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Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:34:30 +02:00
UAE swears in country's first ambassador to Israel-Dubai media office
Israel announced its embassy had opened in Abu Dhabi, after the countries agreed to normalize relations in August

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:37:42 +02:00
Coronavirus Israel live: As cases decline, number of vaccinated edges toward 4 million
Netanyahu pushes for legislation to disclose names of unvaccinated Israelis ■ Two Israelis contract South African variant after recovery ■ venues to reopen next week in green areas ■ 75% of new COVID cases under 39

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:46:49 +02:00
Archaeologists find earliest known beer mega-factory, in Egypt
Facilities to make beer go back over 13,000 years, but nothing the size of this facility – built by a necropolis at Abydos – had been found before

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:00:20 +02:00
Strange life found on seafloor in the dark, beneath Antarctic ice shelf
Clinging to Antarctic rock, a small sedentary animal was discovered where none were thought to be able to survive

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:38:32 +02:00
Diversion tactics: False equivalence with a vile racist

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:11:37 +02:00
JNF and Kahanist leader: Two sides of the same coin

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:19:28 +02:00
Between the ICC and JCPOA, Israel doesn't need JNF to stir up trouble with Biden
With its plan to start buying Palestinian land to support West Bank settlements, the Jewish National Fund (or JNF) just became another acronym headache for President Biden

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:14:45 +02:00
No phone call from Biden is a wake-up call

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 03:53:26 +02:00
Israeli high-tech sector warns tax change may harm R&D centers and economy
Proposal would tax some of the centers based on their parent companies’ global profits ■ Tech executives warn that the move could hurt sales of Israeli startups and lead parent companies to move management elsewhere

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 02:26:58 +02:00
Israel struck near Damascus, Syria says, as Israel Air Force begins 'surprise exercise'
Missiles were fired from Golan Heights and Galilee, Syrian army statement says, not mentioning casualties ■ Six Iran-backed fighters killed in strikes, Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:41:39 +02:00
Coronavirus Israel live: Some kindergartens, lower grades to reopen on Monday
Netanyahu pushes for legislation to disclose names of unvaccinated Israelis ■ Two Israelis contract South African variant after recovery ■ venues to reopen next week in green areas ■ 75% of new COVID cases under 39

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:10:33 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:08:33 +02:00
Netanyahu labels unvaccinated Israelis as the new enemy
Netanyahu has tied his fate in the election to COVID vaccinations, and suspicion arises that his proposals are influenced by personal considerations. Meanwhile, disclosing names of Israelis who have yet to get vaccinated paves way for severe infringe...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:50:27 +02:00
After Israel's first COVID lockdown, more women than men returned to jobs
The National Insurance Institute also finds that workers over age 65 were the least likely to return to work, followed by those in the 45-54 bracket

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:40:00 +02:00
Tel Aviv Museum of Art picks Mira Lapidot as curator
Lapidot comes with more than two decades of experience at the Israel Museum, where she curated exhibitions of leading artists, like the first exhibition in Israel of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:33:54 +02:00
Two statistics illustrate problems facing Israeli Arabs today. Only one gets talked about
The NEET rate – which stands for Not in Education, Employment, or Training – is 30 percent in Israel's Arab communities, more than twice the Jewish rate

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:22:13 +02:00
No way out of Saudi Arabia’s royal prison
Critics of the regime in the country and abroad have fallen victim to the Saudi social media surveillance system

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:14:49 +02:00
Netanyahu pushes for legislation to disclose names of unvaccinated Israelis to authorities
Coronavirus cabinet approves advancing the proposal, which will address how the information on those not yet vaccinated will be protected

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:23:15 +02:00
Anti-vaxxer rabbi's COVID remarks 'dangerous and misleading,' Israel's Health Ministry warns
Rabbi Yuval Hacohen Asherov has recently posted a video clip in which he falsely claims that the COVID-19 vaccine damages fertility and can be fatal

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:34:51 +02:00
Israeli cop who shot wife dead pleads self-defense
Amir Raz initially said he had no explanation for shooting his wife in their West Bank home, before changing his testimony on Sunday

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:21:07 +02:00
‘Who are we?’: Asian American Jews explore their identities in a new video project
The Jewish-Asian Film Project, a series of videos of young Asian American Jews in conversation which launched this week, aims to create a community for Jews of color

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 19:41:28 +02:00
94 percent drop in symptomatic COVID cases seen among vaccinated, biggest Israeli study shows
The Pfizer COVID vaccine, the study found, was equally effective for all age groups, including people aged 70 and older

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:53:28 +02:00
Two recovered Israeli COVID patients reinfected with South African strain
Health Ministry says 44 cases of the COVID strain have been found in Israel, and that patients had been in contact with 124 people

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:42:26 +02:00
Qatar: Deal reached to supply Israeli natural gas to Gaza power plant
Qatar's envoy to the Strip announces project after negotiations between the Palestinian Authority, Israeli gas company Delek, and other international figures ■ The gas pipeline construction is expected to take about 2.5 years

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:14:20 +02:00
Heavy clashes rage in central Yemen; dozens killed
The Iranian-backed rebels earlier this month renewed their attack on the oil-rich province, an anti-Houthi stronghold held by the internationally recognized government

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:47:12 +02:00
Jewish National Fund leadership okays plan to expand West Bank settlements
The organization's board of directors still needs to approve the decision, which would allow it to expand its purchase of land in the West Bank for the benefit of Jewish settlements, and will do so after the election

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:22:52 +02:00
Ultra-Orthodox Londoners roll up sleeves to fight COVID
In hopes of breaking down barriers that sometimes isolate the Orthodox from wider society, community leaders organized the pop-up vaccination event at the end of Shabbat

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:35:50 +02:00
Meet the GOP congresswoman who spoke out against Trump during impeachment
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler made public a potentially incriminating conversation between the House GOP leader and Trump and urged other Republicans to do so as well

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:57:51 +02:00
Hurricane wind-speed doubled and other climate change briefs
Squirrels are heading for the hills, a problem with trees, a snag in measuring climate change at 'Ground Zero,' and wet Israel

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:03:17 +02:00
Saudi coalition says destroyed drones in attack Houthis say hit airport
A military spokesman for the Iran-aligned Houthi group said two drones launched on Sunday afternoon by its forces had struck Saudi Arabia's Abha airport

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:28:25 +02:00
'SNL' skewers Tucker, Graham and McConnell in wake of Trump's acquittal
McConnell, played by Beck Bennett, finally let loose, 'I think he’s guilty as hell. And the worst person I ever met. And I hope every city, county, and state locks his ass up. Oh God, that felt good!'

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:09:06 +02:00
Three brilliant cocktails recipes to brighten up these dark times
The owner of a popup bar in Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market shares her recipes for colorful and aromatic cocktails

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:17:06 +02:00
Netflix’s new thriller ‘Behind Her Eyes’ has a bland beginning but a killer ending
British thriller ‘Behind Her Eyes’ is the latest best-selling novel to get the Netflix treatment. But is a six-part series really the best format for it?

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:14:40 +02:00
KKK justice: How Trump got away with murder
You can bet that every one of the jurors believed wholeheartedly that Trump was guilty as charged. The verdict preceded the trial: innocent even if proven guilty

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:55:14 +02:00
Anyone can fake Israel’s vaccination certificate - here’s how easy it is
Check Point finds simple flaw in Israel’s so-called coronavirus passport, which in the future is expected to allow access to cultural events, centers of business and even travel

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:45:55 +02:00
In shift, vast majority of new COVID cases in Israel below age 39
New COVID mutations and low rate of inoculation among young people are contributing factors – with some Israelis from the age bracket getting seriously ill

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:29:29 +02:00
Following U.S. protest, Israel to permit American carriers to fly 'rescue' flights to Tel Aviv
Until now, El Al had the exclusive right to offer limited flights for Israelis stranded in the U.S. while Ben-Gurion Airport is closed due to COVID-19 restrictions

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:28:46 +02:00
Germany tightens border checks to keep out virus variants
Infection rates in Germany have been declining steadily in recent weeks but officials are concerned about the possible impact of variants first discovered in Britain and South Africa

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:23:54 +02:00
McConnell eviscerates Trump's 'disgraceful' actions after voting to acquit him
Clearly angry, the Senate’s longest-serving GOP leader said Trump’s actions surrounding the attack on Congress were 'a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty'

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:11:21 +02:00
White House aide resigns after threatening reporter
White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has resigned after a report surfaced in Vanity Fair outlining his sexist threats against a female Politico journalist

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:07:32 +02:00
Court rules against Arkansas’ Israel boycott pledge law
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that Arkansas’ law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is unconstitutional

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:24:26 +02:00
JNF deputy chair slams organization's plans to formalize settlement expansion
Rift in the organization over policy to expand remit into West Bank intensified after deputy chair Alon Tal spoke to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, whose Kahol Lavan party opposes the move

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:57:49 +02:00
Turkey says militants executed 13, including soldiers, police, in Iraq
Turkey's Operation Claw-Eagle 2 previously led to the deaths of 48 PKK militants, including three senior members, and the capture of two insurgents

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:07:17 +02:00
Inside Israel's war room combating COVID vaccine fake news
Israeli Health Ministry's operation center, dedicated to tracking and countering false reports and forgeries about the coronavirus vaccine, has its sights set on those hesitant to inoculate

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:05:48 +02:00
Netanyahu rivals started strong in election polls, but petered out. What's their next game plan?
According to Haaretz’s averaged polls, Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope stands to gain 13.5 Knesset seats and Naftali Bennett's Yamina is projected to win 11.5 in Israel's March election, a far cry from the 20+ they both dream of

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 01:02:29 +02:00
Blatman, you’re in bad company

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:23:35 +02:00
Israel Pension Protection Forces

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:12 +02:00
Israel's COVID infection data takes turn for better – but remains far from good
The number of new coronavirus cases and patients in critical condition reflect a drop, but it is still much too early for hospitals in Israel to celebrate

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:33:54 +02:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:21:15 +02:00
Trump acquitted as impeachment bid fails to muster two-thirds majority
The Senate voted 57-43 to charge the former president with incitement of insurrection for the deadly riot on Capitol Hill in January ■ Trump: trial is 'greatest witch hunt in the history of our country'

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:19:46 +02:00
Israeli children have been forsaken in the COVID crisis? Tell it to the Palestinians

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:17:11 +02:00
Israel has fewer rainy days a year, but it’s not getting drier – for now
Although the research didn't point to less rain as a result of climate change, scientific models estimate that the Eastern Mediterranean will see a 25 to 35 percent decrease in rainfall later this century

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:55:52 +02:00
Israel, Cyprus to announce COVID vaccine certificate agreement and renewal of tourism
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades to visit Israel Sunday and expected to announce a mutual coronavirus quarantine exemption if flights resume

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:03:39 +02:00
First batch of Pfizer COVID vaccines arrive in Lebanon
Lebanon succeeded in containing the virus during the pandemic’s early months, but the numbers began to increase following a massive blast in the capital’s port in August

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:36:17 +02:00
As election campaign kicks off, anti-Netanyahu protesters around Israel face violence
Four detained for attacks on protesters; demonstrators threatened at gun point, pelted with stones and assaulted amid weekly rallies calling for Netanyahu's resignation

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:42:19 +02:00
Can Israel force people to get vaccinated for COVID? Legal experts weigh in
Israel has precedents for enforcing coronavirus vaccination, but attempts to compel citizens to get the jab or to impose sanctions will encounter hurdles, experts say

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:23:08 +02:00
Fuel tanker blast causes massive fire at Afghan-Iran border
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the blast, which injured at least seven people and caused a massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:43:33 +02:00
Trump impeachment trial could wrap up today, conviction seen unlikely
As many as 10 Republicans could find Trump guilty, according to a Senate aide, which would still be short of the 67 votes needed for conviction

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:21:28 +02:00
Fruit flies in space ruin dreams of colonizing Mars
As the UAE spacecraft orbits around Mars – mazel tov – it’s a good time to revisit how plausible life in outer space really is

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 07:55:03 +02:00
COVID-19 restrictions are driving libertarians up the wall
'What is this nonsense about telling us we can’t gather in the street, or we can’t have a party in our house, or we can’t go to a restaurant?'

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:11:11 +02:00
How a Jewish movement managed to thrive under the antisemitic Vichy regime
To understand the Pétain government's inexplicable support for the continued activities of the Jewish Scouts during World War II, we must abandon our stereotypical views of the Holocaust in France

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:45:09 +02:00
Britain's Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor
Khan will replace Fatou Bensouda on June 16, and is bound to have a decisive role in deciding the future of the investigation she requested into alleged war crimes by Israel and Hamas

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:43:21 +02:00
Biden launches review of Guantanamo prison, aims to close it before leaving office
The prison came to symbolize the excesses of the U.S. 'war on terror' because of harsh interrogation methods that critics say amounted to torture

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:19:07 +02:00
Israel has abandoned its children, and their parents too

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:15:26 +02:00
Iranian official arrested in Istanbul over dissident's killing, sources say
Masoud Molavi Vardanjani was shot dead on an Istanbul street in November 2019, a year after leaving Iran and criticizing what he said was corruption in the Islamic Republic

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:11:58 +02:00
Residents of this ultra-Orthodox Israeli city were wary of the vaccine. Here’s how that changed overnight
Cholent, a special yummy Shabbat dish, was on offer, but prominent rabbis said everyone should get inoculated, and the Haredi community 'says no to lies,' a local man added

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:45:02 +02:00
Before the nuclear talks, Iran and U.S. are sparring over who will blink first
Tehran and Washington are indirectly sending messages that are also aimed at the Saudis and Israelis. Any delay could put Biden under pressure at home to block the contacts

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:39:46 +02:00
Israel briefly reopens its airport for 302 immigrants from Ethiopia
The Ethiopians, among about 8,000 with Jewish ancestry awaiting immigration to Israel, had been tested for COVID-19 prior to arriving

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:35:42 +02:00
Tel Aviv claimed it wasn’t segregating foreign kids at school. This document proves otherwise
Before reissuing the document, dozens of schools were denoted for ‘the foreign community’ in the field for type of school, alongside state schools, ultra-Orthodox schools and Arab schools

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:33:36 +02:00
After backlash, Israel Police won't reinstate cop embroiled in Black teen's death
The officer who shot dead Ethiopian Israeli Solomon Teka in 2019 was initially reinstated behind the back of police commissioner, sources say, but following public outrage, he was instead given a job in the Fire and Rescue Service

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:20:07 +02:00
U.S. Reform group condemns Jewish National Fund plan to expand Israeli settlements
Union for Reform Judaism says JNF plan would 'endanger the possibility of a two-state solution,' adding they will work to mobilize the Jewish community against the proposal, which they claim could harm Israel-U.S. ties

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:48:04 +02:00
Israel Air Force will get its new weapons. But an entire year was squandered
Netanyahu obstructed things and the military stalled, but the IDF chief finally has some good news

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:06:43 +02:00
Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
Figure raises new questions as to whether a March 25 directive from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration helped spread sickness and death among residents, a charge the state disputes

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:59:15 +02:00
Twitter suspends Project Veritas account over privacy violations
The social media company also temporarily locked the account of the group's founder, James O'Keefe, for violating the same policy, a Twitter spokeswoman said in a statement

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:32:11 +02:00
GOP split? Anti-Trump Republicans face major challenge in launching third party
A more likely outcome of an anti-Trump movement would be for centrist Republicans to try to purge Trumpism from within its own ranks, said David Jolly, a former Republican congressman from Florida

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:31:01 +02:00
Trump trial: Fact-checking the controversy over the senator and Trump’s misdialed phone call
The House prosecutors produced a number of public statements by Trump as he openly stirred the anger of his supporters over the Congress’s action to affirm Biden’s election victory

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:54:45 +02:00
Guardian columnist says he was fired because of ‘joke’ about U.S. aid to Israel
Nathan Robinson, 30, wrote Wednesday on his website Current Affairs that the editor of the British daily’s U.S. edition had decided not to use his pieces following two tweets

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:37:51 +02:00
How leading anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project ignored a crisis in its ranks
Lincoln Project to launch outside probe amid new revelations

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:13:55 +02:00
Explosion heard in Quneitra province, Syrian state media reports
Report gives no further information about cause of explosion or source or whether it left any casualties

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 06:10:45 +02:00
A month after U.S. Capitol attack, five charged with Proud Boys conspiracy
More than 200 people have been charged with federal offences in the bloody assault on Congress, which claimed the lives of five people and led to Trump's impeachment trial this week

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 06:09:49 +02:00
Israel finally sees drop in COVID cases – no thanks to lockdown
Meanwhile, as the election nears, Israel's government turns its COVID failures into a pat on the back, though Netanyahu can forget about a New Zealand moment

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 06:07:48 +02:00
Netanyahu worries that star witness Milchan will drop bombshell
Prosecution may call key witness in Netanyahu's trial, Arnon Milchan, earlier than planned to prevent his being ‘influenced’

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 06:00:31 +02:00
On the Israeli left, tussling twins are locked in a death match
When Labor and Meretz compete over which one is more leftist, one of them is liable to find itself alone in Israel's March election

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:58:21 +02:00
Was Stonehenge moved? Monoliths may have come from older stone circle in Wales
Neolithic farmers built one of the earliest stone circles in Britain in the mountains of Wales. When they moved, they apparently brought their ancestral monuments along for the ride

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:20:02 +02:00
If Netanyahu is convicted, the 'second' Israel will be dethroned

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:18:11 +02:00
Joint List or the worst of all evils

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:04:55 +02:00
In the bitter fight for the truth over aspects of Holocaust, authorities in Poland have lost their bearings
This week’s Polish court ruling in favor of the family of a wartime village mayor is just one more sign that politicians and courts need to be excluded from involvement in scholarly historical debates

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:59:44 +02:00
How Israelis came to be the kings of New York’s locksmithing trade
They account for some 30% of the profession, and these days they 
are prospering like never before after a coronavirus-led surge in crime

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:47:14 +02:00
New coronavirus cases in Israel hit 5-week low
This comes as Israel continues to exit its third lockdown, while the coronavirus vaccination drive shows positive results, but slows down

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:37:50 +02:00
The Palestinian Rosa Parks

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:34:31 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:24:31 +02:00
An unarmed Palestinian is shot dead at a settler outpost. The Israeli army's conclusion? He was a terrorist
What was an accountant from the Palestinian Finance Ministry doing late at night near an unauthorized outpost, where a settler shot him to death?

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:47:49 +02:00
'I'm moving to France for a good reason, but Israel is home. It’s crap here, but it’s my crap'
Conversations at the Tel Aviv airport: A production manager leaves Israel for his country of birth, while a land assessor considers moving to Singapore, where COVID is under control

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:38:52 +02:00
Yad Vashem on Polish libel verdict: Blow to academic freedom in Holocaust research
The verdict handed down by a Warsaw court this week ruled that two senior historians must apologize for allegations in their book that a Polish mayor had turned Jews over to the Nazis

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:23:14 +02:00
Will 200 rich Arab men save the world from the climate crisis?
Poised on the cusp between economic and climate disaster, and an amazing commercial opportunity, Gulf-based petroleum giants realize today that the golden age of oil is about to end, Dan Rabinowitz asserts in his new book. Is the era of green on the ...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:19:10 +02:00
Illegal missile sale to 'Asian Country' could harm Israel-U.S. ties
The criminal case revealed Thursday, involving more than 20 Israelis, some former defense officials, will mandate full transparency in Israel’s dealings with the already-suspicious Biden administration

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:59:30 +02:00
Antisemitic flyer in German tram blames Jews for the COVID pandemic
'Do we really have a Corona problem? Or do we have a Jewish problem?' the flyers read

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:44:13 +02:00
Why Netanyahu chose racist Jewish supremacists over his oldest political allies
There was a time when Netanyahu was entirely unwilling to cooperate with the Kahanists. Now, in his desperation, he’s rescuing them from political oblivion, no matter what it takes

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:39:50 +02:00
Oman says content with current relationship with Israel
Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi added that Oman is committed to peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two-state solution

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:47:53 +02:00
What do Chinese media outlets say about the Middle East? Depends which language you’re reading
China’s efforts to sway international public opinion have been going on for far longer than the COVID-19 crisis – an attempt especially evident if you speak Arabic



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