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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

Daniella Cheslow

Illustrative: A bulldozer carries a new pipeline by Israel's national water company near Kibbutz Ravid, west of Sea of Galilee on March 16, 2022.(Menahem Kahana/AFP)
April 15, 2022, 11:05 pm
To combat climate threats, Israel to top off Sea of Galilee with desalinated water
Freshwater lake depleted by droughts, rising temperatures and over-pumping, but authorities hope project will help keep reservoir full, while boosting ties with thirsty neighbors
By Daniella Cheslow
Illustrative: El Al planes are parked at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit/ File)
March 8, 2022, 2:16 pm
Israel to underwrite airlines flying to Russia due to sanctions over Ukraine war
Treasury source says financial guarantees to be extended for Israeli carriers because they can’t get regular insurance; most Western airlines boycotting Russia
By Daniella Cheslow
Illustrative: A Russian shop is pictured in the Israeli northern town of Nof Hagalil, which has welcomed refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, on March 6, 2022. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)
March 8, 2022, 12:05 pm
Northern town of Nof Hagalil welcomes fleeing Ukrainian Jews
Mayor, who posted invitation on Facebook for refugees, says community was built on immigration; new arrivals being housed in hotels and vacant apartments
By Daniella Cheslow
Dany Tirza, stands next to a dummy as he speaks at his office in the West bank settlement of Kfar Adumim, on December 14, 2021. (Ahmad Gharbali/ AFP)
January 23, 2022, 9:04 pm
Israeli firm develops body cams with facial recognition technology
Dany Tirza says his company aims to enable police to scan crowds and detect suspects in real time, even if their faces are obscured
By Daniella Cheslow
Children pose for photos by a manger scene with a Christmas tree and Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) in the center of Israel's northern city of Nazareth on December 18, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 22, 2021, 2:53 pm
Jewish Israelis grounded by Omicron turn to Nazareth for Christmas vacation
Visitors head to the northern city, a place with important Christian history, as an alternative to traveling outside the country in the face of coronavirus restrictions
By Daniella Cheslow
A woman shops at a street market in the center of Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on December 1, 2021. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 2, 2021, 6:31 am
For many in costly capital Tel Aviv, White City living means going into the red
In the newly crowned world’s most expensive city, some denizens say they still can’t imagine going anywhere else, even as prices for housing and other goods swiftly outstrip wages
By Daniella Cheslow
Malek Hassuna (L) carries a picture of his late son Mussa, who was shot dead on May 10, and Effi Yehoshua (R) carries a picture of his late brother Yigal, who was killed when a rain of stones hit his car on May 11, as they pose for a picture in Lod on August 18, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
September 6, 2021, 8:03 am
Arab, Jewish men unite in grief over losing loved ones in Lod violence
The brother of Yigal Yehoshua, killed by Arab rioters, and the father of Mussa Hassuna, shot dead by Jewish suspects, have found some solace in their friendship
By Daniella Cheslow
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after an address from the Knesset, Sunday, May 30, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Pool via AP)
June 3, 2021, 4:33 pm
Israel eyes end of era after Netanyahu foes reach deal, but he has time to fight
The PM will seek to pry defectors from the Bennett-Lapid coalition in a bid to prevent it taking office. If that fails, he’ll fight tooth and nail from the opposition
By Daniella Cheslow
In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 photo, American-Israeli Arie Hasit, center, is ordained a rabbi at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
September 20, 2016, 7:53 pm
Ex-roommate of Facebook founder becomes rabbi in Israel
Arie Hasit, who lived with Mark Zuckerberg and 3 others at Harvard when social media giant was set up, ordained just this month
By Daniella Cheslow
In this Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 photo, a Muslim woman holds her child at a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 4, 2016, 1:15 am
French uproar creates opportunity for Israeli burkinis
‘Finally we are the normal ones,’ chuckles one Tel Aviv-area maker of the modest swimwear briefly banned in 30 cities in France
By Daniella Cheslow
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally with Vice President Joe Biden (L) in Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 15, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/DOMINICK REUTER)
August 25, 2016, 6:17 pm
In Israel’s ultra-Orthodox press, Hillary Clinton is invisible
Democrat’s potential ascension to presidency is renewing debate in some Haredi circles over acceptability of photos of women
By Daniella Cheslow
In this Wednesday, April 13, 2016 photo, A woman makes her way with her donkey in sewage water in Mighraqa neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 3, 2016, 3:56 pm
Gaza sewage poisoning Strip’s residents, threatening Israel
Untreated waste pouring into Mediterranean is damaging Palestinians’ limited fresh water, decimating fishing zones — and now heading north
By Fares Akram and Daniella Cheslow
Illustrative: The Arava desert. (Batya Ben Zvi/public domain/via Wikipedia)
March 4, 2016, 2:22 am
Mideast just experienced worst drought in 900 years – NASA
Scientists examining tree rings suggest unprecedented 14-year dry spell that ended in 2012 helped spark Syrian war
By Daniella Cheslow
In this photo taken on Saturday Feb. 20, 2016, Palestinian chef Jihad al-Maharmeh prepares a mixed Palestinian French dish, Freekeh lamb rack at Orjuwan restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah. At a time of simmering Mideast tensions and rising malaise, a group of French chefs recently visited the West Bank to bring a little joie de vivre to Palestinian kitchens. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
February 27, 2016, 10:19 am
Visiting French chefs scramble Palestinian cuisine
Group help cooks at West Bank and East Jerusalem restaurants master culinary techniques
By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Daniella Cheslow
Education Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Haim Hornstein/Flash90)
February 13, 2016, 9:58 am
Israeli educators battle government over textbook content
Three authors remove their names from chapters they wrote, claiming bureaucrats altered work to include nationalist slant
By Daniella Cheslow
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