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Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:57:59 +03:00Thousands of Israelis return from COVID hotspot Moscow, flouting travel ban
Thirty-one of the returning passengers tested positive for coronavirus while Health Ministry officials say they were pressed to remove Russia from the list of high-risk countries
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:57:24 +03:00The photos exposing what Israel is trying to hide
A show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art exposes in a thrilling yet disturbing way, from the air and the ground, abandoned villages, fenced-off lands and unrecognized locales
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:17:50 +03:00Two New York City kosher restaurants sent Pride emails. They didn’t mean to
The two delis say message including discount code was sent by outside marketing firm without consulting owners
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:01:13 +03:00Twenty Palestinians injured, firebomb lobbed at Jewish home in Sheikh Jarrah skirmish
Four Palestinians arrested, including two minors for throwing the firebomb in the East Jerusalem neighborhood◾ Israeli police disperse Palestinians with batons, tear gas and grenades, leaving dozens injured
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:18:49 +03:00Israel's top justice to appoint panelists to Mount Meron state probe
The state commission of inquiry to investigate April’s disaster at Mount Meron will begin once Justice Esther Hayut taps the committee members
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:03:46 +03:00This is the biggest problem facing Israeli public diplomacy
With Israel’s continued control over Gaza and with not even a trace of effort to reach a diplomatic solution, one cannot make a persuasive case to a liberal audience
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 06:02:03 +03:00As Netanyahu was torn to shreds, Likud members sat in silence
The former prime minister's continued hold on the Likud leadership is what is preventing his colleagues from returning to power - and they know it
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:26:15 +03:00Lapid tells U.S. pro-Israeli group how he plans to restore ties with Democrats
PM Naftali Bennett and FM Yair Lapid have both explicitly discussed the concerted effort their government will undertake to improve ties with the Democrats
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:36:55 +03:00Hundreds of settlers march against Palestinian construction in West Bank
The main protest headed to the illegal outpost of Evyatar, which settlers continue to build despite an eviction order by the Israeli army
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:25:58 +03:00Israel Police set up posts at Damascus Gate. They became a site to beat up Palestinians
Numerous instances have been recorded of officers dragging Palestinian protesters to the posts and beating them outside Jerusalem's Old City
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:22:23 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 22:02:19 +03:00Israeli Police revive use of batons after police chief eases rules
Once employed mainly in riots and severe cases of public disturbance, one of the most violent and intimidating tools available to police is now being widely used, particularly in Jerusalem
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:48:47 +03:00Israeli government, Biden admin split in reactions to Iran's election
While Jerusalem is focusing on President-elect Ebrahim Raisi’s reportedly bloody past and denouncing Tehran’s ‘regime of executioners,’ Washington is continuing to pursue reentry into the Iran nuclear deal
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:25:26 +03:00Can Israel fix Netanyahu’s botched Iranian legacy? LISTEN to Amos Harel
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:11:52 +03:00Arab Acre resident charged with attempted murder of Jewish man during Gaza conflict
Habib Abu Habib, 41, is accused of throwing a rock at Mordechai Katz and, along with other rioters, of kicking and hitting him with rocks and sticks in Acre, a town with a mixed Jewish-Arab population
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:45:31 +03:00Israel’s demographic warfare wages on both sides of Green Line. With one difference
Palestinian negotiators in the 1990s thought it would be purely a technical matter to facilitate family reunifications and the return of people to the territories
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:43:16 +03:00Israel was asked to reexamine 3,000 asylum requests this year. It granted one
Despite adding two additional chairpersons to the Israeli Interior Ministry committee to speed up approvals, it still takes a year and a half from the time a refugee status application is received until it is reviewed
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:18:23 +03:00Israeli lawmakers fire opening shots in campaign to revive Kotel deal
MK Gilad Kariv looks to secure backing from all parties in the government to implement Western Wall deal that would recognize rights of non-Orthodox Jewish groups at the holy site
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:04:14 +03:00Rights groups call for probe into Iran's Raisi for crimes against humanity
New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has never publicly addressed allegations that he oversaw the extrajudicial executions of thousands of political prisoners
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:23:40 +03:00What a ‘hard-line’ Iranian president really means for the nuclear deal and Israel
Ebrahim Raisi may be known as the ‘Executioner of Tehran,’ but his election is unlikely to change Iran’s thinking concerning its nuclear program. Israel’s new government has a major challenge ahead
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:00:03 +03:00Israel successfully tests airborne laser interception of drones
Test involved aerial laser system installed on a plane which 'intercepted and destroyed UAVs at different ranges and flight altitudes,' Israel's Defense Ministry says
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:48:01 +03:00A Ukrainian delegation came to Israel to learn crowd control at religious festivals. Then disaster struck
The Ukrainian delegation, led by the deputy commissioner of the national police, came to study how to handle the large religious festival before the annual celebration in Uman
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:47:09 +03:00Hamas just proved Gulf states were right to normalize with Israel
The recent conflict was a major test of the Abraham Accords' durability. The Israel-Gulf alliance against Iran's tentacles of terror emerged not only intact, but stronger
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:43:27 +03:00As schools face COVID outbreaks, just four percent of 12 to 15-year-olds vaccinated
In light of the recent outbreaks, HMOs report that 18,000 new vaccine appointments for children and teens have been booked with more expected in coming days
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:33:53 +03:00A Jewish mom and a Palestinian dad raise a family full of endless contradictions
After giving up a brilliant legal career in the U.S. to found a rights group, Sari Bashi worked in a nonprofit organization created by Jamal Khashoggi, fell in love with a Palestinian man – and moved to Ramallah to raise an unusual family. An inter...
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:47:45 +03:00Israel trying to blackmail us, Hamas chief says after Bennett's Gaza warning
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar says meeting with UN envoy ended in failure, accuses Israel of 'trying to harm every Palestinian'
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:45:00 +03:00Turkish court accepts indictment seeking ban of pro-Kurdish party
The HDP has come under intensified pressure in recent months, with nationalist allies of Erdogan's AK Party calling for it to be banned over alleged ties to the outlawed PKK militant group
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:19:32 +03:00Did modern humans and Neanderthals really meet in Israel's south?
We know modern humans and Neanderthals met, because we have some of their genes. Now archaeologists have found sites not far from one another, which were used at about the same time
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:13:07 +03:00Iran's Raisi: Our ballistic missile program is non-negotiable
Speaking publicly for the first time since being voted in as Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi added the U.S. must rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal and lift all sanctions on Iran
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:09:29 +03:00Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid to make first state visit to UAE
Lapid's trip, scheduled for next week, would be the first official Israeli visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai after the signing of the normalization deals in September 2020
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:55:02 +03:00When it’s in Israelis' interest not to believe the Palestinians
The healthy distrust Israelis display toward official statements by government and private entities that have a say in their own socioeconomic situation, vanishes in the context of the occupation
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:46:21 +03:00First German Army rabbi in 100 years takes office
Hungarian-born Zsolt Balla is to be inaugurated as the Bundeswehr's rabbi at the synagogue in Leipzig
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:40:36 +03:00Israeli army says new West Bank outpost 'a blatant violation of the law'
Head of Central Command rejects petition by residents of Evyatar to appeal their expulsion, in what a settlement leader calls a political move that rewards terrorism
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:24:31 +03:00Ten vaccinated Israelis contract COVID as country faces local outbreaks
COVID czar eyes reopening of testing centers across Israel due to outbreaks
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:36:52 +03:00The secret weapon that helps Hamas raise millions of dollars
As the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah and Boko Haram increasingly look for donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, it is becoming increasingly difficult for crypto-activity experts to track their fundraising
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:31:54 +03:00The Israeli left may soon disappear
As seen in its support of the so-called family unification law, the danger facing the coalition is not that its right-wing leaders will adopt the policies of the left, but rather the opposite
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:18:59 +03:00Israel to allow agricultural exports from Gaza in first since escalation
With the approval of Israel's political leaders, there will also be a one-time export of Gazan textiles to Israeli businesses
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 06:11:12 +03:00'Netanyahu's shredding of docs is unprecedented and undemocratic'
Netanyahu ordered the shredding at the Prime Minister's Office right before the handover to Bennett
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 02:56:24 +03:00Commission of inquiry into Mount Meron disaster marks a win over Haredi politicians
The 45 people killed in Israel’s worst-ever civilian disaster at Mount Meron were clearly insufficiently heart-rending for ultra-Orthodox lawmakers, who are more concerned with their own seats, to establish their own probe
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 02:47:03 +03:00Ex-ministers in Likud opt to retain private driver instead of parliamentary assistant
Members of Knesset are only allowed to hire three members of staff, but at least five lawmakers from Netanyahu's party chose to keep their personal driver
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 02:28:35 +03:00Israeli Bedouin community says planned nature reserve will end way of life
The Nature and Parks Authority plans to make the area accessible to the public by developing hiking trails, bicycle paths, observation points and other stopping points along the road
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:32:16 +03:00There's something other than security behind Israel's citizenship law
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:18:45 +03:00Israel is dealing with Mount Meron. Now investigate the submarine affair
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:53:35 +03:00Lacking a majority, Israel delays vote on Palestinian family reunification ban
With no consensus among coalition parties and the opposition declaring they won't support it, the annual renewal of the law blocking Palestinians from a route to citizenship via marrying an Israeli will not get past Knesset
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:45:47 +03:00Israel recommends vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds amid Indian COVID strain fears
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also tasks 250 police officers with enforcing quarantine regulations as the Indian COVID strain spreads in Israel
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:18:17 +03:00In Israel's Labor Party, DNA decides
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:12:39 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 23:43:13 +03:00Police violated procedures in wedding clash in Arab Israeli village, probe shows
Police arrested 11 people suspected of assaulting officers at a wedding where one civilian was seriously wounded, and three cops were lightly hurt
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 21:48:34 +03:00The Lebanese Army is begging for charity
Salaries, already meager, have shrunk and more than 3,000 Lebanese soldiers have left military service because they can’t support their families
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 21:22:04 +03:00Uman signals annual Hasidic pilgrimage, disrupted by COVID, to resume in 2021
Ukraine closed its borders in August 2020 amidst a surge in COVID-19 infections, blocking most pilgrims from entering the country
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 20:56:12 +03:00Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown
Bushehr power plant is fueled by uranium produced in Russia, not Iran, and is monitored by the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 20:03:49 +03:00Three countries ask Israel for COVID vaccines if Palestinians nix deal, source says
The Palestinian Health Ministry has said that it intends to resume negotiations with Israel and Pfizer about 'safe vaccines that meet our standards'
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 19:43:03 +03:00Explained: The controversial law that endangers the new Israeli government
Naftali Bennett's governing coalition is split on ideological grounds over whether to extend the law, which controls the reunification of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza with their partners who are Israeli citizens
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 19:41:08 +03:00The Jewish mensch who helped fight racial injustice in the Deep South
Nancy Buirski’s ‘A Crime on the Bayou’ is a moving documentary about a pivotal but little-known case in Louisiana in the 1960s. She talks about civil rights lawyer Richard B. Sobol, and why she had to convince him his story needed telling
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 19:37:38 +03:00After lifting all COVID restrictions, Israel's airport emerges as its weakest link, again
Health experts are mainly concerned about the Indian COVID strain entering Israel as it might be vaccine-resistant ■ Health Ministry officials fear Ben-Gurion Airport isn't prepared for the summer
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 19:05:23 +03:00Bennett warns Hamas: Gaza will have to get used to a different Israeli approach
'Our enemies will learn the rules – we won’t tolerate violence, we won’t tolerate trickles of rocket,' Bennett says a week after being sworn in as prime minister
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 18:29:54 +03:00Progress made in Iran nuclear talks, diplomats say
Some diplomats express concern that Iran's election of hardline Raisi as president could complicate a possible return to 2015 agreement
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:31:27 +03:00Germany to ban Hamas flag amid uptick in antisemitism
Armin Laschet, the top CDU politician bidding to succeed Merkel, called for the flag to be banned last month following a series of anti-Israel demonstrations that have seen violent clashes with police
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:29:36 +03:00Libyan guards accused of sexually assaulting minors in government-run center
'You have to offer something in return to go to the bathroom, to call family or to avoid beating,' says one 17-year-old Somali woman
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:23:39 +03:00I'm on the American Jewish left — and I haven't abandoned Israel
How to distinguish between the American Jewish moderate majority and the far left on Israel, the occupation and the Palestinians
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:14:37 +03:00Jordan's trial of the century: the kingdom's unprecedented palace drama moves to the courtroom
Ex-royal court chief and minor royal accused of conspiring with former heir Prince Hamzah to destabilize the monarchy face up to 20 years in prison
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:27:35 +03:00Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, is a victory for the crony capitalists
President Elect Ebrahim Raisi’s hard line is as much about politics as it is defending the corruption that rules Iran’s economy
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:21:25 +03:00Israeli state-owned website sends personal info to private server
Information relating to patents is worth a lot — and it turns out that Israel’s Justice Ministry is storing it on a private server. Their excuse shows how reckless they are
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:45:25 +03:00Meron victims’ families welcome establishment of state commission of inquiry
Bennett's new government approved on Sunday morning to launch the state commission of inquiry into the tragedy where 45 people were crushed to death at the annual pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:42:21 +03:00This country ranks No. 1 for ‘aliyah potential’ – and it’s not the U.S., France or Russia
Israel should be reaching out to the 90,000 or so Jews in Brazil, a new study suggests, where the majority of the community is under 34 and highly educated
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:12:51 +03:00Israeli food truck excluded from U.S. food festival, following 'community concerns'
Eat Up the Borders, which seeks to 'help promote small, family, or immigrant owned businesses', made the decision to uninvite the Israeli food truck after 'listening to the concerns of [a] community that we love'
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:07:52 +03:00Iran says nuclear talks to be adjourned for consultations in capitals
Parties are unsure when the talks will resume, after ongoing negotiations between the U.S., Iran and other parties since April
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:41:02 +03:00Sinai Like You've Never Seen It Before
Photographer Itamar Dotan Katz documented abandoned hotels and resorts in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. The absence of visitors and the decision to accentuate the wonderful formations in black and white disconnect the observer from the familiar experie...
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:03:31 +03:00Israel police arrest six Arab Israelis, two Palestinians for murder of Lod resident
Seven of those arrested are suspected of racially-motivated murder, murder as an act of terrorism, stone-throwing and other crimes; The other man is suspected of obstructing the investigation
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:36:27 +03:00Why Democrats shouldn't rush to embrace Israel's new government
President Biden and the Democrats cannot cut Israel slack on the occupation just because Netanyahu is out. There should be no 'bipartisan support' for the subjugation of Palestinians
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:34:55 +03:00Bennett gov't establishes state commission of inquiry into Mount Meron stampede
Commission would investigate both the Mount Meron disaster that killed 45 people and whether to regulate or nationalize religious sites where mass events are held
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 11:51:55 +03:00Taliban say committed to Afghan peace talks, want 'genuine Islamic system'
Statement comes amid slow progress in the talks between the hardline Islamic group and Afghan government representatives in Qatar ahead of withdrawal of foreign forces by September 11
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 11:39:07 +03:00'Wake-up call': PM Bennett slams Raisi's election in Iran
Speaking at the first cabinet meeting, Bennet says Raisi's appoitnment may be the West's last chance to understand 'who they're dealing with'
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 10:59:25 +03:00As Israeli swimmers took 4th place in an Olympic trial, a TV commentator criticized their country
The Spanish commentator said that Israel's 'international presence' in sports was a 'strategy for whitewashing the genocide' against Palestinians
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:12:23 +03:00Mask mandate reinstated in parts of Israel due to COVID outbreak
Authorities announced on Saturday that 45 children in Binyamina were diagnosed with the virus, and they suspect it is the Indian COVID variant
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 05:59:20 +03:00Charting path to Prime Minister’s Office, Lapid seeks to restore the Foreign Ministry’s status
Lapid has aspired to the role of foreign minister for years. Now that he's filled it, he must rehabilitate a ministry 'disgracefully neglected' during the Netanyahu years
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 05:58:47 +03:00With Gaza simmering and Iran deal in works, Israeli army chief (finally) heads to Washington
IDF chief Kochavi is expected to present Israel’s reservations regarding the Iran nuclear accord, as well as some suggestions for improving it
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 05:18:13 +03:00Pickup truck driver ploughs into Florida Pride parade, killing one
'This is a terrorist attack against the LGBT community,' Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said about the incident, which left another attendee seriously injured
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:38:39 +03:00Police tried to force Palestinian to confess to attempted car attack, Jerusalem judge says
Walaa Muawad slammed the brakes at a temporary roadblock in Jerusalem, and police accused her of trying to run over a cop at the scene. A judge ruled that police tried to force a confession from her
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:24:15 +03:00Israeli apartheid? Look no further than this racist law
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:13:58 +03:00Israeli Prime Minister Bennett is channeling John Lennon
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:11:41 +03:00Why not a Jerusalem Flag March every day?
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:09:54 +03:00Israeli parliament must allow Palestinian families to reunite
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:02:00 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 23:47:26 +03:00Outgoing Israeli President Rivlin to meet with Biden at White House
Rivlin’s visit to the U.S. on June 28 'will highlight the enduring partnership between the United States and Israel and the deep ties between our governments and our people,' the White House Press Secretary said
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 23:10:34 +03:00An executioner fond of the gallows: Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's new president
The controversial cleric received praises from Iran's allies following his election; human rights groups and Israel meanwhile point to Ebrahim Raisi's bloody past
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 23:03:46 +03:00Netanyahu and Bennett agree: Former PM will vacate official residence on July 10
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has allowed Opposition Leader Netanyahu and his family to stay in the residence on Balfour street for an 'adjustment period'
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 22:02:21 +03:00Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi 'an extremist' with blood on his hands, Israel says
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his ministry's spokesperson blast Ebrahim Raisi for his commitment to the Iran's nuclear ambitions and alleged role in the execution of thousands of political prisoners
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 21:30:15 +03:00Prime Minister's Office to investigate whether Netanyahu shredded documents before Bennett took office
On Thursday, Haaretz reported that documents stored in safes in the Prime Minister’s Office were shredded in violation of the law, shortly before Bennett took office
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:40:57 +03:00Bennett faces hurdles in attempts to renew Palestinian family reunification ban
Emergency regulation from 2003 allows Israel to refuse residency visas to Palestinians married to Israeli citizens; Meretz MK Friege says he will vote against renewing the measure
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 17:05:23 +03:00Eleven arrested after clashes with police at wedding in Israeli Arab village
One man was seriously injured after altercation and gunfire in Deir al-Assad; one officer moderately wounded and one lightly injured, two police cars set ablaze
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 15:17:55 +03:00Where are Israel and Hamas headed? The coming days will decide
Bennett passes one Gaza test, but Hamas is still laying traps. This week's threat of an Israel-Hamas escalation once again placed a question mark on the Israeli army's victory claims
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:39:19 +03:00U.S. to withdraw hundreds of troops, air defense systems from across Middle East, WSJ reports
The U.S. is shifting the placement of its armed forces to better confront military threats from China and Russia, according to a Wall Street Journal report
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:15:47 +03:00Hardline judge Raisi wins Iran's presidential election
In a vote that appears to see the lowest voter turnout in Iran's history, conservative judge Raisi won 17.8 million votes of the 28 million cast
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 01:32:29 +03:00Iranians vote in election marked by low turnout following disqualification row
Balloting came to a close at 2.a.m. Saturday after voting was extended to accommodate 'crowding.' Opinion polls indicate judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi — already under U.S. sanctions — as front-runner for the presidency
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:39:32 +03:00Israel refusing to let Palestinian passports into or out of Gaza, forcing cancellation of thousands of urgent trips
Defense Minister Gantz has ordered to resume the stringiest blockade on Gaza and only goods classified by Israel as humanitarian, such as food and medicine, are allowed in
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:31:23 +03:00Candidate for cabinet secretary to Bennett consulted key man in ‘submarine affair’
Shalom Shlomo received thousands of euros for advising Michael Ganor, who is suspected of obstructing an investigation, tax offenses and bribery
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:25:55 +03:00Father of Israeli intel officer who died in jail lashes out at army
'Our child was murdered, even if not directly and from time to time his good name is also being murdered,' the officer's father says
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:17:00 +03:00Is Naftali Bennett undergoing an ideological shift?
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:03:27 +03:00Israel might have the answer to the global birthrate crash
Many countries are concerned about plunging birthrates, but Israel has the opposite problem