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Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:56:37 +03:00
How Pakistan's A.Q. Khan, father of the 'Muslim bomb,' escaped Mossad assassination
Abdul Qadeer Khan, who died this week in Islamabad, got Pakistan the bomb, stole and sold atomic secrets, profited from a shady global proliferation network, helped Iran go nuclear, aided Gadhafi's reactor ambitions – and still passed away from nat...

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:40:35 +03:00
Experts reveal what Israel must do in order to avoid a fifth COVID wave this winter
All agree that the biggest mistake this summer was to believe Israel had defeated COVID, while vaccination still remains the key tool in the fight

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:21:02 +03:00
Swedish Holocaust confab focuses on social media role in antisemitism
German European affairs minister says 'the situation worldwide' is 'extremely worrying,' in reference to recent anti-Jewish attacks in Germany

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:07:12 +03:00
Ultra-orthodox leader blasts Bennett for calling to 'limit Haredi political sway'
Shas leader Arye Deri calls Bennett 'a clown,' adding the PM is trying to 'strike out at the Haredim and widen his base'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:17:44 +03:00
‘Coin Master’: How the addictive, controversial Israeli game raked in a fortune
Moon Active was going nowhere in the mobile gaming market until in 2016 it released ‘Coin Master,’ a game that became a sensation and generated billions of dollars. So why isn’t the company a source of unbridled pride in Startup Nation?

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:14:16 +03:00
Abraham Accords not substitute for deal between Israel and Palestinians, U.S. officials say
Ahead of Blinken's meetings with Israeli FM Lapid and his Emirati counterparts, officials express hope that 'normalization can be leveraged to advance progress on the Israeli-Palestinian tracks'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:56:36 +03:00
Tehran-Riyadh detente could mark the end for Israel's anti-Iran coalition
If the talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia would end in reconciliation, the rest of the Arab world could swiftly follow suit. The Middle East would look like a very different place – and so would Israel's place within it

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:33:46 +03:00
The critical questions for the new Shin Bet chief

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:48:10 +03:00
We demand equality, not the Shin Bet's shadow

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:14:44 +03:00
Lapid backed the wrong man

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:49:36 +03:00
In testimony, ex-editor says Israeli news site tilted coverage in favor of Netanyahu
In the second day of his testimony in Netanyahu's bribery trial, former Walla editor in chief Aviram Elad said he quit in 2014 because he didn’t want 'to be part of this'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:29:36 +03:00
Israel's superfluous ministries

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:33:26 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:25:07 +03:00
Israeli police go easy on violent settlers 'because we were in a Jewish community'
In a radio interview, Superintendent Hagai Saban said that he did not make extensive use of riot control means because he understood he was in a Jewish community

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:17:09 +03:00
First witness testifies in retrial of Israeli convicted of murdering teenager
Prosecutors to call 15 new witnesses to the stand as retrial of Roman Zadorov, convicted of killing 13-year-old Tair Rada, commences

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:15:40 +03:00
Israeli woman abducted from shelter by her brothers, police say
Police sources say four brothers, who were subsequently arrested, sought to hurt the women, not bring her to family home

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:04:56 +03:00
Israel's Shin Bet sets up panel to determine security service's role in fighting Arab crime
The team, headed by a senior Shin Bet official, is asked to examine to what extent the law allows the agency to be involved in issues that are beyond national security

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:56:52 +03:00
With Israeli government’s candidate bowing out, race to head Jewish Agency heats up
Minister Elazar Stern, once considered the front-runner for one of the most high-profile positions in the Jewish organizational world, withdrew his candidacy following outcry over comments on handling of sexual harassment complaints

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:39:54 +03:00
Israeli police order hundreds more tasers, half slated for use in Arab communities
Police to purchase 400 new tasers to add to its stockpile of 3,100, despite complaints that they can cause serious injury and death

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:38:16 +03:00
Accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter said 'Jews need to die,' officer testifies
First witness in pre-trial hearing says Tree of Life massacre suspect made several comments about wanting Jews to die

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:19:18 +03:00
How the Tree of Life massacre transformed 'the soul of a neighborhood'
In his new book, Mark Oppenheimer investigates both the hideous massacre and the great Jewish heritage of one Pittsburgh neighborhood

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:08:43 +03:00
Number of violent attacks doesn't indicate 'anti-Jewish sentiment,' poll finds
Survey of people in 16 European countries finds that some countries with few violent attacks have high incidence of antisemitic attitudes, and vice versa

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:01:13 +03:00
German church apologizes after neo-Nazi buried on old Jewish grave
Berlin's antisemitism commissioner says right-wing extremists deliberately chose a Jewish grave for the burial of a Holocaust denier

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:26:14 +03:00
Bennett no longer considers Iran nuclear deal ‘historic mistake,’ but he can’t say so
The changing attitude toward the nuclear accord is the new government’s most significant policy change, but Netanyahu’s campaign to shape public opinion on the subject still looms large

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:22:58 +03:00
Six months, only one witness: In Netanyahu's trial, the wheels of justice may be turning too slowly
Now that Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua has stepped down from the witness stand, the prosecution and defense can both point to aspects of his testimony that they find favorable when it comes to the bribery charges against the former prime minister

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:03:08 +03:00
Nuclear Iran is a global problem, Bennett says, urging UN Security Council action
Bennett tells conference he expects world powers to 'hold Iran accountable,' while former Mossad chief says Iran hasn't getting any closer to acquiring nuclear weapons

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:43:14 +03:00
Dozens of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to go on hunger strike
The hunger strike, which expected to mainly involve members of Islamic Jihad, is in response to what they say is a clampdown by prison authorities since the escape of six Palestinians from Gilboa Prison

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:40:12 +03:00
Court orders temporary stay of deportation of members of Hebrew Israelite community
The 49 people who were ordered deported are members of a group with origins in the African American community in Chicago, most of whom had been given resident status in 2004

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:37:00 +03:00
Kushner, Pompeo and Bibi: Inside the Trump administration's Jerusalem reunion
Surrounded by colleagues from the previous administration, former ambassador David Friedman told Haaretz at the launch of his new center why he doesn't regret that the Abraham Accords pushed aside annexation

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:25:35 +03:00
Former Mossad chief: Netanyahu's Iran policy was a 'dismal failure'
Speaking on the Haaretz Weekly podcast, former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy explained how Netanyahu's tactics brought Iran closer than ever to a nuclear weapon and suggested that Israel should negotiate with Hamas

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:03:47 +03:00
Sally Rooney explains her Israel boycott: 'BDS is anti-racist'
Acclaimed Irish author says she cannot sign a contract with an Israeli company 'that does not publicly distance itself from apartheid'

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:47:58 +03:00
Top candidate for Jewish Agency chief quits after admitting he ignored anonymous complaints
'In the current atmosphere, I find it wrong to put myself forward for a job to head the Jewish Agency,' Elazar Stern announced on Facebook

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:25:38 +03:00
Talks on controversial citizenship law collapse
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked had been negotiating with opposition lawmaker on a bill to reinstate legislation that barred giving Israeli residency and citizenship to Palestinians who marry Israelis

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:33:30 +03:00
7-Eleven to open dozens of stores in Israel
It is still unknown whether the convenience store chain, which operates on 24/7 basis, will keep its stores open on Shabbat

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:29:50 +03:00
If the best things in life are free, does that include nature? Israelis aren’t sure
Unlike countries such as France, Britain and Germany, many popular nature sites in Israel charge for admittance. Now, with overcrowding and trash at free sites an increasing problem, the argument is heating up over what to do next

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:13:33 +03:00
Israel's Bennett to meet Putin in Russia next week for the first time
The two leaders will meet in the Russian town of Sochi and will discuss a range of political, security and economic issues

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:10:39 +03:00
LISTEN: Former Mossad chief's stark warning about Israel and China
Efraim Halevy, former director of Israel's Mossad, warns that while Iran is the most urgent challenge to Israel, China could pose an even greater one in the future. Also: how Trump and Netanyahu pushed Tehran to the bomb

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:58:06 +03:00
High Court slams Israel for allowing settlers to enter evicted West Bank settlement
Palestinians cannot farm their land as a result of the lack of enforcement by Israel Police and military

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:44:01 +03:00
COVID in Israel: New serious cases drop 60% in three weeks
Seventy percent of COVID-related deaths in Israel over the past week were unvaccinated, far exceeding their 15-percent share of Israelis eligible for a vaccine

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:40:36 +03:00
Sally Rooney won’t let her new novel be published by Israeli publisher
The Hebrew-language publisher of Rooney’s first two books said last month that the author won’t allow her new book to be published in Hebrew due to her BDS support

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:32:49 +03:00
Iran kicks off annual military drill with Middle East on edge
Iran regularly holds such drills and says they assess the troops' combat readiness and demonstrate the nation's military capabilities

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:50:03 +03:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:00:30 +03:00
Israeli high schools take a COVID chance – and not everyone is happy
Schools across Israel decided to use experience gained during COVID and allow students a day for ‘independent study’ in an effort to prepare them for a 21st century working environment

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:56:48 +03:00
'For us, Mandela was just another terrorist'
A white South African on her experience during the apartheid regime, and the moral failure of progressives to challenge the racist system

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:45:17 +03:00
Territory affected by extreme weather increased 90 times over past decade
A new study published in 'Climate and Atmospheric Science' claims that a quarter of extreme rainfall events over the past decade can be attributed to climate change

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:43:45 +03:00
A Nobel Truth Prize for Gideon Levy

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:36:06 +03:00
Why Israel hides ministerial discussions in the archives for 30 years

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:22:06 +03:00
Israel is an expensive country – but not as much as you think
Israelis are paying less than what the OECD estimated for housing and utilities, a new study shows, but they're still shelling out much more in general, for many goods and services, than their foreign peers

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:03:08 +03:00
Two West Bank residents charged with aiding Gilboa Prison escapees
According to the indictment, Abd al-Rahman Abu Ja'afar of Jenin and Ihab Salama provided shelter and food to prisoners Iham Kamamji and Monadal Infiat

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:46:06 +03:00
Facebook must be held to account

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:08:26 +03:00
Bennett, meet with Abbas

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:01:50 +03:00
Israeli cops attacked for dismantling tent near West Bank settlement
Settlers attack and mildly wound one Border Police officer near Yitzhar, where several incidents of settler violence have occurred over the past year

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:33:50 +03:00
Mayhem erupts in Israel's Knesset as opposition lawmakers interrupt Bennett's speech on state budget
Six lawmakers were removed from the session for disrupting Bennett, while opposition head Netanyahu said 'he's not the real prime minister'

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:03:35 +03:00
Shi'ite cleric Sadr big winner in Iraqi elections, early results show
Moqtada al-Sadr's party increased its number of seats in parliament, while former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki came in second amongst Shi'ite parties

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:52:21 +03:00
Israel to legalize residency status of hundreds of Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza
As first step in series of understandings reached between Benny Gantz and Mahmoud Abbas, Israel to approve legalizing residency for first time in 13 years

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:35:17 +03:00
Microsoft: Iran-linked hackers breached Israeli, U.S. security firms' accounts
Over 250 Microsoft Office 365 accounts belonging to the security companies were targeted by hackers associated with Tehran, according to the tech giant

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:28:38 +03:00
Netanyahu faced with public challenger to head Likud party
Yuli Edelstein says Likud could form a government if Netanyahu was not at the helm, noting that Netanyahu failed to form a coalition four times in a row

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:50:55 +03:00
Netanyahu trial: Website owner clearly intervened to benefit Netanyahu, witness says
Former Walla editor-in-chief testifies that owner meddled for Netanyahu's benefit by ordering positive coverage in exchange for regulatory benefits

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:00:41 +03:00
For first time in over 50 years, Jewish couple gets married in Bahrain
The son of Houda Nonoo – Bahrain’s former envoy to the United States and the first Jewish Bahraini to hold the position of ambassador – wed his wife in a milestone for the Jewish community in the Gulf nation

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:41:40 +03:00
Jewish GOP Senate candidate blames Soros and 'deep state' for COVID-19
Josh Mandel, a Republican candidate in Ohio, claims the Jewish financier worked with the 'deep state' on ‘organized operations’ concerning the coronavirus, January 6 insurrection and the Black Lives Matter movement

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:09:35 +03:00
Lapid tells U.S. to formulate plan B to Iran nuke talks in first official visit
The foreign minister also described VP Kamala Harris as 'one of the best friends Israel has in Washington' in their first meeting since 2017, while she committed the U.S.' 'unwavering' support for Israel and its security

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:35:08 +03:00
The Israeli 'heavenly pond' lives up to its name
The water-lily pool in Yarkon National Park offers different beautiful views: gargantuan eucalyptus, a rock ford across the stream and a British Mandate-era guard post

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:02:18 +03:00
A 12,000-year-old addiction: Archaeologists identify earliest tobacco use by humans
Burnt seeds found in a prehistoric site in Utah desert suggest Native Americans were chewing on tobacco 12,300 years ago – some 9,000 years earlier than previously thought

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:01:05 +03:00
Expressing optimism, Israel's COVID czar predicts drop in hospitalizations in two weeks
Israel's fourth wave hasn’t ended yet, the 'virus is still among us,' COVID czar says

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:32:16 +03:00
Why this Arab Israeli made a TV show about racist young Jews
The acclaimed director Tawfik Abu Wael explains why Arab artists who disassociate from the Israeli establishment are guilty of stupidity, and why racism fascinates him

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:39:50 +03:00
Court orders Israel to explain why it won't release minutes of COVID meetings
The government must also explain its refusal to repeal regulations that let it classify COVID transcripts as top secret even though only a few issues, mainly security ones, require classification in Israel

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:33:00 +03:00
Israel's Lapid backs ex-general who admitted quashing harassment complaints
Before walking back his comments, Intelligence Affairs Minister Elazar Stern had said about such complaints in the army: ‘The shredder worked very quickly’

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:31:03 +03:00
New Tunisian government is formed after presidential power grab and accruing debt
President Saied cemented his position by removing most of the constitution, ruling by decree, making the government responsible to himself, rather than to parliament

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:23:39 +03:00
A.Q. Khan: a real-life Bond villain who changed the Middle East forever
Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, changed the proliferation landscape and tarnished his country's image. In the Middle East, his legacy will live on as more regimes try to acquire nuclear weapons

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:12:03 +03:00
'The Middle East is changing': Kushner joins Israeli lawmakers at Abraham Accords event
The Knesset's Caucus for Promoting the Abraham Accords is meant to strengthen Israel's economic, tourist and other ties with Gulf states, as well as 'formulate future agreements with other countries'

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:46:47 +03:00
Life-saving COVID drug Regeneron in Israel – but most patients won’t take it
Some Israelis are COVID anti-vaxxers who distrust Regeneron, but others just don’t see the need or are talked out of it at the last moment

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:43:23 +03:00
Should Israel have attacked Iran? Most Jewish Israelis think so, poll finds
Fifty-one percent of Jewish Israelis think military action would have been preferable to diplomacy in the early stages of Iran's nuclear program

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:40:35 +03:00
Israel names Ronen Bar as new director of Shin Bet security agency
Bar, 55, did his military service as a member of the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit and joined the Shin Bet a few years after leaving the military

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:59:11 +03:00
Israel's relaxed rules on outdoor activities go into effect as COVID infection remains low
Health Ministry chief says 'with much greater certainty than a week ago' that Israel is on course to ending its delta COVID wave

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:46:23 +03:00
Lebanon won't care its energy has Israeli fingerprints on it
With the country plunged into darkness due to electricity shortages, Lebanon will be looking to energy supplies from Egypt and Jordan that are ‘mixed’ with Israeli gas and electric power in the long term

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:56:39 +03:00
As Merkel departs, Israel fears her successor won’t be as committed to its security
Even though Israeli officials know that the next chancellor will remember the Holocaust and fight antisemitism, they’re not convinced he’ll be as energetic on security – as Iran gets closer to a nuclear bomb

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:42:11 +03:00
Iraq arrests top ISIS leader in 'one of the most difficult' operations ever
Iraqi prime minister identifies the man as Sami Jassem, who oversees ISIS' financial operations and served as the deputy leader under the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:02:24 +03:00
Biggest winemaking facility in entire Byzantine world found in central Israel
Discovery of Byzantine mega-factory in Yavneh that could produce 2 million liters of wine a year stuns archaeologists

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:23:14 +03:00
U.S. says first talks with Taliban since pullout were 'candid and professional'
Officials met face-to-face in Doha, but there has been no word of any agreements reached

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:42:24 +03:00
Hamas is eyeing a prisoner swap, while Israel is buying time with limited gestures
Hamas' demands seem unrealistic, but steps are being taken in the meanwhile to ease the situation in Gaza – by Israel too but mainly the Egyptians – to maintain an uneasy quiet

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:21:36 +03:00
Populist Shi'ite cleric stands to gain amid record low turnout in Iraq's election
Sadrist majority in parliament would not dramatically alter the balance of power, but could the conservative Islamist could increase his sway over the government

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:15:56 +03:00
43-year-old lawyer shot after Friday prayer in Umm al-Fahm succumbs to wounds
Ganem Fahmi Jabarin is the 98th Arab murder victim in Israel this year alone, advocacy group says

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:05:39 +03:00
All roads lead to Iran in the case of Israeli MIA Ron Arad
Since the air force navigator vanished in 1986, Israel has missed many chances to free Ron Arad or get information about him

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:01:35 +03:00
Sexual harassment, too, is part of Shimon Peres’ legacy

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 03:02:32 +03:00
Israel disheartened by Biden's caution on Iran talks
Israel's call for tougher sanctions on Iran fell on deaf ears during last week’s strategic dialogue with the Americans in Washington

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:32:47 +03:00
Israel scores big as global high-tech breaks quarterly investment record
Worldwide startup investment in the third quarter of 2021 totaled $158 billion, twice the level of a year ago

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:19:37 +03:00
Merkel, what about the submarines?

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:16:55 +03:00
The time has come to admit: Israel is an apartheid regime

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:06:53 +03:00
'Point of no return'? Iran isn’t even close to being a nuclear threshold state

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:58:18 +03:00
Mount Meron disaster: Inquiry finds intimidation, ignorance and finger-pointing
A panel has heard two weeks of testimony describing the Lag Ba’omer disaster that took the lives of 45 people and injured another 150 in Israel's ultra-Orthodox community. Here's what we know so far

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:30:07 +03:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:09:13 +03:00
Jerusalem protest over human remains unearthed at construction site spills into violence
Several human bones were found during construction work near a large Muslim graveyard, after which many Palestinian residents rushed to the area to protest. Ten reportedly wounded in clashes with police

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:29:31 +03:00
The problem with Microsoft’s massive expansion in Israel
Tech giant Microsoft has set itself an ambitious goal: Doubling the workforce in Israel within four years and opening five new R&D centers ■ Are the high-tech multinationals taking too big a piece of the employment pie?

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 21:40:12 +03:00
'Treated as criminals': Migrants in Libya living in fear after crackdown and killings
Aid and rights groups voice alarm as forces in Tripoli began a series of mass arrests a week ago, detaining more than 5,000 people in overcrowded detention centers

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 20:58:16 +03:00
While Bennett smiled with Merkel, Kurz made Netanyahu look bad
The two German-speaking chancellors were both strong supporters of Israel, but had wildly different relations with its previous prime minister, who they're about to join in the club of former national leaders

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:55:33 +03:00
Most advanced simulation of manned Mars mission is happening in Israel
Six astronauts from across the globe moved into a unique, space-station-like structure in Makhtesh Ramon, one of the few places in the world that resembles the extreme conditions on the red planet

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:46:32 +03:00
Her city was called Sweden’s ‘antisemitism capital.’ This mayor is determined to change that
The mayor of Malmö discusses her work with the Jewish community to combat hate, and welcomes this week’s arrival of the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism to the city

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:02:14 +03:00
Israeli minister admits ignoring anonymous complaints as army's manpower chief
‘The shredder worked very quickly,’ said Elazar Stern, the former chief of the manpower in the Israeli military, about anonymous harassment complaints, but later said he did no such thing during his time in office

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:47:11 +03:00
Don't let fanatic violent settlers take Israel's future hostage
One of the settler movement's key successes has been to create a fear of civil war if settlements are ever evacuated. But intensifying settler violence, the blackmail of hoodlums and terrorists, must not enjoy that leverage

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:52:34 +03:00
How 99% of Nazi war criminals evaded justice
Powerful new documentary ‘Getting Away with Murder(s)’ points a finger at the West for willfully abandoning victims of the Holocaust. Plus, British thriller ‘Ridley Road’ is set among London’s Jewish community in the 1960s



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