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Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:37:44 +02:00'The president doesn't like you guys now': Behind the Trump-Netanyahu feud
Israeli Journalist Barak Ravid's new book, 'Trump's Peace,' reveals through on-the-record interviews that the relationship between the two former leaders was a lot rockier behind the scenes than what was publicly exhibited
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:36:18 +02:00Before Barbie: Why girls played with dolls in the Roman Empire
Doll found in girl’s grave from 2,000 years ago in Rome show these toys weren’t just for frivolity. They were meant to prepare girls for maternity at a very young age
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:24:57 +02:00Big in Japan: ex-Mossad head Yossi Cohen's latest cybersecurity adventure
Claroty chalks up one of the biggest funding rounds in Israeli tech this year, with Yossi Cohen joining its board. It is also buying startup Medigate – the biggest acquisition of one Israeli cybersecurity company by another
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:08:10 +02:00Mining gold from East Jerusalem's streets
Israel profits twice from Palestinians living in the capital: once from the fines they pay for the city’s own crimes, and again when the community is forced into a life of low-paying jobs and abject poverty
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:37:01 +02:00U.S. forces 'kidnap civilians' in Syria raid; teacher, two sons reportedly killed
An overnight U.S. operation, backed by local rebel forces, targeted ISIS operatives near Deir al-Zor, opposition war monitor says
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:28:38 +02:00Israel's Bennett meets UAE crown prince in historic Abu Dhabi visit
'This is what the peace and the new reality this region is witnessing,' Israel's prime minister tells state media
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:45:34 +02:00Our nuke is a giant pacifier
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:43:31 +02:00Ironically, it's the Israeli right that's acknowledging the Palestinian Nakba
“In the end what’s happening here is that the Arabs have forgotten the Nakba. And the time has come to begin reminding them of the Nakba”
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:12:16 +02:00Two weeks after omicron came into our lives, what do experts know about it?
The most pressing questions on omicron, the latest COVID-19 variant of concern, and its spread through Israel
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:05:54 +02:00Israel advances new projects for Jews across East Jerusalem that would push Palestinians out
Documents obtained by Haaretz include proposals for a new neighborhood in Sheikh Jarrah, one near Damascus Gate, two near Beit Safafa, and one each in Sur Baher and Beit Hanina
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:51:21 +02:00The tyranny of ideology in Israel
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:50:08 +02:00Israel must not forget the Golan Heights are occupied territory too
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:45:30 +02:00Protect journalists by law
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 02:31:06 +02:00Israeli security forces kill Palestinian in clashes during West Bank raid
Soldiers opened fire in response to explosives hurled at them during an arrest operation in Nablus, killing one Palestinian and wounding three others
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 01:38:32 +02:00Israeli expert panel decides against recommending fourth COVID vaccine
Health Ministry moves to focus on the 42 percent of eligible Israelis that are not fully vaccinated as omicron variant spreads
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:58:29 +02:00Lesbian couples to be able to open a joint file at the sperm bank – just like straight couples
A new directive from Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz brings both members of female same-sex couples a step closer to being recognized as parents of their children
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:49:20 +02:00Netanyahu and his 'inner circle' are losing their minds over losing their bodyguards
While Netanyahu sprayed claims alleging that the lives of his family would be in danger if their security detail was taken away from them, Israel's law enforcement and security agencies asserted there is no intelligence indicating such a threat
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:29:46 +02:00Samantha Power: It's become controversial to provide life-saving aid to Palestinians
'For decades there has been a broad consensus – both in Israel and the United States – that investments in the health and wellbeing of Palestinians benefits everyone, including Israelis,' says USAID chief
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:17:37 +02:00Iran: Europe 'fails to come up with initiatives to resolve differences' in nuke talks
Earlier, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the negotiations in Vienna are Iran's 'last chance'
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:08:38 +02:00Lifting security for Netanyahu's family is a step toward recovery from a mutual obsession
Whether Netanyahu's true concern regarding the security details is truly his family's safety will soon be clear, as he is able to arrange private security for them if he wishes
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:31:50 +02:00Israel restricts travel to U.K., Denmark and 49 other nations as omicron spreads
The travel ban to and from these countries will go into effect in 72 hours – after that, would-be visitors need the permission of the exceptions committee to enter Israel ■ 67 omicron cases detected in Israel thus far
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:23:33 +02:00Bennett celebrates historic visit, and it's not the worst part of Netanyahu's day
As the new prime minister took off to make history in the United Arab Emirates, his predecessor had to deal with a crisis at home. But Netanyahu's shadow still lingers over the government's diplomatic and military dilemmas
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:18:22 +02:00Four killed at Palestinian camp in Lebanon days after blast
Palestinian sources said gunmen opened fire indiscriminately, while others reported that the incident developed after a conflict between Fatah and Hamas members, Lebanese state media reports
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:05:38 +02:00'Nothingburger': Jewish Republicans defend Trump after 'fuck Bibi' comment
Matt Brooks, the Republican Jewish Coalition's executive director, said the controversy over Trump's remarks doesn't mean he wasn't 'the most pro-Israel president'
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:39:33 +02:00Jerusalem mayor asks police to stop using 'skunk water' in demonstrations
Moshe Leon's request comes a day after police used the riot control measure to disperse a right-wing demonstration in Jerusalem
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:29:57 +02:00Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ will revive your love of cinema
With ‘West Side Story,’ Steven Spielberg has made his best film in decades. Plus, reviews of a shopworn ‘House of Gucci’ and powerful Norwegian Holocaust drama ‘Betrayed’
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:04:02 +02:00Survivor of Nazi massacre of Italian civilians dies at 87
87-year-old Enrico Pieri was 10 when SS soldiers murdered 560 people in his Tuscan village in retaliation for partisan attacks
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:52:48 +02:00Bennett cites omicron deaths of two U.K. teens – which never happened
In an attempt to encourage the children's vaccination drive, Israeli prime minister warns cabinet that two British schoolboys died of omicron, when they had in fact died of the virus well before the variant was reported
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:45:35 +02:00Man shot dead in northern Israel marks 120th murder in Arab community this year
The murder of 25-year-old Ahmad Umriyya in Haifa caps a bloody weekend, in which three Arabs were murdered in three days
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:35:43 +02:00Israel approves millions for day care for asylum seekers' children
Between 2010 and 2016, 10 babies died in unlicensed preschools used by migrant workers and asylum seekers. Israel decided to begin regulating them, but disputes persist about which ministry provides the funds
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:23:33 +02:00In hometown of Mary Magdalene, Israeli archaeologists find second synagogue
Never before have two synagogues been found in the ancient towns of the Galilee dating to the Second Temple era. The new discovery seems to have served the Magdala industrial zone
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:05:36 +02:00Omicron in Israel: Over 40% not protected against new COVID variant
U.K. data shows booster strongly protects against omicron, but with 9% not taking the third shot and a further 32% unvaccinated, Israel's top COVID expert says the country is under threat
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:03:07 +02:00Jews can’t let the genocide deniers win
A scant generation since committing the worst atrocities on European soil since the Holocaust, unrepentant Bosnian Serb leaders are on the secessionist warpath again. This is why Jews, and Israel, must speak out
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:38:19 +02:00United colors of the man who redesigned Israel
From the iconic logo for 'Peace Now' to upsetting posters evoking Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, the great Israeli graphic designer David Tartakover has always given his unique twist on Israeli reality
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:35:00 +02:00Pro-Israel evangelicals stay silent on Trump's 'fuck Bibi' comment
From prominent organizations to leading pastors, Evangelical supporters of Israel have not commented on Trump's incredible attack on Netanyahu, signaling the movement's confusion as one of its heroes turns on another
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 11:06:43 +02:00How this Israeli researcher got caught in a web of sticky sex games
Doctoral student Amir Haluts is researching the unusual and dangerous sex lives of golden orb-weaver spiders
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:36:09 +02:00Netanyahu family to lose security detail from Monday
Committee decides not to extend security for opposition leader's family ■ Netanyahu earlier took to social media to argue the security is essential
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:14:06 +02:00Israeli PM Bennett arrives in UAE for historic visit
After repeated cancellations by Netanyahu, Bennett's trip is the first visit ever to the UAE by an Israeli prime minister
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:53:17 +02:00Right-wing gang vandalizes Palestinian cars near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate
Israel Police is investigating the attack by 20 youths, which follows a similar incident in Sheikh Jarrah last week
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:53:15 +02:00An Israeli strike on Iran might have been possible a decade ago. Not today
Top Israeli defense official is in despair over the gap between Iran headlines and reality ■ What the Israeli army must do to stem abuse of Palestinians
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:39:21 +02:00Omicron arrived in Israel. The government is ignoring the loopholes
How do you count three days of COVID quarantine? Leave it to the Israeli mind
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:34:25 +02:00Israel extends COVID entry ban for foreigners, weighs Europe travel restrictions
Non-residents will be barred entry into the country for another 10 days, as Israel mulls further COVID restrictions to prevent the spread of omicron
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:31:45 +02:00A simple Israeli invention could help 2.5 billion people – and NASA
Prof. Moran Bercovici and Dr. Valeri Frumkin developed cheap technology for making optic lenses, with the potential to produce glasses for developing nations where many have no access to them. Now, NASA says it could be used to make space telescopes
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:20:58 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:50:42 +02:00Israel to debate harsher penalties for wildlife poisoning
Every year there are hundreds of poisoning attempts, some harming many forms of wildlife including large mammals such as jackals, foxes, and deer
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:41:40 +02:00The ghosts haunting Israel's wars, past and present
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:24:10 +02:00Israel's 'most moral army in the world' can't keep running away from its past
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:08:29 +02:00Israeli lawmakers must stop interfering with the media
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:40:02 +02:00The Israeli right wing's weird take on Palestinians' lone-wolf attacks
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:58:25 +02:00The 4-year-old criminal: Jerusalem city hall insists on demolishing the home of 60 Palestinians
Without approval from a master plan by Jerusalem's municipality, Palestinians in the eastern A-Tur neighborhood must take matters into their own hands. It has birthed an ecological and social disaster
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:19:11 +02:00Bennett advances Golan Heights construction plan in bid to double population
Green groups in Israel have slammed the plan, which calls for establishment of two new communities in the Golan Heights and bypasses the usual planning process
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:42:19 +02:0018-year-old Arab shot dead in suspected vengeance killing in Israel's south
The murder in Bedouin town represents the 119th murder in Israel's Arab community this year
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:24:39 +02:00Bennett to update banned COVID countries daily, restrict mall entry to unvaccinated
The decisions come as 20 new omicron cases were discovered in Israel and as the rate of COVID infection rises to a three-month high ■ Bennett is also weighing up sanctions to encourage booster shots
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:14:57 +02:00Gantz says he instructed Israeli army to prepare military option against Iran
Israel's Defense Minister said the nuclear talks in Vienna have yielded 'no progress' and informed Washington of the IDF's preparations
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:01:39 +02:00Hope amid the rubble: Kentucky tornado death toll could fall significantly
Up to 70 people at a Mayfield candle factory had been believed dead, but that number could be revised down to 16 or fewer, a company spokesman said
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:31:13 +02:00Chilean Jews support this right-wing presidential candidate. His father was likely a Nazi
New files suggest that the father of the right-wing candidate, José Antonio Kast, was a member of Germany's Nazi party, but this hasn't stopped Jewish support amid claims of antisemitism from the Left in Chile
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 17:03:24 +02:00Israel conferred with U.S. before recent Iran strikes, NYT reports
Iranian military official warns of a 'heavy price' against aggression, as Israel and U.S. discuss joint action amid stalling nuclear talks
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:12:14 +02:00Palestinians vote in local elections amid rising anger with President Abbas
Over 400,000 are eligible to vote for candidates in 154 West Bank village councils, a few months after the 86-year-old president indefinitely postponed national elections
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 04:36:09 +02:00Israel's real target is the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 01:01:49 +02:00How COVID despair helped workers gain power
Workers' rights and solidarity have been severely undermined in recent years, but it seems that only the existential confusion of the pandemic has succeeded to shake up the capitalist order a bit
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:43:16 +02:00A Palestinian medic rushed toward a hurt protester. An Israeli cop shot him at close range
Palestinian paramedics are often attacked by Israeli soldiers, who prevent them from fulfilling their duty during clashes. Mohammed Omar was beaten and arrested in 2018 – a year when three of his colleagues were shot to death in Gaza protests. Rece...
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:56:38 +02:00Under a busy Tel Aviv interchange, there's a traffic island where people live
A visit to Tel Aviv's Ludwipol neighborhood, which has been slated for demolition for decades and where 20 people live in houses that move
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:53:14 +02:00Lebanon investigating explosions in Palestinian refugee camp
Hamas denies reports that the blasts at the Burj Shamali camp for Palestinian refugees occurred at one of its weapons depots
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:54:16 +02:00Iran wants strong U.S. guarantees, and is offering little in return
In return for its demands, the Islamic Republic is promising nothing but a vague willingness to roll back the significant nuclear advances it has made since 2019 following Trump's withdrawal from the JCPOA
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:48:51 +02:00Some voices in Iran imagine a different foreign policy
A former top Iranian official calls on Tehran to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, and revitalize relations with the United States and the West
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:38:49 +02:00Israeli shot dead in north is 118th murder victim in Arab community this year
Basem Lotfi Sarhan was shot at close range while sitting in his car in the village of Nahf
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:37:23 +02:00Palestinians freed after hunger strikes suffer lifelong mental and physical damage
Palestinian prisoners have long used hunger strikes to pressure Israel to improve the conditions of their detention or to secure their release after being held without charges for months or years
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:38:23 +02:00Netanyahu says wife, children still need security detail amid 'enormous threats'
In a video, the former PM accuses an anti-Netanyahu Facebook page of explicitly threatening him by publicizing the official expiration date of his security detail
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:14:11 +02:00Protester killed by Israeli military fire in the West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry says
The Palestinian suffered a head wound during clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Beita, as part of a weekly protest against the illegal outpost of Evyatar
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:31:23 +02:00World powers to test Iran's good faith over commitment to understandings from June
'Iran said it accepted to work from the June texts,' a European source says, after Iran reportedly reneged on compromises worked out earlier this year during last week's nuke talks
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:30:31 +02:00Attorney General to clarify only protests over state affairs need police permission
The directive, which upholds a 2017 Supreme Court ruling, will be binding on law enforcement agencies, who have failed to carry out this ruling in the past
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:27:24 +02:00When Israel's education minister said a Jewish child is worth twice as much as an Arab child
Declassification of Israel's 1948 government discussions expose origins of discrimination in the country's education system
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:04:36 +02:00Jewish teens arrested over attack on Palestinian in East Jerusalem
Police arrest two suspects after a group of people attack a Palestinian man in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:57:59 +02:00Iran is expanding military power to attack Israel, other Middle East countries, Gantz says in U.S. visit
Israel is 'prepared for any such attempt,' Defense Minister Benny Gantz says in Washington meeting with top researchers
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:41:13 +02:00LISTEN: How Trump-supporting Haredim boosted aliyah stats
PLUS: Why an Israeli video-on-demand service has just added Sally Rooney’s hit TV show ‘Normal People’ to its catalog – despite calls to boycott the BDS-supporting author
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:36:17 +02:00Israel confirms 14 new cases of omicron variant
Meanwhile, health experts have warned officials that a fifth COVID wave in Israel had begun
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:51:54 +02:00Bennett apologizes to diaspora Jews for shutting down Israel’s borders
In a letter to the leaders of the Jewish Federations of North America, prime minister says he fully understands ‘the critical importance of visits by North American Jews to Israel’ and is doing everything to resolve the crisis
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:49:04 +02:00Report: Ex-Mossad chief to receive $500,000 for fundraising tours for Israel
Shortly after his retirement this summer Haaretz reported an investigation into complaints against Yossi Cohen, involving possible breaches of ethics and information security
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:42:33 +02:00Eric Zemmour and Benjamin Netanyahu: Two Jews with a shared dream
Eric Zemmour has reenergized a particularly French brand of noxious far-right racism and antisemitism. And his core thesis, and the reason he called his party 'Reconquest,' has another, very prominent Jewish advocate
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:26:21 +02:00Trump: Netanyahu was the first to congratulate Biden. 'Fuck him'
Netanyahu says he 'greatly appreciates' Trump's contribution to Israel, but in the interest of preserving the Israeli-U.S. alliance, it 'was important to congratulate' Biden
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:00:09 +02:00The ultra-Orthodox parties don’t want a truce with Bennett, they want an intifada
Crazy speeches by Likud lawmakers wouldn't usually be noteworthy if it weren't for Bibi taking the time to attend them ■ Bennett has learned he can use his left-wing partners as shabbes goys for halting settlement construction
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 01:16:21 +02:00Why does Haaretz keep reporting on this Israeli right-wing think tank?
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:59:42 +02:00I feel no pity for Netanyahu's former aide
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:44:26 +02:00Israeli security leaders need to chill out before speaking on Iran
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:24:53 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +02:00Bennett calls for unprecedented restrictions against Israelis without COVID booster shots
Amid growing fears over the new omicron variant Prime Minister Bennett proposes a lockdown on all unvaccinated Israelis
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 23:52:53 +02:00'You haven't been exposed to intense suffering, situations where a sick person begs to die'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A nurse and med student who sees unimaginable suffering every day, and a kibbutz member trying to the sell the world on the idea of cooperatives
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 23:27:42 +02:00Israel's Teva Pharmaceuticals is last defendant in N.Y. opioid trial
Lawyers for the state and New York counties argued that the companies used deceptive marketing and failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of opioids as required by law
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 23:22:26 +02:00The Israeli New Yorkers trying to turn matbucha into the new hummus
After turning Manhattanites on to real couscous, Ron and Leetal Arazi are sure that the next hot thing (literally) is matbucha, a cooked tomato-and-pepper delicacy
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 22:55:54 +02:00Away from Gaza, one question forced me to face what I'd been trying hard to suppress
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 22:53:47 +02:00To understand Iran’s nuclear program, wake up to the falsehood of the old order
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 22:47:15 +02:00In rhetoric shift, U.S. says will restrict Iran's ability to earn revenue if nuke talks fail
'I can assure you that if the Iranian regime suspects the United States of weakness, they will be sorely surprised,' says U.S. State Department spokesperson
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 22:41:32 +02:00The official photo hides the full story: The new Middle East is already taking shape
For the first time since the 1994 peace treaty, Israel and Jordan are daring to forge mutual strategic dependence. Israel will supply Jordan with 25 percent of its water needs, while 8 percent of Israel’s renewable energy will originate in Jordan. ...
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 21:10:10 +02:00In U.S., Gantz hopes for 'joint military readiness' against Iran
Israel's defense minister tells Secretary Austin he is 'totally confident in the commitment of the United States as a global power to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons'
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 19:20:32 +02:00U.S.-led troops end Iraq combat mission as planned, military officials confirm
The U.S.-led coalition began its mission in 2014 to defeat the Islamic State, after the militants took over vast areas of Iraq and neighboring Syria
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 19:15:48 +02:00Why the Western Wall deal still isn’t happening
With no ultra-Orthodox parties in Israel’s post-Netanyahu government, it seemed like a no-brainer that an egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel would finally be happening. So what’s stopping it?
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:58:02 +02:00Classified docs reveal massacres of Palestinians in '48 – and what Israeli leaders knew
Testimonies continue to pile up, documents are revealed, and gradually a broader picture emerges of the acts of murder committed by Israeli troops during the War of Independence. Minutes recorded during cabinet meetings in 1948 leave no room for doub...
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:54:55 +02:00This is the most trending Palestinian musician in Israel right now
Until last year, Yazan Hamdan, who started his career singing at weddings in Tul Karm, was an unknown. He’s now made the YouTube list of the most-viewed videos in Israel this year
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:01:08 +02:00Paleontologists find the fastest dinosaur in the world
You might have been able to outrun a T. rex, but not the theropod that left its tracks in Cretaceous Spain
Thu, 9 Dec 2021 17:11:31 +02:00NSO spyware found on activists’ phones in Kazakhstan
Amnesty International’s Security Lab confirms phones were actually infected with NSO’s Pegasus software, just weeks after Apple alerted the victims to a ‘state-sponsored’ hack