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Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:25:37 +02:00Turkey to deport Israeli couple arrested for photographing palace, says lawyer
Israelis Natalie and Mordi Vardin were arrested after photographing the Dolmabahce Palace, once used as a presidential residence, while sailing on a ferry in Turkey
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:15:19 +02:00Motivate, not force: Israel's strategy ahead of children's COVID vaccination drive
Israeli officials want to convince parents to vaccinate their children against coronavirus without making them feel their parental autonomy is being infringed on
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:08:35 +02:00Netanyahu's ex-spin doctor is about to reveal how the corrupt system works
Even when he held key media positions, Nir Hefetz wasn’t driven by a sense of calling. He didn’t want to criticize those in power but to join them, serve them, make a living off them. Now he will testify against them
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:05:32 +02:00The coalition's mission impossible kicks off as Netanyahu becomes Joint List's gofer
What made Netanyahu suddenly join the Haredi war on women's prayer at the Kotel? ■ No party in Israel has changed its DNA as fast as Lapid's Yesh Atid ■ Ayman Odeh makes the biggest racists in the Knesset work for him
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 04:40:59 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:18:36 +02:00Build a hospital in Sakhnin
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:12:00 +02:00LISTEN: Israeli gays pay the price for cyber-arms aimed at queer communities
The same companies which actively promote and recruit gay employees in Israel are selling their espionage equipment to countries that persecute their gay communities
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:34:42 +02:00When Israel housed top scientists in a transit camp deep in the woods
Amid the thickets on Mount Carmel, hidden from the eye and teeming with wild nature, are colorful cabins, some of them containing science books and antique furniture. The story of the singular place that was home to the founders of Israel’s knowled...
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:52:43 +02:00Israeli court upholds ruling to return kidnapped boy to Italy within 15 days
Shmuel Peleg is required to return six-year-old Eitan Biran to his aunt in Italy, but he could still to appeal to Israel's Supreme Court
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:33:24 +02:00It's time for Israel to rewrite criminal law to tackle sex offenses
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:31:17 +02:00Not even 500 Palestinians in Israeli high-tech can hide the exploitation
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:30:37 +02:00Sheikh Jarrah gives Israel an opportunity to steer away from apartheid
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:12:39 +02:00Spyware firm NSO asks Israeli government to help it remove U.S. sanctions
NSO's letter argued that the U.S. blacklisting arose from 'an orchestrated campaign by anti-Israel organizations' that would result in hundreds of employees losing their job
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:01:25 +02:00Broad coalition of Jewish groups urge Senate to hold hearing for antisemitism envoy
A myriad of Jewish organizations urged Senators to fill the position of antisemitism envoy by considering current nominee Deborah Lipstadt, who Republicans are blocking because of past tweets of hers
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:55:03 +02:00Egypt to host next year's UN climate conference, UAE in 2023
COP27 will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, the Egyptian Environment Ministry announced
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:20:34 +02:00Palestinian says he was convicted of throwing rocks at a time when he was in prison
Israeli army says indictment was worded incorrectly – and that the man confessed as part of a plea bargain. Attorney: Justice demands his release
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:14:45 +02:00Suspect arrested in Texas synagogue arson
The Halloween-night attack is the latest in a series of antisemitic incidents in the Lone Star State, including a banner hung by a local neo-Nazi group over an intersection reading 'Vax the Jews'
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:12:31 +02:00'It’s a privilege to have your son immigrate to Israel to become a combat soldier'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A lone soldier claims Israelis know how to enjoy life while Italians don't, and a mom shares the key to raising happy kids
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:07:50 +02:00Why the rockfish can live for centuries and you can’t
A genetic study delves into the secrets of how some rockfish live and die like normal fish after, say, a decade, and some swim on for over 200 years
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:35:09 +02:00A rock hit an Israeli soldier. He responded by shooting at the Palestinian protesters, killing a boy
A group of youngsters threw stones at armed soldiers wearing protective gear. The soldiers responded with tear gas, but when a stone apparently struck one of them, without injuring him, he fired a bullet at 15-year-old Mohammed Daadas. The dead teena...
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:32:17 +02:00Turkey arrests Israeli couple for photographing Erdogan's Istanbul palace
The Israeli couple, charged with espionage, reportedly sent the photo to their family on WhatsApp, writing 'Look at Erdogan's house. See how beautiful it is'
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:56:02 +02:00Sudan's army chief appoints himself as head of ruling council, tightening grip on power
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan gambit comes even as the military pledged to hand over power to civilian authorities, two weeks after the coup
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:54:31 +02:00Two charged with shooting at home of cop heading Israeli unit tackling Arab crime
One of the defendants fired the shots at the home of the head of the unit tackling in the Arab community after he allegedly intervened in a family dispute in northern Israel town of Kafr Kana, the indictment states
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:50:47 +02:00Between Charlie Chaplin and Ohad Naharin: Remembering the legendary Alber Elbaz
To Alber, with love: few fashion designers knew how to juggle the time zones of fashion like Alber Elbaz, who died just short of his 60th birthday in June and whose life is celebrated by French fashion writer Laurence Benaïm
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:44:09 +02:00Bnei Menashe break silence to protest 'subjugation' to NGO controlling their aliyah
Immigrants from India call out Shavei Israel, which they say uses intimidation to silence detractors. The private organization denies the allegations
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:41:45 +02:00‘The Netanyahus’ is about so much more than Netanyahu
The relationship between the two largest and most successful Jewish communities in history, America and Israel, has long been dysfunctional. Netanyahu was just a particularly relentless catalyst to their estrangement
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:24:30 +02:00A Lebanese minister irks the Saudis, and the damages are $300 million and counting
Before he took office, Information Minister George Kordahi voiced support for the Houthi rebels, not the best tactic when you’re hoping Riyadh’s largesse will help pull your country out of a deep economic crisis
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:19:13 +02:00Abortion rate in Israel dropped sharply during COVID pandemic
Experts attribute the almost 7 percent drop in abortions in Israel to COVID-related pressures, but also form a part of a long-term trend
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:07:24 +02:00Why some Israeli Bedouin still turn to exorcism
A mere 15 mental health professionals serve a population of 270,000 Negev Bedouin. While there is increasing openness to psychological treatment, the lack of accessibility, along with political and economic factors and even age-old superstitions, con...
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:06:12 +02:00Homo erectus Vs. Saber Tooth: Archaeology site reveals what early humans encountered in Eurasia
Orozmani, an important new archaeological site in the Caucasus next door to Dmanisi, showcases the spread of Homo erectus out of Africa, and who it met when it arrived
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:58:25 +02:00Biden's Iran envoy headed to Israel, Gulf ahead of nuclear talks
Robert Malley’s regional tour follows this week’s unprecedented joint military naval exercise in the Red Sea involving the United States, Israel, the UAE and Bahrain
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:52:14 +02:00Hezbollah chief doubles down on Saudi 'failure' in Yemen, slams 'fabricated' diplomatic crisis
Hassan Nasrallah defended Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi's comments, which prompted Gulf states to recall their envoys, as 'fair and objective'
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:49:02 +02:00Two Palestinian wounded by gunfire, five injured by stones in clash with settlers
The incident followed the removal of a tent set up earlier in the day, which Israeli authorities considered an illegal outpost
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:20:14 +02:00How Israel’s shekel became the strongest currency in the world
The shekel is at a 25-year high against the dollar, which is good news for Israeli consumers. But it threatens Israel with a 21st-century form of the ‘Dutch disease’
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:52:45 +02:00How to raise a happy transgender child: 'They aren’t essentially different from other kids'
On the eve of Israel’s first conference on transgender issues, psychologist Ofer Sapir shares with Haaretz his advice for problems like when a teacher demands proof a 5-year-old is trans
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:23:51 +02:00Israeli army officer arrested for 'secretly filming female soldiers' on base
Investigators found intimate footage of the female soldiers that was allegedly transmitted from hidden cameras in the soldiers' sleeping quarters
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:14:20 +02:00NSO spyware used by private firm against reporter, top Mexican official
While Israel's Defense Ministry claims that the software is sold exclusively to official defense and law enforcement organizations, Mexican attorney general's statement contradicts it. An employee at Israeli owned firm arrested
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:58:01 +02:00'Destabilize the Balkans': Bosnia protests German award to Israeli Holocaust historian
Responding to Germany’s intention to honor Israeli historian Gideon Greif, who wrote a controversial report on the Srebrenica massacre, Bosnian foreign minister calls his research 'an intro to new conflict'
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:49:03 +02:00It’s just a consulate: Why the latest Israeli-U.S. spat is pointless and useless
The Biden administration doesn’t want to destabilize the Israeli government, while Israel doesn’t want a confrontation with the White House – so why are they squabbling over the location of a consulate serving the Palestinians?
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:25:59 +02:00Netanyahu’s corruption trial shifts to the other side of the bribery equation
For the first time in the courtroom, the words 'Netanyahu told me' were heard
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:50:23 +02:00Palestinians say Israeli NSO spyware found on three senior officials' phones
The officials targeted by spyware are in charge of preparing complaints against Israel to the International Criminal Court, sources say
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:24:12 +02:00Israeli navy's first drill with Gulf states kicks off in Red Sea
'Israel's international standing is strengthening. There is desire by many countries – including some surprising ones – to move closer to us and to cooperate,' Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:00:16 +02:00Israeli rabbinical court overturns decision to release woman from abusive marriage
Canceling a rabbinical court decision is a highly irregular step, which sparked furor in the ultra-Orthodox community
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:47:41 +02:00De Klerk, South Africa's last white president, leaves posthumous apology for apartheid
The final apartheid-era president Frederik Willem de Klerk, who died in his home in Cape Town after a battle with cancer, also warned about the unraveling constitution in South Africa
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:32:41 +02:00Justice Minister Sa'ar to seek coalition's support for bill limiting prime minister to 8 years in office
The bill is not expected to be retroactive and would then not apply to Netanyahu
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:05:10 +02:00A rapist’s prosecution
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:01:13 +02:00Progressive Democrats meet Palestinian communities suffering from settler violence
Following their meeting with Prime Minister Bennett in Jerusalem, lawmakers on a delegation organized by the left-wing Jewish group J Street visited Palestinian communities in the Hebron area and met local activists
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:54:01 +02:00Spyware maker NSO chief quits after U.S. blacklisting scandal
NSO director Itzik Benbenisti announced his resignation only two weeks after taking the helm, following the blacklisting of the Israeli spyware firm by the United States, sources say
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:52:30 +02:00For queer Palestinians like me, intersectionality isn’t working
Palestinian, queer and disenchanted: How constant talk about pinkwashing, settler colonialism and intersectionality pushed me out of the Palestinian LGBTQ movement
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:18:23 +02:00Israel broadens strikes against Iran in Syria, and Russia doesn’t seem to mind
Attacks on weapons shipments and Iranian interests in Syria don't appear to be of much concern to Assad either, and the Americans have more pressing matters to attend to – including the NSO scandal and Israel's response to it
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:51:11 +02:00'I want to be the first Israeli to perform in Gaza for a Palestinian audience'
After a recent much-documented performance in Hebron, rising star Mike Sharif is now setting his sights on singing in Gaza. The ‘Druze wunderkind’ explains why it’s so important for him to perform for Palestinians too
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:34:28 +02:00Two leaders of 'Jewish Taliban' convicted of child sexual exploitation
The men 'brazenly kidnapped two children in the middle of the night to return a girl to an illegal sexual relationship with an adult man," a U.S. attorney said in a statment
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:44:31 +02:00Why do they hate him so much? My evening with the Netanyahus
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:37:34 +02:00French sentenced to life for antisemitic murder of holocaust survivor
The court deemed the crime antisemitic because the offenders had targeted Mireille Knoll because she is Jewish
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:31:30 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:11:03 +02:00Gantz, reveal the threats by leftist activists
Physical violence, guns and grenades, have only been deployed from the right against the left. If Gantz is facing death threats from the left, let him prove it
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:01:38 +02:00Colombian president: Iran must not become a nuclear threshold state
In an interview with Haaretz during his visit to Israel, Iván Duque says his country is committed to fighting Hezbollah and its ties to Iran: 'no country can have relationships with terrorist groups'
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:00:43 +02:00Bedouin lose basic services under Israel's residency rules
'Letters don’t come, deliveries do not arrive' as Population Authority refuses to register tribe addresses
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:00:04 +02:00Life near Israel's landfills, under a cloud of dust and stench
Modern, innovative waste management facilities are supposed to be equipped with measures to prevent hazards, but disillusioned residents aren’t buying it
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:14:45 +02:00Tel Aviv – A city of sleepwalkers
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:10:43 +02:00Israel to back Palestinian NGOs' labeling as terror groups with conviction of Spanish woman
While Juana Ruiz Rishwami didn't belong to any of the six organizations, sources involved in the investigation claimed that collected evidence unequivocally incriminates them, but the material remains confidential
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:20:28 +02:00Palestinian PM to Bennett: Only two-state solution can end 'apartheid'
PM Mohammad Shtayyeh says Palestinians now outnumber Jews in Israel and the West Bank, with 6.9 million Palestinians and 6.7 million Jews between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:08:49 +02:00The only Africans Israel is ready to ‘save’
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:53:42 +02:00Opposition wins first battle to build a new hospital in Israeli Arab city
United Arab List chairman Mansour Abbas, who is in the coalition, opposed the bill, which seeks to correct the lack of hospital infrastructure in Israel's Arab towns and communities
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:18:28 +02:00Police struggle to refute suspect’s claim that he buried Israeli teen at her request
Complicating efforts to indict him, Eduard Kachura says he dug the pit where 17-year-old Yael Melnik’s body was later found last month as ‘therapy’ to quell her suicidal thoughts
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:55:29 +02:00Arrest made in gangland-style murder of bankrupt Israeli real-estate developer
Eldad Peri was one of Israel’s best-known property developers with a personal debt of about $106 million, in addition to about 500 million shekels owed by his company
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:21:21 +02:00EU rights body criticizes 'lack of adequate data' on antisemitism in Europe
The report highlights gaps in Europe's plan to combat antisemitism, including chronic underreporting, amid mounting fears among European Jewish communities
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:01:43 +02:00U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says China may be committing genocide against Uyghurs
The museum has previously stopped short of leveling a charge of genocide against the Chinese government, which has been accused of detaining more than a million members of the Muslim minority in camps
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:30:16 +02:00Sexual harassment rampant in U.S. Reform rabbinical school, says report
Six employees of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, including the school's president and chancellor, were named in an independent probe into decades-long sexual abuse
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:16:11 +02:00Israel backs COVID vaccine for younger children, paving way for inoculation drive
Israel's public health system will now prepare for a countrywide COVID vaccination drive for 5- to 11-year-old children that is expected to begin within 10 days
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:08:31 +02:00The next Turkish TV sensation has an Israeli twist
From the director who sparked 2018's 'Bride of Istanbul' craze in Israel (and elsewhere), "The Club," now out on Netflix, has all the elements of another smash hit
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:56:21 +02:00Why DJs from around the world are suddenly flocking to Israel
After over a year of restrictions, DJs from all over the world are flocking to perform for eager Israeli audiences. Producers celebrate the scene's revival, but strict coronavirus policies lead to clashes with an audience that espouses freedom
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:40:46 +02:00Israel's latest data breach was a perfect storm of negligence and smugness. It'll happen again
A hacking group's breach of CyberServe's servers and the leak of sensitive personal information that followed prove that the authorities that are supposed to protect us were asleep at the wheel
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:35:11 +02:00Sweep against Arab arms dealers shows police have changed – and so has Israel's Arab community
The arrests also demonstrate that the police have the necessary tools to address crime in the Arab community without involving the Shin Bet
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:06:54 +02:00Early humans in prehistoric Israel were picky about where their deer came from
What appears to be a prehistoric yen for quality eats has led to enlightenment about how early humans made use of Qesem Cave in central Israel from 400,000 years ago
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:52:55 +02:00Iran wants closer ties with China – here’s why Beijing isn’t so enthusiastic
Iran wants China’s help in neutralizing sanctions and erasing Western influence from the Middle East, but Beijing’s interests are more transactional
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:38:21 +02:00Israel fails to fix system, unvaccinated tourists can still enter
Despite Israeli Health Ministry briefly taking down its website due to ‘technical problem’ on Tuesday, visitors can still skirt entry rules if they state they are fully vaccinated against COVID - without providing actual proof
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:26:35 +02:00U.K. minister apologizes to Israeli ambassador after pro-Palestinian protest
After pro-settlement Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely was met with demonstrators when leaving an event at the London School of Economics, the Israeli embassy said it will be 'undeterred by extremists'
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:11:12 +02:00Israeli PM meets progressive Dems in Jerusalem, including 'Squad' member Bowman
Bowman has been a strong critic of the occupation since he was elected to Congress last year. He has also stated in the past that the U.S. should consider conditioning military aid to Israel
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:24:22 +02:00Tel Aviv councilman accused of rape resigns as #MeToo rocks LGBTQ community
Prominent activist Etai Pinkas Arad denies allegations of sexual misconduct
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:11:33 +02:00Most Brits don’t know how many Jews perished in Holocaust, new poll says
52 percent of adults polled did not know how many Jews died in the Holocaust and 22 percent couldn’t name a single concentration camp
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:24:33 +02:00Don’t call it 'Kristallnacht'
‘Kristallnacht’ is not only a woefully inadequate term to describe the November 1938 attacks on German Jews: It lends legitimacy to the Nazi propagandists who coined it
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:17:12 +02:00Italy issues international arrest warrant against Israeli who kidnapped grandson
Eitan Biran survived a cable car accident that killed both parents. A second warrant issued by Italy against Israeli aide said to be tied to U.S. military contractor Blackwater
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:44:15 +02:00This Tel Aviv Museum show just opened. It's already sold out
In an unprecedented retrospective exhibit, Yayoi Kusama's obsessive works take over the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. But her art, and life, run much deeper than her Instagram-friendly reputation
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:31:52 +02:00Historian finds one of the earliest public depictions of Nazi gas chambers
A six-panel comic illustrated by August Maria Froehlich first appeared as part of a January 1945 pamphlet entitled 'the bloody record of Nazi atrocities'
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:26:48 +02:00Israel's green lung disease
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:12:33 +02:00Ex-justice says incitement in Israel persists, but no longer comes from the government
Speaking at the Haaretz Israel Democracy Conference, Beinisch said that Israeli society must hold a serious debate on the kind of democracy we want
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 23:48:10 +02:00Starbucks ex-CEO Howard Schultz uses a Holocaust analogy to discourage a union vote
The analogy, which one attendee told the Times was inappropriate, could be interpreted to imply that Starbucks spreads scarce resources across its workforce
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 23:33:31 +02:00On Kristallnacht anniversary, Austrian government unveils memorial wall with 64,440 names
'The Republic of Austria is sending out a visible sign of its responsibility,' cabinet member says. 'The victims are given their names and thus at least part of their dignity'
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 23:13:08 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 22:57:47 +02:00Offices of major Israeli supermarket chain, food maker raided on suspicions of price-fixing
Competition Authority investigators questioned Shufersal CEO Itzhak Aberkohen and Strauss CEO Eyal Dror, in the first antitrust probe of major food retailers since 2009
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 22:53:41 +02:00Democratic Jews elected a military dictatorship
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 22:49:39 +02:00President Herzog, don't give in to Western Wall hooligans
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 22:05:57 +02:00Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy receives Israel’s top journalism prize
'Levy challenges the Israeli consensus in courageous work on the ground that brings the voices of Palestinians' in the West Bank and Gaza, Sokolow Prize committee said
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 21:56:36 +02:00No prison time for Israeli man who fatally shot would-be car thief
Judge argues the 70-year-old man couldn't have waited for police while 'the deceased and his accomplices do what they wanted'
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 21:35:00 +02:00UN agencies back Palestinian NGOs, say received no evidence to back terror allegations
The Israeli decision 'is a further erosion of civic and humanitarian space,' a joint statement says, stressing 'Past allegations of misuse of our funds by Palestinian civil society organization partners have not been substantiated'
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 20:43:52 +02:00Jewish students slam Oxford for donations from fascist Mosley’s family
An Oxford college accepted a $6.8 million donation from a trust set up by the son of Oswald Mosley, and initially planned to name a student building Alexander Mosley House
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 20:00:37 +02:00Sudan court orders internet providers to end blackout, but no sign of services returning
The blackout has made resistance to the military coup more difficult
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 19:53:52 +02:00Israel stepping up plans to meet Iranian nuclear threat, military chief says
Aviv Kochavi tells Knesset committee that the new state budget allows military to meet ‘a variety of challenges’
Tue, 9 Nov 2021 19:20:10 +02:00Jordan's Abdullah talks Palestinians, Jerusalem with Israeli lawmaker Abbas
The king and Mansour Abbas, a member of Israel's governing coalition, met in Amman and discussed peace agreements, the two-state solution and Jordan's custodianship of Jerusalem's Muslim holy sites, Jordanian state media says