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Fri, 8 Oct 2021 11:44:20 +03:00Israel lifts COVID restrictions on outdoor activities as fourth wave ebbs
Activities such as kayaking, rafting and school visits to museums in Israel will no longer require proof of immunity, as serious COVID cases plummet to a two-month low
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 11:06:22 +03:00Top court orders Israel to explain refusal to evict settlers from Palestinian land
Following the designation of the Jordan Valley land as a closed military zone in 1969, its Palestinian owners have been barred from entering the land while settlers were allowed to work it
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:25:45 +03:00'Flagrant violation': Palestinians denounce Israeli court ruling on Temple Mount
Despite understandings, allowing Jews only to visit the Temple Mount, an Israeli court ruled that a prayer 'by itself is not enough to violate the police instructions' in the holy site
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 06:02:28 +03:00Israelis who support government more likely to get third COVID vaccine dose
A survey commissioned by Haaretz found a correlation between vaccination rates and political leanings; in areas that supported Netanyahu, people were more likely to get the first two doses than the third, while the opposite is true of liberal strongh...
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 06:01:26 +03:00The greatest danger facing the coalition may be the coalition itself
Although the Likud's antics seem to not be leading anywhere, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked may be a far greater threat to the stability of this diverse government
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 06:00:44 +03:00Can the Israeli army still win wars without these capabilities?
As Israel's state budget nears its big day, the arguments over the state and use of ground forces is again gathering steam. The commander in charge sits down to answer the hard questions
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 03:32:56 +03:00Sanders working with Schumer to increase aid to Gaza alongside Iron Dome funds for Israel
Speaking at Americans for Peace Now gala Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders explicitly calls for U.S. to attach conditions on military aid to Israel
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 02:40:45 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 02:20:18 +03:00Israeli man suspected of strangling wife to death
The husband is believed to have staged his wife's death to look like a suicide because the woman's autopsy shows she died of strangulation
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 02:03:42 +03:00Israel must do everything to bring soldiers home
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 01:48:22 +03:00For Palestinians, all roads lead to Mahmoud Darwish's hateful verses
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 01:33:27 +03:00Israel's government should appease Gantz to prevent the return of Netanyahu
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 00:15:11 +03:00'As a kid I was enchanted by what yogis do, like levitating. So I became one'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A father who travels the world teaching yoga, and his daughter, who travels the world collecting vintage clothing
Fri, 8 Oct 2021 00:02:29 +03:00UN shuts down war crime investigation in Yemen
"With this vote, the Council has effectively ended its reporting mandate, it has cut this lifeline of the Yemeni people to the international community."
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 23:25:38 +03:00What Kamala Harris should have told the student who accused Israel of ethnic genocide
'A voice that is based on lies is not a legitimate voice,' is what Vice President Harris should have said
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 23:05:11 +03:00If this is what it takes to raise happy kids, the COVID generation lucked out. But at what cost?
A large proportion of young Israeli parents admit that they don’t spend enough time with their children – and that between work and family, it’s family that suffers. The coronavirus crisis with its isolation and quarantines changed that picture...
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 22:17:52 +03:00Israeli daycare center workers reach deal on wages, end five-day strike
Israel Teachers' Union and government ministries will examine ways to increase salaries after years of poor income
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 22:14:43 +03:00Israel's next religious battle: 'Customer friendly' conversions to Judaism
The government wants to encourage more Israelis who aren’t officially recognized as Jews to convert, but will its new legislation actually achieve that? Some experts question its chances of success
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 21:58:27 +03:0030 million COVID tests: Israel's plan to spare kids quarantine and keep schools open
Prime Minister Bennett wants to expand to all schools a pilot program that stresses home swab testing as the key to avoid mass quarantines, but some parents wonder how they'll get their small children to agree
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 20:43:02 +03:00Arnon Milchan, witness in Netanyahu trial, held $500m in tax haven, Pandora Papers show
Milchan, a billionaire former friend of Netanyahu who is now a prosecution witness against him, owns seven offshore companies, leaked papers say
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 20:40:30 +03:00U.S. forces will stay in Syria, top Kurdish politician says
'The United States had given a clear commitment to the Kurds,' senior official says amid fears over America's declining role in the region
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 20:12:58 +03:00Israeli suspected of arson as firefighters battle Jerusalem-area blaze
Resident of West Bank settlement arrested after blaze breaks out near Beit Shemesh, weeks after a mega-fire devastated parts of the Jerusalem Hills
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 20:08:28 +03:00Jews should have the right to worship freely. But not in today's Jerusalem
If you equate Women of the Wall's decades-long fight for the right to pray at the Western Wall, with a Torah scroll and without fear of violence, to Jews praying openly on the Temple Mount, then there's just one issue you may have missed
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 19:16:27 +03:0049 Hebrew Israelites appeal deportation order: 'No different from other community members'
The 49, who lack legal resident status, live in Dimona along with thousands of others in the Hebrew Israelite community who received permanent resident status in 2004
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 18:26:31 +03:00Saudi-Iranian talks on 'good path,' says Tehran's top diplomat in Lebanon visit
In his first visit to Beirut since taking office, Iran's new foreign minister also offered to help Lebanon end its decades-old electricity crisis by building new power plants
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 17:03:02 +03:00Why America's Christian nationalists now defend the torture of Jews
The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh says activists for trans rights are far more 'repulsive' than the unfairly maligned Inquisition. It's a perfect example of how, for white Christian nationalists, antisemitism and transphobia fit so well together
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:51:11 +03:00Over 1,000 medical residents have resigned from Israel's hospitals. What happens now?
More than 1,000 residents submitted letters of resignation on Thursday, despite the Israeli government’s plan to cut their work hours. Both sides have good arguments, and the drama has only just begun
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:39:32 +03:00Iran surveils her every move. Yet this Tehran-based director agreed to talk to an Israeli paper
Director Mahnaz Mohammadi makes films that expose the oppression of Iranian women. She won't let arrests and bans stop her from making more films or screening them in Israel
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:30:16 +03:00Vanilla flavoring from lettuce? Israeli food tech's next big things
Hidden in Israel's northern periphery, Fresh Start is a startup incubator investing in tomorrow's food revolutions
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:12:57 +03:00Global energy crisis? Not in Israel
While Europe and China face the threat of blackouts this winter, Israel is sitting pretty thanks largely to a 2015 natural-gas agreement that faced much pushback at the time of its signing
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:07:46 +03:00Israeli coalition lawmaker blasts kashrut reform for excluding non-Orthodox streams
MK Alon Tal warns that any plans that don’t allow the Reform and Conservative movements to issue their own kashrut certification ‘turns Orthodox intolerance into Israeli public policy’
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 15:00:15 +03:00Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump in Jerusalem next week to launch Abraham Accords caucus
The purpose of the Israeli parliament lobby is to strengthen economic, tourist and other ties with the Gulf states as well as 'formulating future agreements with other countries'
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 14:23:07 +03:00Gantz-Bennett tensions seethe over secret Mossad operation
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 14:07:54 +03:00'Peres pinned me to the door and tried to kiss me. I pushed him off. I was shaking'
In an interview with Haaretz, former ambassador Colette Avital talks about how she had to contend with persistent rumors of an inappropriate relationship with Shimon Peres
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:57:13 +03:00Thousands of Gazans are applying to work in Israel. Only very few succeed
The 7,000 permits are being given to merchants rather than laborers – reportedly at Hamas' request – with Gaza's official jobless rate reportedly at 50 percent even before the May war with Israel
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:38:20 +03:00Israel launches pilot for saliva PCR tests, with 45-minute results
The two-week pilot in Tel Aviv will determine whether Israel switches over to the less intrusive method of testing for COVID
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 12:56:11 +03:00Chava Alberstein and the Jerusalem East and West Orchestra: a missed opportunity
Despite the enthusiasm, the collaboration was not heartwarming
Thu, 7 Oct 2021 12:05:23 +03:00A first: Crusader army camp finally found
Crusader knights lived on the move, which may explain why no camps have ever been found. Now one has, in Israel, and now we know how the soldiers whiled away their time while waiting for war
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 06:01:05 +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 11:50:00 +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