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Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:33:18 +02:00Israel's Defense Minister Gantz tests positive for COVID
A number of Israeli lawmakers have been infected with COVID in recent weeks, including the foreign and finance ministers
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:32:25 +02:00ISIS attack on Iraqi army barracks kills 11 soldiers
The attack more than 120 kilometers north of the capital Baghdad was one of the deadliest targeting the Iraqi military in recent months
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:57:47 +02:00Iran, Russian and China begin naval drill 'to strengthen security in the region'
The third trilateral drill, held in the Indian Ocean, is launched as Iran seeks to boost military cooperation, stronger ties with Beijing and Moscow amid tensions with Washington
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:02:49 +02:00It seems the attorney general is done negotiating with Netanyahu
Mendelblit was willing to negotiate a deal but now, after the talks were revealed and he lost support from prosecutors, he believes its best to let the trial end in conviction
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:02:10 +02:00Israel's COVID dashboard crashes. We've entered a new phase
Israelis are weaning themselves off the daily COVID numbers at a symbolic time when the trend is pointing in one direction: Up
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:01:25 +02:00Latest NSO scandal isn't necessarily bad for Israeli spyware maker
U.S. sanctions and other factor may doom NSO, but this week showed how much information it still holds ■ What's missing from the submarine discourse
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:00:13 +02:00Netanyahu is probably guilty, but he might also be Berlusconi
After missing innumerable exit routes, Netanyahu now wants a deal ■ Though the 'Bibists' are celebrating the trial's collapse, that couldn't be further from the truth ■ In any case, Herzog is too decent to pardon Netanyahu
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:01:48 +02:00Israeli woman killed in north is sixth victim of violence in Arab community this month
A 28-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in northern Israel. Police arrest her husband after he allegedly called to report he has killed her
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 02:23:58 +02:00'The couple was in bed when the tornado came through the window and sucked everything outside'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: How a 1 A.M. text message led a young Israeli to volunteer in Kentucky after it was hit by a tornado
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:54:02 +02:00Hamas fights back against Netflix with 'Fauda'-style Palestinian TV series
'Fist of the Free' seeks to showcase 'fighting spirit that resists the occupation,' says head of artistic production unit for Gaza’s ruling group
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:40:26 +02:00Court rejects gov’t bid to freeze sale of plane part that bombed Iraqi reactor
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:06:44 +02:00How the Soviet Union's collapse changed their lives – and our world
Three decades ago, what had been the most ambitious ideological project in contemporary human history – involving the rise of a truly fearsome superpower – ended in a whimper. Nine men and women who grew up in the USSR look back at the trials and...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:53:22 +02:00The city of Jerusalem would not treat its Jewish residents like this
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:22:14 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:22:10 +02:00Jews are alarmed, but Arabs can only dream of police using Pegasus against them
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:21:27 +02:00It's about time Jewish Israelis admit they have failed the Bedouin
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:20:04 +02:00The Israeli occupation's problem isn’t just a few violent settlers
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:19:28 +02:00Is the anybody-but-Bibi camp really more enlightened?
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:02:21 +02:00Israel’s attorney general sets up team to look into police use of NSO spyware
Mendelblit writes to police commissioner that a preliminary probe has so far not found proof of methodical, illegal use of the tools it has
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:54:53 +02:00Israel's High court rules consumers can’t have their electricity cut without a hearing
The court based its ruling on a finding that depriving someone of electricity harms their minimum right to a dignified existence
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:53:06 +02:00Senior Israeli official rejects Netanyahu plea deal that keeps him in politics
In first public remarks on negotiations with the former prime minister, Deputy State Prosecutor Shlomi Lemberger says 'it is inconceivable' that the final indictment would not include moral turpitude
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:42:51 +02:00Constant Yemen airstrikes by Saudi-led forces 'have ruined our lives,' resident says
The seven-year-old conflict has seen more than 100,000 people die as attacks on military sites belonging to the Houthis ramped up cross-border missile and drone launches on Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:38:29 +02:00In Western Sahara refugee camps, little optimism over frozen conflict
Algeria says 165,000 Sahrawi refugees are in Tindouf, as the latest diplomatic moves to resolve the long-frozen conflict between Morocco and Algeria over their territory feel a long way from resolution
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:32:15 +02:00Israel indicts 16 Bedouin over Negev protests against JNF tree-planting
Suspects accused of throwing stones and rioting during protests against what Bedouin protesters say is a JNF seizure of farmland
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:00:56 +02:00As high-tech salaries soar, the rest of Israel feels the impact
The income gap between tech and the rest is growing as the industry booms, but many Israelis can’t even aspire to a piece of the action
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:51:33 +02:00Israel's Lapid gets first phone call in years from Turkish foreign minister
Call comes days after Turkish president revealed potential visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog was being discussed
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:43:25 +02:00At symbol of the Final Solution, two Israelis pass down its history
80 years ago, fifteen high-ranking Nazis held a meeting in Wannsee. The item on the agenda was the logistics of the Final Solution, the bureaucratization of the Holocaust
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:36:50 +02:0080 years on: Why we need to keep going back to Wannsee
January 20, 1942 wasn’t such a pivotal moment: The 'Final Solution' was already well in motion. A million Jews were already dead. But the Wannsee Conference still has a crucial message for us all
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:26:15 +02:00There's a mass Palestinian grave at a popular Israeli beach, veterans confess
The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village's surrender
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:26:09 +02:00Still reeling from last war with Russia, Ukrainian Jews are staying in place for now
Jewish community leaders in eastern Ukraine say there is no sense of panic, despite the deteriorating security situation with Russia, and that previous experiences are helping them now
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:36:39 +02:00Bedouin towns in Israel's Negev desert say power company failing them
Israel Electric Corporation blames disruptions on a combination of unusually cold weather and illegal hookups that overload the grid
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:29:07 +02:00Meretz obejction blocks Knesset vote on bill to prevent Palestinian family unification
The bill, sponsored by Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, will go back to the cabinet for further discussions
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:53:18 +02:00Young Israelis are joining the ‘old folks party,’ but does Labor have a future?
A year after Merav Michaeli took over the slumping outfit that ruled the country in its early decades, young people are joining as the new team focuses on gender issues, the environment and peace
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:18:39 +02:00UN passes Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial on social media
The resolution, which the U.S. and Germany have also lobbied for, also recognizes the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:16:17 +02:00A wild, dangerous military-security complex has seized power in Israel
Israel has turned its most notorious cyberweapon export, NSO’s Pegasus spyware against its own citizens. Fresh from aiding autocrats abroad, now Israel’s security apparatus is killing democracy at home
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:56:40 +02:00They've turned dozens of Israelis into millionaires. Here's their warning for startup nation
Serial high-tech entrepreneurs Benny Schnaider and Rami Tamir sum up nearly 25 years of exit-rich activity: How luck can make the difference, why they often prefer to recruit combat officers – and what's wrong with the recruitment 'arms race'
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:33:10 +02:00Texas hostage-taker's brother pleaded him to let 'innocent people' go in phone call
A recording released by The Jewish Chronicle sheds more light on what happened during the 10-hour synagogue standoff
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:29:24 +02:00NSO Ghana op exposed: Never-before-seen Pegasus spyware footage, workers’ passports
TV report says NSO struck a shady deal with the Ghanaian government, which allegedly planned to use Pegasus to snoop on opposition figures ahead of a 2017 election
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:23:11 +02:00Blinken: Iran nuclear talks at 'urgent' point; source says next month is decisive
A French diplomatic source said negotiations in Vienna need to speed up because the current trajectory would not lead to a deal
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:14:42 +02:00Sudan council agrees with U.S. on amending democracy transition document
Washington says end to violence is a precondition for the restoration of economic aid ■ Medics say over 70 civilians have died in protests since military coup
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:05:14 +02:00This is how 'Fauda' creators just became $50 million richer
The production company owned by the creators of ‘Fauda’ and ‘Hit and Run’ – whose primary asset is their creative talents – has recently signed a very profitable deal
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:43:21 +02:00The Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi is a wake-up call for Israel’s Eilat
Drone and missile attack on UAE oil facilities and airport sends a message about the war in Yemen, and an equally strong signal to the U.S. and Israel about Iran’s determination
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:04:32 +02:00Israel approves COVID boosters for at-risk children aged 5-11
The rollout of the COVID booster shot applies only to 163 at-risk children in Israel
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:42:27 +02:00Biden’s first year in the Middle East was predictable and underwhelming – and that’s good
A political scientist’s term ‘ruthless pragmatism’ best encapsulates the new administration’s first year in office. The United States has provided flexibility, agility and responsiveness as it pivots away from the Middle East
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:34:54 +02:00America’s wild 'World War III' plan for Iran, and Israel’s part in it
The Pentagon’s top strategists, in concert with their Israeli peers, prepared for an almost apocalyptic war in Iran in the 1980s, to counter a Soviet invasion. So why have those plans just been declassified – and published?
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:44:53 +02:00Three Israelis arrested for attacking Arabs socializing with Jewish women
Two Arab men were sitting with two Jewish women in a Bat Yam park when the four were attacked using improvised weapons, Israel Police says
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:29:28 +02:00Renouncing Judaism didn't save these historians from Nazi persecution
A German historical institute acknowledges its own dark history with an online exhibition honoring the memory of seven Jewish medievalists who were expelled from its ranks during the time of the Third Reich
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:16:19 +02:00Israeli gas will illuminate Lebanon's streets, but Iran isn't leaving them anytime soon
Natural gas that Israel sells Jordan will be used to generate electricity for Lebanon, but that doesn't mean that world peace is imminent, or that Iran is backing away from Lebanon or Syria
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:51:17 +02:00Jerusalem’s oldest guardians: Hackberry trees on Temple Mount
They’re hundreds of years old, provide shade in the blistering summer, their wood is used to make amulets and is especially useful for exorcizing demons. A trip to five of the most storied Mediterranean hackberry trees in Israel
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:11:15 +02:00‘Married, but has Grindr’: How Israeli police spied on activists with NSO’s Pegasus
Specialist police unit has been using NSO’s software to collect intelligence on Israelis, such as a social activist believed to be organizing a protest, says new report
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:05:26 +02:00Face mask leads Israeli police to suspect in decade-old rape case
An indictment is expected to be filed against the suspect, a man from Jerusalem now in his thirties
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:48:03 +02:00Israel nixes COVID quarantine for schoolchildren starting next week
A growing number of officials have come out against Israel's COVID policy, as over 100,000 schoolchildren have been sent to quarantine and teachers report half-empty classrooms
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:17:21 +02:00Where the streets have no Arabic name, a group of women reminds us of Palestinian history
Behind the project Shawari’a Yafa ('Streets of Jaffa'), is a mix of Arab and Jewish residents, who seek to commemorate Arab street names that were Hebraized by putting up additional street signs. An enterprise of the utmost importance
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:06:15 +02:00British police arrest two men in Texas synagogue attack investigation
The hostage-taker was known to British intelligence and assessed to no longer be a threat at the time he travelled to the United States, according to the BBC
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:47:16 +02:00Spying on us proves anti-Netanyahu forces were right
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:09:11 +02:00WATCH: Israeli mocking ties with the Emirates shakes the Arab world
'Dubai, Dubai,' a satirical song in Arabic from Israeli comedienne Noam Shuster-Eliassi slamming the normalization between Israel and the UAE has caused a Middle Eastern storm
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:52:02 +02:00Biden predicts invasion of Ukraine, threatens 'disaster' for Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden sows doubt over the West's response to Putin by suggesting there could be a lower cost for a 'minor incursion' into Ukraine, but vows Russia will be 'held accountable'
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:19:44 +02:00Israel signs deal with Germany to buy three submarines
Israel's Defense Ministry revamps its arsenal with the purchase of the three submarines, despite ThyssenKrupp raising the price and corruption charges shrouding the previous transaction
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:04:42 +02:00The NSO file: A complete (updating) list of individuals targeted with Pegasus spyware
The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware is suspected of infecting over 450 phones targeted by clients of NSO, who range from Saudi Arabia to Mexican drug lords. Here’s a list of the confirmed Pegasus victims
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:33:21 +02:00In Israel, Pfizer’s COVID drug faces critical obstacle
Pfizer's Paxlovid, which became available in Israel three weeks ago, has encountered both refusal by COVID patients and logistical hurdles
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:32:45 +02:00Netanyahu plea deal: Attorney general to demand harsher terms
Netanyahu would have to admit he took perks from Bezeq owner in return for regulatory favors, which the former prime minister's associates say he will find difficult to accept
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:05:48 +02:00At cost of truth, Israeli military probes look mainly for someone to put the blame on
The military's chief ordered to investigate the incident in which two commanders were killed by friendly fire, however experience suggests that this time too bereaved families' queries will remain unanswered
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:00:42 +02:00Despite inflated price, Bennett stands by German submarine deal
According to Netanyahu, he acted fast to ensure they get more subs at a reasonable price, but the new government tarried. Bennett's version of events is completely different
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:47:49 +02:00U.S. not doing enough to promote peace with Israel, Palestinian minister tells UN
The Palestinian Foreign Minister calls for a meeting between U.S., United Nations, European Union and Russia 'to mobilize efforts to get out from the current impasse'
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 02:15:19 +02:00Israeli police say they use NSO spyware only after receiving courts’ consent
Israel Police deny claims of using NSO's spyware against civilians without a warrant and say that ongoing use of hacking tool is always authorized
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:39:50 +02:00Arabs in the Knesset are recovering from Stockholm Syndrome
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:32:25 +02:00Israel must say no to plea bargain with newspaper publisher Arnon Mozes
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:58:29 +02:00EU calls on Israel to stop home demolitions after Sheikh Jarrah eviction
The condemnation highlighted an uptick in demolitions by Israeli authorities as Jerusalem advances a 1,450-home settlement plan in East Jerusalem
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:36:05 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:10:52 +02:00Rabbi at center of Texas hostage standoff had resigned in fall amid discord
'They would not tell us why they want him to resign,' one congregant says of the rabbi who led the escape from the gunman
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:50:23 +02:00The strong shekel is weakening Israeli nonprofits – and the problem isn’t going away
The greenback has gone from 4 to nearly 3 shekels in recent years, but many donors don’t notice when they write their checks to Israeli nonprofits in dollars
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:27:28 +02:00Vaccines offer significant protection to kids, teens against omicron, Israeli study finds
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is also weighing up a proposal to exempt schoolchildren who come into contact with COVID carriers from quarantine
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:42:28 +02:00Putin hosts Iranian president for Kremlin talks
The Russian leader and Iran's Raisi are discussing their role in helping bolster the government of Syrian President Assad, the situation in Afghanistan and other issues
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:35:50 +02:00Tunisian police kill man in protests against presidential power grab, activists say
The death would mark the first killing in the wave of growing protests against President Kais Saied's suspension of parliament last July
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:28:39 +02:00Israeli historian to ‘correct’ controversial Bosnia report after being accused of genocide denial
Gideon Greif now agrees that 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica in 1995. However, a critic calls the move a ‘desperate attempt at damage control’
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:25:50 +02:00The latest target of BDS: a Palestinian rapper
After Msallam Hdaib, an Amman-born rapper, performed in Haifa and Ramallah, the BDS called for boycotting him. Arab sources claim that this policy harms people living under oppression
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:26:43 +02:00Inflation comes back to haunt Israel
It’s not the 1980s all over again, but prices are rising faster than they have in a decade and policymakers seem oblivious to the threat
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:59:13 +02:00Israeli cuisine in NYC has never been hotter. Here are the top restaurants right now
Israeli cuisine had become fashionable before COVID and despite the hard times, new eateries owned and run by Israelis are on the rise again
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:48:43 +02:00UN refugee agency pleads for funds for Palestinians in crisis-hit Lebanon
The UNWRA appeal is asking for an additional $87.5 million for cash assistance, hospital expenses and other needs for Palestinian refugees amid Lebanon's economic collapse
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:02:13 +02:00Poor Lebanese, Syrians struggle to survive unforgiving winter
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan are sheltering in poorly heated tents relying mostly on layers of blankets to keep warm
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:25:48 +02:00Israeli officials reportedly meet Sudan ruler in Khartoum
A delegation from Israel will also meet with the head of the military-run ruling council in Sudan, Al Arabiya reports
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:44:14 +02:00Two weeks after fatally injuring Palestinian protester, Israeli driver yet to be questioned
Suleiman al-Hathalin died of his injuries earlier this week after attempting to block the path of a truck removing unlicensed cars in the West Bank
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:43:23 +02:00'The Chameleon': U.S. experts shaken over what this Iranian scholar just said
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a visiting scholar at Princeton and an influential figure in the corridors of power in his country, recently spoke with a smirk of satisfaction about the threats directed against former American official Brian Hook
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:42:29 +02:00Everybody asks, what does Putin want? We think we have an answer
What is Russian President Vladimir Putin really thinking with regard to Ukraine and Russia’s place in the world? If we could interview him, this is probably what he would have to say
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:10:28 +02:00What ants can teach us on democracy and social cohesion
In experiments with ants conducted by scientists at the Weizmann Institute, the majority group was seen to compromise with the minority in order to preserve unity − the first time behavior of this kind has been documented in the animal kingdom
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:06:26 +02:00NSO scandal shows Israelis are fine with human rights violations as long as judges approve
Even if police use of spyware against Israeli citizens was legally approved, the NSO affair highlights how the judicial system is used as a rubber stamp for draconian tools
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:47:10 +02:00Behind Texas synagogue standoff: Jihadi violence, Pakistani politics and raging antisemitism
The Texas hostage-taker tried to free Aafia Siddiqui from U.S. prison. Why she inspires such dangerous fans is a story about Islamism, Pakistan's duplicity, open antisemitism and apologists for terror, from Islamabad to the U.S.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:06:15 +02:00Nvidia wants hundreds of new engineers for its new chip project in Israel
Nvidia, which has become one if the biggest employers in Israeli high-tech, is expanding its activity in the local market - but faces a tough challenge from giants like Google and Meta
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:13:33 +02:00COVID in Israel: New cases break yet another record as isolation period cut
Over 71,000 new COVID cases diagnosed as shortened isolation period goes into effect in Israel and officials consider exempting students from quarantine
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:04:41 +02:00Pfizer chief Albert Bourla awarded $1 million Genesis Prize
The Genesis Prize Foundation notes Bourla's decision to reject U.S. funding of the Pfizer vaccine in order to speed up the jab's development, adding him to a list of Jewish figures to win the prestigious prize
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:17:53 +02:00Israeli physicists create thought-provoking model for material that never melts
The model describing a material where order doesn’t disappear as heat is applied also has implications for our understanding of the early universe
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:07:06 +02:00U.S. fear of Putin, Erdogan spells end of Israel's natural gas pipeline to Europe
U.S. says it doesn’t want to anger the leaders of Russia and Turkey by going ahead with the EastMed project; Israel has no choice but to comply
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:06:05 +02:00Israel Police arrest over a dozen during Sheikh Jarrah overnight demolition
The pre-dawn demolition marked the end of a struggle over a family home in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah on land that has been expropriated by the Jerusalem Municipality to build a school
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:01:53 +02:00NSO scandal: 'Judges don't know what spy tools they're approving'
Senior cops say they were not aware of NSO's Pegasus spyware being used in any investigation, while Israel Police vehemently denies tapping into phones without a warrant
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 02:01:00 +02:00Mysterious rods found in 5,500-year-old tomb prove to be earliest drinking straws
When found in a Bronze Age tomb over a century ago, the metal rods were assumed to be scepters. But royal batons wouldn’t be hollow and have tiny filters clogged with beer crud
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:16:27 +02:00Outlaw NSO's Pegasus spyware now
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:06:59 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:04:11 +02:00First direct Houthi hit on UAE raises Yemen stakes, draws closer scrutiny of Iran allies
Deadly drone attacks on Abu Dhabi are not expected to hinder nuclear negotiations in Vienna
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:43:09 +02:00Attorney general to demand Netanyahu agrees to stay out of politics in plea deal
With two weeks left to reach a plea deal, Israel's attorney general will demand Netanyahu accept a finding of moral turpitude, suspending Israel's once longest serving prime minister from political office
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:37:28 +02:00Erdogan confirms plans for Israeli President Herzog's visit to Turkey
Israeli officials say talks are underway, as the Turkish president eyes warmer ties