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Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:58:54 +03:00The anti-Zionist communist Jew who wanted to hear 'Hatikvah' in the Gulag
In the book ‘White Nights,’ my father, Menachem Begin, described his friendship with Mikhail Garin, an ailing Jew and ardent communist with whom he shared a bunk in a Soviet Gulag in 1941. Garin was thought to have disappeared, like millions of o...
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:23:04 +03:00What does Israeli iron lady Ayelet Shaked want?
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:46:50 +03:00The 30th anniversary of the conference that could have changed the Middle East
Secret meetings of Israelis with Jordan's King Hussein, peace activists' pleas to the Palestinian leaders to attend and sensitive intel on Assad achieved the first open meeting of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:16:46 +03:00Facebook is evil. Is using it justified?
We know that Facebook is causing immense harm – and so do its employees. So, should we keep on using a service that encourages damage and destruction, and go on telling ourselves that nothing can be done about it?
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:01:55 +03:00U.S. seeks clarification after Israel labels six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups
'The Israeli government did not give us advance warning,' says State Department Spokesperson Ned Price
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:40:51 +03:00Nasrallah says Israel mistaken to 'act as it wants' in disputed maritime area
'If the enemy thinks they can act as they please before reaching a solution to this issue they are wrong,' Hassan Nasrallah says
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:28:07 +03:00To stop Iran, America needs an Iraqi cleric fighting it
Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the largest party in Iraq’s parliament, opposes both Tehran and Washington, but his status as a kingmaker isn’t guaranteed as Iran tries to unite the Shi’ites
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:05:00 +03:00Sunrise Movement: Singling out Jewish orgs for removal from coalition is antisemitic
The national Sunrise Movement says its D.C. branch's decision not to join a rally this weekend due to the participation of 'Zionist organizations' is 'unacceptable'
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:46:38 +03:00A nightmare season in the West Bank
Settlers destroyed crops and vandalized olive trees belonging to a Palestinian couple in their 60s. The past two weeks have seen 18 attacks by settlers in the West Bank. Some 8,000 olive trees have already been victimized this year – and the season...
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:19:32 +03:00France urges Iran to curb nuclear activity, 'immediately resume' talks
'It is urgent and crucial for Iran to end the activities of unprecedented gravity that it is conducting in violation of the [agreement],' says the Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:19:35 +03:00Gantz declares six Palestinian NGOs terrorist organizations
A joint statement by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called the decision 'an alarming escalation,' as the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 'unequivocally condemned' the move
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:04:08 +03:00Pfizer says COVID vaccine more than 90% effective among kids
Details of the study were posted online Friday as U.S. regulators consider opening vaccinations to youngsters 5 to 11
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:02:06 +03:00Israel might okay twice as many West Bank housing units for Jews as for Palestinians
Approval of construction for Palestinians is intended to signal to the Palestinian Authority and the international community that Israel is keen to help the PA, which is grappling with an economic crisis
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:53:25 +03:00Report: Member of Mossad ring admits he worked for the Israeli agency
Turkey arrested 15 suspects a month ago for allegedly providing the Mossad with information on Turkish citizens and foreign students, the Sabah newspaper says
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:15:34 +03:00Bennett cites 'warm' Putin meeting, will stay in Russia for Shabbat
Bennett and Putin discussed Israel's fears over Iran’s strengthening in Syria, the campaign against the Iranian nuclear program and Russian officials' fears over uncoordinated Israeli attacks in Syria
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:05:22 +03:00For India, it’s now clear the Taliban means real trouble
Kabul’s new Taliban rulers say they won't interfere with India. But for New Delhi, as more militants cross the border into an increasingly fragile Kashmir, coupled with threats from China and Pakistan, a perfect storm is brewing
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:40:12 +03:00Gay Orthodox Jews turn to her for help. Sometimes she prescribes chemical castration
What advice is given to Haredi boys who are attracted to others of their own sex? How do you deal with suspicions of pedophilia in the family? Dr. Tali Vishne, one of the most in-demand psychiatrists in Israel's ultra-Orthodox society, isn’t put of...
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:49:46 +03:00Christian guesthouses start hosting Israelis, then notice something strange
As pilgrim tourism vanished due to COVID, Christian guesthouses in Israel started wooing local tourists. That is how a church-owned facility in Tabgha, near the Sea of Galilee, wound up hosting its first bar mitzvah
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:34:38 +03:00Woman dies after actor Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set, sheriff says
Woman dies, director injured after incident involving the famous actor on a movie set outside of Santa Fe
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:09:32 +03:00Israel's chances of a political assassination rise, and Netanyahu is the only reason
Never has an Israeli prime minister suffered so much filth, obscenity, invective and calumny in the Knesset, while the opposition leader pretends he doesn't see it
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:08:50 +03:00In the war between wars, Israel faces more than a military threat
Strikes against Iran-affiliated targets are on the rise and a prisoner deal with Hamas still seems far off. Amid this upheaval, Israel's fragile government presents its own political hurdle
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:08:13 +03:00Has Hezbollah become too big to fail?
According to Dr. Shimon Shapira, an expert on Lebanon and Hezbollah, Nasrallah has signaled that his organization is no longer a group within a state – but a state within a country
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:07:39 +03:00Israeli army chief makes a hastened withdrawal
The mini-media storm over Israeli army Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi's book proved once again: The brass thinks civilians are from Mars, and officers are from Venus
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:36:53 +03:00The ugliness of far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:42:47 +03:00Nature’s ability to support humanity in Israel is declining
A national assessment finds that ecosystems that provide humans with things like food and flood regulation are under serious threat
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:49:13 +03:00'I chose combat because I wanted a meaningful service. Also, the IDF makes it look good on Instagram'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two Israelis head on a pre-army trip in Greece while a third reconnects with his roots in Austria
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:16:08 +03:00LISTEN: Platitudes and pledges: What’s behind Sweden’s war on antisemitism?
As leaders gathered in Malmo, neo-Nazis projected 'Holocaust was a scam' onto city’s main synagogue. PLUS: The race to become the next head of the Jewish Agency
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:03:37 +03:00Why do soldiers help settlers abuse Arabs?
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:39:34 +03:00I attended an Amazon tribe's death rite. Here's what I saw
An unforgettable journey into the depths of the forest and an encounter with the tribes of the Xingu River
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:15:30 +03:00Nasrallah 'biggest threat to the Lebanese nation,' says head of Christian oppostion
Leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces rejects Hezbollah chief's accusation of instigating an ambush that killed seven last week
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:50:49 +03:00Bennett, there’s an emergency ahead
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:36:17 +03:00Seven Palestinian intel officers were arrested in Turkey's Mossad bust, report says
The Palestinians arrested by Turkish authorities had been missing since September ■ According to a Palestinian report, PA intelligence was behind their arrests
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:25:11 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:30:42 +03:00Iran, Sputnik V on the agenda as Bennett meets Putin today
‘When Bennett visited Biden it was to mend relations,’ Israeli official says. ‘With Russia, the aim is not to spoil them’
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:55:30 +03:00Packed classrooms, teacher shortage: Egypt's failed education system
Egypt will have a shortfall of 200,000-300,000 teachers and of more than 28,000 classrooms this year and its education budget is less than half the amount the government promised
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:28:56 +03:00Two Jewish teenagers from West Bank charged with rioting in Palestinian village
Dozens of armed settlers entered Khirbet al-Mufkara and threw stones, vandalized property and set sheep loose, the indictment says
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:38:32 +03:00Netanyahu says his party will regain power 'in two weeks or 3.5 years'
Many Israelis understand there is 'something wrong' with the current government, former PM Netanyahu says at a convention of local councils and authorities
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:05:09 +03:00A day before meeting Putin, Bennett mulls delaying recognition of Sputnik V vaccine
Health officials recommended delaying recognition of the Russian vaccine upon the discovery of the new COVID AY4.2 sub-strain in Israel
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:49:17 +03:00Jobs galore, but Israelis don't want them
Post-COVID, it seems a lot of people don’t want to go back to the daily grind and, right now, they don’t have to
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:27:23 +03:00World leaders came and went, but Nordic city's fight against antisemitism continues
A week after the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism left Malmö, local Jewish leaders have differing views about the battle and challenges ahead
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:36:13 +03:00D.C. environmental group boycotts rally over ‘Zionist’ participation
Ahead of a march for voting rights this weekend, Sunrise Movement’s D.C. chapter called to remove left-wing Jewish groups that support Israel from the event. ‘Immensely wrong,’ responds Americans for Peace Now
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:33:23 +03:00Tel Aviv light rail completes first test drive
The trains operated on the system’s Red Line, which will be one of four operating in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa metropolitan area starting in 2023
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:56:06 +03:00Israel to allow entry to vaccinated tourists starting November 1
The new COVID guidelines still need to be approved by the Israeli cabinet
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:38:36 +03:00Israel needs to step away from the Trump-Orbán-Bolsonaro illiberal alliance
In the Trump-Netanyahu years, Israel aligned itself with authoritarian leaders who challenged democratic norms in Europe and around the world. The new government in Jerusalem should rethink this problematic policy
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:28:57 +03:00Israeli minister Tamar Zandberg sees opportunity at UN climate conference
Despite its small size and inability to reach the global goal of zero net emissions by 2050, Israel can become a key player in the fight against climate change, said the environmental protection minister
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:01:38 +03:00Israel's top court denies bid to reopen probe of officers who killed Bedouin
Petition based on legal opinion that since the resident had not committed a terrorist attack as initially suspected, police officers were liable to be investigated as criminal suspects; they never were
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:50:46 +03:00'We might not always agree, but good friends disagree': Swedish FM visits Israel to mend ties
'I believe that because of the page we are turning here today, there will be a whole new book of friendship and cooperation,' said Israeli FM Yair Lapid
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:05:45 +03:00Israel detects five cases of new COVID AY4.2 subvariant
The Health Ministry also reported 331 serious coronavirus cases in Israel, a 57 percent drop from the peak in the last quarter
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:46:27 +03:00Revisiting the final days of Israel's Sinai paradise
A new documentary tells the story of Rafi Nelson, 'the king of Taba beach,' whose resort was the place for Israel's elite to be seen in the 1970s
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:29:25 +03:00Turkey busts Mossad ring, arrests 15 operatives, report says
The fifteen alleged Mossad operatives worked within Turkish territory and were monitored 'for about a year,' the report notes
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:12:21 +03:00Amethyst seal showing biblical persimmon and maybe an ibis found in Jerusalem
Amethyst seal found in ancient Jerusalem sewer system may be first depiction of the precious persimmon used in Second Temple incense, archaeologists say
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:35:31 +03:00Israel’s third option for dealing with Iran
War, living in the shadow of a nuclear Iran - or peace
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:23:12 +03:00Israel charges man who killed cop, injured another in ramming attack with murder
The 44-year-old faces several other charges after he rammed policemen at a northern Israel construction site last month during a search for illegal Palestinian workers
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:16:32 +03:00Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance hosts glittering events, but not the public
Seventeen years after construction began, the Museum of Tolerance slowly arising over Muslim graves in central Jerusalem is only expected to welcome the public in another year and a half
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:05:36 +03:00These Palestinian families face eviction from their East Jerusalem homes
Israel’s Supreme Court will decide the fate of hundreds of Palestinians living in Silwan next week. Photographer Tali Mayer depicts the residents of two buildings under the threat of eviction
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:44:35 +03:00Marina Abramovic has healed from her own art, now she’s healing visitors to Babi Yar
The performance artist who once let the audience abuse her talks to Haaretz about feminism, political correctness and the monument she put up at the site of a Holocaust massacre in Ukraine
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:01:16 +03:00Mossad chief has a top-notch spin doctor. It’s a secret – because of Iran
Israel's censor won't allow revealing the identity of the paid consultant, citing Iranian threats to 'anyone working with the Mossad'
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 05:59:13 +03:00Israel's permits for Gaza workers: more about security than benevolence
Israel's decision to increase the number of work permits granted to Gazan merchants and workers wishes to buy time and postpone the next military confrontation
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 02:06:16 +03:00Israel's Interior Minister voices opposition to anti-Bibi law - Bennett undecided
If passed, the law would preclude anyone under prosecution for a transgression carrying three or more year's imprisonment from serving as head of the government
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:58:38 +03:00Israeli study: COVID vaccine is 90% effective at reducing delta infection among teens
The study by Israel's Clalit also found a 93 percent dip in symptomatic COVID among youths
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:15:53 +03:00A self-evident law
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:59:20 +03:00Israeli studies show: COVID vaccine does not harm female or male fertility
A study conducted in Israeli hospitals finds there was no difference in the number of eggs, sperm quality, and the rate or quality of embryos, in comparison to participants who did not get the COVID vaccine
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:53:02 +03:00FDA clears Moderna and J&J boosters, backs 'mix-and-match' strategy
The FDA said Americans can choose a different shot than their original inoculation as a booster, paving the way for millions more people in the United States to get the additional protection
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:11:56 +03:00Drones attack American military base in Syria
Initial reports said the attack appeared to include two drone strikes and a small number of rockets
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:09:27 +03:00Deadly Syria bombing threatens to drag Turkey, Russia into military confrontation
The threat of war in Syria's Idlib comes as proxies and the powers backing them continue to strike at each other, bringing in civilian casualties
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:54:23 +03:00Israel to require proof of COVID vaccination from Palestinian workers
The new COVID directive will go into effect in November as Israel begins a campaign to inoculate Palestinians with a third dose of the vaccine
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:12:59 +03:00Israel reaches 'historic' deal to cut hours for medical residents
Hundreds of residents and interns withdraw their letters of resignation ■ Agreement will gradually implement 18-hour shifts instead of 26-hour ones starting in April
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:15:05 +03:00Israeli government introduces new ultra-Orthodox draft bill
The proposal calls to lower the age of exemption for Haredi men from 24 to 21 in hopes of encouraging yeshiva students to join the workforce
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:10:55 +03:00The Israeli left's two obsessions – and their consequences
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 21:46:44 +03:00Abu Dhabi crown prince discusses Syria with Assad, UAE state media reports
U.S. allies in the Mideast have been restoring ties with Assad, who was given the cold shoulder after the bloody crackdown in 2011 at the beginning of Syria's civil war
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:13:30 +03:00Four Israelis arrested for defrauding millions of euros from Germans
The arrests follow international cooperation with Israeli police on crime dealing with foreign currency exchange after another fraud network was uncovered earlier this month in Tel Aviv
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:13:21 +03:00Why is #ArabLivesMatter trending and how is it different from Black Lives Matter?
The death toll from crime in Israel's Arab community has hit triple figures. How did the problem reach this boiling point and what has the government done to try and stymie crime?
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:07:29 +03:00This Israeli community was least infected by COVID
While Israel's COVID infection rate is 13.7 percent, the rate in the ultra-Orthodox community is 31 percent. By contrast, only 8.4 percent of Bedouin contracted the virus in the pandemic’s first 18 months
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:52:43 +03:00Cisco mulls new chip development center in Israel
The company has attempted to recruit engineers in the semiconductor field in recent weeks for management and engineering positions at the new center
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:42:10 +03:00Kahanist, far-right lawmakers visit Jerusalem's Old City after Palestinians clash with police
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, known for their anti-Arab rhetoric, go to Damascus Gate a day after the worst clashes since May erupted between Palestinians and police at the site
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:18:06 +03:00Israel increases entry permit quota for Palestinians to 10,000
A Gaza official said the new policy, which takes effect on Thursday, is seen as an effort by Israel to ease tensions in the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave and a response to Egypt's request for such concessions
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:55:53 +03:00‘There are tensions every day’: Jewish-Arab relations, five months after riots rocked Israel
A new survey shows Israeli Jews more anxious about Arabs than the other way around, but the long-term trend toward greater integration continues, experts say
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:19:37 +03:00Israel secretly convicted officer of raping Palestinian woman in 2016
A Civil Administration officer raped a Palestinian woman who needed an entry permit to Israel, and was sentenced to 11 years in prison
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:08:23 +03:00For Palestinians, Jerusalem clashes began with a Jewish birthday
The confrontations near the Damascus Gate are evidence of the Palestinians' deep sensitivity to Jewish threats – whether real or imagined
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:42:13 +03:00Iran deal? Israeli army chief seeks book deal
Israeli army Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi has asked that the government’s Ministerial Committee for Publication Permission approve the request; Kan public broadcaster say the book deals with ‘leadership matters’
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:20:18 +03:00Israeli women increasingly request date-rape drug tests
While 53 women have submitted requests to the Health Ministry to test their hair for date-rape drug since 2019, just 10 have done so between 2016 and 2018
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:20:38 +03:00Modi invites Bennett for first official India visit
India's initiation comes a day after UAE invites Bennett for an official visit. On Friday, Bennett will meet Putin in Sochi
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:06:41 +03:00Report: Biden's top advisor discussed Saudi-Israel normalization with MBS
U.S. national security adviser Sullivan posited that Saudi Arabia join the Abraham Accords, reports Axios. Riyadh reportedly gave him a 'list of steps' to be taken before normalization with Israel and did not reject the idea
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:00:09 +03:00Inside the ‘smallest Holocaust museum in the world’
As his country reckons with its own past, the owner of the Taiwan Holocaust Peace Memorial wants to take his message about the Shoah and the Jewish people far beyond the building’s four walls
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:50:15 +03:00Jewish talk-show host deliberately gets COVID to 'achieve natural immunity'
Dennis Prager claims it is ‘infinitely preferable to have natural immunity than vaccine immunity.’ Four vaccine-skeptic U.S. conservative pundits have died from the virus in recent months
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:37:34 +03:00‘Church of the Apostles’ in Bethsaida mysteriously buried, archaeologists discover
Researchers at the Sea of Galilee find inscriptions proving they found a major church, shoring up their belief that this was the church of Jesus' disciples, the real Bethsaida
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:17:02 +03:00Israel, UAE plan joint moon landing for 2024
Beresheet 1 crashed on the moon. Beresheet 2 lunar expedition part of larger agreement between the two countries to collaborate on space projects
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:14:40 +03:00Border Police to fight crime in Israel's Arab communities
Prime Minister Bennett's announcement to transfer troops to the south to help curb crime follows three murders in three days in Israel's Arab towns
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:05:09 +03:00U.S. envoy to the United Nations calls Israeli settler violence 'abhorrent'
Despite this condemnation, American ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also criticized the Security Council’s outsized focus on Israel
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:51:55 +03:00Will Israelis ever be able to swim in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon River?
You can bathe in the Danube and other great European rivers, but wild swimmers will be waiting a long time before they can dive into Tel Aviv's deadly river
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:50:18 +03:00The harsh truth Biden needs to tell Israelis now about their future
'You’re heading for a cliff': As the Bennett government insists on equating Israel with the settlements, even calling critics antisemitic, Biden must warn Israelis about its real repercussions
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:44:28 +03:00Putin draws a red line for Tehran, Bennett will try to leverage it
Bennett hopes to figure out the Kremlin’s position on Iran’s efforts to buy time for its nuclear program during his meeting with the President Putin on Friday
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:56:26 +03:00Bennett meets with top health officials after case of new COVID sub-strain found in Israel
An 11-year-old Israeli was identified with the AY4.2 sub-strain of the coronavirus, which accounts for 8 percent of U.K. COVID cases
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:19:26 +03:00Violence in Israeli Arab community claims two more lives in 24 hours
Amer Makled Jabarin, 26, was shot in Umm al-Fahm, the third murder in Israel's Arab towns in the last three days. 'War must be declared against these criminals, and all means must be used,' says a city council member
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:16:20 +03:00There is no ulterior motive behind organ donations by religous Israelis
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:08:50 +03:00La Familia must be outlawed
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:40:01 +03:00Nineteen Syrian soldiers killed in several blasts across county
Fourteen Syrian soldiers die as two bombs target military bus in Damascus ■ In central Syria, a blast inside an ammunition depot kills five soldiers
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:38:09 +03:00Arab gangs, settler gangs
When Naftali Bennett says that 'we’re losing the state' because of 100 murdered Arabs, he himself demarcates two states. His blind spot keeps him from seeing that the State of Israel is already lost: it's become a colony
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:00:33 +03:00These are Israel's top corporate polluters. Six of ten belong to one person
Six of the biggest polluters belong to ICL Group (Israel Chemicals) and the Bazan Group, which are controlled by Idan Ofer
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:43:03 +03:00Israel Police prevented a Palestinian detainee from breastfeeding her baby
The woman waited eight hours for an interpreter to arrive for her interrogation, only to be released and handed over to the Palestinian Authority police, which has no jurisdiction in her area of residence