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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Pokemon

Saudi men play with the Pokemon Go app on their mobile phones in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital on July 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
July 20, 2016, 4:30 pm
Saudi revives fatwa on ‘Zionism-promoting’ Pokemon
New highly popular iteration of the game leads Saudi clerics to renew 2001 ban on game which they claim also encourages gambling
By ToI Staff
An Israeli teen hunts for Pokemon on the Tel Aviv beachfront (Channel 2 News screen capture)
July 14, 2016, 4:37 am
Israelis, Palestinians get in on Pokemon Go
Regional tensions rear their head as Arabs, Jews play the wildly popular smartphone game
By AFP
A woman points her smartphone at the Brandenburg Gate as she plays the Pokemon Go mobile game in Berlin on July 13, 2016. (AFP/ dpa / Sophia Kembowski)
July 13, 2016, 7:08 pm
Auschwitz asks ‘Pokemon Go’ to keep monsters out of death camp
Officials at US memorial sites also scramble to ban popular game, as app’s cartoon critters pop up in least appropriate locales
By ToI Staff
A group of friends play Pokemon Go on their smartphones at Union Square, July 11, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
July 12, 2016, 9:41 pm
US Holocaust Museum asks visitors to stop chasing Pokemon
Cartoon monsters also spotted at ‘PokeStops’ in former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, New York’s Ground Zero memorial
By ToI Staff
Pokemon Go. (YouTube screenshot)
From the WebJuly 12, 2016, 3:39 pm
The Weekend Pokémon Go Took Over America
Wired: Pokémon Go is a game that transforms people’s phones into cameras in a parallel universe where mythical cartoon animals frolick along in familiar landmarks and places
Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim (left), nominated to become IDF chief rabbi, sits next to his predecessor, Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz, on April 21, 2016 (Diana Khananashvili/Defense Ministry)
July 12, 2016, 2:14 pm
Senate review: Israeli NGO used US-funded resources in bid to oust Netanyahu
Bipartisan probe says OneVoice ‘fully complied’ with grant terms, but did utilize resources for ‘political activities’ in run-up to 2015 elections
By Sara Miller
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