Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

English
العربية
Français
فارسی
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In

ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Open Search form

Input search

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
  
  Facebook Twitter
- © 2024 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Thursday, July 21, 2022

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

Advertisement

File: A view of the Kremlin with Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, June 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia officially calls for Jewish Agency operations to be ‘dissolved’ — state media

By Judah Ari Gross

Moscow’s action against organization that oversees immigration to Israel seen as retaliation for Israel’s stance on Ukraine war; Agency says its activities continuing for now

The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem, November 29, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Israeli government intervenes as Moscow tightens screws on Jewish Agency

By Judah Ari Gross

Russian opposition figure and former mayor of Yekaterinburg Yevgeny Roizman attends an interview with AFP at his charity fund in the main Urals city of Yekaterinburg on July 15, 2022. (Alexei Vladykin/AFP)

Facing jail threat, Russian dissident former mayor plans to keep fighting Kremlin

By Romain COLAS

Opposition leader former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Testifying at Meron probe, Netanyahu denies responsibility for deadly disaster

Opposition leader, who was PM during 2021 catastrophe that killed 45, tells commision of inquiry he was not involved in planning event beyond concerns due to COVID-19 pandemic

American conservative media personality Ben Shapiro speaks at an event in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2022 (Nadav Cohen Yonatan, GoLive)

Reporter's notebook

Ben Shapiro draws thousands to conservative, pro-Trump confab in Tel Aviv

By Simona Weinglass

Conservative Political Action Conference holds first gathering in Israel; speakers rail against liberal CNN and Europe and extol Israel for its unity and birthrate

The new illegal settlement outpost of 'Givat Netanel' just north of Kiryat Arba on Thursday morning, July 21, 2022. Several hundred settler activists were still present at the site following a massive campaign to create new outposts by the Nachala settlement organization on Wednesday. (Courtesy Nachala Settlement Movement)

Police remove all settler activists from illegal outpost, ending massive campaign

By Jeremy Sharon

After thousands of settler activists sought to establish seven outposts in the West Bank, police evacuate all the encampments within a day

Settlers set up tents in an effort to establish a new illegal outpost near Kiryat Arba, July 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

5 arrested in clashes as cops try to block settlers from building West Bank outposts

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Settlers of the Nachala Settlement Movement set up tents near Kiryat Arba, with the intention to establish illegal outposts in Judea and Samaria, at the Gush Etzion Junction. July 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Thousands of settler activists create mayhem in West Bank campaign

By Jeremy Sharon

Richard Moore, the Chief of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, in London, November 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Live updates (closed)

UK spy chief doubts Iran supreme leader will back nuclear deal

‘The deal is absolutely on the table but I don’t think the Iranians want it,’ MI6 director tells security forum

6:16 pm

Gantz: Elected officials' support for attempts to build illegal outposts is 'grave'
5:37 pm

Jerusalem Film Festival opens at capital's Sultan's Pool
5:20 pm

Lapid speaks with Bahrain's crown prince

Enia Krivine and Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Hamas-Fatah reconciliation attempts are DOA

The recent Abbas-Haniyeh handshake signifies the desperate state of both Palestinian factions – as well as of their Algerian hosts

Bazy Swirsky Rubin

Kids who slap, exhausted teachers: The Israeli school system is broken

I ran workshops in 18 different schools, and the shocking misbehavior I witnessed left me crying on the floor. Something must be done now!

Religious Zionism was once all for minority rights in Israel. What changed?

From the beginning, Israel’s important religious Zionist rabbis grounded equal rights for the Arab minority in Jewish law. They wouldn’t know their own camp now

Rivy Poupko Kletenik

Praying for your team to win? The problem isn’t the Supreme Court

When a coach had my school’s students recite Shema before games in the hopes of a divine assist, I had to wrestle with my sense that it was a losing play

Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a conference organized by Idea: Center for Liberal Democracy, July 21, 2022. (Sahar Levy)

Lapid: ‘Extremist’ Netanyahu and Ben Gvir ‘dragging us in dangerous directions’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Ahead of elections, caretaker PM says right-wing rivals are divisive and anti-democratic, calls on moderates to reject their vision of Israel

Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a campaign speech on July 20, 2022. (Elad Gutman)

Lapid: Elections not a choice between me and Netanyahu, but between future and past

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Yair Lapid, center, honors Meshi Ben Ami, left, and Haim Naim, at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, July 20, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Lapid honors two civilians who intervened to stop suspected terror stabbing

Op-ed

What the Saudis think about when they think about peace with Israel

This Editor’s Note was sent out Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. As of this writing, Israeli planes are not yet routinely overflying Saudi airspace to and from India, China and other destinations. This... Continue Reading

A Muslim pilgrim walks in front of a welcoming banner upon his arrival at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Channel 13 reporter Gil Tamary reports from Mecca on July 17, 2022. The face of the man who assisted him is blurred in the background (Screen capture/Channel 13)

Israeli gov’t said ‘satisfied’ with reporter, TV network’s apologies over Mecca trip

Staff Sgt. Osher Damari, 20, who was killed in a 2006 bomb blast in Nablus (Courtesy)

After 16 years, Israel arrests Fatah-linked terrorist for killing of IDF soldier

By Emanuel Fabian

Alam al-Ra’i, 42, held for firing at Israelis near Nablus in April; during probe Shin Bet finds he was part of cell that set off 2006 bomb that killed Staff Sgt. Osher Damari

File: Lt. Col. Dan Sharoni, an IDF officer accused of of secretly filming his female soldiers, at a hearing at a military court in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Amid outcry, IDF expected to revoke pension of officer accused of 79 sex crimes

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: An Israeli soldier is seen operating in the West Bank village of Teqoa, June 21, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier indicted for stealing Palestinians’ phone, cash during West Bank raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Kohavi: 'I feel a sense of pride and admiration to meet you'

Between security briefings, IDF chief meets Jewish community in Marrakesh

By Emanuel Fabian

Visiting IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi met with the local Jewish community in the Old City of Marrakesh on Wednesday ahead of security briefings with Morrocan air force officials. Kohavi is the first Israeli army chief to make an official visit to Morocco. On what was the third... Continue Reading

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi meets with members of the Moroccan Jewish community at the Slat al-Azama Synagogue, July 20, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv, September 22, 2021 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

As Europe swelters, Israeli heat to ease slightly in coming days — but future bleak

By Michael Horovitz

While this year’s summer not out of ordinary, experts warn Israel to witness more intense summers and drop in average rainfall by middle of century, as global temperatures rise

US President Joe Biden speaks about climate change and clean energy at Brayton Power Station, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Somerset, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘This is an emergency’: Biden announces modest climate actions, pledges more to come

By Seung Min Kim and Matthew Daly

An IDF drone landing in an airfield on the Golan Heights, on January 20, 2015. (Jack Guez/AFP)

After almost two decades, IDF finally admits to using armed drones in airstrikes

By Emanuel Fabian

Military censor says ‘no impediment’ to publishing Israel’s attack UAV capabilities; Hermes 450 used in Tuesday strike on Hamas post

Israeli forces seen during an arrest operation in the West Bank, July 21, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

12 arrested in West Bank operation, violent clashes reported in Ramallah, Jenin

Illustrative: From left: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau plant a tree in memory of the death marches to the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, September 10, 2021. (Jens Schlueter/Pool Photo via AP)

Trees dedicated to Holocaust victims chopped down at Buchenwald camp

By AP

‘Appalled at the deliberate attack on remembrance,’ memorial foundation says seven beeches were severed, one of which commemorated children killed at the Nazi camp

Keir Starmer, the head of Britain’s Labour Party, visits the the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany, July 15, 2022. (Courtesy of Starmer's office via JTA)

UK Labour leader defends showing Berlin Holocaust memorial in election video

By Cnaan Liphshiz

From left: Gyulane Farkas, Istvan Feher, Aron Feher and David Feher at Giero Pub, Budapest, May 16, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

In Budapest, an underground ‘Gypsy music’ pub plays on Jewish heartstrings

By Yaakov Schwartz

One of the Hungarian capital’s best-kept open secrets is Giero Pub, a small but charming basement venue with top-notch music – and a tragic family history marred by the Holocaust

Illustrative: This image provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies captured by the Webb Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This mosaic was constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files, according to NASA. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via AP)

'The most distant starlight that anyone has ever seen'

Peering back in time, Webb telescope may have found most distant known galaxy

Images from orbiting system reveal indications of GLASS-z13, a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, just 300 million years after Big Bang

Illustrative: In this file photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, a fox roams in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)

Mammals became warm-blooded 20 million years later than previously thought — study

By Daniel Lawler

Maccabiah fans gather on Netanya coast for beachside festivities

By Charlie Summers

Hundreds of people gathered on Netanya's sunset-drenched Poleg beach to hear the beloved Israeli band Teapacks perform at the Maccabiah Village sports complex on Tuesday evening, as part of the 21st Maccabiah Games. The village, which opened last Thursday, strives to give Israeli competitors a chance to get... Continue Reading

Visitors attend a concert by the band Teapacks at the Maccabiah Village on Netanya's Poleg beach on July 19, 2022. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Polish actress Zuzanna Surowy in 'My Name Is Sara.' (Strand Releasing/ via JTA)

Film review

In ‘My Name is Sara,’ Jewish girl survives the Holocaust by living as a Christian

By Andrew Lapin

The film, now playing at New York’s Quad Cinema, is a dramatization of the true story of Sara Góralnik Shapiro, who disguised herself and worked for a family of Ukrainian farmers

Join The Times of Israel Community!

Help support our journalism and enjoy the site ADS FREE - for as little as $6 a month

More Headlines

Illustrative: In this March 13, 2019, photo, an Israeli flag flies on a building in East Jerusalem's Mount of Olives. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

EU sounds alarm over Israel’s ‘continuously increasing settlement expansion’

Lieutenant Colonel Safa Mohammed Izzeddin. (Defense Ministry)

Senior IDF officer killed in traffic accident

Illustrative: Police at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Bedouin city of Rahat, July 21, 2022. (Israel Police)

Man, 23, shot dead in southern Bedouin city of Rahat

An illustrative view of the city of Haifa and the Haifa Port. (liorpt via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli exports projected to reach record high of $165b in 2022

By Ricky Ben-David

Former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey in a file photo from 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AIPAC-backed candidate poised to defeat J Street-endorsed rival in Democratic race

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, July 20, 2022. (Frank Augstein/AP)

‘Hasta la vista, baby’: UK’s defiant Johnson bows out in Parliament

Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz (71) blocks during an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, September 20, 2020, in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit)

Jewish Super Bowl champion Mitchell Schwartz retires from the NFL

By jacob gurvis

Russia's President Vladamir Putin is made to wait by his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a one-on-one meeting in Tehran, July 19, 2022. (Screengrab/YouTube)

Putin his place‘Payback’: Erdogan makes Putin wait awkwardly at summit

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Former US president Donald Trump, center, waves as he arrives for the funeral for his ex-wife Ivana Trump, in New York, July 20, 2022. (John Minchillo/AP)

Funeral held for Ivana Trump, with former US president in attendance

By Deepti Hajela

Parents of children abused in a Holon daycare center sit behind the two accused former daycare employees at the District Court in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2022 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Former Holon kindergarten workers convicted of abusing 26 toddlers in daycare ‘hell’

Iraqis protest against Turkey's military offensive in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, in front of a Turkish visa centre in the central Iraqi city of Karbala on July 20, 2022. (Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)

Iraqi PM: Turkey’s deadly shelling of Kurdistan a ‘flagrant sovereignty violation’

By Ismail Adnan and Laure Al Khoury

Ben Platt performs the national anthem before the 92nd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Dodger Stadium on July 19, 2022, in Los Angeles, California (RONALD MARTINEZ / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

High noteJewish Broadway star opens for MLB all-star game

By PHILISSA CRAMER

View Edition by Date

June	July 2022					August
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

home
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
The Blogs
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
daily edition

terms and conditions
privacy policy
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us
facebook
twitter

subscribe to the daily edition

Enter your email address

Community

Join our community
Sign in

© 2024 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering also lets you comment on articles and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.