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An Israeli man blows a shofar at the market in the northern city of Safed on September 16, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
September 18, 2020, 10:58 am
How to toot your horn: Israel’s Health Ministry issues shofar-blowing guidelines
Memo suggests covering ram’s horn with a mask to prevent spraying of droplets, calls for blowing instrument toward an open window and not toward synagogue congregants
By Alexander Fulbright
Likud MK Miki Zohar at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 13, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 26, 2020, 11:43 am
Netanyahu ally rebukes virus czar for opposing Ukraine trips, allowing protests
Miki Zohar claims Ronni Gamzu hasn’t halted mass rallies against Netanyahu because ‘he fears the media,’ says Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage ‘will happen if he wants it or not’
By Alexander Fulbright
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on July 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2020, 2:26 pm
Roads reopen as most protesters outside PM’s residence call it a night
Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators disperse without any reports of violence following rally of some 1,500 in Jerusalem
By Alexander Fulbright and Michael Bachner
Illustrative: IDF soldiers conduct raids in the West Bank on September 28, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 9, 2020, 11:48 pm
PA says Palestinian man killed by Israeli troops in West Bank
IDF says soldiers opened fire at 2 men throwing Molotov cocktails at a military post, hitting one of them
By Aaron Boxerman and Alexander Fulbright
Soldiers from the Golani Brigade take part in a military exercise in the northern city of Safed on February 12, 2020.(David Cohen/Flash90)
July 1, 2020, 1:19 pm
IDF cuts mandatory military service for men to 2.5 years
Ex-defense minister Bennett warns move will hurt military’s fighting ability
By Alexander Fulbright
This undated photo released by the Shin Bet security service on June 30, 2020, shows Arab Israeli citizen Beirut Hamoud (R) and her husband Bilal Bizari. The Shin Bet accused the two of working to recruit two residents of Majd al-Krum, Hamoud's hometown, for the Hezbollah terror group. (Shin Bet)
June 30, 2020, 4:23 pm
Israeli journalist in Lebanon accused of recruiting for Hezbollah
Security service says Beirut Hamoud and her Lebanese husband tried to enlist two residents of her hometown of Majd al-Krum as operatives for the Iran-backed terror group
By Alexander Fulbright
Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman, chief of Military Intelligence, speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2019. (Flash90)
June 25, 2020, 10:31 pm
Military Intelligence chief to enter quarantine after exposure to coronavirus
IDF says several other intelligence officers to also self-isolate, as Tamir Hayman becomes second General Staff member required to quarantine on Thursday
By Alexander Fulbright
Incoming IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman speaks at a ceremony in which he took over for outgoing spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis on September 15, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 25, 2020, 5:36 pm
IDF spokesperson, 100 other soldiers quarantine after exposure to coronavirus
Military says Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman showing no symptoms of COVID-19, will soon be tested; announcement comes days after reintroduction of virus-related restrictions on troops
By Alexander Fulbright
The scene of an alleged car-ramming attempt at a West Bank checkpoint near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, June 23, 2020. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)
June 24, 2020, 5:04 pm
Amid questions over shooting, police release video of driver ramming checkpoint
Border Police push back on charges that Ahmad Erekat was killed without cause; in 2nd video family says is months old, Erekat vows he is ‘no snitch’ for Israel
By Alexander Fulbright and Aaron Boxerman
Asem (L) and Salih (R) Barghouti at a rally in Kobar after the former was released from Israeli prison in April 2018 (screenshot: Twitter)
June 24, 2020, 4:27 pm
Palestinian given 4 life sentences for deadly 2018 terror attacks
Military court hands down sentence to Asem Barghouti over pair of shootings at West Bank bus stops that left 2 soldiers, unborn baby dead
By Alexander Fulbright and TOI staff
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi observes a military exercise in northern Israel on June 23, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 23, 2020, 10:23 pm
IDF chief warns anti-annexation unrest in West Bank could spill over to Gaza
Aviv Kohavi tells troops they could soon be facing ‘riots and terror,’ but does not mention annexation plan by name
By Alexander Fulbright
Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
June 23, 2020, 7:46 pm
Gantz signals support for unilateral annexation if Palestinians ‘say no forever’
Defense minister lays out his conditions for backing the extension of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank lands, acknowledges move could be met with violence
By Alexander Fulbright
Visitors walk past a display of missiles by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. on the second day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India, February 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
June 22, 2020, 12:59 pm
Israeli arms sales drop to $7.2 billion in 2019, face potential virus squeeze
Defense Ministry officials says Israel still among the top 10 weapons exporters, acknowledges ‘new reality’ for arms manufacturers due to pandemic
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 7, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)
June 11, 2020, 5:13 pm
Netanyahu retweets statement urging jailing of journalist for reporting on him
Premier’s coalition partner Gantz pushes back on statement that ‘in a proper world Raviv Drucker would go to jail,’ says role of a free press is to scrutinize those in power
By Alexander Fulbright
Health Ministry Deputy Director General Itamar Grotto at a press conference about the coronavirus, May 29, 2020. (Screen capture: Facebook)
June 10, 2020, 11:55 pm
Top doctor urged to quit for allegedly letting billionaire skip quarantine
Report says Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Itamar Grotto approved request by Teddy Sagi, who then went to large party that violated virus restrictions
By Alexander Fulbright
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