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Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:53:46 +02:00Malaria detected among hunter-gatherers 7,000 years ago
The conditions amenable to the mosquito had been thought to be correlated with agriculture creating stagnant water. Yet in Southeast Asia, the disease predated farming by at least thousands of years
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:51:22 +02:00From voting to protests, how Israeli expats will try to influence Tuesday's election
Israel's borders are officially open again, but quarantine regulations and a limited number of flights have created major obstacles for Israelis hoping to fly home for Election Day
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:43:15 +02:00Labor party will back Lapid to form government after Israel election, candidate says
Nachman Shai tells Army Radio that the party will back the Yesh Atid chairman to lead the coalition, day after Meretz's Nitzan Horowitz declares the same
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:19:44 +02:00U.S. Capitol police suspend officer over antisemitic tract
Force takes action after 20th century screed 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' found at a checkpoint inside the congressional office building
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:17:11 +02:00Israel vaccine data: How many have already been inoculated for COVID
55.9 percent of Israelis has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and 46.1 percent the second. Vaccine data shows promising results
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:41 +02:00Israel finds new Dead Sea Scrolls, first such discovery in 60 years
Written mainly in Greek, newly unveiled Dead Sea Scrolls fragments contain parts of the book of the 12 minor prophets. Massive survey of Israel's Judean Desert caves also discovered body of mummified child wrapped in a 6,000-year-old blanket
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:42:12 +02:00Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? Truth is, no one is sure
The apocalyptic and messianic visions in the Dead Sea Scrolls are clear even if who the Scrolls Sect members is anything but. The Essenes are no longer a consensus option
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:23:18 +02:00Coronavirus live: Israel reopens skies ahead of election
Israelis can fly home from all locations ■ Pandemic czar says vaccine 'probably' effective for more than six months
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:02:21 +02:00After four elections, Israeli voters are losing their party loyalty
Israeli voters tell Haaretz why they will vote differently in next week's election
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:00:19 +02:00Israel's left-wing camp didn't shrink. New poll finds what happened to its voters
Only 20.5 percent consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict an important electoral issue, poll shows
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:56:35 +02:00Israeli Education Ministry gives principals vaccination records of teachers and students
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called this a 'severe violation of privacy'
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:37:33 +02:00Netanyahu says Israeli economy weathered COVID with flying colors, but data is unclear
Economists are divided about whether Israel coped successfully; GDP fell a modest amount but population growth is high, automatically boosting GDP
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:16:50 +02:00Dozens protest prosecutors' decision to drop rape charges against Israeli man
More than 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for more serious charges against Yarin Sherf, who was charged with consensual prohibited relations, assault and battery
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:11:12 +02:00Invasive species spreading off Israel's coast, heralding ecological hazard
Large populations were found in the shallow waters between Haifa and Netanya last summer; researchers say it is already affecting the food chain in the sea
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:51:08 +02:00A year of COVID anxiety has left many Israeli workers on edge
Working from home at a time of great uncertainty and without the usual psychological supports caused burnout to grow
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:50:29 +02:00Government plan for climate change inspires Israeli cities to join the fight
A government-funded initiative, which allocates 2M shekels to fight climate change, draws municipalities' attention amid challenges to realize them
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:44:58 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:26:23 +02:00Surprised Netanyahu's supporters are after you now?
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:35:13 +02:00Meretz leader says will recommend Lapid for prime minister after election
Nitzan Horowitz says Meretz seeks to be a partner in a Lapid-led gov't, while the Yesh Atid leader avoids declaring he's vying for prime minister
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:43:23 +02:00Israel’s dangerous precedent in Syria
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:37:52 +02:00Bennett’s Choice: Will he ever be able to break away from Netanyahu?
No one seems to believe that Bennett has burned his bridges and won't find himself back in Netanyahu's coalition after the election
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:29:10 +02:00Israeli cops charged with assaulting man who wasn't wearing a COVID mask
Two policemen used a stun gun against the man, who refused to identify himself after they attempted to fine him for violating coronavirus regulations, causing severe head injuries, the indictment said
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:16:59 +02:00Israel's IronSource set to list its shares via shell company deal
Deal with fund Thoma Bravo would value combined entity at $10 billion
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:05:40 +02:00Netanyahu breaks silence on sexual assault accusations against Zaka founder: 'I hope it isn't true'
The police said they would open a formal investigation into Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, following accusations of sexual assault and exploitation of women, men, and children revealed in a Haaretz report on Thursday
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:58:34 +02:00These Israelis are keeping Gantz's political project alive, but just barely
Despite facing electoral oblivion after Benny Gantz's decision to join up with Netanyahu's government, Kahol Lavan has mustered up a motley coalition of tactical and ideological voters that might keep it in the Knesset
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:20:16 +02:00As election nears, violence against anti-Netanyahu protesters spikes, but fewer indictments filed
Since the outbreak of weekly protests almost a year ago, Haaretz has found that only nine indictments have been filed for attacks on anti-gov't demonstrators, even though dozens of incidents have been caught on video
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:35:19 +02:00For the Druze in the Golan Heights, the Syrian civil war opened a new door to Israel
Ten years after the Syrian civil war began and with their motherland lying in ruins, young Druze in the Golan Heights are increasingly shifting their focus, if not always their allegiance, to Israel
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:18:48 +02:00Mideast arms imports grew by a quarter in a decade, watchdog says
Qatar increased its purchase by 361 percent, while Saudi Arabia, the world's largest arms importer, increased by 61 percent
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:15:23 +02:00After decade of conflict, Libya swears in first unity government
Despite both main sides of the conflict formally backing the UN-negotiated government, foreign mercenaries and forces remain in place and local armed groups hold sway over specific areas and state institutions
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:39:30 +02:00'Republic of Queues': 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation
Assad may still be in power, propped up by Russia and Iran, but millions are being pushed deeper into poverty, and a majority of households can hardly scrape together enough to secure their next meal
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:49:53 +02:00Netanyahu abuses democracy as Biden tacitly nods in agreement
Prime Minister Netanyahu is showing voters that no U.S. president will prevent him from promoting a quiet transfer in the West Bank or imposing an apartheid regime in the territories
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:26:15 +02:00Morocco hopes its Jewish history will boost Israeli tourism when flights resume
Morocco has sought in recent years to recognize the Jewish role in its history, launching a program to restore synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and heritage sites, and reinstating the original names of some Jewish neighborhoods
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:23:05 +02:00Video shows strike by Israeli-made kamikaze drone in Armenia during Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
Footage released by Armenian officials shows drone destroying Russian-made anti-air battery during war in which Israel was criticized for not suspending arms sales to Azerbaijan
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:09:32 +02:00Disgraced Zaka founder turned away when trying to give police his version of sexual assault allegations
Lahav 433 officer turns away Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, telling him that his version cannot be heard when he has not yet been summoned to an interrogation or to testify. Accusations surfaced following Haaretz investigation
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:56:55 +02:00Syria says it foiled explosives plot in Damascus on uprising's 10th anniversary
Security forces killed three people they said were terrorists and arrested three more, state media reported
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:37:07 +02:00Israeli 'White Eye' nabs Oscar nomination for best Live Action Short Film
'White Eye' tackles Israel's 'blind' bias toward African migrants
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:32:15 +02:00U.K. sanctions six allies of Syrian President Assad
Those sanctioned include the president's foreign minister and close advisers as country marks ten years of conflict
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:30:47 +02:00New book reveals the 'Amazons of the Mossad'
Female spy-warriors who worked in Israel's testosterone-fueled intelligence agency are exposed in new book 'The Mossad Amazons'
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:15:50 +02:00Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God 'can't bless sin'
Two page decree, approved by Pope Francis, distinguished between the churchs welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:08:09 +02:00Iran unveils underground 'missile city,' fitted with 'electronic war' equipment
New Iranian systems 'capable of launching precision missiles from underground, and increasing the range and destruction power in operations'
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:00:04 +02:00Iran blames Israel for Mediterranean attack on ship, leaves 'all options' on the table
'Israeli officials are aware how Iran defends itself,' Foreign Ministry spokesperson says
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:33:56 +02:00Israeli spy firm Black Cube links major oil spill ship to Syrian family
The Environmental Protection Ministry said that, according to the controversial Black Cube intelligence firm, the company that owns the suspect ship can be traced back to the Syrian Malah family
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:13:38 +02:00Israel reopens skies to flights from all locations a week before election
Cabinet removes some COVID restrictions to let citizens return to the country and vote, but keeps 3,000-person cap on daily arrivals
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:06:19 +02:00Attorney general: Netanyahu's party should stop 'piggybacking' on COVID vaccination slogan
By using the Health Ministry's 'Back to Life' slogan in its election campaign, Likud is 'improperly using public assets,' and could harm the vaccination drive, Mendelblit tells Israel's election panel
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:58:44 +02:00Why American Jews should reject Israel's Law of Return
Israel's Law of Return entrenches Jewish exceptionalism, suffocates democracy and empowers a grotesquely theocratic and discriminatory view of citizenship. American Jews should oppose it
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:44:04 +02:00Israel election countdown: a special briefing
What's Yair Lapid's plan, will Naftali Bennett really be kingmaker and can Netanyahu clinch it. WATCH this election briefing by Haaretz and Plus61J
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:27:06 +02:00Coronavirus Israel live: Legislation obligating workers to vaccinate stalls
Starting Tuesday, Israelis can fly home from all locations ■ Pandemic czar says vaccine 'probably' effective for more than six months ■ Israel to reopen nightclubs next week ■ Infection rate reaches 5-month low
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:48:52 +02:00Israel's first digital bank begins operations, heralding 'artificial intelligence revolution'
First Digital Bank, started by auto-tech firm Mobileye's founder Amnon Shashua, is built around AI, not branches
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:27:41 +02:00Eyeing a 'full' right-wing government, Netanyahu becomes lobbyist for Kahanist party
Religious Zionism's Ben-Gvir will be made minister ahead of many others for one simple reason: He will be the 61st lawmaker Prime Minister Netanyahu needs for a Knesset majority
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:47:08 +02:00Three Jerusalem teenagers indicted for assaulting Arabs in deadly Purim riot
Police apparently won’t charge Arab driver who fatally ran over pedestrian while trying to escape attackers
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:44:02 +02:00Netanayahu wants to keep the Arabs scared and desperate
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:06:34 +02:00Israel offers COVID-hit flag carrier El Al $230m cash injection
Agreement would require airline to stop charging state for security and other personnel for next 10 years
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:23:35 +02:00The settlers’ servants
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:09:56 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:01:10 +02:00The stubborn Ph.D. student from the Gaza Strip
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:26:07 +02:00Israel must figure out how many of its citizens are stuck abroad by Monday
With flights now allowed from anywhere in the world, and elections less than 10 days away, Israel faces dilemma between right to vote and curbing new COVID variants
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:21:50 +02:00Lapid courts their voters, and Israeli left-wing parties fear election 'catastrophe'
While Lapid's Yesh Atid claims his latest campaign was meant to convince undecided voters, the smaller parties on the left fear they could find themselves outside the Knesset after Israel's election
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:11:54 +02:00The bluff of the incorrupt Israeli right
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:02:03 +02:00Mossad chief denies political links to Likud, Netanyahu
'There never was any political connection between the Mossad director and the prime minister or the Likud party,' Yossi Cohen said following suggestions Netanyahu made in a TV interview
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 22:10:38 +02:00Three waves, two new strains and 6,000 dead: Israel's year of COVID-19
The arrival of the more contagious British variant made January the most deadly COVID month, followed by a steep decline in the death rate as Israel stepped up its vaccine campaign
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:39:09 +02:00Israel election poll: Far-right party allied with Kahanists gains a seat at Netanyahu's expense
The Channel 13 poll projects Religious Zionism to secure 6 seats, leaving the landscape of the left and right wing blocs unchanged
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:26:04 +02:00Israeli army medics assisting Equatorial Guinea hospitals after deadly explosions
Some 60 Israeli active and reserve soldiers begin work in Equatorial Guinea after blasts at military complex kill over 100, with president blaming negligence
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:22:07 +02:00Israel's security service warns B'Tselem researcher not to 'make trouble' for the army
A field researcher for rights group B'Tselem was interrogated by Shin Bet apparently over an incident in which a soldier shot a Palestinian in the neck when he tried to stop the Israeli army from seizing a neighbor’s generator
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:41:15 +02:00Health Minister: Israel will reopen nightclubs for vaccinated next week
Since the coronavirus R number dropped below 0.8, Israel's Health Minister said 'it's time to allow clubs to be opened too'
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:40:07 +02:00Israel to reopen airport to all returning citizens stuck abroad during COVID
Israel tells High Court it will reopen skies to flights from all locations, while keeping the daily quota to 3,000 people and mandating self-isolation to limit spread of new coronavirus variants
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:44:31 +02:00Netanyahu shut airspace to Jordan flights following UAE visit spat
Order was ultimately cancelled, journalist Ben Caspit reported, but came after Jordan stalled approval of Netanyahu's planned flight through Jordanian airspace to the UAE
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:33:39 +02:00After Haaretz report, Israeli police launch formal sexual assault investigation against Zaka founder
The Israel Police announced Friday that they had opened a probe into the claims against Meshi-Zahav, and will be specifically investigating claims of rape, indecent acts, and soliciting prostitution
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:00:24 +02:00LISTEN: Who's really funding Jewish immigration to Israel - and why?
Aliyah, one of the cornerstones of Zionism, is increasingly being funded by an unlikely group of non-Jews - from Kansas to Korea. How did this absurd situation come about and does anyone care?
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:34:32 +02:00Kosovo opens embassy in Jerusalem, following U.S. and Guatemala
On Thursday, the Czech Republic opened a diplomatic office in Jerusalem in a move that drew condemnation from the Palestinians and Arab League
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:15:41 +02:00Brazilian police raid church whose pastor prayed for another Holocaust
The pastor was filmed preaching and praying with his congregants, saying 'Massacre the Jews, God, hit them with your sword, for they have left God, they have left the nations'
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:29:20 +02:00What you won’t learn about the college admissions scandal in Netflix’s new film
‘Operation Varsity Blues’ examines the multimillion-dollar bribery affair that sent Felicity Huffman and others to prison, plus read reviews of ‘‘Til Kingdom Come’ and ‘Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry’
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:44:57 +02:00Cornel West explains why he's convinced his views on Israel led him out of Harvard
After Harvard denied his tenure review, Cornel West tells Haaretz that he finds reason for optimism in the evolution of pro-Palestinian activism over the past decades, and why he's especially bullish about the movement's future
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:32:05 +02:00How Netanyahu’s Likud uses this popular free app to collect voter data illegally
Despite law, text messages show Likud gathered personal information on voters from the Truecaller app; Netanyahu’s party blasts ‘false allegation’
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:24:53 +02:00Netanyahu’s dream government is a nightmare for everyone else
If Netanyahu succeeds in the upcoming Israeli election and forms the next government with an unholy alliance of far-right and religious extremists, democracy will suffer, and so will the country's ties with the United States
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:08:20 +02:00Kuwait's #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence
A growing number of women are speaking out in a country where the criminal code doesn’t define sexual harassment and lays out few repercussions for men who kill female relatives
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:00:57 +02:00Florida vs. California: Governors’ contrasting COVID policies spark debate in the U.S.
Despite their differing approaches, California and Florida have experienced almost identical outcomes in COVID-19 case rates
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 14:54:17 +02:00Vaccine nationalism in the Gulf: Kuwait's cruel COVID caste system
In Gulf states, the COVID pandemic has accelerated the discrepancy in rights between citizens and second-class migrant workers. Kuwait is now paying the price of its xenophobic vaccine policy as infection rates spike to record highs
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 14:13:13 +02:00From RBG’s iconic collar to E.T.: Inside Israel’s newly renovated Museum of the Jewish People
With Biden’s blessing and following a 10-year renovation, Tel Aviv’s Beit Hatfutsot reopens with a major face-lift and a brand new name: ANU
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:35:13 +02:00Schumer calls on Andrew Cuomo to step down
Schumer, the Senate majority leader and the most senior Jew in U.S. government, is the most prominent Democrat so far to call on New York Governor Cuomo to quit in the face of sexual harassment allegations
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:21:41 +02:00Assad's wife under investigation in U.K. for encouraging terrorism, report says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's British-born wife could face extradition if formally charged
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:15:05 +02:00Brazil suffers worst run of daily deaths since coronavirus pandemic began
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that everyone in Brazil should take the situation seriously, adding that neighboring countries could be affected
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:12:30 +02:00Israel's COVID infection rate hits five-month low
New Military Intelligence report shows Israel's R number – the number of people a person sick with COVID infects – has dropped to 0.78, the lowest since mid-October
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:02:03 +02:00North Korea unresponsive to Biden administration, U.S. officials says
Official tells Reuters that diplomatic outreach was made 'through several channels' since mid-February
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 11:50:16 +02:00New York City comes back to life after year of pandemic
A year later, the United State's largest metropolis — with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull — is adapting and showing new life
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 11:25:36 +02:00GOP Senator Johnson slammed as 'white nationalist sympathizer' after race remarks
Wisconsin Senator Johnson is being called racist for saying he wasn’t worried about the predominantly white insurrections at the U.S. Capitol, but that he might have been if they had been BLM protesters
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 11:15:33 +02:00German election year opens with tough test for Angela Merkel's party
Vote kicks off an electoral marathon which features six state elections, culminating in the September 26 vote for a new national parliament
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 10:52:59 +02:00Trump showed off photos of naked women at a shiva, report says
Jennifer Weisselberg, the former daughter-in-law of the Trump organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, recalled the incident to the New Yorker
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 10:34:22 +02:00Israel to lift more coronavirus restrictions, reopen nightclubs next week
Death toll hits 6,000 ■ Infection rate reaches 5-month low ■ Israel to begin allowing incoming flights from additional cities ahead of election ■ Palestinian Authority announces five-day COVID lockdown in the West Bank
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:01:29 +02:00Five Palestinian boys went to pick wild greens. They returned at night, after hours under arrest
The Israeli army was called to the scene by settlers, and soldiers detained the Palestinian boys for allegedly stealing parrots from a West Bank settlement. The missing birds were never mentioned in their interrogation
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:00:52 +02:00Eight days to election: Likud stalls, four parties on brink of elimination
A guide to how Israel’s main players are handling the final laps of their election campaigns
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 03:59:30 +02:00This historian is preserving North African Jewish music from a bygone era
A professor at McGill University, Chris Silver now possesses about 500 albums recorded by Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian Jewish vocalists and instrumentalists. It’s the first archive of its kind
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:33:16 +02:00Netanyahu damaged Israel's ties with Jordan
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 23:39:11 +02:00All together now: The Israeli army committed no war crimes
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 23:36:48 +02:00Israeli prosecutors to reexamine indictment in COVID quarantine hotel rape case
Prosecution dropped rape charge because perpetrator 'believed' victim was 14
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 23:16:32 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 22:47:16 +02:00Israeli Labor leader launched 'pink-collar revolution,' and it seems to be working in this election
With solid feminist credentials, and policies to boot, Merav Michaeli attracts women from all sides of the political spectrum, taking away votes from left and right ahead of Israeli election
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:44:47 +02:00Its gatekeepers failed, and the Israeli art world may be left to the mercy of Qatari cash
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:44:23 +02:00Let electoral nature take its course, even if it means some Israeli parties need to die
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:43:55 +02:00Israel is headed for yet another rotation government
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:58:54 +02:00Months after 'anti-Israel' cyberattack, hacker group hits another Israeli firm
Black Shadow that hacked an Israeli insurance firm in December and leaked its data online now hits a financing company, which accused 'Iran and its proxies'