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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:38:19 +03:00Iran: Two women hit by a car for not wearing head coverings
During the incident, the driver loudly protested the women's outfit choices, saying they were un-Islamic, local reports say; Girls aged nine and older have to wear a head covering in Iran
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:34:11 +03:00COVID-19 booster shot has similar side effects to second, Israeli survey finds
Eighty-eight percent of participants in the survey reported that they felt 'similar or better' to how they felt after the second shot in the days after receiving the third dose
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:32:13 +03:00‘Women Who Work’: Taking an uncensored look at prostitution in NYC exhibition
Zoya Cherkassky is influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec, YouTube videos and the streets of south Tel Aviv in her provocative new show
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:30:09 +03:00Despite scorching heatwave, Israel illegally allowed live cattle shipments
A Romanian law prohibiting live exports when temperatures surpass 45 degrees Celsius was breached during a recent import from Romania to Israel that contained thousands of cattle
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:25:52 +03:00CIA chief visits Israel, West Bank on Tuesday, report says
William J. Burns, who is expected to meet with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, visits the region as tensions run high
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:04:16 +03:00Over 6,000 new cases: Israel hits seven-month high in COVID infections
Number of seriously-ill COVID cases in Israel rises to 394, Health Ministry data shows
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:16:12 +03:00After string of fatalities, IDF chief urges: Reduce shooting of Palestinians
In the past three months over 40 Palestinians have been killed by soldiers, including some non-combatants who were killed by mistake
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:08:04 +03:00A third of Israeli Arabs have yet to be vaccinated against COVID
Additionally, only 16 percent of children age 12-15 in the Arab community have been vaccinated compared to 34.6 percent in the general population
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:32:42 +03:00Palestinian woman shot during attempted stabbing of soldier in West Bank, Israeli army says
The assailant reportedly tried to stab a soldier at the Yitzhar junction in the West Bank and was shot in response; her condition remains unknown
Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:21 +03:00In first massive cyberattack, China targets Israel
International cybersecurity company FireEye says the attack was part of a broader campaign that targeted many other countries, in the first documented case of a large-scale Chinese attack on Israel
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:53:00 +03:00LISTEN: Israeli settlers call the shots as Palestinian fatalities mount
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:29:38 +03:00The Israeli army’s first commandment
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:28:42 +03:00Israeli court releases Palestinian arrested with no warrant and 'without a reason'
Chiding the police for failing to justify the arrest, let alone explain it, the judge referred the case to the Justice Ministry's police misconduct unit due to suspicions that officers beat the man while arresting him
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:27:06 +03:00Israel must prepare for the regional effects of the climate crisis
Real change in lifestyle and habits are needed to mitigate climate change, and Israel needs to recognize the importance of regional cooperation
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:25:22 +03:00Bennett, the climate crisis is already here. It's time to act
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:19:12 +03:00Israel reports more than 5,000 new COVID cases, in six-month daily high
Number of seriously-ill COVID cases in Israel rises to 373, Health Ministry data shows
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 23:16:32 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 22:41:34 +03:00U.S. adds Israel to highest COVID risk level, urges Americans to avoid travel
Israel reportedly also mulls adding the United States to its list of countries barred from traveling, fearing the spread of COVID variants
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 22:24:09 +03:00Israel indicts Likud lawmaker for corruption in seven cases
David Bitan, indicted a month after the attorney general said he had received 715,000 shekels in bribes over the course of several years
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 22:19:28 +03:00Substantial majority of Jewish Israelis feel unregulated cyberarm sales are ‘immoral’
An Amnesty poll in the wake of global investigation into NSO finds half of Jewish Israelis support increasing oversight on offensive cyber technology
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 22:06:14 +03:00Evictions in contested Tel Aviv neighborhood postponed indefinitely
Eviction orders were delivered last month to 15 families that have lived in Givat Amal Bet for years. A day before the scheduled eviction it was delayed, as lawmakers work on compensation scheme
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 21:42:00 +03:00So, where is all the money Israel earmarked for the Arab community?
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 21:32:04 +03:00Treasury mulls sanctions against Israelis who refuse to get COVID vaccine
The Finance Ministry proposes that the unvaccinated shouldn't be eligible for government grants in case of a coronavirus lockdown
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 21:25:28 +03:00Israel's Energy Ministry still backs natural gas exploration, despite role in climate crisis
Israel's government continues to encourage search for more gas fields before 'window of opportunity' closes, as UN says a third of global warming caused by methane
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 21:10:32 +03:00Defying Rabbinical High Court, judges refuse to make man pay for his ex-wife’s house
Jerusalem rabbinical court sides with ex-husband in divorce dispute, saying High Court's ruling on higher alimony was against Jewish law
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:22:41 +03:00Russian flights return to Egypt's resorts six years after deadly plane bombing
First flights arrive after lifting of ban imposed in 2015 after crash that killed over 200 ■ Moscow attributed the crash to a bomb, and ISIS claimed responsibility
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:18:07 +03:00Netanyahu apologizes for calling Israeli Olympian on Shabbat
Following disapproval from his ultra-Orthodox political allies, Israel's opposition leader says his staff does not understand that 'what applies to a prime minister applies to me now as well'
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:05:35 +03:00Birthright cancels remaining summer trips to Israel over new COVID quarantine rule
Before the pandemic struck, Birthright would bring tens of thousands of young Jewish adults to Israel each year
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 19:52:33 +03:00Why Biden tapped a pioneering queer rabbi to advise him on religious freedom
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum tells Haaretz she can’t wait to get started on ‘the last bipartisan entity in Washington that actually functions,’ balancing the new role with her day job running the world’s largest LGBTQ congregation
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 19:11:04 +03:00Israel’s Diaspora minister warns: If we lose U.S. Jews, we’ll lose America
Nachman Shai says he briefed cabinet on the dangers of losing bipartisan support for Israel, implicitly criticizes Netanyahu's prioritization of evangelicals
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 18:55:06 +03:00'Pro-Israel' meets neo-Nazi: Brazil's Bolsonaro unveils his new best friends on the German far right
The Brazilian president's proximity to neo-Nazi groups is nothing new. But Jair Bolsonaro's brazen welcome for the German AfD party last month still sent shockwaves through the Jewish community, media and civil society. How does he hug the antisemiti...
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 18:15:51 +03:00The Israeli graphs that prove COVID vaccines are working
The unvaccinated elderly are over five times more likely to experience a severe case of COVID-19 than their immunized counterparts, according to Health Ministry data
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 18:06:23 +03:00In first call to Western leader, Raisi asks Macron to secure Iran's nuclear 'rights'
French President Macron, for his part, called on Iran's new president to 'quickly resume' stalled negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:51:10 +03:00'Code red for humanity': UN report sounds 'deafening' warning on climate change
UN panel determines that humans are 'unequivocally' to blame for climate crisis. Deadly heat waves, gargantuan hurricanes and other weather extremes that are already happening will only become more severe
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:37:43 +03:00Senior Israeli official's appointment approved despite demolition order for his settlement home
Attorney General Mendelblit argues the demolition order does not violate the integrity of the new Interior Ministry director-general
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:28:30 +03:00COVID in Israel: Serious cases climb, infection rate remains stable
Number of seriously-ill COVID cases in Israel rises to 360, overall cases grow by 3,372, Health Ministry data shows
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:24:09 +03:00'Israel is unprepared,' ex-COVID czar warns amid rising delta infections
Israel's former Health Ministry director Moshe Bar Siman Tov talks about the politicization of pandemic decision-making, the challenges of the fourth wave of COVID-19, and admits: 'The green passport will not stop the pandemic'
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:46:52 +03:00The pattern of wildfires is changing, and experts are worried
Climate change is exacerbating conditions conducive to fires, but in the Levant - including Greece, Turkey and Israel - at least we don’t have dry lightning; we have fools and firebugs instead
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 15:35:27 +03:00Two explanations for why Hezbollah struck Israel
Why Hezbollah deviated from the rules of the game that have served it and Israel well since the end of the Second Lebanon War
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 15:35:06 +03:00Hundreds of Palestinians married to Israelis apply for residency since ban expired
785 Palestinians married to Israelis have applied for residence permit since the opposition voted down the law's extension, far exceeding the usual 1,000 yearly applications
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 14:30:31 +03:00Israel's plan to reopen schools is 'a recipe for COVID outbreak,' official says
The plan will exempt students who were exposed to COVID-19 from having to isolate – a policy which could accelerate the spread of the disease and turn Israel's schools into infection hubs
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 14:25:55 +03:00Baked overnight, ready by morning: a recipe for Yemeni Kubaneh
Kubaneh is a Yemeni shabbat dish of a yeast bread that’s cooked all night
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:58:01 +03:00Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi talk Jerusalem, recipes and passports
The best-selling authors and leading London chefs have brought Jerusalem's cuisine to the world, but are left with a bitter aftertaste about Israel
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:42:31 +03:00Look no further, this is your guide to perfect hummus
If there's one thing that Israelis and Palestinians miss when they're abroad, it's that taste of home in a good bowl of hummus
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:14:55 +03:00Can Bennett and Lapid really rebrand Israel as a liberal democracy?
With Netanyahu finally out and Tunisia stumbling, Israel's new coalition leaders are keen to regain the title of the only democracy in the Middle East, to the relief of many of its allies. There's only one problem
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:11:25 +03:00Bourekas made easy: a recipe for Israel's favorite festive finger food
High-end bourekas are made from hand-stretched phyllo dough. Here's a trick that will give you something nearly as good without all the labor
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 12:44:59 +03:00Haaretz tops 100,000 digital subscribers
The number of digital subscribers has been climbing steadily since launch in March 2012 ■ Haaretz and TheMarker sites are visited by about 11.7 million unique visitors a month
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 12:32:07 +03:00Tabbouleh by night, tabbouleh by day: Recipes that honor the ancient harvest
Serving tabbouleh reminds us of how our forefathers celebrated the harvest in the wilderness
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 12:16:40 +03:00Israel considers barring travel to the United States over fears of new COVID variants
Israeli health officials debate whether to add the U.S. to its growing list of COVID 'high risk' travel destinations, though the decision may have political ramifications
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 10:30:25 +03:00Israel to require arrivals from all but 10 countries to go into quarantine
Israelis will be barred from traveling to Bulgaria, Brazil, Georgia, Mexico, Spain and Turkey starting mid-August ■ New measures will go into effect on August 16
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 10:16:38 +03:00Israel's top court hears opposition's petition on Knesset panels
The High Court is set to consider a petition by opposition members regarding number of party sits in Knesset committees
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 06:03:19 +03:00Israel fails sexual assault victims, forcing some to hurt themselves just to get help
Sexual assault victims wait for months to get mental health treatment, yet no money was allocated to fix these problems in the new state budget, experts warn
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 03:23:15 +03:00Israel’s Olympic joy was hijacked by a powerful man embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal
Israeli athletes received their medals from media tycoon Alex Gilady, the Israeli representative to the International Olympic Committee, who is also the star of one of the first Israeli #MeToo affairs
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 01:39:45 +03:00As serious cases swell, Israel's COVID contact-tracing can't keep up
Some 10,000 new cases were reported over the past three days, with epidemiological investigations conducted on only 40 percent of them. The military's contact-tracing center is short-staffed after cuts were made since the peak of the COVID pandemic
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 01:24:59 +03:00First the army killed his son, then Israel took his work permit
Mon, 9 Aug 2021 00:29:54 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 23:40:20 +03:00Drinking 'body shots' without consent is indecent act, Israeli court says
Israeli court rules in favor of a Tel Aviv waitress whom the court found was forced to lie on a bar while a customer drank alcohol off her belly
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 22:03:53 +03:00Visiting Israel, Bahraini official says Iran behind Mideast instability
Bahrain's official overseeing relationship with Israel meets FM Lapid, President Herzog, announces plans for direct flights between the two countries
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 20:22:47 +03:00Not just Herzog’s brother: Israel’s new D.C. ambassador was Netanyahu’s man for secret negotiations
Michael Herzog’s most important contributions to the peace process took place between 2010 and 2014, when Netanyahu was leading Israel and Obama was U.S. president
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 20:07:45 +03:00Bennett approves COVID plan for beginning of Israel's school year
According to the plan, if exposed to a COVID carrier, teachers and students who have not been vaccinated or recovered will be given rapid antigen tests, but they will not be required to quarantine
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 19:16:11 +03:00Israel's ultra-Orthodox school year begins today without COVID restrictions
A coronavirus plan for the Israeli school system was approved less than 24 hours before Haredi schools opened
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 18:21:57 +03:00Israel needs antibodies against anti-LGBT Smotrich
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 18:18:59 +03:00Three Israeli brothers suspected of murdering mother, hiding her body
The three brothers, residents of the northern Bedouin village of Zarzir, were arrested on suspicion of murdering their mother, whose body was uncovered near the Jordan River
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 17:56:35 +03:00Israeli military to call up only vaccinated, recovered reservists as COVID cases rise
Reservists called up for operations or training will now have to present proof of immunity against COVID upon arrival at base as delta variant takes it toll
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 17:33:31 +03:00How Linoy Ashram tore down rhythmic gymnastics' Iron Curtain
By taking down the Russian rhythmic gymnastics dynasty, the Israeli Olympian shocked the world and changed the sport
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 17:15:34 +03:00Abusing the Holocaust to deny genocide: The Serb 'truth commissions' and their Israeli helpers
'I am Jewish, and I know what genocide means': How Serb nationalists co-opted Israeli academics to whitewash atrocities, bigotry and irredentism in cynically revisionist reports on wartime Srebrenica and Sarajevo
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 16:58:36 +03:00Bennett says Lebanon responsible for rocket fire at Israel – whether Hezbollah involved or not
PM Bennett warns Lebanese government and army, indicating Israel could expand its response if rockets continue, regardless of who launched them
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 16:42:36 +03:00After Ohio primary, Democrats prepare for more Israel-related battles
The battle lines have been drawn between the party's opposing factions on Israel, and things could get even uglier in at least three upcoming primaries
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 16:16:00 +03:00Menachem Begin suspected the Shin Bet tapped his phone – with good reason
Israel's then-future premier had doubts about the activities of the secret service, even before the government admitted its existence. In the 1950s, he essentially predicted the so-called Bus 300 affair, when two Palestinian hijackers were ordered ki...
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 15:03:52 +03:00For Australia's Jewish community, a timely reckoning on violence against women
As Australia confronts its failures to combat violence against women, the country's Jewish community is also reeling. Survivors of sexual violence within the community tell Haaretz about efforts to tackle the problem
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:54:56 +03:00Recipes for a blind date with the delicious tamarind
Meet the fruit of the tamarind tree, which has conquered various cuisines thanks to its deeply sweet-and-sour flavor and ability to improve a wide range of dishes
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:44:35 +03:00Israel wants a massive supercomputer - no matter the cost
Israel’s official national supercomputer project is launched - at a cost of almost 300 million shekels. There’s only one problem: Those who are supposed to use it say it may be redundant
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:42:28 +03:00Meet the Israeli hitman behind 'Hit & Run' and 'Fauda'
After the international success of Fauda, Avi Issacharoff talks about 'Hit & Run,' his new venture with partner Lior Raz, working with Americans and what's left of the two-state solution
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:36:52 +03:00Cooking up some wild Arab delicacies in a kibbutz kitchen
Over a decade ago, Meidan Sadeh abandoned some of his Arab origins and became a member of a kibbutz. But once he entered the kitchen, he went back to foraging and returned to his roots
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:30:04 +03:00The group with the most limited access to urban green spaces in Israel
Most Arab towns in Israel lack public open areas, including parks and playgrounds. The COVID crisis has raised awareness of the problem
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:15:19 +03:00Sweet and sour: your guide to flavorful beet and pomegranate seed salad
A Persian-inspired dish, with a host of different textures
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 12:53:19 +03:00Attacking Israel, Hezbollah knows Iran's new president has its back
The newly-installed Ebrahim Raisi has ambitions to be more than just Iran's president – and that's why Tehran's partners in violence, from Hezbollah to Hamas, in Syria and Iraq, are celebrating his arrival
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 12:47:42 +03:00Oats. It's what's for dinner: 3 recipes
In the hands of a creative chef, this protein-rich grain is good for more than just breakfast and cookies
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 12:34:58 +03:00Why Tokyo Olympics was Israel’s most successful ever
Israel won two gold medals and two bronzes at the Tokyo Olympic Games, topping the performance in the last three Olympics combined. This was a success story many years in the making
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 12:28:37 +03:00A Jewish family's meatloaf recipe, passed down from generation to generation
From meat and chicken to cauliflower florets, pot-roasting produces memorable results
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 11:41:09 +03:00A synagogue renovation that could breathe some life into this Bulgarian Jewish community
The town of Vidin has barely enough Jews left for a minyan, but a $6 million renovation to the old synagogue will serve as a reminder of the place's Jewish heritage for Jews and non-Jews alike
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 11:38:58 +03:00Greek firefighters battle huge wildfires with reinforcements
Authorities dedicated the most resources to tackling four major blazes: one, on Greece’s second-largest island of Evia, that has burned for five days, and three in the southern Peloponnese region
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 11:18:27 +03:00Why does Israel need an Eiffel Tower and a Statue of Liberty in the middle of its desert?
The small southern city of Netivot is expanding beyond its pious past, with the help of one eccentric developer
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 09:59:21 +03:00Linoy Ashram's inspiring journey to Olympic gold
For five years, Israeli rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram was bearing a heavy weight on her shoulders, but it was the obstacles along the way that showed the world what she's made of
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 09:29:29 +03:00In a Seinfeld moment, Israeli archaeologists hail momentous find of nothing
Gath, the hometown of the biblical giant Goliath, was destroyed 2,800 years ago by the Arameans. Now, researchers may have found how exactly it was done
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 09:21:18 +03:00COVID in Israel: Rise in serious cases as fewer new cases logged
Going into a lockdown is 'a last resort,' Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said on Sunday, as a slew of new restrictions go into effect to stop the spread of the delta COVID variant
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 06:50:56 +03:00Israeli army kept silent on second safe room breached by Gaza rocket shrapnel
After 5-year-old killed in May by shrapnel that penetrated his family's safe room in Sderot, the army chalked it up to a 'rare ballistic trajectory,' but didn't mention the other safe room three floors up that was also breached
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 06:03:46 +03:00Israel police solved 71 percent of murders in Jewish community, but only 23 percent for Arabs
The Israeli government budgeted over $310 million to fight crime in the Arab community, but national officials admit they’re failing
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 06:01:04 +03:00Education Ministry: Despite improvements, most teachers deem remote learning inadequate
Only 31 percent of teachers responding to survey said meaningful learning took place when all instruction went remote last year. Meanwhile, in parallel survey of parents, 97 percent reported their children did learn online
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 05:19:22 +03:00Israeli soldiers kill an 11-year-old Palestinian, and his brother still hears the shooting
Mohammed al-Alaami went shopping with his father and siblings, when ‘insane shooting started,’ as the father described it. He told the children to keep their heads down and drove on
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 03:58:44 +03:00The burning issue of climate change
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 00:17:24 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 23:16:59 +03:00Serious COVID cases in Israel hit 4-month high as new restrictions go into effect
Israel reaches the highest number of COVID patients in serious condition since Gregorian calendar month before the green passport – proof of immunity or a negative coronavirus test – is once again required for certain services
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 23:11:39 +03:00Imagine an Arab representing Israel at the Olympics
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 23:10:56 +03:00IDF chief is on an unstoppable mission. That's bad for both Israelis and Palestinians
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 23:07:39 +03:00Lebanese reactions to rocket fire on Israel show support for Hezbollah is waning
The big news over the weekend wasn’t cross-border fire, but Lebanese Druze who attacked the Hezbollah fighters who shot rockets at Israel. As Lebanon faces a dire crisis, many have had enough
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 22:12:28 +03:00Israel to start using rapid tests as new restrictions require eventgoers to prove immunity
New coronavirus restrictions require unvaccinated Israelis who haven't recovered from COVID in the past to present negative test results to access certain venues. But what's the difference between the two kinds of tests?
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 21:23:41 +03:00Nasrallah says crisis in Lebanon won’t stop Hezbollah from responding to Israeli actions
Nasrallah says that despite Lebanon's dire economic and political situation, Hezbollah will not hesitate to take action against Israel, after Hezbollah fired 19 rockets at Israel last week
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 19:57:37 +03:00A boy was killed. No one cares
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 18:53:34 +03:00Pro-Israel, Jewish groups welcome Michael Herzog's appointment as Israel's U.S. ambassador
U.S. organizations from across the political spectrum hail Michael Herzog's smarts, skills, experience and record after his appointment as U.S. envoy by Prime Minister Bennett