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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:57:44 +03:00Israel doubles down on notifying U.S. about terror labeling of Palestinian NGOs
Foreign Ministry official said that the State Department was informed 'on a few occasions' of the decision to designate six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups, despite previous U.S. claims
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:33:39 +03:00US blames Iran for drone attack on American forces in Syria
While officials believe the attack was encouraged by Tehran, the drones weren't launched from Iran
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:42:56 +03:00Iran trying to prop up aerial defense array on Israel's border, defense officials warn
According to security officials, the array Iran is trying to establish in Lebanon, Syria and other locations is meant to thwart Israeli attacks ■ Israeli Air Force sees increased use of drones against Israel
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:03:11 +03:00Sudan’s military coup was no surprise
It's still uncertain what Sudan will look like post-coup, which largely depends on U.S. sanctions. However, America might turn a blind eye to the takeover due to Sudan’s strategic importance in the Red Sea region
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:02:25 +03:00I fund terror groups
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:00:40 +03:00Pace of warming temperatures in Israel tripled in recent decades
According to data by Israel Meteorological Service, average temperature in the country has risen by 0.59 degrees a decade over the last three decades
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:59:03 +03:00Israel's Supreme court calls for harsher punishments for arms dealing
The high court rejected an appeal filed by two Rahat residents who were convicted of dealing arms, keeping their lengthy prison sentences
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:32:16 +03:00Ben-Gurion didn't 'finish the job,' but not in the way that Smotrich thinks
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:52:01 +03:00Gantz, show us the proof
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:21:35 +03:00Police slammed for setting low goals in fighting arab crime
The cabinet asks Israel Police to revise their plan of reducing murders in the Arab community by 10 percent in 2022
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:23:03 +03:00The Saudi prince's motives behind his Green Middle East project
While the Saudi Crown Prince may dream of a green, blooming Arabia at night, Biden occupies a higher spot on his list of priorities
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:19:37 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:08:34 +03:00Settler attacks activist helping Palestinians harvest olives near West Bank outpost
Footage shows several Israeli soldiers were present during the attack, but none of them stopped or detained the settler, who pepper sprayed a member of Rabbis for Human Rights
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:42:58 +03:00Israel-Sudan normalization may be re-evaluated following coup, U.S. says
Washington announces it is pausing $700 million in aid after the military takeover, saying aid was intended to support Sudan's 'democratic transition'
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:33:06 +03:00U.S. says Israel gave no warning before labeling Palestinian NGOs as terror groups
'We did not receive a specific heads up about any forthcoming designations' says U.S. spokesperson, as Israelis head to Washington to present classified evidence of terror activity
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:20:25 +03:00U.S. halts $700 million aid to Sudan following coup
'The arrest of civilian government officials and other political leaders undermines the country's transition to democratic civilian rule,' says State Department Spokesperson
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:07:02 +03:00LISTEN: What the 'Mossad ring' busted in Turkey was doing there
Also on this week's episode: Why Turkish President Erdogan is deporting the ambassadors of France, Canada and the U.S., and what Biden can learn about Israel from a new book devoted to Henry Kissinger's diplomacy
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:44:06 +03:00Israel's top court undecided as Palestinian family awaits verdict on East Jerusalem eviction case
While justices failed to reach a verdict on the eviction of the Palestinian family, they are expected to rule in favor of the Jewish religious trust
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:14:40 +03:00'Great damage': Labor Party head condemns classing Palestinian NGOs as terror groups
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli says decision to classify Palestinian NGOs as terror groups was hasty and harmful, though foreign and defense ministry associates say she lacks facts on the matter
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:04:55 +03:00Iran nuclear talks are in 'critical phase,' says top U.S. envoy
Robert Malley says that Washington has other tools to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and would use them if need be
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:53:19 +03:00Israeli police to boost number of security cameras in two mixed Arab-Jewish cities
Israel approves a $780-million plan to fight crime in Arab communities, as well as an economic plan to reduce inequality between Jews and Arabs
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:49:34 +03:00Evangelical leader no longer considers Naftali Bennett a 'rabid dog'
Evangelical figure Mike Evans, who blasted Israel's new government in harsh terms for replacing Netanyahu, will be a guest speaker at event organized by a department of the Prime Minister's Office next month
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:46:53 +03:00Israeli hospitals in solidarity drive over accusations of medics 'murdering' COVID patient
Israeli health officials in uproar after the deceased woman's gravestone, which reads 'murdered at the hands of Beilinson Hospital in the coronavirus ward,' went viral on social media
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:37:01 +03:00In Tel Aviv's richest area, a working class neighborhood is about to be destroyed
Evictions in Givat Amal, situated beneath luxury skyscrapers, were scheduled to start this week, until a last-minute delay was announced. Families who have lived there for decades won't go down without a fight
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:26:30 +03:00Hundreds of pilots, zero dogfights: Inside Israel's 'social club' exercise
The fifth biennial Blue Flag event in southern Israel boasted advanced fighter jets and hundreds of participants from eight countries, but not a word about the designation of Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:22:16 +03:00EU urges Israel to halt its plans for expanding settlements
The Israel Land Authority posted the tenders for 1,300 new houses to be built in a number of settlements in the West Bank, which are on land that Palestinians want for a future state
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:12:47 +03:00The oldest foods still eaten today, after thousands of years
From eating dormice in southern Italy to cooking animals on the fire, some of our culinary habits go back to the dimmest reaches of our history
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:59:53 +03:00Children's vaccinations 'soon,' says top Israeli health official
Israeli approval for vaccinating kids against COVID would likely follow closely on the heels of an American decision ■ Israel has already begun importing millions of Pfizer vaccine doses
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:29:16 +03:00Israel remains silent on Sudan coup amid normalization push
While countries around the world condemn Sudanese coup, Israel issues no response, taking a wait-and-see approach
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:17:16 +03:00Six-year-old survivor kidnapped from Italy to Israel must be returned, court rules
Court rules on custody battle after Italian-Israeli dual national Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of a cable car accident in Italy that killed his parents, taken to Israel by his grandfather
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:39:19 +03:00Eric Zemmour isn't France's Donald Trump. He's far worse
A far right pundit, vile misogynist, racist conspiracist and potential contender for the presidency, Zemmour is the Jewish heir to a particularly vicious French brand of antisemitic nationalism – repurposed to target other minorities
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:38:49 +03:00What led a well-off Israeli teen to seduce and murder a sex offender?
'A very sensitive kid' is how classmates describe the 16-year-old accused of murdering a convicted sex offender, after seducing him using Instagram. In a journal, he recounts the murder in detail, including carving a swastika with a knife
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:30:09 +03:00Putin was friendly toward Bennett, but he's nobody's friend
When you have a Russian bear in the neighborhood you tread carefully. That’s just what Israel is doing ■ In Gaza, Israel is trying to buy time as in the West Bank and Jerusalem small fires begin to burn
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:28:29 +03:00Israeli officer says toppling AP high-rise in Gaza was 'a mistake'
'The operational achievement was disproportionate to the diplomatic damage and the harm to Israel's public relations it created'
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:30:16 +03:00Six archaeological sites on Israeli army-controlled land (and one in a prison)
Some of these sites on Israeli navy, air force and other bases can be visited, if arranged in advance and probably only on the weekend when the firing zones aren’t active
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:06:49 +03:00Sudan and Israel: Moving towards normalization, then a coup
A year after Khartoum and Jerusalem agreed to normalize relations and the U.S. removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a military coup could have far-reaching consequences
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:47:39 +03:00Bedouin woman found dead after exorcism ceremony in southern Israel
Police have arrested the woman's husband and a spiritual leader who treated her after she became indisposed
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:02:57 +03:00Photos of 'arrested Mossad operatives' published in Turkey
Sabah releases 15 headshots of alleged agents it says were part of a network collecting information for Israel on Palestinian students residing in Turkey
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:03:02 +03:00Israel's top court holds decisive hearing on eviction of Palestinian family in East Jerusalem
Supreme Court ruling could have consequences for dozens of Palestinian families in Silwan facing eviction because a Jewish organization says they lack rights to the land
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:28:59 +03:00Settlements, Palestinian NGOs rock Israeli government ahead of key date
The illegal outpost of Evyatar, Israeli settlement expansion and Gantz's labeling of six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups are jeopardizing the gov't's stability
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:30:24 +03:00Sudan coup: Army dissolves government, declares state of emergency
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been placed under house arrest and military forces arrest four cabinet ministers, sources say ■ Sudan began moving toward normalization with Israel last year
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:21:10 +03:00MBS spoke of killing a sitting monarch, ex-Saudi security official says
Ex-intelligence official Saad al-Jabri did not provide evidence of the claim on his '60 minutes' interview,' although did reveal a silent film which he said could be released in full, were he to be killed
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:43:52 +03:00When the Israeli state hustles the poor
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:41:32 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:16:34 +03:00Suspected murderer 'deceived investigators,' says Israeli policeman
The officer, Alexander Strizhevsky, was an investigator in the 2006 murder case of Ta'ir Rada and claims that Roman Zadorov used manipulative techniques to reduce his sentence
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:51:27 +03:00New bill would create database of people entering, leaving Israel
Experts say proposed database, which officials say is meant to combat terrorism, crime, and epidemics, raises privacy questions
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:29:14 +03:00New, innovative cancer treatments could be covered for Israelis in 2022
Committee reviewing what will be part of the government-funded 'health basket' will discuss how to allocate additional $187 million for subsidized drugs and medical technology
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:24:29 +03:00Israel's wolves of the far-right smell weakness
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:18:43 +03:00Arab lives don’t matter
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:33:48 +03:00Israeli gov't reaches compromise on bill providing energy to unrecognized Arab homes
After initially delaying the legislation, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked reached an agreement with Mansour Abbas's party that will connect homes built before 2018 without a permit to the electricity grid
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:23:18 +03:00Decades-old murders connected with Israeli ultra-Orthodox sect are still far from being solved
Suspects arrested last week are former members of the sect's 'modesty guard,' which intimidated different Jerusalem communities in those years. Most are refusing to cooperate
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:02:52 +03:00Bennett says Israel should target net zero emissions by 2050
Under pressure from finance and energy ministries, Israel will reduce carbon emissions by 85 percent by 2050. But Bennett, ahead of UN climate conference, says goals should be more ambitious
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:51:57 +03:00Israeli work permits for 9,000 Palestinians to come into effect this week
The other 6,000 permits, as part of the increase of 15,000 permits that was approved in August, will become available in January 2022
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:37:03 +03:00Nine vultures found dead in southern Israel said to have been poisoned
'Some 200 griffon vultures live in Israel today. Nine vultures are almost 5 percent of the entire population of vultures in Israel,' a protection group said
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:27:41 +03:00Israeli officials to share with U.S. 'unequivocal' intel against Palestinian NGOs
The State Prosecutor's Office gave the green light to the Israeli Defense Ministry's decision to dub the six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups after it reviewed evidence
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:36:51 +03:00With one hasty move, Israel puts Palestinian issue back on world's agenda
Benny Gantz’s decision to declare six Palestinian civil society groups terrorist organizations is ill-timed, badly planned, clumsily explained and poorly marketed
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:31:38 +03:00Apple TV’s alien thriller ‘Invasion’ lacks two things: thrills and aliens
You’ll be praying for an actual alien invasion while watching this $200-million would-be spectacular, while ‘La Brea’ is the next wannabe ‘Lost’
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:50:03 +03:00Jewish lawyers to lead Charlottesville trial against white supremacists
Two Jewish women will play key roles in the lawsuit, which seeks damages against two dozen alt-right organizers of the 2017 Charlottesville rally
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:34:40 +03:00A desperate Erdogan prepares to blow up Turkey’s relations with the West
Erdogan’s new agenda covers cratering the economy, busting terror-financing sanctions, unjustified jailing, declining in the polls – and now, provoking an unprecedented rift with NATO allies, with a touch of antisemitism
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:39:03 +03:00Palestinians call on UN to condemn Israel's labeling of six NGOs as terror groups
The UN mission calls the announcement by Defense Minister Benny Gantz an 'attempt to intimidate and forcibly silence' these organizations from exposing Israel’s violations against Palestinians
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:21:39 +03:00How an injury in the Yom Kippur War turned me into a medal-winning athlete
Aaron Dov Vamosh lost the use of his legs after being hit by an Egyptian shell in October 1973. He explains how archery provided an unlikely outlet for him in the years after the war
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:20:53 +03:00How Ashli Babbitt became the first martyr of Trump's MAGA church
The martyr is a potent weapon of mass radicalization, which is why Trump and his MAGA acolytes turned Babbitt’s death into a fake martyrdom justifying future retaliatory violence. From the Nazis to ISIS, the results of those tactics are ominous
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:56:44 +03:00Israel advances 1,300 homes in West Bank settlements in first since Biden sworn in
Bennett government is set to discuss the landmark possibility of constructing 1,300 housing units for Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank, but also announces plans to double the Jewish population in Jordan Valley by 2026
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:37:55 +03:00Train accident kills 68-year-old railroad worker in Israel
A preliminary investigation found that the man, who was hired by a subcontractor, crossed the tracks without following safety regulations, according to the railroad company
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:31:36 +03:00Israel's Andrey Medvedev wins world gymnastics bronze in the vault
Injuries marred the Russian-born athlete's performance at the three previous World Championships, keeping him out of the Tokyo Olympics
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:37:06 +03:00Likud lawmaker Miri Regev repeatedly calls former Mossad deputy 'hater of Israel'
Regev attacked Ram Ben Barak following a post showed a member of Barak's staff photographed with former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:47:54 +03:00‘We’ll lose some Israeli votes,’ Nixon said. ‘But we kept American boys out’
When Israel invaded Egypt 65 years ago, President Eisenhower, up for reelection that week, offered an exceptionally tough response. ‘We will handle our affairs,’ he told a friend, ‘as though we didn’t have a Jew in America’
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:26:47 +03:00Bennett pledges $3 billion for future COVID waves in Israel
Israel reported on Sunday 307 COVID patients in serious condition, of whom 175 are in critical condition and 157 are on ventiliators
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:22:18 +03:00Putin hosts Bennett, reminding Israelis that life goes on after Netanyahu
The Russian president, eager to cooperate with Israel and keep it out of any showdown between Moscow and the West, will give Israel’s new prime minister exactly the same treatment as his predecessor
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:56:50 +03:00Bennett: I discussed Syria, Iran with Putin, who was receptive to Israel's security needs
'The Russians are our neighbors ... it is important that we manage the delicate situation in [Syria] smoothly and with no mishaps,' Prime Minister Bennett said before a cabinet meeting
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:50:44 +03:00Unique Arabic inscription found on ballista ball at Crusader castle in Israel
One of the stone balls that rained upon the Crusaders besieged by the Mamluks at Arsuf bore a strange message, likely intended to boost morale among the attackers
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 05:52:36 +03:00Palestinian rights groups say Israel's ‘terror’ tag won't stop them
The director of Al-Haq, one of the six organizations and the most prominent Palestinian human rights group in the territories, said the groups were considering their next legal move and that they will not stop their work
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:41:21 +03:00A stain upon Israel
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:38:54 +03:00B’Tselem, Yesh Din, time to close
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:36:06 +03:00Israel planning another $200m overland gas pipeline to Egypt
The pipeline is intended to increase gas exports, with a possibility of exporting gas from Egypt to other destinations in Europe
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:32:44 +03:00When Ayman Odeh raises a hand
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:31:10 +03:00How not to take a statement from a sexual assault suvivor
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:25:52 +03:00Medical treatment not available in the territories? Israel should pay for it
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:23:53 +03:00A moving 'reunion' for descendants of Holocaust survivors
Family members of eight Holocaust survivors met for the first time at a New Jersey hotel suite, while others connected via Zoom from Israel, Sweden and Texas
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:10:08 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:24:21 +03:00Turkey to expel U.S. envoy, nine others over calls to release dissident
Seven of the ambassadors represent Turkey's NATO allies and the expulsions, if carried out, would open the deepest rift with the West in Erdogan's 19 years in power
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:04:14 +03:00Security official: Israel told U.S. it would classify Palestinian NGOs as terror groups in advance
Despite the Israeli security officials citing evidence, it still remains classified, prompting calls from some ministers from Bennett's cabinet to disclose the evidence and spurring criticism among U.S. lawmakers
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:33:20 +03:00Arab man shot dead in Jaffa port, the 103rd crime wave victim this year
Israel Police have opened an investigation into the killing ■ The victim, who jumped into the sea in a bid to escape his attackers, had previously been convicted of murder
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 targeted this year – and the season h...
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 +03:00Putin tells Bennett Israel needs to better coordinate Syria strikes
Despite Putin's remarks, there is little daylight between the two leaders on Syria. On the Iranian nuke, however, there is still a large gulf between Bennett and Putin, who remains committed to a diplomatic solution
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...