthly stipends
Holocaust survivors who lived through the siege of Leningrad, about 2,000 of whom now live in Israel, will be eligible for the 375 euros a month stipend
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 02:42:42 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 02:26:34 +03:00Mansour Abbas, do not let Shin Bet operatives into Arab communities
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 02:19:51 +03:00What crime is permissible for a Supreme Court justice?
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 02:13:29 +03:00Israeli bus companies' embarrassing capitulation to the right
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 01:30:25 +03:00Israel is failing kids in psychiatric wards, Justice Ministry says
The state must increase oversight of psychiatric institutions, a ministry official tells Israeli parliament, after a nurse at a ward was arrested on charges of killing a 17-year-old who was once hospitalized there
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 00:26:37 +03:00Assailants tried to attack wounded Palestinian child inside ambulance, Israeli police say
The toddler suffered a head injury when stones were thrown at his house during the attack on Khirbet al-Mufkara last week
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 00:00:21 +03:00Israeli defense officials: operation to find missing navigator Ron Arad ‘didn’t justify benefits’
The Mossad operation had involved kidnapping an Iranian general in Syria, interrogating him in an African country and then releasing him, according to an Arab news report
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 22:46:18 +03:00News site CEO testifying in Netanyahu trial tells court he lied to protect interests of boss
'Not everything I wrote was correct,' said Ilan Yeshua, the CEO of the news portal Walla
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 22:00:56 +03:00Taliban meet with Iranian officials to promote economic relations
Taliban leaders seek to boost trade relations with Iran, as Afghanistan faces the possibility of economic collapse
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:01:19 +03:00COVID in Israel: 50% fewer serious cases by end of month, experts forecast
Number of severe COVID cases in Israel drops below 500 for first time since mid-August, while expert report says death rate has stabilized at 20% of severe cases
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 20:26:06 +03:00Draft bill for PM term limits won't apply retroactively, freeing Netanyahu for another run
'By nature, a prolonged tenure in this powerful post is liable to lead to an excessive concentration of power,' says the Israeli Justice Ministry's draft legislation aiming to limit PM's tenure to eight years
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 19:51:18 +03:00Antisemitic graffiti found at former Nazi camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial said that the act is 'an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history'
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 19:35:30 +03:00EU unveils new plan to fight antisemitism, drawing praise from Jewish groups
New strategy for campaign against antisemitism will include 24 million euro for protecting Jewish spaces and plans for an annual civil society forum
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 18:13:25 +03:00Girl bats feel colder than boy bats, new study shows
Not only women but some female birds and animals also feel colder than males of the species – and it may save their lives, Tel Aviv University discovers
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 18:05:06 +03:00Egypt to supply Lebanon with gas in bid to ease energy crisis
'Egypt offered helping in the energy sector through the possibility of offering extra quantities of gas,' Lebanese Energy Minister ■ Last Month, Iran also started shipping oil to relieve the power crisis
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 17:41:56 +03:00Shimon Peres was a great statesman but an awful politician
The former president and prime minister, who died five years ago, had major political deficiencies, but he established Israel's deterrent power and saved its economy – which surely qualifies him as a leader
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 17:39:52 +03:00Report: Mossad extracted DNA sample in Lebanon in search for MIA Ron Arad
Mossad agents allegedly kidnapped a former Iranian general in Syria to an unnamed country in Africa and interrogated him
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 17:23:27 +03:00AIPAC compares Rand Paul to 'The Squad,' slams him over Iron Dome vote
The Republican senator is under fire from pro-Israel groups after he blocked a quick vote on Iron Dome funds. Israeli officials say his move did not come as a surprise to Jerusalem
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 15:25:06 +03:00Lebanon can't dictate terms in maritime border talks with Israel, minister says
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar says Israel willing to renew negotiations. 'We need to look for a solution that leads to a breakthrough and not try to think in the old ways'
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 15:07:44 +03:00Shin Bet has no authority to combat Arab crime, attorney general says
Legal opinion from Israel's top law enforcer comes in response to Bennett's statement that the Shin Bet will be incorporated to fight increasing violence in Israel's Arab community
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 14:21:14 +03:00Sarah Silverman’s clash with the Squad showcases left’s divide on Israel
After expressing dismay over the progressive lawmakers’ vote against funding Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, the U.S. comedian soon found herself reconsidering her own position
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 14:08:53 +03:00From Bahrain to Yad Vashem: Gulf state delegation visits Holocaust Memorial Center
The visit was the first by an exclusively Bahraini delegation, which also became the first group to receive the Holocaust Center's new teaching guidelines in Arabic
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 13:51:45 +03:00Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah can breathe easier now – for a price
In the compromise proposed by the Israel's Supreme Court, Palestinian residents will become protected tenants. Now they will have to decide whether their fight is over principles or pragmatism
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 13:34:21 +03:00The death of a loved one can be bureaucratic hell. These Israelis want to change that
Israel's Empathy, founded in 2020, created an app to help grieving relatives close accounts, recover passwords, deal with taxes and other logistics while they mourn – and give them emotional support, too
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 13:25:28 +03:00‘Some progressives will only talk with us about Israel if it’s not in public’
In an interview on the Haaretz Weekly podcast, former Labor lawmaker Stav Shaffir discussed her attempts to contact prominent U.S. progressives, and why Bennett was wrong to ignore the Palestinians in his UN speech
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:35:58 +03:00I oppose the occupation. This is why I chose to serve as an IDF soldier in the occupied West Bank
Despite my fierce opposition to the occupation, I decided it was my civic duty, impelled by liberal values, to serve it – as an IDF soldier patrolling the West Bank and protecting settlers
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 11:06:08 +03:00Serious COVID illness drops as Israel seems to exit delta wave
Number of serious cases and deaths reaches two-month low, data shows, as Israel continues its mass campaign of third vaccine doses
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 10:14:30 +03:00The problem with Jon Stewart’s new Apple TV show
‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ sees the liberal icon return to our screens, but his Apple TV+ show (and podcast) is still a work in progress
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 09:56:03 +03:00Israel buys 30 million low-cost rapid COVID tests for students
In bid to acquire millions of tests quickly, Israel has dropped local-validation requirement
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 09:53:51 +03:00Murdered Israeli teen was buried alive, suffocated to death
The main suspect is a 49-year-old Israeli who worked as a nurse at a psychiatric institution near Haifa, where Yael Melnik had been hospitalized before
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 07:43:31 +03:00Israeli officials to urge 'painful' sanctions from Biden if Iran abandons nuke talks
Israel's national security adviser, Eyal Hulata, met with his American counterpart in Washington, who reiterated Biden's promise to 'turn to other options' if diplomacy with Iran should fail
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 05:59:15 +03:00Iran's Cyprus assassination attempt should come as no surprise to Israelis
While the far-reaching ops to halt Iran's nuclear activities could almost always be justified, Israel's public bragging almost never is
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 02:14:43 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 01:24:05 +03:00How long will German-Israeli ties last without Angela Merkel?
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 01:05:27 +03:00Nir Barkat, answer the 'Pandora Papers' questions
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 00:37:39 +03:00Senator Rand Paul delays vote on Iron Dome aid to Israel
Republican Rand Paul, one of the greatest critics of foreign aid in Washington, argues that the Iron Dome funding should come from proposed assistance to Afghanistan, thwarting unanimous agreement
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 00:25:14 +03:00Israel claims that the Palestinian village of Walaja doesn’t exist
Tue, 5 Oct 2021 00:01:08 +03:00Israel's top court proposes compromise to prevent Sheikh Jarrah eviction
Under the proposal, three families residing in Sheikh Jarrah and face eviction would be recognized as first-generation protected tenants, meaning they would continue to enjoy the status for two more generations
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 23:39:35 +03:00These Jewish N.Y.C. schoolteachers want a religious exemption from the city’s vaccine mandate
The vast majority of New York City educators were vaccinated before Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the mandate August 23, and most of the rest have been vaccinated since
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 23:34:32 +03:00Israeli bus companies remove ad on settler violence amid right-wing pressure
The ad relates to an attack on residents of the Palestinian village of Khirbet al-Mufkara in which property was damaged and a 3-year-old boy injured
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 21:28:23 +03:00The Israeli military won’t eradicate crime in Israel's Arab communities
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 21:04:15 +03:00Defense official: Mission to uncover intel on MIA navigator Ron Arad was unsuccessful
Mossad Chief David Barnea reportedly deemed the operation as a 'failure' ■ Bennett's office says 'the mission was a successful one,' and 'spreading any other information is an utter lie'
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 20:20:56 +03:00Israel is rushing to declare victory over COVID. It may be too soon
The public and government are seemingly no longer interested in the coronavirus. But that doesn’t mean COVID-19 is done with Israel, especially when the country's borders fully reopen
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 19:55:42 +03:00Iran to press on with developing contentious reactor, nuclear chief says
The Arak heavy water reactor could produce the plutonium required for Iran to build a bomb, but has only been operating at one-tenth capacity after the nuclear accords were signed in 2015
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 18:30:22 +03:00One man, one vote
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 17:45:01 +03:00Judge survives smear campaign to remove him from Beirut blast probe
Judge Tarek Bitar, who sought to question Hezbollah's allies, was warned by a senior member of the Iran-backed movement that the group would have him removed
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 16:52:48 +03:00How can you keep your customers safe when you're hit by a cyberattack? An Israeli startup has an answer
Panorays defends against supply chain attacks, in which hackers can attack one supplier and then target its customers through less secure elements in the supply chain
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 16:39:45 +03:00Bennett: Mossad agents went on courageous mission to get intel on missing navigator Ron Arad
As Israel's parliament resumes its winter session, Bennett is heckled by Likud lawmakers who called him a 'crook' and a 'liar' and were removed from the plenum ■ Netanyahu blasts PM for handling of COVID crisis
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 16:24:41 +03:00With new COVID policy, Israel redefines what it means to be vaccinated
Starting today, Israel's Green Pass, which grants access to public spaces, won't be available to over a million Israelis who received their second vaccine shot more than six months ago. The reason: waning immunity
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 15:42:57 +03:00Earth is losing its shine and humans are to blame
Some forecast that warming oceans would spur evaporation and create light-reflecting cloud cover. Actually, Earth is trapping even more energy from the sun
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:25:18 +03:00LISTEN: They were devout Christians in South Africa. Then they discovered Judaism and moved to Israel
The incredible story of hundreds of Afrikaners who converted to Judaism and left South Africa to move to Israel. Also: the progressive Democrats who are willing to meet Israeli left-wing politicians – but not in public
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:08:00 +03:00Top court orders Israel to review entry policy for children born abroad to Israelis
Interior Ministry said children of Israelis born abroad could visit the country as long as their parents commit to registering them in the population registry, binding them to military service
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:04:34 +03:00Tel Aviv to let more grocery stores open on Shabbat
The move is opposed by store owners and religious city councilors, who say the higher number of permits to be issued is disproportionate to the city's needs
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 13:55:38 +03:00Prosecutors try to reverse acquittals in Hariri blast case at Lebanon Tribunal
Prosecutors say judges of the lower chamber didn't fully assess circumstantial evidence in the case, when they acquitted two men last year
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 13:41:39 +03:00Talks on Gaza hint at progress in Hamas-Israel prisoner-swap deal
High-ranking Hamas delegation likely to show flexibility in Egyptian-mediated talks with Israel on return of civilians, soldiers' bodies, after boost by recent Israeli-Egyptian leaders' confab
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 13:29:00 +03:00Arab mayors slams Israel's 'bad decision' to enlist Shin Bet to fight crime
While Bennett said that Israel's army would also help suppress crime, defense officials 'do not believe' it is legal to involve army forces in police operations that involve Israeli citizens
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 12:42:17 +03:00'Pandora Papers': Jordan's king says luxury homes were kept hidden for security reasons
The Royal Hashemite Court argued the luxury properties King Abdullah owns in the United States and Britain were not a secret, adding privacy and security reasons were behind not disclosing it
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 12:09:06 +03:00Israel's president warns legacy of the Holocaust 'under threat' in Europe
Israeli President Isaac Herzog raised concerns ahead of an upcoming visit to Ukraine over the growing spread of Holocaust revisionism in Europe: 'Memories are not simply forgotten – they are erased, or even rewritten'
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 11:46:36 +03:00Swedish 'Mohammed' cartoonist Lars Vilks killed in police car crash
Lars Vilks stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog. He had been living under police protection since the drawings were published
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 11:07:51 +03:00Israel: Iran tried to kill Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus
Bennett's spokesman says gambling tycoon Teddy Sagi, who reportedly fled Cyprus following a tip-off from local authorities, 'was not the target' of an assassination attempt, while Iran calls allegations 'baseless'
Mon, 4 Oct 2021 10:57:27 +03:00Serious COVID cases in Israel at two-month low; further drop in key metrics
Israel's COVID cabinet decided against relaxing restrictions as new Green Pass regulations come into effect, requiring a booster jab