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Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:53:41 +03:00Israel's public security minister quietly visited Amman ahead of Ramadan
Jordanian leaders have been meeting with both Palestinian and Israeli officials ahead of Ramadan to discuss the threat of violent confrontations during the holy month
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:40:48 +03:00While you focus on Ukraine, the genocide in Myanmar goes on
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:40:27 +03:00Top Egyptian intel officer: Israeli spy Ashraf Marwan was no double agent
Testimony recently uploaded to YouTube strengthens the theory that the Egyptian spy employed by the Mossad before and during the Yom Kippur War did not play Israel
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:35:44 +03:00Israeli minister seeks public hearings for Supreme Court candidates
Interviews with Supreme Court candidates would be broadcast on television in a bid to strengthen 'trust in the selection process,' says Israel's justice minister
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:04:23 +03:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Ukraine says it reseized towns near Kyiv ahead of peace talks in Turkey
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators prepare to meet in Turkey for face-to-face talks, with Kyiv seeking a ceasefire without compromising on territory or sovereignty
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:01:30 +03:00Bennett delays visit to India after contracting COVID
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who was also due to fly to India to mark the 30th anniversary of relations with Israel, announced Monday that he was postponing his trip
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:51:54 +03:00Israeli forces arrest twelve in overnight raid in ISIS shooters' hometown
The arrested are suspected of possession of weapons and affiliation with the Islamic State, which claimed Sunday's attack that killed two Border Police officers in Hadera
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:44:08 +03:00The politics of Rabbi Kanievsky's funeral
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:39:26 +03:00Shin Bet to streamline anti-terror operations inside Israel in wake of deadly attacks
The Shin Bet security service will merge the two regional commands and HQ into a single unit in a bid to tackle Arab and Jewish terror threats within Israel's 1967 borders
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:13:21 +03:00The right to Chametz, on principle
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:52:11 +03:00Normalization won't make Palestinians disappear
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:40:01 +03:00Fearing radicalization and reprisals, Israeli Arab city condemns ISIS terror attack
While the community in Umm al-Fahm was divided in their opinions on attacks in Israel, leaders say ISIS 'contradicts the values of Islam' and of the Palestinian struggle at large
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:28:33 +03:00No to Israel's cruel home demolitions
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:47:46 +03:00Key witness says Netanyahu greenlit 'sympathetic' treatment to telecom giant
The ex-chief of Israel's Communications Ministry, Shlomo Filber, describes 'blurred boundaries' in his contact with officials from Bezeq, whose merger with TV provider Yes is at the heart of Netanyahu's corruption trial
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:07:58 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:47:54 +03:00To thwart ISIS resurgence, Israel faces an uphill battle
Israel’s battle to prevent copycat ISIS attacks holds a risk with regard to its complicated relationship with Arab citizens
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:03:53 +03:00Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the antisemites’ new George Soros
Major media figures on the U.S. Right aren’t merely backing Putin, the white Christian savior, but attacking Zelenskyy as a 'globalist,' a threat to Ukraine and Western civilization. A familiar antisemitic narrative is undergoing a horrific expansi...
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:24:59 +03:00Police official points at Shin Bet 'weakness' after two attacks by ISIS supporters
Over the last three years, Shin Bet security agency staff have not issued warnings on ISIS activists being real threats, nor have they alerted the police to such operations on the ground, police sources say
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:19:32 +03:00Signaling warming ties, Turkey condemns attack by ISIS supporters in Israel
Israeli Arab committee says ISIS inspired actions are in 'total contradiction' to political and religious values
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:10:16 +03:00Russian-Israeli billionaire Abramovich, Ukrainian negotiators may have been poisoned in Kyiv, report says
Experts say symptoms could have been caused by 'chemical or biological agent or by some sort of electromagnetic-radiation attack,' The Wall Street Journal reports
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 19:44:14 +03:00Russia forcing occupied Ukrainians to use its mobile network
Russia distributes SIM cards to Ukrainians after cutting off phone networks in order to block information flow from occupied areas, intelligence source says
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 19:37:05 +03:00Jerusalem’s deputy mayor scolds Blinken: You’re not welcome here
Deputy Mayor Arieh King, known for settling Jews in East Jerusalem, accuses Blinken of ‘creating a provocation’
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 19:08:24 +03:00After two terror attacks in a week, Israel lays out new measures to prevent escalation
Bennett also decides to make further use of detention without trial against terror suspects while expanding dialogue with leaders from Israel's Arab communities
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:06:25 +03:00When did animals first lose their legs? We finally have the answer
Judging by snakes, the evolutionary solution of limblessness is a hit. Now a fossil found in Illinois delivers the earliest-known reptile without legs, and hints that it might be an ancestral condition
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:39:07 +03:00With two shocking attacks, ISIS rears its head in Israel. LISTEN
In less a week, six Israelis were killed in two terror attacks committed by terrorists who had previously tried to join ISIS. What does it mean that the attackers were Arab citizens of Israel? Also: One month to the war in Ukraine
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:34:12 +03:00Two Israelis killed in shooting attack laid to rest
Israeli Border Police officers Yazan Falah and Shirel Abukarat, both aged 19, were killed in Sunday's shooting attack in Hadera
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:41:40 +03:00Jordan's King Abdullah meets Abbas in Ramallah after skirting Israel Summit
Abdullah says 'We and the Palestinians are on the same side' as Israel holds a summit for its Mideast allies
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:39:28 +03:00Russia just hit a Holocaust memorial in Ukraine. Israel doesn't want to talk about it
Ukrainian calls for the Israeli government to condemn apparent attacks on Jewish sites is as yet going unanswered. Is it due to realpolitik, fear of Moscow, or a credibility problem in Kyiv?
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:04:08 +03:00Invisible Palestinian women finally shine on Israeli TV
An eight-part documentary tells the stories of Palestinian women who, despite numerous obstacles and personal tragedies, have succeeded in making it in the Israeli job market
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:30:37 +03:00Ukrainian Holocaust survivors escape to Germany for safety
In an unexpected twist of history, some of the 10,000 Holocaust survivors who had been living in Ukraine have now been taken to safety in Germany
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:05:10 +03:00Court orders Israel to give Ukrainian refugees facing deportation 48 hours to appeal
Judge rules that any Ukrainians ordered to leave the country be given written notice in Ukrainian and Russian of their right to appeal and their right to a lawyer
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:55:59 +03:00Hadera shooter tried to join ISIS in Syria, served time in Israeli prison
Ibrahim Agbarieh was arrested by Turkish officials before boarding a bus to Syria, though he served a relatively light sentence once extradited back to Israel
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:29:19 +03:00Five vehicles set ablaze in Palestinian village in suspected hate crime
The incident, along with vandalism in another Palestinian town, is the latest in a spate of violent attacks in the West Bank in recent weeks
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:48:19 +03:00Summit to become regular forum, unity will 'deter Iran,' Israel's Lapid says
Decrying terror and envisioning peace, the foreign ministers of Israel, Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain, the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates seek to counter Iran through 'new regional architecture'
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:21:42 +03:00Israel, stop fearing Vladimir Putin
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:10:39 +03:00WATCH: How do geckos hunt deadly scorpions?
Scorpions are legion so it pays to eat them, evolutionarily speaking. Now scientists in San Diego have figured out how adorable tiny lizards overwhelm their death-dealing prey
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:05:59 +03:00Bennett just caught COVID. The fallout goes from Blinken to India
How a peace summit with Arab states, an upcoming state visit to India and mediation efforts in Ukraine will be impacted, or not, after Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for COVID on Monday
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:09:30 +03:00Despite rise in cases, Israel's COVID infection rate declines for fourth straight day
Bennett and Israel's police chief test positive for COVID
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:06:24 +03:00Bennett: Second attack by ISIS supporters requires Israel to adapt quickly to new threat
One of the attackers served a year and a half in an Israeli prison after attempting to enter Syria and fight for Islamic State
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:11:13 +03:00Israel must publicly protest America's policy of appeasing Iran
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:06:24 +03:00Ukraine dispatch: the Russian bullets going after children
Before last month’s Russian invasion, Ukrainians dreamed everyday dreams. Now they face a future of huge uncertainty – including not knowing whether their homes are still standing or if they will ever return to them
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:02:41 +03:00Summit to become regular forum, unity will 'deter Iran,' Israel's Lapid says
Israeli FM Lapid said foreign ministers from Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and U.S. condemned the attack in Hadera and sent their condolences to the families of those killed
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:59:21 +03:00Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tests positive for COVID
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:01:19 +03:00Second terror attack in a week reflects Israeli intel's shortcomings
Israel is investigating whether the Hadera murderers had a similar ideological background to that of the terrorist who went on a killing spree in Be’er Sheva
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:48:54 +03:00Defensive cooperation against Iran discussed at Israel's Mideast summit
Historic Negev summit is further evidence of the decline in the Palestinian Authority’s status in the Arab world
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:37:55 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 01:00:41 +03:00Too many American Jews still believe Putin-style lies
Will Putin's clear lies on Ukraine be a wake-up call to those U.S. Jews who've swallowed lies and conspiracy theories at home – even when antisemitism is the inevitable end game?
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:29:24 +03:00Letters to the Editor: Why did Haaretz columnist not listen to Zelenskyy’s Knesset speech?
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:12:38 +03:00Israel must end its theatrics in the West Bank
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:02:16 +03:00Shas leader Dery's brother to plead guilty to tax fraud in plea bargain
Shlomo Dery will plead guilty to three cases related to tax evasion, including aiding his brother Arye by claiming his income from a U.S. investment fund as his own
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:06:23 +03:00Jewish settlers move into historic building in Jerusalem’s Old City Christian Quarter
The controversial battle by an Israeli settler organization for Jewish ownership of the hotel, which Christians see as crucial for area's character, has been ongoing for 18 years
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 22:34:21 +03:00Abbas asks Blinken to press Israel on settlement freeze, settler violence
The U.S. secretary of state urged Israel to de-escalate tensions before Ramadan, as he visits the region for historic 'Negev Summit' with Arab allies
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 21:11:17 +03:00Two Israelis killed in shooting attack amid U.S.-Mideast summit, assailants shot dead
Attack by two Israeli citizens comes days after deadly stabbing and ramming in Be'er Sheva, and as officials warn of escalation ahead of Ramadan
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 20:02:11 +03:00Twenty years since Israel’s biggest missed opportunity
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 19:58:06 +03:00Israel's Mideast summit is ignoring us Palestinians. We’re ignoring it, too
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:36:26 +03:00Israeli settlers’ grim offer to Ukraine's Jewish refugees
Israel’s settler council is preying on vulnerable refugees from Ukraine, offering help and homes in West Bank settlements. Beneath the smiles, there's a toxic message: Flee occupation, become occupiers
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:27:53 +03:00Blinken, Bennett discuss Iran deal, settler violence, Ukraine war ahead of Israel summit
In Israel, the secretary of state warns against settlement expansion and violence ahead of holidays. As Mideast foreign ministers arrive at the 'Negev Summit,' the Palestinian Foreign Ministry argues Israel is trying to divert attention away from the...
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:47:33 +03:00A single complaint behind claim of Islamist 'modesty patrols' on Israeli campus
The president of Ben-Gurion University claimed the institution had uncovered an 'Islamist cell' targeting female Bedouin students, but source says the male students involved were barred from campus shortly after
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:05:33 +03:00Israeli TV won big at the Series Mania festival. It's easy to see why
Israeli shows ‘Fire Dance’ and ‘Bloody Murray’ won awards at the prestigious festival in France last week. This is part of a broader story of the the 'idiot box' overtaking the silver screen in prominence
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:36:04 +03:00Construction accident grinds several train lines to halt in Israel
Technicians are at the scene to repair the damage to the electrical cables, which caused the total shutdown of some stations in southern and central Israel
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:30:59 +03:00Crypto climate insurance? Blockchain philanthropy project launches
Lemonade's Crypto Climate Coalition wants to use fintech and smart contracts to help farmers in the developing world
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:15:11 +03:00This is what's behind Blinken's Middle East visit
For Blinken and the Biden administration, the trip is largely dedicated to ensuring that all of its highly skeptical Middle Eastern allies understand its position on the Iran deal
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:09:06 +03:00Blinken says Israel and U.S. see 'eye to eye' on preventing nuclear Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken slammed Tehran's 'destabilizing activities in the region and beyond' ahead of the five-way summit with Israel and its Arab allies in the Negev
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 13:56:59 +03:00Pyramids in the air: Can this foursome make Israel an acrobatics superpower?
After returning from the World Championships with four medals, Israel’s acrobatics teams have set themselves two important goals
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 12:30:05 +03:00Israel approves four Jewish desert communities in tense cabinet meeting
A shouting match broke out after left-wing ministers slammed the admission committees and the environmental impact ■ Right-wing minister warns of Bedouin settlement if land is left undeveloped in Israel's Negev
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:41:12 +03:00Israel's COVID infection rate wanes for the third straight day after month-long surge
Israel is now witnessing a decline in the R number and daily COVID infections, as well as the sustained drop in serious illness
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:00:48 +03:00The symbolic timing of Israel's Mideast summit for Palestinians
Twenty years since the Arab Peace Initiative was put forth in Beirut, the question of Palestine has all but disappeared from the diplomatic map
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 10:30:55 +03:00Iran says nuclear deal 'imminent,' but U.S. remains coy
A senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says that the U.S. must drop Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its terror list, but the Biden administration says no decision on the issue has been made yet
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 10:13:20 +03:00Israel summit updates: Foreign ministers discuss Iran threat; Blinken warns against settlement expansion
Iran nuclear deal, energy and more on the agenda for foreign ministers from Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and U.S. arriving for Israel's Mideast summit ■ The leaders will meet for an intimate dinner
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:19:51 +03:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Some 5,000 killed in Mariupol since siege began, mayor says
After more than four weeks of conflict, Russia has failed to seize any major Ukrainian city and signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions to focus on securing the Donbas region
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:14:59 +03:0028-year-old Bedouin shot dead in southern Israel
Police arrived at the scene after reports of gunshots heard in Tel Sheva in Israel's Negev desert
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 06:00:25 +03:00Israel summit: U.S. and Mideast allies are far from united on Iran
The summit in Israel's Negev will provide ample opportunities for photo-ops, lofty speeches and good ambience, but each dignitary brings with them a diversity of interests, with Iran presenting the biggest cleft
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:10:48 +03:00Historic summit of Arab FMs in Israel is Shimon Peres’ ‘new Middle East’ half realized
The 'Sde Boker Summit' shows off open partnerships between Israel and Arab states, but conflict with the Palestinians remain
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:28:42 +03:00Israel's police minister will pay for his gaffe, but what about the Palestinian teen killed by his officers?
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:21:02 +03:00An improper Zionist response
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:49:58 +03:00Putin 'cannot remain in power,' Biden says in impassioned speech on Ukraine war
In a major address delivered at Warsaw's Royal Castle, Biden evoked Poland's four decades behind the Iron Curtain in an effort to build a case that the world's democracies must urgently confront an autocratic Russia as a threat to global security and...
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:36:26 +03:00Israel's Gantz planned to join Abbas-Abdullah meeting without informing Bennett
Last week Gantz's office released a statement saying his visit to India will be brought forward so as to begin just four days before Bennett's planned visit to the country, in a move that led to a friction between their offices
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:11:41 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:51:55 +03:00With no apparent path to victory in Ukraine, Russia adjusts expectations
Russian generals' PR moves are divorced from reality, while on the ground a deadlock seems the only outcome of Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:36:03 +03:00Fourth vaccine reduces risk of dying from COVID by 78 percent, Israeli study finds
As omicron's BA.2 variant is fueling a spike in COVID-19 infections, the latest large-scale study by an Israeli HMO suggests that a fourth dose reduces both the risk of infection and severe illness
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:15:58 +03:00Israel isn’t really a friend to anyone
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:10:56 +03:00Yad Vashem condemns Russian strike on Ukrainian Holocaust memorial
About 20,000 people have been murdered by the Nazis at the Drobitsky Yar ravine in World War II. 'The ones coming to denazify Ukraine are actually Nazis themselves,' Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Kornichuk said
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:50:08 +03:00Israel summit: Blinken, Mideast foreign ministers to discuss Iran, energy cooperation
Top diplomats from Israel, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco will be joined at a southern Israeli resort by Egypt’s top diplomat. Jordan likely won't be represented at the historic summit
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:07:18 +03:00‘Zelenskyy is Jewish but he’s a Nazi in his soul’: Dozens at pro-Moscow rally in Tel Aviv amid Ukraine war
'We only want them to be together with Russia and not be Nazis,' says one protester, decrying 'incorrect' media portrayal of Russia's actions in Ukraine
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:59:54 +03:00Why Israel's right is waiting to hear this witness in Netanyahu's corruption trial
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:21:45 +03:00Palestinians vote in West Bank local elections boycotted by Hamas
While the parliamentary elections were indefinitely postponed by President Abbas, a steady stream of voters was seen outside polling stations, in a second round of voting with more visible opposition to his Fatah party
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:46:25 +03:00Ukrainian family held for three days at Tel Aviv airport after 'controversial' questioning
The family's entry was approved after the Immigration Appeals Tribunal found their story to be credible. 'We are being treated like the worst criminals,' the father said
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:31:07 +03:00Russian invasion: Ukrainian city on Belarus border fears becoming 'next Mariupol'
In Chernihiv, where the mayor says over 280,000 have fled since the Russian invasion, hospitals are no longer operating, and residents cook over open fires in the street because the power is out
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:27:07 +03:00Israeli university cracks down on Bedouin 'modesty patrols'
The patrols largely targeted Bedouin women, who account for 70 percent of all Bedouin students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The university refused to clarify whether the offenders were expelled
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:16:53 +03:00Lawmakers fail to elect new Iraqi president for the second time, in blow to Shi'ite leader
Iran-aligned parliamentarians boycotted the vote, which would have threatened to exclude pro-Tehran factions from power for the first time in years if passed, under Moqtada al-Sadr's platform against Iranian influence
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:02:13 +03:00Israel condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, blames 'Iran’s regional aggression'
Yemen's Houthi rebels said the Saudi-led coalition hit oil facilities as it unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on Sanaa and a strategic Red Sea city in retaliation
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 14:30:27 +03:00EU's Borrell says nuclear agreement with Iran 'very close'
The failure of efforts to restore the pact could carry the risk of a regional war, or lead to more harsh Western sanctions on Iran, analysts say
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:46:09 +03:00Egypt to join summit with Blinken, FMs of UAE, Bahrain and Morocco in Israel
The historic summit will bring together Arab countries that have normalized ties with Israel on Sunday and Monday
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:02:07 +03:00Russia enters a Ukrainian Catch-22
The first professional Israeli analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian war finds that the Russian army learned little from Stalingrad and Afghanistan
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:27:54 +03:00Zelenskyy makes surprise appearance, Qatar takes aim at Israel at Doha Forum
The Ukrainian president calls on countries to increase their energy exports, while Qatar's emir says that anyone who criticizes Israeli policy is slurred as antisemitic
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 09:44:41 +03:00A teen leaves for work. Minutes later his body is pierced by 12 bullets
Two Palestinian teens were riding a motorbike in Nablus when a convoy of Border Police passed by. The officers first claimed the two shot at them, then said that they just pointed a gun, which was never found. It doesn't change the outcome: The offi...
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:28:53 +03:00Why this Israeli researcher is inducing distrust inside her lab
Psychological studies show how people process mistaken information and may prefer to believe ‘alternative facts’ and fake news. A talk with Dr. Ruth Mayo
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 01:05:06 +03:00To start a world war, it's enough for leaders to believe it's inevitable
The fatalist spirit that led to World War I holds a warning for leaders weighing a response to Russia's Ukraine war
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:59:44 +03:00Ukraine vs. Russia, the anti-national war
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:48:09 +03:00A huge security force evacuated two West Bank outposts. Settlers began rebuilding them the next day
One settler said there were already 'three bigger and fancier buildings' at the West Bank outpost, while Israeli security officials decried huge operations as ineffective and 'ridiculous'