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Mon, 7 Feb 2022 11:35:49 +02:00
Israel rebukes Ukraine ambassador over criticizing Lapid's 'propaganda' on Russia
Ukraine envoy summoned to Israel's Foreign Ministry after writing he was 'deeply appalled' by Foreign Minister Lapid's comments on the Ukraine-Russia crisis

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 11:27:48 +02:00
Israel Police spyware scandal: President, lawmakers demand commission of inquiry
Israel police reportedly used NSO Pegasus spyware without a court order to break into the phones of Netanyahu's son, lawmakers, businesspeople and activists

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 11:23:35 +02:00
Israel discovers that on China, Biden is just as tough as Trump
The latest instance of Israel seemingly bowing to U.S. pressure saw two Chinese firms lose a bid to build new light rail lines in Tel Aviv, leading to speculation that Beijing could retaliate

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 09:58:34 +02:00
Israel Police used NSO's Pegasus spyware against top gov't officials, journalists and activists
According to Calcalist, Israeli police also used NSO's Pegasus to spy on businesspeople, Netanyahu's son and advisers - all without a court order ■ 'This is an earthquake,' says top minister

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 06:05:52 +02:00
Israeli army and police shift responsibility to one another as settler violence continues
'It’s very difficult to instill an understanding in the commanders and soldiers that their job is to protect the safety of both sides,' a senior security source said, 'Eventually, this violence will blow up in our faces'

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 06:04:18 +02:00
Charges are pressed only in 4% of settler violence cases
When cases pertain to violence against Palestinians, investigators often ignore evidence, fail to question witnesses, or simply close case

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 01:06:23 +02:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 00:45:00 +02:00
Arabs shouldn’t hold the whip over the ultra-Orthodox

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 00:39:17 +02:00
The media is silent on Avram Grant. I feel like screaming.

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 00:33:21 +02:00
Israel bullies me because it can

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 00:21:16 +02:00
Lapid is standing strong ... against Evyatar

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 00:20:03 +02:00
Fighting monopolies, cartels and concentration

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 00:14:50 +02:00
Parent accuses Tennessee teacher of antisemitic comments, proselytizing in Bible class
The teacher allegedly wrote an English translation of the Hebrew name for God on the whiteboard and told students, 'If you want to know how to torture a Jew, make them say this out loud'

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 23:09:52 +02:00
Israeli wounded by Gaza rocket during May's fighting with Hamas dies at 90
Naomi Perlman was wounded by fragments of a rocket fired from Gaza, while her caregiver, an Indian national, was killed on the spot

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 22:11:06 +02:00
Court approved obtaining contents of Netanyahu trial key witness' phone
An examination is still underway as to the scope and nature of the spyware used by Israel Police to obtain information from Shlomo Filber's phone in Netanyahu's corruption trial

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 20:51:03 +02:00
Israelis didn’t care about NSO and Pegasus – until this scandal
A series of reports into how the Israeli police spied on their own citizens has finally grabbed everyone’s attention – and nowhere more so than among Benjamin Netanyahu’s loyal followers

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 20:38:47 +02:00
Herzog sends well-wishes to COVID-stricken Erdogan, teases Turkey visit
Although Erdogan had announced last month that the Israeli president would be visiting Ankara, this is the first time that Herzog's office confirmed the news

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 20:25:45 +02:00
In call with Bennett, Biden says will visit Israel this year
The two leaders discuss ongoing Iranian aggression, Bennett congratulates Biden on 'courageous' assassination of ISIS leader

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 19:08:07 +02:00
Israeli police chief lands in Abu Dhabi for first UAE visit
The police chief will also appoint an Israel Police representative in the United Arab Emirates, who will be based in the Israeli Embassy in Abu Dhabi and oversee police activities in the UAE, Africa and the Middle East

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 18:41:02 +02:00
U.S. general arrives in UAE to bolster military support after string of Houthi attacks
U.S. General Frank McKenzie arrives in Abu Dhabi to underscore security commitment to the Gulf state in the wake of Houthi missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 18:08:48 +02:00
With ‘Suspicion,’ a great Israeli TV show gets lost in translation
Apple TV+’s ‘Suspicion’ embiggens ‘False Flag’ in a silly remake, while Amazon Prime beefs up with ‘Reacher’

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 17:01:33 +02:00
When the Palestinian victim is not a U.S. citizen, the Israeli army doesn't care
Ibrahim Abu Yaqoub was killed by Israeli soldiers when he was out for a walk. A soldier's testimony exposes the contrast between how the army treated his death and how it reacted to the death of a Palestinian-American

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 16:31:29 +02:00
Complaint filed against soccer coach Avram Grant over sexual harassment claims
Following a Channel 12 expose on the former Chelsea Football Club coach, FIFA says that it will investigate the allegations ■ 'I have tried very hard to treat women with respect and friendship,' Grant said in response

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 15:36:12 +02:00
Reform Jews in Israel furious over attack by Army Radio host
Talk show host Irit Linur said Reform Jews don’t belong in Israel and compared them to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor cult. Israel’s liberal Jewish movements are calling on her to apologize or be dismissed

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 15:14:16 +02:00
Why French Jews finally changed their view of the Armenian genocide
For decades, France’s Jewish community followed the Israeli line on the Armenian genocide of 1915. Now, Jewish and Armenian historians agree, that approach is itself being consigned to history

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 15:09:21 +02:00
Israel's cabinet to send Palestinian family unification bill for Knesset vote
The loggerheads over allowing Palestinians a route to citizenship through marrying an Israeli almost toppled the coalition in July, but the gov't batted away appeals to send the bill for a vote in the Knesset this week

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 14:34:47 +02:00
'Falafel Jazz' in the Big Apple: This N.Y.C. jazz club got its groove from Israel
Omer Avital and Yoav Aderet turned a damp Brooklyn cellar into a warm home for Israeli musicians – and a few American stars who swing by, even though the place doesn't charge admission

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:58:28 +02:00
Intimate family memoir details 'overlooked' Romanian role in Holocaust
'So They Remember' teases out an untold chapter of the Holocaust through the author's grandfather, and comes amid waning interest in the genocide among Romanians today

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:38:04 +02:00
'The Saudis treat us like animals'
'In Kenya, I bought you. You will do what I want.' Riyadh formally abolished slavery in 1962, but migrant workers, especially women, offer shocking testimony about what it’s like to be one of Saudi Arabia’s African 'slaves'

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:33:56 +02:00
Israel expected to elect first woman as attorney general
Gali Baharav-Miara, who worked for 30 years in the civil division of the Israel's State Prosecutor's Office, received Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar's recommendation last week ■ Cabinet set to vote Monday

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:00:07 +02:00
30-year-old shot dead in family feud in central Israel city
The killing takes the death toll from infighting among Ramle's Jarushi clan to seven, and represents the ninth death since the start of another bloody year for Israel's Arab community

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 12:32:40 +02:00
Top Israeli health official says 'pandemic still with us,' as serious COVID cases set new record
Israel recorded an all-time high of 1,263 seriously ill COVID patients on Sunday, but new infections and spread continue to drop

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 12:17:24 +02:00
With the poverty rate at 60% and a president spewing fantasies, will a nuclear deal save Iran?
The economic sanctions are biting hard, and pressure at home may speed up the negotiations for a new nuclear agreement

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 12:14:48 +02:00
What did the FBI really want NSO’s Pegasus for?
In Israel or in Djibouti, in the U.S. or in the EU, the reports about NSO fail to reveal the real problem with the notorious spyware

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 12:00:10 +02:00
Amid power struggle, boycotts mar Palestinian Central Council convention
A once-seminal event in Palestinian politics, the calls to boycott have intensified following accusations that Abbas is levying the meeting to advance his inner circle and continues to block radical proposals against Israel

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 11:07:47 +02:00
Mayor of Israeli Arab town cancels 'unseemly' play about violence against women
One Arab social activist criticized the decision by Jatt's mayor as 'oppression, silencing, burying the voices of the murdered women,' which comes in light of the attempted femicide in Lod on Friday

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 10:54:47 +02:00
‘We don’t want these kinds of people’: NSO employees pay the price for Pegasus spyware scandal
Some cybersecurity execs refuse to hire ex-NSO workers, who they claim lack a moral backbone and could expose their clients to risks. Are they a minority?

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 10:43:24 +02:00
Eurovision 2022: Israel's entry will be Michael Ben David's 'I.M'
'I.M,' an electronic dance song with Middle Eastern twist, will represent Israel in the Eurovision song contest, which will take place in May in Turin, Italy

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 09:49:37 +02:00
Unvaccinated vs. boostered: What the COVID death toll from Israel reveals
Some 680 Israelis died from COVID last month, with unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people over 60 making up a highly disproportionate number of cases, despite being only 12% of the overall age cohort

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 09:47:37 +02:00
U.S. officials: Kyiv would fall in a couple of days if Russia invades, 50,000 civilians could die
U.S. sources estimate that the 100,000 Russian troops amassed at the border are 70 percent of the level needed for full Ukraine invasion

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 06:00:14 +02:00
Israel's COVID crisis managers are becoming reality TV stars
The new star turns of the people who are supposed to keep the country safe are becoming reminiscent of Berlusconi's Italy – and harming public trust in them ■ Israel is about to face Denmark's COVID dilemma

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 02:47:33 +02:00
Netanyahu's defense to ask to delay witness' testimony after police admit spyware use
State’s witness and former director general of the Communications Ministry Shlomo Filber is expected to testify in the Bezeq-Walla case

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 02:24:29 +02:00
We've obsessed over our past with no clear future in sight

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 01:04:34 +02:00
'They want a war': Attorney General's approval of West Bank outpost spurs on Palestinian protests
The Palestinians of Beita have demonstrated every week since the establishment of Evyatar last year, losing eight people. With Mendelblit's final action in office, he has given the protests a new lease of life

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 00:12:27 +02:00
Who is destroying the rule of law?

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 00:10:23 +02:00
The new normal for U.S. Jews

Sun, 6 Feb 2022 00:08:38 +02:00
Don’t mix the Pegasus probe with the Netanyahu trial

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 23:18:34 +02:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 22:26:14 +02:00
Netanyahu used NSO's Pegasus for diplomacy. Now he blames it for his downfall
Netanyahu rode Pegasus all the way to the Abraham Accords, his most important contribution to Israeli foreign policy. Now he believes that the NSO software cost him his power

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 20:26:23 +02:00
Serious COVID cases in Israel hit all-time record
Despite the peak in serious illness, Israel continues to see a sustained drop in COVID infections

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:46:53 +02:00
Justice minister blocks Israel boycotters from state tenders and benefits
'The State of Israel needs to fight the foolish attempts to boycott it,' said Gideon Sa'ar, 'which are part of a broader process of delegitimizing the Jewish state'

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:40:53 +02:00
Helen Mirren says questions over her casting as Golda Meir 'utterly legitimate'
The British star responded to the criticism over the decision to allow a non-Jewish actress to play the role of ex-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in a Hollywood biopic

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 18:21:30 +02:00
Trapped Moroccan boy dead after five-day effort to rescue from well
5-year-old Rayan was retrieved on Saturday evening, but he was later declared dead

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 17:28:54 +02:00
Dispute over security protocols may halt Israel-Dubai flights next week
Shin Bet stresses that the disagreements concern security alone, and are unrelated to diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 16:38:22 +02:00
Turkey's Erdogan tested positive for COVID-19
Erdogan and his wife have 'mild symptoms,' according to the Turkish president, who said he will continue to work from home

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 16:28:24 +02:00
Coups, COVID and Israel divide African leaders at summit
At the African Union meeting on Saturday, Palestinian PM Shtayyeh called for Israel's observer status to be revoked, a move supported by Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa and others

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 12:59:18 +02:00
Palestinian schools in West Bank to close for 10 days over COVID wave
With the West Bank seeing a surge in cases, the Palestinian health minister announces closure of schools but says full lockdown not being considered

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 04:38:28 +02:00
Three arrested following neo-Nazi attack in Florida
David Newstat, a Jewish student at the University of Central Florida, says he was spat on, punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed after confronting a neo-Nazi demonstration in Orange County, Florida

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 01:56:07 +02:00
Macron and Scholz to visit Moscow and Kyiv in order to deter Putin
Macron's planned visit next week, and Scholz's the following, come as China has supported Russian demands that Ukraine will not join NATO

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 01:02:41 +02:00
U.S. restores Iran sanctions waiver as Vienna talks enter final stretch
The Trump Administration had rescinded the waiver in 2020 which allowed companies to carry out non-proliferation work at Iranian nuclear sites, however a Washington official said this does not mean the U.S. will rejoin the agreement

Sat, 5 Feb 2022 00:26:41 +02:00
26-year-old woman shot and seriously wounded in central Israel
Police arrest ex-husband and his brother in the shooting of Lamis Abulaban, which they believe is connected to their divorce

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 23:54:59 +02:00
Mike Pence: 'Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn election'
Speaking to the conservative Federalist Society in Florida, the former vice president called January 6 'a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol'

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 23:43:19 +02:00
For 50 days, Israel kept this Palestinian village under siege
For almost two months the IDF closed off all the entrances to the village of Deir Nizam, other than one, where soldiers were posted day and night. During this period the army also raided homes and the local school

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 23:05:32 +02:00
The absurdity of forcing Israeli high school students to memorize Nazi ideology
Describe the Wannsee Conference, declaim the Nuremberg Laws, cite SS officers' reports – is there any other country that demands that its students delve so deeply into the minutiae of Nazi ideology?

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 21:49:30 +02:00
Meditate on this: An Israeli lab can access your thoughts
What goes on inside us when we think, remember, imagine? Scientists in Haifa are plumbing the world of consciousness by using advanced tools to observe subjects who are meditating. The interventions they've developed enhance mental health – as seen...

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 21:21:04 +02:00
Killing of ISIS chief was an American success. But the group will live on
The U.S. operation in Syria sends a message to the Shi’ite militias in Iraq and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, but it’s unlikely to deter the Islamic State

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 20:29:11 +02:00
Hateful graffiti spray-painted, tires slashed in West Bank village
The writings 'The day of revenge will come,' and 'Our land for our people' were scrawled in the Palestinian village of As-Sawiya

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 18:36:38 +02:00
Israel's army chief expresses sorrow over death of elderly Palestinian in first meeting with U.S. envoy
Kochavi tells Nides that a military police investigation into the death of 78-year-old Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad, who died after being detained by Israeli soldiers, is still ongoing

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 15:03:12 +02:00
Austria vaccine mandate to take effect, but few emulating it
The Austrian mandate for residents 18 and over to get vaccinated is the first of its kind in Europe

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 14:02:44 +02:00
17-year-old Palestinian charged with settler's murder in West Bank
The deadly ambush at the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank left yeshiva student Yehuda Dimentman dead

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 13:30:16 +02:00
Erdogan says Turkey, Israel can cooperate on bringing gas to Europe
Israel's President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to visit Turkey in mid-March in an apparent easing after years of animosity between the two countries

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 13:27:02 +02:00
Top Israeli official explains why Evyatar won't be legalized
Ex-Attorney General green lit the establishment of a settlement at the cleared-out site of Evyatar, days before his tenure ended, but Israel's top court would likely strike down the move and the political considerations would be too sensitive

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 11:23:44 +02:00
Israel approves scrapping proof of COVID vaccination for most venues
New COVID infections continue drop, but Israel's serious cases remain high

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:04:28 +02:00
Settlers score decisive win against Israeli government
The lifeline thrown to the Evyatar outpost as a parting gift from the attorney general reflects the failure of the left-wing members of Bennett's cabinet

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:03:40 +02:00
Israel seeks to shield Shin Bet high-tech spying
The Justice Ministry is drafting an amendment to give the agency legal basis for what it does anyway. 'This is an extreme privacy violation that has no parallel in other democratic countries,' said a rights group

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:02:32 +02:00
Israeli soldiers must hear this from their commander
Two failures – the death of an 80-year-old Palestinian and the death of two soldiers by friendly fire – should prompt Israel's army chief to take a public moral stance

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:01:42 +02:00
What Gulf states urgently need from Israel against Iran
Amid a flurry of diplomacy and missiles, top defense expert says Israel could send UAE and Bahrain a range of tools – from radars to Iron Dome systems – if a mechanism endures they won't fall into the wrong hands

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 06:00:40 +02:00
Israeli attorney general's ‘parting gift’ to government: a land mine
The Evyatar settlement outpost will put to the test almost all parties in Israel's government of change ■ A brave woman, now the new target of the Bibi-ists, has been tapped for the most challenging position

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 01:50:01 +02:00
Israeli government says fate of illegal outpost of Homesh in Gantz's hands
In response to a petition filed by Palestinian landowners, Israel said that while it is enforcing the ban on new construction at the site, the defense minister will have the final say on whether to demolish the yeshiva

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 01:28:05 +02:00
'I travel the world, work in cryptocurrency and try to be in Israel as little as possible'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A digital nomad who says crypto trading is basically gambling, and a carpenter heading to Australia to reunite with his partner after being kept apart by COVID

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:59:26 +02:00
Why Whoopi Goldberg, and all of us, should read 'Maus'
Whoopi Goldberg tied herself in knots trying to explain that Nazi Germany’s industrial extermination of Jews wasn’t 'about race.' But her suspension is unfair: Defining Jews really is a minefield, as 'Maus' so graphically illustrates

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:27:04 +02:00
The Knesset's committee for window dressing

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:22:57 +02:00
Here's what will happen when a serious earthquake shakes Israel

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 00:18:50 +02:00
Israel's attorney general proves that under occupation, violence always wins

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 23:41:13 +02:00
The secretive movement that's fundamentally transforming India
A rare look inside the conservative, Hindu-nationalist RSS organization

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 23:38:50 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 22:25:31 +02:00
Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank confront winter COVID surge fueled by omicron
Over 70,000 active cases in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry reports, as West Bank hospitals reach 85% capacity

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:48:19 +02:00
Israel Police admit hacking into phone of key witness in Netanyahu trial, source says
Police say they used spyware to break into the phone of a key witness, after Netanyahu asked the court to divulge all intel gained through the hack

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:30:50 +02:00
Mentally-ill Palestinian detained for weeks without proper psych evaluation
Man, 30, was arrested on suspicion of running over a soldier. Despite three court orders, Israel has failed to provide a psychiatric opinion saying that he is mentally fit for detention or to stand trial

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:18:54 +02:00
Netanyahu’s lawyers demand data gained from phone hacking over criminal trial
Benjamin Netanyahu and a co-defendant in his criminal trial, Shaul Elovitch, demand Israel explains phone hack, after a report revealed police spied on an individual linked to corruption cases

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 19:32:57 +02:00
Louis C.K.'s gigs in Israel this month are already sold out
The comedian, accused of sexual harassment in 2017, will appear in three performances, with tickets priced at $105 sold out an hour after going on sale

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 19:31:29 +02:00
Their Palestinian-American father was left to die by Israeli soldiers. Now they seek justice
Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad was a loving father who valued family above everything, say his daughters Heba Assad and Hala Hamad. Now they want the Israeli soldiers responsible for his death to be held accountable

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:17:34 +02:00
One in three Israelis contracted COVID since pandemic started
About 1.65 million Israelis have contracted COVID since the onset of the omicron wave, accounting for over half of the total coronavirus cases

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:59:48 +02:00
Party's over? Tel Aviv's iconic clubs to shut down to make way for luxury apartments
Nightlife in south Tel Aviv is one of the casualties of the real-estate gold rush

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:59:39 +02:00
Were six million Jews in fact killed in the Holocaust? The number is actually quite round

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:45:29 +02:00
'Finding Ola': Netflix bets on this rule-breaking Tunisian actress to break into the Arab world
Actress and producer Hend Sabry is also a lawyer fighting for women’s rights besides portraying roles that confront feminist issues. With her new series on the streaming service, she responds to critics claiming that she is too bold

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:45:11 +02:00
Five Palestinian NGOs outlawed as terrorist groups file objections, claim failure of 'due process'
Palestinian groups claim Israeli army's decision to outlaw them was made based on classified intelligence information they were not provided with – and are unable to defend themselves against

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:19:41 +02:00
Israeli Arabs raise over $6 million for refugees in Syria as region freezes
Aid organizations in Israel's Arab community see outpouring of support, even from those of modest means

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +02:00
‘We're outraged’: Liberal U.S. Jews feel betrayed by new Israeli government
The arrival of the ‘coalition of change’ was meant to signal a new dawn in Israel-Diaspora relations after the toxic years of Netanyahu. Yet nearly eight months in, many U.S. Jews are mad as hell at Naftali Bennett

Thu, 3 Feb 2022 16:24:21 +02:00
The unconventional Druze woman introducing U.S. Jews to ‘another Israel’
Gadeer Kamal Mreeh is not your average Jewish Agency envoy. For starters, she’s not even Jewish. But this former TV presenter and lawmaker has never believed in following the standard path in life



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