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Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:03:05 +02:00
Bennett's empty Glasgow speech: Climate plans for 2050 don't matter. The real test is 2022
The prime minister's pledge to have Israel reach net-zero emissions by 2050 is a gargantuan task and without any real plans in place, it's not clear how it can be brought to fruition

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:01:08 +02:00
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Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:25:06 +02:00
Leading Israeli LGBTQ activist accused of sexual assault by two men
Gal Uchovsky has stepped down as president of the gay youth organization IGY following an investigative report on the matter

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:15:55 +02:00
A grave accusation: Being photographed with Arabs

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:59:13 +02:00
Israel must repeal its discriminatory Absentee Property Law

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:05:51 +02:00
At Glasgow, military emissions are exempt

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 23:36:37 +02:00
Israeli delegation visited Khartoum after military coup
Israeli diplomatic sources say they are unaware of such a visit, which was first reported by Sudanese news site 'Al-Sudani'

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 22:29:47 +02:00
The NGOs Israel designated as terror groups remain legal in the West Bank
The government's controversial decision on six Palestinian organizations doesn't apply in the West Bank, and a military decree that would change that hasn't been issued. A security source told Haaretz that the main objective of labeling them as terro...

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:48:01 +02:00
Israel recognizes ‘anti-N’ serology test for COVID Green Pass eligibility
The test distinguishes between antibodies generated by the virus and those produced by the vaccine. Thus far those vaccinated with one or two doses, who had no proof of being infected prior, were ineligible for the Green Pass

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:26:17 +02:00
Glasgow summit: U.K. apologizes after disabled Israeli minister can't attend climate talks
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar was not able to arrive at the UN climate summit because transportation to the venue was not wheelchair-accessible

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:24:04 +02:00
Israel approves plans for 1,300 Palestinian homes, but process may take years
Only 170 homes were given final clearance, with hardly any new construction for West Bank Palestinians approved by Israel over the past years

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:09:00 +02:00
Israeli 'revolution' on climate change? Fact-checking Bennett's UN summit speech
Despite the fact that Israel is located in a part of the world particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change, it is one of 20 countries that has no government-funded national plan for it

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:20:04 +02:00
Germany reconsiders award ceremony for Israeli historian accused of genocide denial
Prof. Gideon Greif, whose Holocaust research is lauded as groundbreaking, has been accused of attempting to whitewash the mass murder of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:10:20 +02:00
200 Republican lawmakers to Biden: don't reopen consulate in Jerusalem
House Republicans say the move would be inconsistent with U.S. law and create ‘a misguided situation’ in which the U.S. would essentially have two separate diplomatic missions in the Israeli capital

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:59:56 +02:00
Climate change to hit crops faster than expected, new model warns
New projections see maize losing ground faster as 2100 approaches and the Middle East may face climate impact on crops decades earlier. But wheat is expected to thrive

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:50:57 +02:00
In Glasgow, Bennett vows to harness Israeli 'innovation' against climate change
While Bennett's speech is his strongest statement on climate change to date, the coalition does not yet have a flagship climate change law or a formal declaration of a climate emergency

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:44:31 +02:00
Trump: Israel 'literally owned Congress' until a decade ago
Speaking on a conservative radio show, the former president said 'today it's almost the opposite' due to progressive Democrats

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:38:16 +02:00
Why this powerful Israeli agency won't disclose the scale of the Palestinian properties it manages
The dominion of the Custodian of Absentee Properties over the Jerusalem property market has led Palestinians to 'fear to make deals on the east side,' but the body shows no signs of revealing the basic details of its inventory

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:45:45 +02:00
Israel can only make real peace with a democratic Sudan
Israel assumes it can recycle the same normalization strategy – secret meetings with generals, arms procurers and security services – that succeeded with the Gulf and North Africa. But it won't work for Sudan

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:02:13 +02:00
Palestinian indicted for torching sukkahs, empty bus in central Israel
The Palestinian, a 29-year-old from Gaza, is accused of planning attacks on Israeli settlements and police officers

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:50:50 +02:00
Over half of Israeli parents will vaccinate their kids after FDA approval, COVID czar says
Protection, as well as freedom from quarantine and invasive antigen testing, will drive the uptake for children's vaccinations, Israel's COVID czar says

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:32:25 +02:00
In Modi's India, there's no more room for Muslim Bollywood superstars
'My name is Khan, and I am no longer wanted': In India's once-famously pluralist Bollywood, being Muslim is now a liability. As Modi's Hindu nationalist trolls and officials target superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his son, the message is clear: Even powe...

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:52:01 +02:00
Bennett and Macron agree to deal with NSO scandal 'discreetly' at climate talks
Earlier at the Glasgow climate summit, Bennett asked Australia's Morrison to designate Hezbollah a terror organization and condemn Iran at the board meeting of the UN's nuclear watchdog

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:42:07 +02:00
'Jerusalem is in ruins, Tiberias deserted': Visiting the Land of Israel, 500 years ago
In the detailed travelog he kept when journeying to the Land of Israel in 1521, Italian rabbi and scholar Moses Bassola sheds light on Jewish life at the dawn of Ottoman rule

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:56:57 +02:00
Founder of notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO steps down as CEO
Former Partner and Bezeq CEO Iztik Benbenisti will take the reins as the cyberespionage firm eyes an IPO, Shalev Hulio will become president and vice chairman of the board

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:26:20 +02:00
Israel's new entry rules for tourists cause chaos. What you need to know
Israel reopened its doors on Monday, but its new regulations are complicated – or, as one expert says, ‘a horror show.’ These are the rules detailing who can and cannot enter as the state looks to keep COVID-19 out

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:13:59 +02:00
How a Lebanese minister stirred up a regional spat with Saudi Arabia and UAE
Information Minister George Kordahi's remarks about the war in Yemen have created a new dilemma for the Lebanese prime minister: submitting to Saudi demands or declaring Lebanon cannot be extorted

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:43:34 +02:00
Israeli bill would grant legal aid for sex crimes victims from moment of complaint
So far, legal aid in Israel has been given to sex crime victims only after criminal proceedings have been initiated

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 10:47:10 +02:00
Haredi sect leader suspected of involvement in Jerusalem double murder decades ago
The controversial Rabbi Eliezer, who began a prison sentence just last week for fraud, is the eighth detainee on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Avraham Edri and the disappearance of Nissim Shitrit

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 06:00:35 +02:00
Israel's daily warnings on Iran are falling on deaf ears in Washington
Beyond the public diplomacy campaign, the cyberattacks and Syria strikes attributed to Israel are also failing to budge the Biden administration to ramp up pressure on Tehran

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:46:09 +02:00
Israel plans Airbnb restrictions, raise purchase tax to curb real-estate prices
The government’s main strategy for keeping housing costs steady – making more land available for residential construction

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:42:03 +02:00
Israel's misguided war against Iran's gas stations

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:38:55 +02:00
Investing in the Arab community is an investment in Israel's future

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:37:55 +02:00
On Israel, Biden should learn from George H. W. Bush

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:29:46 +02:00
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Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:10:58 +02:00
COVID cases in Israeli schools drop dramatically
The number of school children infected by COVID fell by over 50 percent as the Health Ministry gets set to hold a televised hearing on vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:26:24 +02:00
Finding your ‘bashert’ in Bahrain: Gulf group launches Jewish dating site
Creators hope the new matchmaking service for singles looking for soulmates will help ‘grow’ Jewish life in the region

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:49:38 +02:00
IDF general to Bahraini paper: If Iran nuke talks fail, Israel ‘must be prepared for other scenarios’
In the first interview of an IDF official to Bahraini media, the officer said that Israel prefers a diplomatic option over a military one in dealing with the Iranian nuclear program

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:42:39 +02:00
Erdogan 'positive' on Biden sale of F-16 jets, but airs qualms of U.S. support for Kurds
Meanwhile, Biden told President Erdogan that the purchase would depend on Turkey's human rights records, as the two met in Rome at the G20 summit

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:22:28 +02:00
This is how Israel's government plans to pass a key vote this week
Prime Minister Bennett expresses confidence the budget will pass and deliver 'stability for the government,' but securing a majority for Israel state budget for the first time in two years is far from a foregone conclusion

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:48:39 +02:00
Summer days at the beach, in Israel and Gaza
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers have covered four Gaza wars from opposite sides of the battle lines, now they're trying to capture a shared reality

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:23:25 +02:00
'No affinity to Israel': Top court rejects Palestinian NGO's petition for tax exemption
The Supreme Court ruled that a school without Israeli students does not serve the public's interest and that the Oslo Accords designate responsibility for Palestinian educational institutions to the PA

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:31:10 +02:00
Suspension of Israeli army officer who refused COVID shot overturned
While the IDF does not require its soldiers to be vaccinated, this August it announced that it would only call up reservists who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:18:25 +02:00
Netanyahu's political future could be decided this week, and he knows it
If the Bennett-Lapid government succeeds in passing a state budget before the end of the week, ex-PM Netanyahu will be facing nothing but bad choices

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:11:41 +02:00
In the BDS fight, 'D' is the letter Israel should really worry about
Big business is facing growing pressure to meet a host of standards concerning human rights, with more investors beginning to divest from Israeli companies that have ties to the occupation

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:04:33 +02:00
Netflix’s true crime doc ‘The Motive’ is all killer, no filler
Four Israeli shows from the past decade are now available to a wider audience, including ‘The Motive’ on Netflix, the thrillers ‘Asylum City’ and ‘Hostages,’ and the surprisingly funny ‘Checkout’ (on ChaiFlicks and Topic)

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:41:30 +02:00
Blinken declines to rule out military option should Iran nuclear talks fail
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran is 'moving forward aggressively' with its nuclear program as talks are set to resume in November

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:34:31 +02:00
Prepping for secession – or war: Who will stop Bosnia's Serb separatists?
For years, Bosnian Serb leader, separatist, autocrat and genocide denier Milorad Dodik has worked hard to discredit the post-war Bosnian state and demonize Muslim Bosniaks. Now, as he gathers critical momentum, will Biden, NATO or others in the West ...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:28:05 +02:00
The strange case of Israel’s top energy official
Under his conflict-of-interest agreement, the Energy Ministry’s new director general will need permission to pick up his pen in his own office

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:03:03 +02:00
Nazi flag flown near synagogue in Australia sparks calls to ban symbol
The incident came only weeks after Australia announced that it was adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:28:17 +02:00
Iran-linked hackers leak data from Israeli LGBTQ dating site
The Black Shadow group, released the data of 1,000 users of the Atraf dating site, some of whom are likely closeted, which it stole by hacking the Cyberserve web hosting company

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:11:09 +02:00
Glasgow climate summit: What part will Israel play, and what does it hope to achieve
Bennett heads Israel's delegation to the UN climate summit, where he will present new, modest targets. Officials hope the visit will wake Israel up to the urgency of climate crisis, which threatens the Middle Eastern state in particular

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:09:08 +02:00
Poland recognized the IHRA antisemitism definition. Critics aren't impressed
A Polish government ministry released a statement online earlier this month saying that Poland recognizes the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, a move meant to coincide with an international Holocaust forum in Sweden

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:30:31 +02:00
American B-1B bomber flies over Mideast amid Iran tensions
Biden sending a B1-B bomber into the region allows him to send 'a clear message of reassurance' to regional allies, U.S. Air Force's Central Command tweeted

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:11:22 +02:00
What are Israel’s chances at securing U.S. visa waivers
To fit American criteria, Israel would need to amend security procedures put in place during the intifada. Other bureaucratic challenges are also likely to slow, or stop, Israel's hopes of joining the visa waiver program

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:04:58 +02:00
Our reporter was sent to cover a nude shoot at the Dead Sea. And ended up naked
I always thought I had no problem with my naked body. I’m not proud of it or ashamed of it. But would this theoretical feeling withstand the test of reality? Ultimately, the sign was given. In under a minute we were all naked and waiting for photog...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:18:41 +02:00
Interior minister pushes for separation of asylum seekers' children from Israelis in Tel Aviv schools
Interior Minister Shaked advocated for segregating schools in a meeting with Tel Aviv municipality officials, arguing the move will push asylum seekers 'to leave Israel as soon as possible'

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:56:04 +02:00
Israeli cops forced a Palestinian woman to confess false rape claim. Then the rapist struck again
A Palestinian rape victim withdrew her complaint after police in the West Bank threatened her and treated her as a suspect. Three years later, her assailant raped another woman

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:55:21 +02:00
Israeli military Home Front exercise to simulate domestic unrest for first time
Following violent riots during the latest Gaza conflict, Israel will include internal disturbances during wartime in a five-day military exercise this week

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:11:49 +02:00
Iran points finger at Israel, U.S. for cyberattack on gas stations
Iran's civil defense chief says Israel, U.S. 'and their agents' likely behind cyberattack that disrupted gasoline sales across the Islamic Republic

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:43:02 +02:00
They’re just not that into you

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:27:58 +02:00
Shut down the Military Censor

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:13:19 +02:00
Chabad group targeting teenagers seeks Israeli state money, recognition
Education Ministry examining application by CTeen, which says its work includes 'giving Torah lessons to teens' and 'increasing Jewish identity activities' in schools

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:49:17 +03:00
A childhood in Benghazi, a bar mitzvah in Bergen-Belsen
Remembering Libyan-Jewish Holocaust survivor Joseph Labi, who went from home to Italy to the Nazi concentration camp before finding himself in the Palmach

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:32:37 +03:00
In Israel, the right acts and the left babbles

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:29:44 +03:00
Israel passed on Iran drone intel to U.S. before it imposed new sanctions
According to the U.S., the drones are used by terror groups supported by Iran, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen. The sanctions against heads of UAV program may also give the U.S. leverage in nuke talks

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:11:50 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:47:03 +03:00
Erdogan doesn't flinch at sanctions, but Turkey's economy is crumbling
The Turkish president's tough stance toward EU ambassadors looks to have been the wrong call, and his shticks and tricks to boost the economy haven't been working either

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:21:19 +03:00
Kuwait, UAE join Saudi Arabia with steps against Lebanon as diplomatic spat widens
The two countries recalled their envoys from Lebanon, following comments of a cabinet minister regarding the war in Yemen

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:17:00 +03:00
Top Israeli health official to receive security detail as anti-vaxxer threats intensify
The Health Ministry's director of public health, Sharon Alroy-Preis, is facing the maximum level of threat, according to Israel Police

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:17:30 +03:00
Israel Police arrest 17-year-old suspected of killing father
This is the second killing within a family to take place this week in the city of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:05:25 +03:00
Sudanese army shoots dead three people during nationwide protests against coup
Sudan's Central Doctors Committee said the three protesters were shot dead by troops in the capital Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman as hundreds of thousands of people across Sudan protested the military coup

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:59:28 +03:00
No Netanyahu, a clerk doesn’t decide on the fate of Israel’s democracy

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:09:50 +03:00
Five killed in Israeli attack on Hezbollah arms convoy near Damascus, report says
Syrian state media blamed Israel for the surface-to-surface missile attack, which was unusually conducted in broad daylight

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:14:57 +03:00
'Anti-Israel' hacking group targets web hosting company, knocks down several Israeli sites
Black Shadow, a hacker group linked to Iran, threatens to leak information from Israeli web hosting site Cyberserve in its latest cyberattack

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:30:32 +03:00
Israeli research: COVID booster reduces serious illness by 92%, death by 81%
The study by Israel's Clalit Research Institute and Harvard confirms research showing a fading of the COVID vaccine’s effectiveness after a few months

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:13:01 +03:00
Israel's UN envoy tears up human rights council report at General Assembly
A UN committee created to investigate May's Gaza conflict condemned Israel and disregarded Hamas' attacks on Israeli civilians

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:43:09 +03:00
Tel Aviv is over
The secret of Tel Aviv’s attraction once lay in its ability to transform nothing into a wonder that allows movement and life. Now it turns out to be a very costly nothing

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:17:26 +03:00
How early should kids learn to code?
Should children be taught computer programming and be exposed to high-tech at an early age? ‘After reading, writing and arithmetic, 'one expert stresses, 'it’s important for kids to know programming’

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:43:53 +03:00
With COVID in check, Israel’s version of Burning Man is back
The Midburn festival in the desert hosted as many as 5,000 people instead of 13,000 last time, as foreign tourists remain a fantasy for now. Still, under a theme of 'Return,' participants tried to put COVID in the rearview mirror

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:21:15 +03:00
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID vaccine for children ages 5-11
If vaccinations for younger children are approved by the CDC, and then in Israel, about 1 million more Israelis could potentially be vaccinated against COVID

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:37:31 +03:00
In Vatican meeting, Biden discusses climate change, COVID, poverty with Pope Francis
Biden and Pope Francis ran overtime in highly personal discussions

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:35:13 +03:00
Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom, recalls envoy to Beirut
The move comes days after a video circulated on social media in which Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi described the war in Yemen as an aggression by Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:02:47 +03:00
Gantz held security-related meetings in Singapore
According to foreign reports, Singapore is one of the main importers of Israeli weapons, and a clutch of Israeli security firms have representatives in the country

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:30:07 +03:00
'On Shabbat, settlers swarm Palestinian villages with clubs. They pull people out of their homes'
The journalist and political activist Yuval Abraham spends a lot of time in the South Hebron Hills witnessing a new type of organized settler violence

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:17:38 +03:00
U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iran's drone program
The move comes after Iran's top nuclear negotiator announced that the nuke talks with six major powers would resume by the end of November

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:09:18 +03:00
Israel’s fragile coalition tries to regroup ahead of key vote
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks to ministers Lapid and Gantz, after a recording of Shaked disparaging them was aired earlier this week

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:53:09 +03:00
Sudan coup leader hints ousted prime minister could return to form new government
Several mediation efforts have been announced since the army dissolved Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's cabinet earlier this week and derailed a transition meant to steer Sudan to democracy

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:48:00 +03:00
The forgotten victim of one of Mossad's greatest fiascos
The murder of the Israeli athletes at the '72 Munich Olympics, and the Israeli revenge campaign that followed, spawned many books and films. But in all of them, one figure remains anonymous: Ahmed Bouchikhi

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:41:36 +03:00
Israel's president apologizes for 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre
'I bow my head in memory of the 49 people murdered, bow my head before you, their family members, and before the residents of Kafr Qasem,' President Isaac Herzog says

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:10:03 +03:00
Woman now thought to be Afghanistan's last Jew flees country
83-year-old Tova Moradi fled the country with her 10 children and nearly two dozen grandchildren last week out of fear for their safety

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:47:19 +03:00
Netanyahu knows Bennett's government won't collapse, but that won't stop him
The opposition leader hopes Bennett's Yamina party will disintegrate so he can topple the government as the crucial vote on the state budget nears ■ Where did Gantz go wrong

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:28:29 +03:00
Thousands march for climate action in Tel Aviv as Israel vows carbon neutrality by 2050
Prime Minister Bennett pledges to lower Israel's net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 as thousands call on leaders to take action

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:39:30 +03:00
COVID in Israel: Children's vaccination panel to be open to the public as fourth wave wanes
Israel sees a day with zero COVID deaths for the first time in nearly four months

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:33:21 +03:00
For American Jews, a second Trump term would be catastrophic
Trump’s return would mean a constitutional crisis, a slide into authoritarianism and mob rule in the streets, endangering all of America’s minorities. So why do U.S. Jews seem so bizarrely unconcerned?

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:22:58 +03:00
Israeli police officer sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for rape by deception
The officer told six women he holds a classified position with the police and proposed them to join the unit, under the condition that they had sex with him

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:35:39 +03:00
Israel to turn back clocks overnight into Sunday as daylight saving time ends
At 2:00 A.M. Sunday morning, clocks will return to 1:00 A.M.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:22:40 +03:00
‘Don’t kill my daughters again’: Gaza doctor looks for justice at Israel’s top court
Twelve years after an Israeli shell hit his home and killed his daughters during Operation Cast Lead, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is taking his battle for a formal apology to the Supreme Court. He knows the odds are against him

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:50:30 +03:00
LISTEN: Can Israeli climate tech undo decades of neglect?
With a 120-member delegation to COP26, is Israel finally waking up to the dangers posed by the climate crisis – including matters of national security? PLUS: Indiana Jones and the Lost Church?

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:02:15 +03:00
Israel's wishful thinking on Iran: Cyberattacks can topple the regime
The regime in Iran has already survived mass protests with scores of fatalities. But for Israel, taking the initiative trumps watching on the sidelines



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