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Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:27:22 +03:00
Israel conditions Gaza aid funding on Hamas freeing Israeli hostages in Gaza, officials say
Egypt and Qatar had pledged $1 billion to rebuilding of Gaza homes, but Israel conditions aid on progress in hostage talks, guarantees Hamas won't access funds for military buildup

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:58:30 +03:00
Florida town official said building that collapsed was safe despite warning
A 2018 inspection found major structural deterioration in the parking garage beneath the 40-year-old tower, though a Miami inspector told residents the building was 'in very good shape'

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:24:23 +03:00
'In 11 days they will expire': Israel urges youth to get COVID vaccines
The last possible day to get vaccinated in Israel is July 9, Bennett said in a video, appealing to young Israelis ■ 114 new coronavirus cases recorded on Sunday in Israel as the delta variant continues to spread

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:49:47 +03:00
Israel allows fuel to enter Gaza, but both sides deny broader agreement
After reports that Israel and Hamas had arrived at an agreement, both parties refer only to a deal on Qatari fuel earmarked for Gaza's power stations

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:37:02 +03:00
Four Iranian-backed fighters killed in U.S. strikes in Iraq, Syria
Iran calls on the U.S. to 'stop creating crisis in the region' ■ The strikes against Iran-backed militia come in response to drone attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:01:31 +03:00
Confident of support from the West, the Palestinian Authority violently suppresses protests
The PA knows that uncertainty about what would happen if it collapsed scares the public, and that the West and Palestinian public can't do without the modicum of stability it provides

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:02:40 +03:00
Soldiers deployed in Beita sleep well
Soldiers are killing and seriously wounding demonstrators in the West Bank village of Beita – to deter other Palestinians. It’s all part of the noncombat legacy of the Israel Defense of Settlements Forces

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:35:50 +03:00
Three female ministers abstain in protest as cabinet approves prosecutor
Lawmakers Tamar Zanberg, Merav Michaeli and Pnina Tamano-Shata abstained in protest over abusive remarks new state prosecutor Amit Aisman had made towards women who were subordinate to him

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:07:53 +03:00
Battle for women’s dignity is on in Knesset

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:56:04 +03:00
End price gouging on produce

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:05:32 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:45:28 +03:00
Ramle residents brace for revenge killing in wake of triple murder
Tensions are running high after former residents of the central Israel town, Yousef and Nawal Jarushi, and their teenage daughter, Riyan, were killed in the north in a drive-by shooting

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:32:23 +03:00
Residents of illegal West Bank outpost of Evyatar brace for eviction
Gov’t pursuing compromise that would have outpost settlers leave voluntarily, while allowing buildings erected there to remain until status of site is reexamined

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:52:10 +03:00
Feminist symbol or national icon? How one selfie sent tremors through Lebanon
Lebanese singer Fairouz's first social media selfie ignites a debate over whether the 86-year-old is merely a cultural icon or a symbol of women's empowerment in Lebanon

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:47:58 +03:00
Gilad Erdan announces his resignation as ambassador in D.C., will remain as envoy to UN
Erdan, a former Likud party politician who was appointed by the prior Netanyahu government, said a new ambassador to the U.S. should be appointed by the Bennett-led government

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:35:41 +03:00
Netanyahu may soon face a temptation too great to resist
Knowing how difficult it is to defeat a sitting PM, Netanyahu delegitimizes Bennett, but if he fails, he’ll likely leave for more lucrative pastures

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:59:52 +03:00
Israel's Health Ministry director resigns amid COVID delta variant outbreak
Chezy Levy's announcement comes as Israel's coronavirus cabinet meets to discuss the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus, and decides not to impose any new restrictions at present

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:04:36 +03:00
Lapid vows to fix Netanyahu's 'mistakes,' regain bipartisan support in meeting with Blinken
FM Lapid says he seeks to 'minimize conflict' with Palestinians and reiterates opposition to the Iran deal. U.S. secretary of state says normalization cannot replace talks with Palestinians

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:48:16 +03:00
Secretary of State Blinken discusses Sudan-Israel normalization with Sudanese PM
Sudan was one of the Arab countries to sign onto normalization pacts with Israel last year, agreements that the Biden administration has praised and expressed interest in expanding to include other countries

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:58:36 +03:00
Coalition to hold Knesset vote on controversial Palestinian citizenship bill, even without clear majority
Passed in 2003 and renewed annually, the citizenship law was designed, on security grounds, to prevent West Bank residents who marry Israeli citizens from receiving Israeli citizenship

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:37:57 +03:00
Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to nine with over 150 still missing
One victim died in the hospital, while workers pull five more bodies from the wreckage since yesterday

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:26:34 +03:00
On Iran, Israel must not reprise Netanyahu’s disastrous role in the Iraq War and rise of al-Qaida
The main beneficiaries of Netanyahu's misguided, bellicose advice to the U.S. on the Middle East have been Iran, al-Qaida, ISIS and Iran again. On Iran's nuclear program, Israel's new government must avoid repeating his failures

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:15:55 +03:00
Archaeologists resolve enigma of man savaged 3,000 years ago in Japan
Man found with around 790 bite marks had baffled the researchers for a century: Shark attack victims are understandably rare in the archaeological record, because usually, the fish finishes the job

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:13:39 +03:00
Saudi Arabia releases two women activists, rights group says
Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah were detained in July 2018, along with more than a dozen other activists, on suspicion of harming Saudi interests

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:11:07 +03:00
How long before George Clooney is cast in ‘Fauda’?
Israel moves up another rung in global TV’s ratings ladder with the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Glenn Close, and a review of the new documentary ‘Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell’

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:05:12 +03:00
GOP starts to see the light of the wildfires
Even desert plants in the Sonoran Desert of California are showing the strain and other climate change briefs

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 17:11:46 +03:00
Three young Arab women were attacked by a mob in Haifa. The police 'watched and did nothing'
Officers walked by the young women, the daughters of Spain's honorary consul in northern Israel, without stopping. It took three phone calls and many hours for a patrol car to arrive to the scene

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:26:54 +03:00
Israel reprimands Polish ambassador over Holocaust restitution legislation
Foreign Ministry warns that bill setting statute of limitations on restitution for property seized by the Nazis would affect ties between Israel and Poland, but the Polish deputy foreign minister called Israel's stance 'a kind of blackmail'

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:06:09 +03:00
This Jew by choice is testing Israeli top court's landmark ruling on conversions
The High Court ruling in March, which recognized non-Orthodox conversions performed in Israel, could open the door for Yosef Kibita, a member of Uganda's Abayudaya community, who has already converted three times

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:05:35 +03:00
Israel to lose 10 percent of open spaces by 2050 unless birthrate drops, experts say
Even if fertility declines and urban planning improves, say the authors of a new study, the pace of home building must double in order to keep up

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:59:49 +03:00
'The house is burning': Palestinian activists pick up the climate justice gauntlet
In the last year left-wing activists and Palestinian groups have rebranded themselves and taken center stage in the debate surrounding the global climate crisis

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:53:18 +03:00
One giant leap: the International Space University to launch course in Israel
The course will train participants in all aspects of private space technology and global space industry trends in the age of 'New Space'

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:36:17 +03:00
Iran has drones with range of 7,000 kilometers, top commander says
Tehran's assertion comes as Iran and six major powers are in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:09:20 +03:00
Two ultra-Orthodox Jews arrested in Belgium over massive Ponzi scheme
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation says that the scheme defrauded 223,000 people in 177 countries out of millions of euros

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 13:58:45 +03:00
German Jews welcome closing of loophole denying citizenship to descendants of Nazi persecution
The only party to oppose the bill was the far-right Alternative for Germany, which has long been accused of trivializing the Holocaust by Jewish groups

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 13:21:18 +03:00
Masked Israelis filmed throwing stones at Palestinians while soldiers stood by
The alleged assault took place on private Palestinian lands in the West Bank that a 2013 military order bans Israelis from entering

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:45:10 +03:00
The Israeli scientist exploring the dark side of lucid dreams
Sophisticated techniques and devices may allow us to dream while remaining conscious – but they could be dangerous, an Israeli researcher warns

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:28:24 +03:00
Chile's Jewish leaders are using antisemitism to bash a pro-Palestinian leftist. Again
Presidential candidate Daniel Jadue aims for a more just society in Chile and justice for Palestinians. But the Jewish community's leadership is falsely branding him an antisemite - just as it did with Salvador Allende

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:11:23 +03:00
Another mysterious Iran strike. Totally different circumstances
Did the drone strike on the Iranian site – conducted while Israel's army chief is in Washington – surprise the Americans?

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:45:33 +03:00
The do’s and don’ts of parenting a child who comes out
Even liberals can struggle with a child’s new gender identity. What should you do? Love, accept and support them

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:37:27 +03:00
Former chief justice to head Mount Meron stampede commission
Retired Chief Justice Miriam Naor will be joined on the panel by a former mayor of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish city of Bnei Brak, and retired Israeli army general

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:35:34 +03:00
Couple, teenage daughter gunned down in northern Israel
One 8-year-old girl was also taken to the hospital in moderate condition ■ Police suspect the attack was part of a power struggle within a crime family

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:03:02 +03:00
Iran says nuclear site images won't be given to IAEA as deal has expired
After two extension agreements, Iran has said IAEA monitoring of nuclear sites has ended and Tehran will retain data and footage

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:54:25 +03:00
Israeli archaeologists think new Chinese hominin 'Dragon Man' may be Homo Nesher
Phylogenetic analysis led a team to posit that a skull found in 1933 is an unknown species of hominin. Israeli researchers think it looks like an early Neanderthal

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:45:42 +03:00
Facing delta variant outbreak, Israel appoints special airport czar
Israeli Health Ministry classes Tel Aviv a coronavirus hotspot ■ 113 new cases recorded Saturday

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:31:29 +03:00
Israel's 'first lesbians.' It hurts when you're all alone in the world
Women in the community tell Haaretz about the political activism, the partying and the hard road in the ‘70s and ‘80s in finding kindred spirits

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:14:39 +03:00
Lapid and Blinken to meet in Rome Sunday over Iran nuclear deal negotiations
The two are slated to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, the political situation in the region and to promote normalization with Hamas

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:57:35 +03:00
The COVID delta variant is spreading in the U.K. but hospitalizations remains stable, study shows
The protection the vaccination affords from the delta variant of COVID-19 is no less than against the original strain, Israeli experts say

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:47:58 +03:00
Lod resident, a member of a crime family, shot to death
The police are investigating the case on suspicion of murder

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 06:01:43 +03:00
Panic over fourth COVID wave in Israel is needless – and could be damaging
The more contagious delta variant is spreading in Israel. The fear-mongering ignores two dramatic changes since the last COVID wave

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:51:18 +03:00
On the resilience of Israeli democracy

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:43:55 +03:00
A civil war is brewing, and will only worsen if ignored

Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:31:05 +03:00
Israel's moment of truth is approaching – will it choose to be Jewish or Democratic?

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:47:47 +03:00
Stop neglecting mental health

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:35:44 +03:00
Two more Israeli cities classified as 'orange' as coronavirus infections rise
Modi'in and Kochav Yair have seen a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases, as positive tests have reached eight percent and two percent respectively

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:03:28 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:41:12 +03:00
Turkish police fire tear gas to disperse Pride march in Istanbul
'In Turkey, the state has declared war, so to speak, on LGBTQI+ people,' one Turkish activist says

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:03:44 +03:00
Israel to send search and rescue delegation to Miami after building collapse
The delegation will include soldiers from the IDF Home Front Command who specialize in engineering, and treating local residents

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:52:12 +03:00
West Bank protests reignite over death of activist while in PA custody
Palestinian security forces use tear gas to disperse crowds and make arrests as protesters call to topple the regime

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:11:32 +03:00
Outgoing President Rivlin en route to meet Biden in Washington for farewell tour
Rivlin is slated to be the first Israeli leader to meet with Biden since he became president in January

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:45:54 +03:00
Polish prime minister to Lapid: 'Poland won't pay a single zloty, euro or dollar for German crimes'
Lapid lashed out against a new Polish law, which is expected to restrict claims on Jewish land seized by Nazis and nationalized by Poland after World War II; about 70 Jewish gravestones vandalized overnight in Poland

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:26:16 +03:00
Iran says nuclear deal salvageable but will not negotiate forever
Iran and the United States have been holding indirect talks on reviving the 2015 agreement between Tehran and six powers that imposed restrictions on Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for lifting international sanctions

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:57:45 +03:00
Fatal condo collapse in Florida shakes a burgeoning Jewish community
Four people have been killed and 159 remain missing after a building caved-in in Surfside. The North Beach area as a whole is around a third Jewish and has a uniquely heterogeneous community

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 12:41:48 +03:00
Netanyahu's shredded documents: Making files disappear is a tradition for departing Israeli leaders
Official documents tend to vanish along with senior officials who retire. But Netanyahu thus took the policy of concealment a step further

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 04:33:49 +03:00
Landmark U.S. report on UFOs does not rule out extraterrestrial origin
The report marks a turning point for the U.S. government after the military spent decades deflecting, debunking and discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:23:53 +03:00
Three killed, five seriously injured in Germany knife attack
The suspect had reportedly been placed in recent days under compulsory psychiatric treatment

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:31:23 +03:00
Iran should engage UN nuclear watchdog 'without further delay,' says U.S. official
The IAEA demanded Iran say whether it would extend a monitoring agreement that expired overnight, but Tehran said it is under no obligation to provide an answer

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:06:17 +03:00
Ex-cop Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder
A jury found Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after a trial that was widely seen as a watershed moment in the history of U.S. policing

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:39:13 +03:00
Israel's family unification ban: Painful friction between 'Jewish' and 'democratic'

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:10:24 +03:00
Six months into Biden’s rule, the Mideast is learning it’s not his priority
Biden is crafting his foreign policy around China and Russia, and his decisions on Saudi Arabia and Iraq are sometimes seen as a tool in sealing an Iranian nuclear deal

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:54:20 +03:00
Death of an Abbas opponent in Palestinian detention stokes revulsion toward his rule
The Palestinian Authority and its security agencies aren’t capable of repairing their contemptuous and alienated approach to their own people

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:42:47 +03:00
The magazine that helped make Israel's LGBTQ community a power
In the '90s, the LGBTQ community rapidly transformed with politicization and the emergence of queer culture. The Pink Time helped us define ourselves and create a common language

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:42:10 +03:00
Palestinian seriously wounded by Israeli fire near illegal West Bank outpost, Red Crescent says
Four Palestinians have been killed during protests against the establishment of Evyatar, which is set to be dismantled within days to weeks

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:27:09 +03:00
'Abbas, leave': Thousands call for change of gov't at funeral of Palestinian president's critic
Nizar Banat's family said Palestinian Authority forces broke into his house and hit him repeatedly

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:56:58 +03:00
U.S. State Dept. doubles down on embrace of IHRA antisemitism definition
Several liberal Zionist groups have previously cautioned that the definition of antisemitism, adopted by the Trump administration, conflates legitimate criticism of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:45:00 +03:00
New law in Poland would end property restitution for Holocaust survivors, causing a new crisis with Israel
The law, which still must pass through the Senate, would set a 30-year deadline on restitution, and in practice put an end to any further claims or appeals

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:41:01 +03:00
The trauma of the Nakba is here to stay
Contrary to the prevailing view, the Palestinians have never forgotten the trauma of Israel's creation in 1948 – a fact that has been brought home again recently. A trenchant critical discussion by both sides is urgent

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:37:29 +03:00
Lapid looking to replace Netanyahu-appointed U.K. ambassador
Although Hotovely appointment was political, her performance to date has been considered successful, and Foreign Ministry sources say replacing her may be 'legally impossible'

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:18:29 +03:00
Israel renews indoor COVID mask mandate as delta variant spreads
Coronavirus czar, Dr. Nachman Ash, says that while cases are rising, he does not believe that Israel is entering a fourth wave and doesn't plan on imposing new lockdowns

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:38:40 +03:00
Israel’s deep apartheid is here to stay: LISTEN to Gideon Levy
Fresh from being awarded the Sokolow Prize for journalism, Gideon Levy answers listeners' questions on the occupation, peace, the new government and readers who cancel subscriptions.

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:14:41 +03:00
Despite a COVID comeback and relentless opposition, Bennett seems to run new gov't smoothly
The return of the coronavirus to the lives of Israelis has come on the watch of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. It may mark his first big test

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:08:39 +03:00
In Washington, Israeli army chief shares lessons from Gaza conflict
With Jerusalem relatively calm, Israel's attention – and forces – are focused on an illegal West Bank outpost ■ Why so many uniformed officers are seen these days at a Tel Aviv office building

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:03:32 +03:00
Israeli security forces to dismantle illegal West Bank outpost within days
The Israeli defense establishment says that allowing the Evyatar outpost to remain in place would have serious security implications

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:28:16 +03:00
Over 150 missing as death toll from Miami condo collapse climbs to four
Israel's consul general in Miami, Maor Elbaz, believes that 20 Israelis are among the missing

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:27:47 +03:00
UN urges Israel to halt building of settlements immediately
'I again underscore, in no uncertain terms, that Israeli settlements constitute a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions,' UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland said

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:58:25 +03:00
Limiting the PM's term is essential, but Israel should do it gradually

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:34:53 +03:00
Tens of thousands attend Tel Aviv Pride March
Police arrest one man on suspicion of planning an attack on protesters at the annual march; Health Ministry recommends wearing masks following recent spike in COVID cases

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:30:01 +03:00
LGBTQ Arabs in Israel are done hiding

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:21:28 +03:00
Israeli High Court: Adulterous wife still entitled to half of the proceeds from family home
In Thursday's 6-3 decision, which reversed a prior High Court ruling, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut said the original interpretation of the law by the rabbinical court was 'an obvious mistake'

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:08:41 +03:00
What it's like to be the Italian wife of a Brazilian soccer player stationed in Israel
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A family takes a break from the tumultuous life of Israeli soccer, and an American graduate hopes to fit in in Israel while completing a psychology internship

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:51:05 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:31:45 +03:00
This Jewish-Arab school embodies an Israeli utopia. Its Arab principal reveals what's beneath the surface
Her grandma was Jewish but she was raised as a Muslim, in a secular environment. Now Manar Hayadre heads one of Israel's most complex educational institutions

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:02:59 +03:00
Israeli leftists: stop being sour, the government of change has come

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:30:47 +03:00
U.S. 'deeply disturbed' by death of dissident in Palestinian Authority custody
The State Department's statement marks rare criticism of the Palestinian Authority from the administration, which has endeavored to restore ties with the Palestinians since taking office

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:59:50 +03:00
New type of prehistoric human discovered in Israel: Homo Nesher Ramla
Strangely archaic 130,000-year-old hominin may be last gasp of an ancient group that spawned the Neanderthals, and not in Europe but in the Middle East, archaeologists posit

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:49:30 +03:00
The Palestinian model who took on Zara: 'we must stop being afraid'
East Jerusalem model Qaher Harhash published personal correspondence from Zara’s head designer and launched a campaign to boycott the company

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:32:41 +03:00
What this Haredi family wants you to know about life with a transgender son
Though they worry that talking so openly about their transgender son could lead to ostracism from their community, Yehiel and Mazal nevertheless feel compelled to tell their story of familial love and acceptance

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:31:19 +03:00
Israeli Arab death rate from COVID-19 was three times higher than general population, study finds
The Health Ministry study also found that the rate of infection in the ultra-Orthodox community was the highest, though fewer Haredim succumbed to the virus

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:28:01 +03:00
A ‘radical’ idea for future Israeli-Palestinian peace talks: Involve women
A new report stresses that if and when the two sides return to the negotiating table to discuss the status of Jerusalem, Israeli and Palestinian women must have a seat at the table

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:09:56 +03:00
COVID has exposed a simmering schism within Chabad
The ultra-Orthodox Chabad movement is famed for its globe-hopping emissaries, tasked with 'redeeming' secular Jews and hastening the messianic age. But what happens when the missionaries go native?



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