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Tue, 25 May 2021 11:46:20 +03:00
In her last poem, this Jewish-Polish poet wrote about the neighbors who turned her over to the Nazis
Zuzanna Ginczanka was one of the most important voices in interwar Polish poetry. Her work married the sensual and the intellectual. Her life story is no less intriguing

Tue, 25 May 2021 10:58:37 +03:00
19-year-old killed in Israeli Arab town of Umm al-Fahm; third murder in five days
A manhunt for the suspect is underway as tensions between locals, Israel police intensify due to ongoing criminal violence in Arab majority cities

Tue, 25 May 2021 10:48:45 +03:00
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken meets with Netanyahu as his Mideast tour begins
In his first official visit to the region, the Secretary of State will meet with officials in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Cairo and Amman to reinforce the truce between Israel and Hamas

Tue, 25 May 2021 08:33:54 +03:00
U.S. citizens with expired passports permitted to enter United States
The move was met with a huge sigh of relief by Americans living in Israel, where there has been a backlog of 15,000 passport applications and renewals

Tue, 25 May 2021 07:04:16 +03:00
Did King David keep kosher? Ancient Judeans ate biblically banned fish, archaeologists find
Analysis of fish bones unearthed across Israel suggests observance of kashrut only began in late Second Temple period, centuries after the Bible was written

Tue, 25 May 2021 05:59:42 +03:00
Israel-Gaza cease-fire is holding nicely, but potential detonators abound
Every Palestinian faction with a bone to pick with Hamas in the Strip knows it holds the key to a new escalation. Then there’s the humanitarian crisis and the TV footage of the destruction seen in East Jerusalem and the West Bank

Tue, 25 May 2021 05:59:18 +03:00
Gaza conflict puts Palestinian Authority in center stage
Foreign officials are flocking to Ramallah amid talk of giving the PA role in Gaza’s rehabilitation

Tue, 25 May 2021 01:10:50 +03:00
Israeli police admit they stepped in late to quell Jewish-Arab violence
One factor was the time needed to call up reservists. Another was that many forces had been sent to Jerusalem a few days earlier in preparation for the end of Ramadan

Tue, 25 May 2021 00:19:34 +03:00
Islamic Movement leader in Israel expected to stand trial for incitement
Some 200 people demonstrated at the courthouse to protest the arrest of the deputy chairman of the Northern Islamic Movement, which they claim was politically motivated

Tue, 25 May 2021 00:08:58 +03:00
Blinken's Israel mission: Helping Gaza without strengthening Hamas
Blinken lands in Israel, will travel between Jerusalem, Ramallah, Cairo and Amman in a bid to reinforce the truce between Israel and Hamas ■ Israel announces it would permit humanitarian aid into Gaza but restricts exports

Mon, 24 May 2021 23:47:57 +03:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Mon, 24 May 2021 23:30:01 +03:00
Israel's High Court puts an end to the misuse of Basic Laws

Mon, 24 May 2021 22:11:34 +03:00
30 years on, newly released footage shows historical Israeli rescue of Ethiopian Jews
Videos, images and papers are released by Israel's military ahead of Operation Solomon’s 30th anniversary

Mon, 24 May 2021 22:05:36 +03:00
Where did watermelon originate? Genetics answers age-old mystery
Ancient Egyptian tombs show people believed to be eating watermelon, or its predecessor, for dessert. That's a clue

Mon, 24 May 2021 21:32:15 +03:00
And then – boom! The dream of an Arab-Jewish partnership went up in smoke
Many young people took to the streets to say: Enough humiliation, we’re equal citizens, we aren’t Israeli Arabs, we’re Palestinians who are citizens of Israel

Mon, 24 May 2021 21:22:36 +03:00
Israel to fast-track bill to launch inquiry into Mount Meron disaster
Ultra-Orthodox parties have been pushing a different bill to set up a commission that is not headed by a retired Supreme Court justice

Mon, 24 May 2021 21:03:19 +03:00
Belarus points to Hamas bomb threat in plane diversion, group rejects claim
Western governments are threatening sanctions against Minsk over the diversion of a flight and arrest of a journalist who was on board

Mon, 24 May 2021 20:32:55 +03:00
Israel election: Naftali Bennett needs someone to hold his hand
Bennett still wants to form a governing coalition with Yair Lapid. The question is whether enough members of his own party will be there with him

Mon, 24 May 2021 19:57:29 +03:00
The Israeli lie about Gaza

Mon, 24 May 2021 19:44:06 +03:00
Biden phoned, and it's a good thing Netanyahu toed the line

Mon, 24 May 2021 19:37:25 +03:00
In push for Biden-Putin summit, Russian, U.S. security chiefs meet in Geneva
White House, Russian national security advisers discuss strategic stability, say normalization of U.S.-Russian ties would be in the interests of both countries

Mon, 24 May 2021 19:35:10 +03:00
Netanyahu trial: News Site ex-CEO denies his staff was biased against PM
During his cross-examination, Ilan Yeshua faced allegations that requests to alter Walla's coverage were an effort to redress such bias

Mon, 24 May 2021 18:41:02 +03:00
Israeli businesses lost $368 million during Gaza operation
The loss was mostly due to employees choosing to stay at home due to the nearly nonstop Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza, according to Israel's main industrial group

Mon, 24 May 2021 18:31:18 +03:00
Myanmar news site says American editor detained by military
Danny Fenster, 37, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, one of the country's top independent news sites, was detained at the main international gateway in Yangon while preparing to fly to Malaysia

Mon, 24 May 2021 18:26:22 +03:00
Israel election: Sa’ar rules out joining Netanyahu-led government after reports of negotiations
Labor, Yisrael Beiteinu and Kahol Lavan say progress has been made in talks with Yesh Atid ■ Yair Lapid's mandate to form a coalition will expires in nine days

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:32:14 +03:00
Incoming Mossad chief revealed as David Barnea. Here's where he came from
David Barnea's career spans three decades, and includes locating and recruiting agents relevant to the Mossad's priorities: Iran and Hezbollah

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:30:42 +03:00
David Barnea appointed as Israel's next Mossad chief
David Barnea will replace Yossi Cohen as new Mossad chief, Netanyahu announces

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:27:35 +03:00
EU mulls shunning Belarus' airspace over forced landing to detain journalist
EU leaders strongly condemn Belarus over Sunday incident in which a flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted in order to detain opposition-minded journalist who was on board the plane

Mon, 24 May 2021 17:27:30 +03:00
Arctic warmer than Jerusalem, again, and other climate change briefs
Plus, bad news for Americans already complaining about the heat, global food production is projected to shrink by a third by 2100 and an even better idea than reforestation – not chopping trees down in the first place

Mon, 24 May 2021 15:53:57 +03:00
Lifting Israel's coronavirus restrictions is excellent news – but comes with its own headaches
While none of the Health Ministry professionals expressed serious opposition to getting rid of COVID-19 limitations, some worry that the false sense of security it brings can set Israel back

Mon, 24 May 2021 15:27:26 +03:00
Biden condemns 'despicable' antisemitic attacks emerging after Israel-Gaza fighting
Remarks come days after leading U.S. Jewish organizations urged him to speak out about a wave of attacks in the U.S. and abroad

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:55:23 +03:00
Blinken to arrive in Israel Tuesday, kicking off Mideast tour
Blinken will meet with Israeli leaders regarding the United States' 'ironclad commitment to Israel's security,' Biden says, including seeing through an arms sale despite some Democratic pushback

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:45:06 +03:00
Hamas came out ahead in the Gaza war. Here's how Israel can turn adversity into victory
If Netanyahu were no longer at the helm, Israel could undo the damage he caused with yet another failed policy. It is high time for him to pack up and go

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:17:21 +03:00
Iran, IAEA agree to one-month extension of nuclear monitoring deal
Extension comes after three-month deal on surveillance cameras at nuclear sites expired Sunday

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:52:57 +03:00
Can U.S. Mizrahim connect with Israel's Mizrahi left?
A new project exposes Mizrahim in North America to their community’s role in Israel’s left and to a discourse they can often relate to about Palestinians and Arabs

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:50:30 +03:00
Soldier, civilian wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack; 17-year-old assailant shot dead
Visiting the scene, Public Security Minister Amir Ohana praises officers who shot the attacker, saying they strove to disarm him

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:00:38 +03:00
Hackers exploit WhatsApp, target far-right Jerusalem official
Israeli researchers discovered a way to lock you out of your WhatsApp. Facebook failed to address the issue. Now its being used

Mon, 24 May 2021 12:40:21 +03:00
A new U.S. approach to Hamas could be in the making
A 2018 report co-written by a Biden official makes the case for Washington to encourage Palestinian unity in order to break the years-long diplomatic stalemate

Mon, 24 May 2021 12:28:46 +03:00
Amid Gaza's rubble and ruin, some voices of optimism surface
Despite the shock at the scale of the Israeli strikes, Gaza residents report no shortage of food and draw encouragement from Palestinian solidarity

Mon, 24 May 2021 12:02:53 +03:00
Israeli family of five killed in Italy cable car disaster
An Israeli couple and their two-year old son were killed near Italy's Lake Maggiore, together with the mother's grandparents who came to visit

Mon, 24 May 2021 11:06:55 +03:00
Three Jewish suspects indicted in attempted lynching of Arab driver in central Israel
Charges against the three Jewish suspects include terrorism and attempted murder

Mon, 24 May 2021 10:46:42 +03:00
Israel election: Lapid has a plan to pressure Bennett into an anti-Netanyahu government
With days to go until the mandate expires, Lapid restarts negotiations with anti-Netanyahu bloc with the aim of having signed deals by the weekend

Mon, 24 May 2021 09:08:50 +03:00
Israel reopens Gaza crossings for humanitarian aid, relief workers
Israeli Defense Minister Gantz calls to leave Gaza on the 'basic humanitarian threshold,' emphasizing the need to prevent humanitarian aid reaching the hands of Hamas

Mon, 24 May 2021 08:56:24 +03:00
Israel police seek to charge Jaffa arsonists with attempted murder
Police also plan to charge a Jewish man who participated in a mob attack on an Arab man in a Tel Aviv suburb during the rioting in mixed cities

Mon, 24 May 2021 02:39:42 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Mon, 24 May 2021 00:17:33 +03:00
Children can’t wait for the Israeli government

Mon, 24 May 2021 00:13:08 +03:00
Is a divided Israel turning into Yugoslavia?

Sun, 23 May 2021 23:57:05 +03:00
‘The two longest hours of the Gaza war’

Sun, 23 May 2021 23:54:38 +03:00
The ultra-orthodox Zionist occupation

Sun, 23 May 2021 23:44:51 +03:00
Israel's top court overrides a Basic Law as Knesset speaker decries a ‘coup’
Slamming the Israeli High Court of Justice for ruling invalid a 100 day extension for the state budget deadline, Netanyahu's Likud party calls the move a dangerous trend that deals 'a serious blow to democracy'

Sun, 23 May 2021 22:52:46 +03:00
Gantz: Non-humanitarian aid to Gaza depends on return of Israeli soldiers’ bodies
Israeli Defense officials working on a way to deliver funds and construction materials without Hamas using them to build tunnels and weapons

Sun, 23 May 2021 22:18:34 +03:00
After 13 years, Israel's top court bans settlers from working 42 acres of West Bank land
Court says Palestinian petitioners still can’t farm the land themselves because they haven’t proved ownership, adding that High Court is not the right venue to decide that issue

Sun, 23 May 2021 21:28:18 +03:00
11 days, 4,340 rockets and 261 dead: The Israel-Gaza fighting in numbers
According to UN humanitarian office, at least 129 out of 248 people killed in Gaza were civilians and 1,042 housing and commercial units were severely damaged

Sun, 23 May 2021 21:23:08 +03:00
Israel's Gaza challenge: Stopping metal tubes from turning into rockets
Officials say it is all but impossible to seal off the Strip and prevent goods for reconstruction from being turned into locally-made rockets

Sun, 23 May 2021 21:06:33 +03:00
Suspect arrested in attack on Jewish diners in Los Angeles
There has been an increase in online and real-world incidents of antisemitism in the U.S. since the outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas, the Anti-Defamation League says

Sun, 23 May 2021 20:34:52 +03:00
Nine wounded in blast at Iran factory reportedly producing drones
Netanyahu displayed to foreign diplomats last week parts of a drone that was downed two days prior, saying it was made by Iran and flown over from Iraq or Syria

Sun, 23 May 2021 20:07:34 +03:00
Israel set to lift most COVID restrictions next week
Israelis will still be required to wear face masks indoors until further deliberation and travel to and from Israel will still be limited

Sun, 23 May 2021 19:21:05 +03:00
After Gaza, an Israeli-Palestinian struggle for identity: LISTEN to Aluf Benn, Noa Landau and Anshel Pfeffer

Sun, 23 May 2021 19:19:09 +03:00
Bernie Sanders: Netanyahu empowered 'overt racists,' helped foment crisis
The United States needs to be 'leading the world in bringing people together, not simply supplying weapons to kill children in Gaza,' Sanders says

Sun, 23 May 2021 18:15:45 +03:00
UN to launch Gaza aid appeal as Israel-Hamas cease-fire holds
U.S. President Joe Biden says Washington will work with UN agencies on expediting humanitarian aid for Gaza 'in a manner that does not permit Hamas to simply restock its military arsenal'

Sun, 23 May 2021 18:01:22 +03:00
Blinken: Unclear if Iran will comply with nuclear terms to have sanctions lifted
Iran's Rohani said last week that the United States was ready to lift trade sanction, although a senior Iranian official contradicted him, while European diplomats said very difficult issues remained

Sun, 23 May 2021 17:29:14 +03:00
Israel has Biden's support, but it's losing life-long friends in Congress
While President Joe Biden handled the crisis in textbook fashion with old-school diplomacy, Israel would be foolish to believe its relationship with the ruling Democratic Party has not been adversely affected

Sun, 23 May 2021 17:22:55 +03:00
Inside the conflicted world of Israeli Arab teachers in Jewish schools
'I chose to work in a Jewish school partly because I wanted to change reality. I’m less certain this is possible now. But if I give up and leave, pupils won’t hear a voice like mine,' says one Arab teacher in a Jewish school

Sun, 23 May 2021 16:45:00 +03:00
Ex-envoy Ron Dermer’s dangerous words about Jews and Evangelicals
Remarks by former Israeli ambassador to the United States, to the effect that Israel should invest more in fostering ties with evangelicals than with Diaspora Jews, reflect a disastrous policy for Jewish peoplehood

Sun, 23 May 2021 16:08:36 +03:00
Tel Aviv is bracing for a Russian robot invasion
Delivery robots are about to descend on the city of Tel Aviv – but is there enough room for everyone?

Sun, 23 May 2021 15:57:44 +03:00
Israeli mayor threatens Arab councilwoman: I'll turn you over to Shin Bet 'to deal with'
Lod's mayor accuses Fida Shehade of 'incitement' after she posted on Facebook that the municipality abandoned Arab residents after violent clashes shook the city

Sun, 23 May 2021 15:16:17 +03:00
John Oliver, it’s time to bring your ‘peace plan’ to Israel
The ‘Last Week Tonight’ star needs to cover Israel-Palestine in more depth, and not just during wartimes in Gaza. Plus, a welcome blast from the past with Apple’s ‘1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything’

Sun, 23 May 2021 15:00:43 +03:00
With COVID retreating, Israel reopens borders to small groups of tourists
Foreign airlines are also resuming flights they suspended when Palestinian militants began rocket attacks on Israel this month

Sun, 23 May 2021 14:51:26 +03:00
Tension at top Israeli art academy amid Palestinian solidarity protest, backlash
A group of Israeli artists who teach at Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design gave protesting Arab students their full support, drawing a backlash from some Jewish students and government officials

Sun, 23 May 2021 14:03:34 +03:00
Meet the Democrats who insist the party hasn't shifted its stance on Israel
Democratic lawmakers tell Haaretz that stories of the party’s ‘shift’ on Israel are greatly exaggerated, and that those occupying the middle ground must now make their voices heard

Sun, 23 May 2021 14:01:07 +03:00
Israeli archaeologists resolve ages-old evolutionary conundrum: Enter the elephant and the hand ax
Unified theory of human evolution suggests explanation for the mystery of technological persistency: Why some tools were used for over a million years

Sun, 23 May 2021 13:45:20 +03:00
Arab woman receives kidney donated by Jewish man killed by a mob in Lod
The 58-year-old Israeli Arab woman has been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant for seven years

Sun, 23 May 2021 13:15:50 +03:00
Bennett slams Netanyahu: ‘Personality cult’ guided Gaza operation
Yamina chairman Bennett wrote on Facebook that ‘there are even options today for the establishment of a government, if only we lift the boycotts’

Sun, 23 May 2021 13:12:32 +03:00
Travel in Israel: This kibbutz is the perfect spring picnic spot
The 80th anniversary of Ramat Hashofet is a great excuse to relax with a picnic basket in a nearby olive grove or splash in a spring-fed pool

Sun, 23 May 2021 12:53:30 +03:00
After Arab 'saw death' during assault by Israeli Jews, police have made no arrests
The 23-year-old victim 'is sure whoever did this came from outside' his city of Lod, but also says the police never reached out to him after the attack that left him hospitalized for six days

Sun, 23 May 2021 12:25:43 +03:00
Jerusalem tensions led to Gaza flare-up. They could boil over again
A series of events in Jerusalem over the weekend show that conflict is still on the horizon. The evictions from East Jerusalem neighborhoods and the reopening of the Temple Mount to Jews could serve as the spark

Sun, 23 May 2021 12:01:55 +03:00
Bangladesh drops 'except Israel' from passport, essentially lifting travel ban
Senior Bangladeshi officials announced that the new ruling regarding Israel travel does not mark a change in its Middle East policy, however

Sun, 23 May 2021 08:57:08 +03:00
Two days after cease-fire, Israel opens Temple Mount to Jews
Jews were barred from entering the holy compound – where the Al-Aqsa mosque is also located – since the beginning of Ramadan on April 12, amid the spike in Jewish-Arab violence in Israel

Sun, 23 May 2021 08:37:27 +03:00
Nuclear monitoring deal between Iran, IAEA has expired, says top lawmaker
The IAEA said this week it was in talks with Tehran on how to proceed with the monitoring deal

Sun, 23 May 2021 06:04:01 +03:00
Israel election: Gaza conflict shuffled the political deck as coalition talks resume
The smart money is still on a fifth Israeli election, but all eyes will be on Gideon Sa’ar and Benny Gantz if Yair Lapid fails to form a government in the ten days he has left

Sun, 23 May 2021 06:03:08 +03:00
With tensions still simmering post cease-fire, Netanyahu faces three new challenges
Tensions in Jerusalem could escalate quickly, but Israel is focusing on the Strip and has trouble seeing the bigger picture

Sun, 23 May 2021 06:00:01 +03:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Sun, 23 May 2021 03:47:37 +03:00
Seven-year-old boy shot dead amid family feud in East Jerusalem
Sources in the Shoafat refugee camp say Yusef Al-Khalabi was in his home at the time of the shooting, and that his family was uninvolved in the feud

Sun, 23 May 2021 03:21:16 +03:00
Italy's raucous glam rock takes Eurovision by storm
Israel's Eden Alene comes in 17th place at the song contest that was held in the Netherlands after being canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stressful voting: The United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands received zero points...

Sun, 23 May 2021 02:36:02 +03:00
Separate school systems for Jews and Arabs are policy in Israel, not a ‘problem’
The Education Ministry’s systematic disregard of studies, surveys and state comptroller reports has buried hope for education for coexistence

Sun, 23 May 2021 01:03:36 +03:00
With end of Gaza fighting, welcome back to Israel's normal routine

Sun, 23 May 2021 00:30:51 +03:00
India’s intifada: Why Modi is arresting pro-Palestinian protesters
As the Israel-Gaza conflict raged, India’s UN ambassador backed the ‘just Palestinian cause,’ but police arrested pro-Palestinian protestors in Indian-controlled Kashmir: A dissonance fuelled by history, Hindutva and right-wing Zionism

Sun, 23 May 2021 00:30:06 +03:00
Rebuilding Gaza is an existential necessity for Israel

Sat, 22 May 2021 23:51:52 +03:00
When it comes to Gaza, Biden and Sissi show Israel that it's not the boss
Israel's attempt to present the cease-fire as unilateral will only hurt it in negotiations to bring back citizens and bodies of soldiers held in the Strip

Sat, 22 May 2021 23:01:22 +03:00
UN Security Council statement on Gaza-Israel cease-fire fails to mention Hamas
After three U.S. vetoes, the final statement calls for 'full adherence' to truce and immediate Gaza aid and focuses on the role of international mediators

Sat, 22 May 2021 22:22:23 +03:00
Thousands join Tel Aviv rally for 'a joint future' after Israel-Gaza fighting, Jewish-Arab violence
Author David Grossman, political leaders and activists call on Israel to go beyond a cease-fire in Gaza, while hundreds also gather outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem

Sat, 22 May 2021 21:25:54 +03:00
Israeli athlete makes history with gold medal at European swimming championship
Anastasia Gorbenko the country's first ever gold medal at an Olympic swimming event, also setting a new Israeli record

Sat, 22 May 2021 21:21:39 +03:00
To end the chaos in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, establish a Palestinian state

Sat, 22 May 2021 21:17:28 +03:00
Hamas leader makes first public appearance amid defiant military rally in Gaza
As Islamic movement claims victory over Israel, Yahya Sinwar – who went into hiding during the fighting – makes his first public appearance since the flare-up began at the mourning tent of senior commander Bassem Issa

Sat, 22 May 2021 20:28:32 +03:00
Israeli victims of the latest Gaza conflict show how lethal poverty is, especially in wartime
The stories of half the people killed in Israel during the recent flare-up reveal yet again that the weakest are not protected by the system

Sat, 22 May 2021 19:59:28 +03:00
When Israel's 'love of our soldiers' turns to malice

Sat, 22 May 2021 18:08:15 +03:00
As mediators work to firm up Israel-Gaza truce, IDF pushes for harsher policy
The Israeli military's top brass recommend firm action against any violation by Palestinian groups of the cease-fire that capped 11 days of deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas

Sat, 22 May 2021 17:48:44 +03:00
Israeli police arrest fourth suspect in beating of Arab man in Tel Aviv suburb
Charges will likely be filed against the four suspects in the assault in Bat Yam in the coming days ■ Fourth suspect also arrested in the firebombing of Jaffa home, which left a 12-year-old boy with burns

Sat, 22 May 2021 17:08:04 +03:00
Gazans ran for their lives – and from the Israeli army’s sinister phone calls
Miscommunication between the army and UN organizations led to the dissemination of a notice that schools designated to serve as shelters would be bombed. The bombing didn’t happen, but the fears got even worse

Sat, 22 May 2021 16:54:31 +03:00
UN humanitarian chief pleads to uphold Gaza-Israel cease-fire, warns of COVID spread
On a tour of the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian chief for the Palestinian territories appealed for both sides to hold fire and called for an end to Israel's blockade



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