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Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:03:05 +02:00Bennett's empty Glasgow speech: Climate plans for 2050 don't matter. The real test is 2022
The prime minister's pledge to have Israel reach net-zero emissions by 2050 is a gargantuan task and without any real plans in place, it's not clear how it can be brought to fruition
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:01:08 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:25:06 +02:00Leading Israeli LGBTQ activist accused of sexual assault by two men
Gal Uchovsky has stepped down as president of the gay youth organization IGY following an investigative report on the matter
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:15:55 +02:00A grave accusation: Being photographed with Arabs
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:59:13 +02:00Israel must repeal its discriminatory Absentee Property Law
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:05:51 +02:00At Glasgow, military emissions are exempt
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 23:36:37 +02:00Israeli delegation visited Khartoum after military coup
Israeli diplomatic sources say they are unaware of such a visit, which was first reported by Sudanese news site 'Al-Sudani'
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 22:29:47 +02:00The NGOs Israel designated as terror groups remain legal in the West Bank
The government's controversial decision on six Palestinian organizations doesn't apply in the West Bank, and a military decree that would change that hasn't been issued. A security source told Haaretz that the main objective of labeling them as terro...
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:48:01 +02:00Israel recognizes ‘anti-N’ serology test for COVID Green Pass eligibility
The test distinguishes between antibodies generated by the virus and those produced by the vaccine. Thus far those vaccinated with one or two doses, who had no proof of being infected prior, were ineligible for the Green Pass
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:26:17 +02:00Glasgow summit: U.K. apologizes after disabled Israeli minister can't attend climate talks
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar was not able to arrive at the UN climate summit because transportation to the venue was not wheelchair-accessible
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:24:04 +02:00Israel approves plans for 1,300 Palestinian homes, but process may take years
Only 170 homes were given final clearance, with hardly any new construction for West Bank Palestinians approved by Israel over the past years
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:09:00 +02:00Israeli 'revolution' on climate change? Fact-checking Bennett's UN summit speech
Despite the fact that Israel is located in a part of the world particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change, it is one of 20 countries that has no government-funded national plan for it
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:20:04 +02:00Germany reconsiders award ceremony for Israeli historian accused of genocide denial
Prof. Gideon Greif, whose Holocaust research is lauded as groundbreaking, has been accused of attempting to whitewash the mass murder of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:10:20 +02:00200 Republican lawmakers to Biden: don't reopen consulate in Jerusalem
House Republicans say the move would be inconsistent with U.S. law and create ‘a misguided situation’ in which the U.S. would essentially have two separate diplomatic missions in the Israeli capital
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:59:56 +02:00Climate change to hit crops faster than expected, new model warns
New projections see maize losing ground faster as 2100 approaches and the Middle East may face climate impact on crops decades earlier. But wheat is expected to thrive
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:50:57 +02:00In Glasgow, Bennett vows to harness Israeli 'innovation' against climate change
While Bennett's speech is his strongest statement on climate change to date, the coalition does not yet have a flagship climate change law or a formal declaration of a climate emergency
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:44:31 +02:00Trump: Israel 'literally owned Congress' until a decade ago
Speaking on a conservative radio show, the former president said 'today it's almost the opposite' due to progressive Democrats
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:38:16 +02:00Why this powerful Israeli agency won't disclose the scale of the Palestinian properties it manages
The dominion of the Custodian of Absentee Properties over the Jerusalem property market has led Palestinians to 'fear to make deals on the east side,' but the body shows no signs of revealing the basic details of its inventory
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:45:45 +02:00Israel can only make real peace with a democratic Sudan
Israel assumes it can recycle the same normalization strategy – secret meetings with generals, arms procurers and security services – that succeeded with the Gulf and North Africa. But it won't work for Sudan
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:02:13 +02:00Palestinian indicted for torching sukkahs, empty bus in central Israel
The Palestinian, a 29-year-old from Gaza, is accused of planning attacks on Israeli settlements and police officers
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:50:50 +02:00Over half of Israeli parents will vaccinate their kids after FDA approval, COVID czar says
Protection, as well as freedom from quarantine and invasive antigen testing, will drive the uptake for children's vaccinations, Israel's COVID czar says
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:32:25 +02:00In Modi's India, there's no more room for Muslim Bollywood superstars
'My name is Khan, and I am no longer wanted': In India's once-famously pluralist Bollywood, being Muslim is now a liability. As Modi's Hindu nationalist trolls and officials target superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his son, the message is clear: Even powe...
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:52:01 +02:00Bennett and Macron agree to deal with NSO scandal 'discreetly' at climate talks
Earlier at the Glasgow climate summit, Bennett asked Australia's Morrison to designate Hezbollah a terror organization and condemn Iran at the board meeting of the UN's nuclear watchdog
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:42:07 +02:00'Jerusalem is in ruins, Tiberias deserted': Visiting the Land of Israel, 500 years ago
In the detailed travelog he kept when journeying to the Land of Israel in 1521, Italian rabbi and scholar Moses Bassola sheds light on Jewish life at the dawn of Ottoman rule
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:56:57 +02:00Founder of notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO steps down as CEO
Former Partner and Bezeq CEO Iztik Benbenisti will take the reins as the cyberespionage firm eyes an IPO, Shalev Hulio will become president and vice chairman of the board
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:26:20 +02:00Israel's new entry rules for tourists cause chaos. What you need to know
Israel reopened its doors on Monday, but its new regulations are complicated – or, as one expert says, ‘a horror show.’ These are the rules detailing who can and cannot enter as the state looks to keep COVID-19 out
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:13:59 +02:00How a Lebanese minister stirred up a regional spat with Saudi Arabia and UAE
Information Minister George Kordahi's remarks about the war in Yemen have created a new dilemma for the Lebanese prime minister: submitting to Saudi demands or declaring Lebanon cannot be extorted
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:43:34 +02:00Israeli bill would grant legal aid for sex crimes victims from moment of complaint
So far, legal aid in Israel has been given to sex crime victims only after criminal proceedings have been initiated
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 10:47:10 +02:00Haredi sect leader suspected of involvement in Jerusalem double murder decades ago
The controversial Rabbi Eliezer, who began a prison sentence just last week for fraud, is the eighth detainee on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Avraham Edri and the disappearance of Nissim Shitrit
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 06:00:35 +02:00Israel's daily warnings on Iran are falling on deaf ears in Washington
Beyond the public diplomacy campaign, the cyberattacks and Syria strikes attributed to Israel are also failing to budge the Biden administration to ramp up pressure on Tehran
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:46:09 +02:00Israel plans Airbnb restrictions, raise purchase tax to curb real-estate prices
The government’s main strategy for keeping housing costs steady – making more land available for residential construction
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:42:03 +02:00Israel's misguided war against Iran's gas stations
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:38:55 +02:00Investing in the Arab community is an investment in Israel's future
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:37:55 +02:00On Israel, Biden should learn from George H. W. Bush
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:29:46 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:10:58 +02:00COVID cases in Israeli schools drop dramatically
The number of school children infected by COVID fell by over 50 percent as the Health Ministry gets set to hold a televised hearing on vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:26:24 +02:00Finding your ‘bashert’ in Bahrain: Gulf group launches Jewish dating site
Creators hope the new matchmaking service for singles looking for soulmates will help ‘grow’ Jewish life in the region
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:49:38 +02:00IDF general to Bahraini paper: If Iran nuke talks fail, Israel ‘must be prepared for other scenarios’
In the first interview of an IDF official to Bahraini media, the officer said that Israel prefers a diplomatic option over a military one in dealing with the Iranian nuclear program
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:42:39 +02:00Erdogan 'positive' on Biden sale of F-16 jets, but airs qualms of U.S. support for Kurds
Meanwhile, Biden told President Erdogan that the purchase would depend on Turkey's human rights records, as the two met in Rome at the G20 summit
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:22:28 +02:00This is how Israel's government plans to pass a key vote this week
Prime Minister Bennett expresses confidence the budget will pass and deliver 'stability for the government,' but securing a majority for Israel state budget for the first time in two years is far from a foregone conclusion
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:48:39 +02:00Summer days at the beach, in Israel and Gaza
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers have covered four Gaza wars from opposite sides of the battle lines, now they're trying to capture a shared reality
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:23:25 +02:00'No affinity to Israel': Top court rejects Palestinian NGO's petition for tax exemption
The Supreme Court ruled that a school without Israeli students does not serve the public's interest and that the Oslo Accords designate responsibility for Palestinian educational institutions to the PA
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:31:10 +02:00Suspension of Israeli army officer who refused COVID shot overturned
While the IDF does not require its soldiers to be vaccinated, this August it announced that it would only call up reservists who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:18:25 +02:00Netanyahu's political future could be decided this week, and he knows it
If the Bennett-Lapid government succeeds in passing a state budget before the end of the week, ex-PM Netanyahu will be facing nothing but bad choices
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:11:41 +02:00In the BDS fight, 'D' is the letter Israel should really worry about
Big business is facing growing pressure to meet a host of standards concerning human rights, with more investors beginning to divest from Israeli companies that have ties to the occupation
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:04:33 +02:00Netflix’s true crime doc ‘The Motive’ is all killer, no filler
Four Israeli shows from the past decade are now available to a wider audience, including ‘The Motive’ on Netflix, the thrillers ‘Asylum City’ and ‘Hostages,’ and the surprisingly funny ‘Checkout’ (on ChaiFlicks and Topic)
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:41:30 +02:00Blinken declines to rule out military option should Iran nuclear talks fail
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran is 'moving forward aggressively' with its nuclear program as talks are set to resume in November
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:34:31 +02:00Prepping for secession – or war: Who will stop Bosnia's Serb separatists?
For years, Bosnian Serb leader, separatist, autocrat and genocide denier Milorad Dodik has worked hard to discredit the post-war Bosnian state and demonize Muslim Bosniaks. Now, as he gathers critical momentum, will Biden, NATO or others in the West ...
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:28:05 +02:00The strange case of Israel’s top energy official
Under his conflict-of-interest agreement, the Energy Ministry’s new director general will need permission to pick up his pen in his own office
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:03:03 +02:00Nazi flag flown near synagogue in Australia sparks calls to ban symbol
The incident came only weeks after Australia announced that it was adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:28:17 +02:00Iran-linked hackers leak data from Israeli LGBTQ dating site
The Black Shadow group, released the data of 1,000 users of the Atraf dating site, some of whom are likely closeted, which it stole by hacking the Cyberserve web hosting company
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:11:09 +02:00Glasgow climate summit: What part will Israel play, and what does it hope to achieve
Bennett heads Israel's delegation to the UN climate summit, where he will present new, modest targets. Officials hope the visit will wake Israel up to the urgency of climate crisis, which threatens the Middle Eastern state in particular
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:09:08 +02:00Poland recognized the IHRA antisemitism definition. Critics aren't impressed
A Polish government ministry released a statement online earlier this month saying that Poland recognizes the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, a move meant to coincide with an international Holocaust forum in Sweden
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:30:31 +02:00American B-1B bomber flies over Mideast amid Iran tensions
Biden sending a B1-B bomber into the region allows him to send 'a clear message of reassurance' to regional allies, U.S. Air Force's Central Command tweeted
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:11:22 +02:00What are Israel’s chances at securing U.S. visa waivers
To fit American criteria, Israel would need to amend security procedures put in place during the intifada. Other bureaucratic challenges are also likely to slow, or stop, Israel's hopes of joining the visa waiver program
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:04:58 +02:00Our reporter was sent to cover a nude shoot at the Dead Sea. And ended up naked
I always thought I had no problem with my naked body. I’m not proud of it or ashamed of it. But would this theoretical feeling withstand the test of reality? Ultimately, the sign was given. In under a minute we were all naked and waiting for photog...
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:18:41 +02:00Interior minister pushes for separation of asylum seekers' children from Israelis in Tel Aviv schools
Interior Minister Shaked advocated for segregating schools in a meeting with Tel Aviv municipality officials, arguing the move will push asylum seekers 'to leave Israel as soon as possible'
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:56:04 +02:00Israeli cops forced a Palestinian woman to confess false rape claim. Then the rapist struck again
A Palestinian rape victim withdrew her complaint after police in the West Bank threatened her and treated her as a suspect. Three years later, her assailant raped another woman
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:55:21 +02:00Israeli military Home Front exercise to simulate domestic unrest for first time
Following violent riots during the latest Gaza conflict, Israel will include internal disturbances during wartime in a five-day military exercise this week
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:11:49 +02:00Iran points finger at Israel, U.S. for cyberattack on gas stations
Iran's civil defense chief says Israel, U.S. 'and their agents' likely behind cyberattack that disrupted gasoline sales across the Islamic Republic
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:43:02 +02:00They’re just not that into you
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:27:58 +02:00Shut down the Military Censor
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:13:19 +02:00Chabad group targeting teenagers seeks Israeli state money, recognition
Education Ministry examining application by CTeen, which says its work includes 'giving Torah lessons to teens' and 'increasing Jewish identity activities' in schools
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:49:17 +03:00A childhood in Benghazi, a bar mitzvah in Bergen-Belsen
Remembering Libyan-Jewish Holocaust survivor Joseph Labi, who went from home to Italy to the Nazi concentration camp before finding himself in the Palmach
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:32:37 +03:00In Israel, the right acts and the left babbles
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:29:44 +03:00Israel passed on Iran drone intel to U.S. before it imposed new sanctions
According to the U.S., the drones are used by terror groups supported by Iran, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen. The sanctions against heads of UAV program may also give the U.S. leverage in nuke talks
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:11:50 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:47:03 +03:00Erdogan doesn't flinch at sanctions, but Turkey's economy is crumbling
The Turkish president's tough stance toward EU ambassadors looks to have been the wrong call, and his shticks and tricks to boost the economy haven't been working either
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:21:19 +03:00Kuwait, UAE join Saudi Arabia with steps against Lebanon as diplomatic spat widens
The two countries recalled their envoys from Lebanon, following comments of a cabinet minister regarding the war in Yemen
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:17:00 +03:00Top Israeli health official to receive security detail as anti-vaxxer threats intensify
The Health Ministry's director of public health, Sharon Alroy-Preis, is facing the maximum level of threat, according to Israel Police
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:17:30 +03:00Israel Police arrest 17-year-old suspected of killing father
This is the second killing within a family to take place this week in the city of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:05:25 +03:00Sudanese army shoots dead three people during nationwide protests against coup
Sudan's Central Doctors Committee said the three protesters were shot dead by troops in the capital Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman as hundreds of thousands of people across Sudan protested the military coup
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:59:28 +03:00No Netanyahu, a clerk doesn’t decide on the fate of Israel’s democracy
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:09:50 +03:00Five killed in Israeli attack on Hezbollah arms convoy near Damascus, report says
Syrian state media blamed Israel for the surface-to-surface missile attack, which was unusually conducted in broad daylight
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:14:57 +03:00'Anti-Israel' hacking group targets web hosting company, knocks down several Israeli sites
Black Shadow, a hacker group linked to Iran, threatens to leak information from Israeli web hosting site Cyberserve in its latest cyberattack
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:30:32 +03:00Israeli research: COVID booster reduces serious illness by 92%, death by 81%
The study by Israel's Clalit Research Institute and Harvard confirms research showing a fading of the COVID vaccine’s effectiveness after a few months
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:13:01 +03:00Israel's UN envoy tears up human rights council report at General Assembly
A UN committee created to investigate May's Gaza conflict condemned Israel and disregarded Hamas' attacks on Israeli civilians
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:43:09 +03:00Tel Aviv is over
The secret of Tel Aviv’s attraction once lay in its ability to transform nothing into a wonder that allows movement and life. Now it turns out to be a very costly nothing
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:17:26 +03:00How early should kids learn to code?
Should children be taught computer programming and be exposed to high-tech at an early age? ‘After reading, writing and arithmetic, 'one expert stresses, 'it’s important for kids to know programming’
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:43:53 +03:00With COVID in check, Israel’s version of Burning Man is back
The Midburn festival in the desert hosted as many as 5,000 people instead of 13,000 last time, as foreign tourists remain a fantasy for now. Still, under a theme of 'Return,' participants tried to put COVID in the rearview mirror
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:21:15 +03:00FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID vaccine for children ages 5-11
If vaccinations for younger children are approved by the CDC, and then in Israel, about 1 million more Israelis could potentially be vaccinated against COVID
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:37:31 +03:00In Vatican meeting, Biden discusses climate change, COVID, poverty with Pope Francis
Biden and Pope Francis ran overtime in highly personal discussions
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:35:13 +03:00Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom, recalls envoy to Beirut
The move comes days after a video circulated on social media in which Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi described the war in Yemen as an aggression by Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:02:47 +03:00Gantz held security-related meetings in Singapore
According to foreign reports, Singapore is one of the main importers of Israeli weapons, and a clutch of Israeli security firms have representatives in the country
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:30:07 +03:00'On Shabbat, settlers swarm Palestinian villages with clubs. They pull people out of their homes'
The journalist and political activist Yuval Abraham spends a lot of time in the South Hebron Hills witnessing a new type of organized settler violence
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:17:38 +03:00U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iran's drone program
The move comes after Iran's top nuclear negotiator announced that the nuke talks with six major powers would resume by the end of November
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:09:18 +03:00Israel’s fragile coalition tries to regroup ahead of key vote
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks to ministers Lapid and Gantz, after a recording of Shaked disparaging them was aired earlier this week
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:53:09 +03:00Sudan coup leader hints ousted prime minister could return to form new government
Several mediation efforts have been announced since the army dissolved Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's cabinet earlier this week and derailed a transition meant to steer Sudan to democracy
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:48:00 +03:00The forgotten victim of one of Mossad's greatest fiascos
The murder of the Israeli athletes at the '72 Munich Olympics, and the Israeli revenge campaign that followed, spawned many books and films. But in all of them, one figure remains anonymous: Ahmed Bouchikhi
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:41:36 +03:00Israel's president apologizes for 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre
'I bow my head in memory of the 49 people murdered, bow my head before you, their family members, and before the residents of Kafr Qasem,' President Isaac Herzog says
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:10:03 +03:00Woman now thought to be Afghanistan's last Jew flees country
83-year-old Tova Moradi fled the country with her 10 children and nearly two dozen grandchildren last week out of fear for their safety
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:47:19 +03:00Netanyahu knows Bennett's government won't collapse, but that won't stop him
The opposition leader hopes Bennett's Yamina party will disintegrate so he can topple the government as the crucial vote on the state budget nears ■ Where did Gantz go wrong
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:28:29 +03:00Thousands march for climate action in Tel Aviv as Israel vows carbon neutrality by 2050
Prime Minister Bennett pledges to lower Israel's net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 as thousands call on leaders to take action
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:39:30 +03:00COVID in Israel: Children's vaccination panel to be open to the public as fourth wave wanes
Israel sees a day with zero COVID deaths for the first time in nearly four months
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:33:21 +03:00For American Jews, a second Trump term would be catastrophic
Trump’s return would mean a constitutional crisis, a slide into authoritarianism and mob rule in the streets, endangering all of America’s minorities. So why do U.S. Jews seem so bizarrely unconcerned?
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:22:58 +03:00Israeli police officer sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for rape by deception
The officer told six women he holds a classified position with the police and proposed them to join the unit, under the condition that they had sex with him
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:35:39 +03:00Israel to turn back clocks overnight into Sunday as daylight saving time ends
At 2:00 A.M. Sunday morning, clocks will return to 1:00 A.M.
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:22:40 +03:00‘Don’t kill my daughters again’: Gaza doctor looks for justice at Israel’s top court
Twelve years after an Israeli shell hit his home and killed his daughters during Operation Cast Lead, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is taking his battle for a formal apology to the Supreme Court. He knows the odds are against him
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:50:30 +03:00LISTEN: Can Israeli climate tech undo decades of neglect?
With a 120-member delegation to COP26, is Israel finally waking up to the dangers posed by the climate crisis – including matters of national security? PLUS: Indiana Jones and the Lost Church?
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:02:15 +03:00Israel's wishful thinking on Iran: Cyberattacks can topple the regime
The regime in Iran has already survived mass protests with scores of fatalities. But for Israel, taking the initiative trumps watching on the sidelines