Woman’s mother wonders whether she’d have been similarly ordered if shirt bore rightist slogan ‘Temple Mount in our hands,’ says ‘Western Wall is most political place in country’
Three weeks ago, MK Avi Maoz, head of the Noam party, resigned from his position as deputy minister in the Prime Minister”s Office in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to implement parts of the coalition agreements. Now he has written to acting Health Minister Yoav Ben Tzur (Shas), demanding to know why the
Netanyahu took ‘highly irregular step’ amid apparent effort to politicize Central Bureau of Statistics; Lapid: Trying to harm CBS’s independence so he can manipulate the facts
Political writer Tal Schneider on bills’ advances and the president’s role as compromise-pusher; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman looks at Saudi Arabia’s agreement with Iran
Overnight, the Knesset voted to move forward with the Override Clause, passing the bill with a 61 to 52 majority in its first reading. The clause, perhaps the most contentious part of the Israeli government”s controversial judicial overhaul plan, would empower the Knesset, with a 61-vote majority, to veto Supreme Court rulings striking down Knesset
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party) is slated to fly to Paris next week, where he will address an event honoring a former senior official of the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF). According to a report by Kan Tuesday morning, however, the KKL-JNF”s French branch, which had been planning to
Arabs living in Judea and Samaria have been destroying ancient ruins in the area for years, but now, according to Jews monitoring the situation, the destruction is being taken to a new level, with archaeological remains wrecked and a road actually paved over them. The Samaria National Park in Sebastia has frequently been the target
As anti-government protests continue, Likud MK David Bitan has come out in favor of making “significant changes” to the government’s proposed judicial reform package, telling Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) that the protests cannot be ignored. “Once all the bills in the reform package have passed in their first Knesset readings, Likud MKs will be sitting
You hear about it, you see it in the news, but it didn”t happen to you. Do you really believe it? Sometimes, you even think that possibly it happened because the victim might have encouraged it, even if you won”t admit it publicly. Well, if you think an antisemitic attack if foreign to you, you
Yoav Kisch to appoint one member of board of directors and one of audit committee, hails ‘new era for National Library’; reports say government caved to pressure from major donors
Targeted books by Jewish authors include Judy Blume’s coming-of-age ‘Forever’ and Jonathan Safran Foer’s ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ about boy whose dad is killed on 9/11
CELEBRATING A BABY Q. Why do we have a celebratory meal when a baby boy is born? A. It probably began with Abraham and Sarah who made a feast to mark their son Isaac (Gen.21:8). Any happy event has a Jewish celebration associated with it, originally because childbirth was associated with danger and there was
Group says it’s trying to prevent country ‘racing toward a messianic dictatorship’ as they obstruct thoroughfare leading to a number of government buildings in Jerusalem
Increasing evidence from human studies and preclinical experiments suggests that the gut microbiome may modulate the efficacy of T cell-driven cancer immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint blockade. Immunotherapy with CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell has opened up new treatment options for patients with certain forms of refractory and relapsing B-cell leukemias or lymphomas. But
Civil rights lawyer says practice inappropriate for non-violent rallies; police source tells Haaretz practice is to gauge mood of crowd, protect them from attacks
With seven nominations for his most personal film ever, this could have been Steven Spielberg”s biggest year at the Academy Awards. But the hot-dog fingers had other plans. “The Fabelmans,” the director”s highly personal dramatization of his Jewish upbringing, didn”t win a single one of the Oscars it was nominated for Sunday night. Spielberg”s film
In a vote late on Monday evening, a bill to cancel part of the Disengagement Law passed in the Knesset in its first reading, with 40 MKs voting in favor of the cancellation and 17 voting against. The bill was proposed by MKs Yuli Edelstein (Likud) and Limor Sonn Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit). The bill
(JNS) The U.S. Supreme Court heard the oral arguments this past month in two cases involving an antiquatedly obsolete law, Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which has indemnified the high-tech online providers from criminal and civil liabilities in allowing terrorists to post incitement content on their bandwidths for 27 years. Silicon Valley
As the anti-government protests continue, on Tuesday, members of a group calling itself “Blocking the Revolution” chained themselves one to another and blocked the road leading to the buildings housing the Ministries of Finance, Interior, and Economy on Bank of Israel Street in Jerusalem. The human blockade has so far prevented ministry employees from reaching
Following the murder of brothers Yagel and Hallel Yaniv in a terrorist attack in Huwara in late February, their parents decided to donate the corneas of their children so that their children could do one final act of charity after their passing. Four cornea transplants were performed at Beilinson Hospital, one of Israel”s largest medical
Reversing sections of the 2005 disengagement law is critical for the government’s goal of legalizing the illegal settlement outpost of Homesh
Iran announced Monday that the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has pardoned more than 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic, The Associated Press reported. The statement by Iran’s judiciary head Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi offered for the first time a glimpse of the full scope of the government’s
Police, navy, divers launch rescue effort following structure’s collapse in heavy winds at coastal power station
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In recent days, Iran has made headlines, as there has been a fear that Israel could strike Iran”s nuclear facilities, after Iran obtained 84% nuclear enrichment. However, while headlines are dominating around the nuclear issue, what is less discussed is the role that the Iran protests play in trying to get the regime overthrown without
Rare fish weighing up to 660 pounds flock to Mediterranean waters each spring, are sold for meat in Palestinian enclave
Some 12,000 people have attended three demonstrations so far by conservatives keen on compromise, organizers say
Abu Hamza, a spokesman for the military wing of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, on Monday called on the Israeli Arabs to start an intifada (uprising). In comments he delivered after a military exercise held by the terrorist organization in the northern Gaza Strip, Abu Hamza said that “the Islamic Jihad will cause the stupid
A crane at a power plant in Ashkelon collapsed overnight Monday due to the stormy weather. The police said that two people who were on the crane at the time of its collapse fell into the water. One of them was rescued in light condition. As of Tuesday morning, search efforts for the second missing
‘Don’t support a dictator’: Demonstrators call on pro-Israel lobby group to speak out against government’s effort to weaken the judiciary
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrived on Monday for a tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, as part of the minister’s official visit to the United States. During the tour, Minister Smotrich said, “Here, next to the Declaration of Independence, at the conclusion of a tour of the Holocaust Museum in Washington,
No Israeli batters make it on base in dispiriting loss; team faces vaunted Dominican Republic and Venezuela in the coming days
The demonstrations against the judicial reform are going up a notch and spreading to haredi concentrations as well: For the first time, protesters against the reform will demonstrate outside the home of a haredi MK, with the first one being MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism). The demonstration is scheduled to take place on Tuesday
Riyadh has watched Washington grow more distant in recent years, and hopes for expanding Israel’s Gulf partnerships have been dashed by scenes of tumult in the streets
Richard Quest, senior international business correspondent at CNN, warned on Monday of the economic consequences of the judicial reform being promoted by the Israeli government. Speaking to Channel 12 News, Quest said, “Let”s be quite clear about this: If these measures go forward as planned, there will be an effect. It will be felt. You
Team Israel was on the wrong side of history in its second game of the World Baseball Classic on Monday evening, losing to Puerto Rico by a score of 10-0 at loanDepot Park in Miami. The lopsided loss was bad enough, but Puerto Rico pitchers held Israel without a hit or any other base runner
The Knesset on Monday night approved the first reading of the law which includes the Override Clause. The proposal was approved by a majority of 61 to 52. The bill states that a repeal of laws, changes or limitation of their validity, will be done only in the Supreme Court with all the judges present,
Two people were killed and nine injured on Monday after they were struck by a van in the Canadian town of Amqui in the province of Quebec, Reuters reported, citing provincial police. Police spokeswoman Hélène St-Pierre said the circumstances of the collision were still being investigated and the driver of the van, a 38-year-old man,
Ellen Germain is keeping tabs as certain countries quietly attempt to revise their histories, working to ensure that a fair and nuanced vision of the past is maintained
Likud MK Danny Danon wants worried supporters of Israel to understand that they need to wait and take a look at the end of the judicial reform process. “Right now we are arguing, fighting about our stance, but I think at the end of the day we will see that we’re going to have a
Last week’s pact between Saudi Arabia and Iran will not usher in peace on earth instead it offers a harrowing glimpse of the region”s future, as Washington D.C. fumbles and Beijing makes inroads in its iniquitous effort to reshape global endeavors. The agreement brokered was seen as a major diplomatic triumph for China, the world”s
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Tuesday (local time), according to Reuters. Other details, including the missile’s flight range, were not immediately available. The launch comes two days after North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, ahead of joint military drills by
Recordings from Likud faction meeting reveal worried party members, demands Netanyahu intervene personally to find solution, as coalition presses ahead on contentious bills
Coalition moves all key elements of judicial overhaul close to finish line as protests escalate; Herzog pledges to fight for ‘a formula of balance and hope’
Dozens of supporters of the government”s planned judicial reform staged a protest on Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on Monday evening. The activists waved Israeli flags and huge signs that read: “Enough with the dictatorship of the Supreme Court – democracy.” The protest joins the broad campaign currently being led by an organization called Tekuma
