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Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid is the settlements correspondent for The Times of Israel.
Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh speaks at a campaign launch event in Tel Aviv on August 20, 2019. (Courtesy)
August 21, 2019, 6:01 pm
Joint Arab List chief slams Trump for ‘disloyalty’ remark; other party heads mum
Ayman Odeh says he doesn’t know whether US president’s ‘anti-Semitic comments’ or Netanyahu’s silence is more ‘repugnant’
By Tani Goldstein and Jacob Magid
Yamina chairwoman Ayelet Shaked (R) introduces her party's housing plan in the Etz Efraim settlement on August 21, 2019. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
August 21, 2019, 5:14 pm
With eyes on ‘erasing’ Green Line, Yamina introduces plan to fix housing crisis
Ayelet Shaked’s proposal seeks to relocate half a million Israelis to northern West Bank, claims central Israel is nearly as crowded as Gaza and as expensive as New York
By Jacob Magid
Matanyahu Englman (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem shortly after being nominated for state comptroller on June 3, 2019. (PMO/Twitter)
August 21, 2019, 6:51 am
Losing bite, friendlier state watchdog is accused of being Netanyahu’s poodle
New ombudsman under fire as he mulls axing anti-corruption unit, peppering audits with compliments, refraining from real-time criticism; this after shaking up key oversight panel
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked, left, during a vote on the 2017-2018 state budget in the Knesset plenum, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 20, 2019, 2:14 pm
You scratch my back… I get you that immunity: 6 things to know for August 20
After bombshell report saying Shaked sent feelers to Netanyahu claiming she could make criminal probes go away if PM let her back into Likud, Yamina head goes on media denial blitz
By Jacob Magid
The suspect brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)
August 15, 2019, 8:54 pm
After 2.5 years in jail, autistic JCC hoax bomber yet to be evaluated by expert
Judge accepts father’s petition to have medical professional examine whether prison treatment appropriate given inmate’s condition, but appointment won’t take place for months
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2019, 4:55 pm
Likud rejects AG’s opinion that hidden cameras at polls could be illegal
Ruling party slams Mandelblit’s legal guidance as ‘unacceptable,’ says barring cameras ‘could hurt democracy and the purity of elections’
By Jacob Magid
Bezalel Smotrich sitting casually in the Knesset, on April 12, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 13, 2019, 1:31 pm
Sorry, not sorry: 7 things to know for August 13
It’s mid-August, and with apparently little real news to cover, Israeli media is all in on Netanyahu’s almost-firing of a minister who sniped at him
By Jacob Magid
A family votes during elections in a predominantly Bedouin city of Rahat on April 9, 2019. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 13, 2019, 12:30 pm
Likud’s election cameras motivated by desire to suppress Arab vote, expert says
Israel Democracy Institute’s senior fellow says filming of a minority demographic at polling stations is no way to address ostensible fraud
By Jacob Magid
In a picture released by the Israel Defense Forces on August 10, 2019, Israel soldiers search in the West Bank for the terrorists who killed yeshiva student Dvir Sorek. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 11, 2019, 10:47 pm
How security forces nabbed Dvir Sorek’s suspected killers in less than 48 hours
Concerned Nasir and Qasseem Asafra would seek to strike again, joint task force of Shin Bet, IDF and Border Police worked quickly and ended up surprising them in their beds
By Jacob Magid
One of the suspects in the murder of Dvir Sorek after being arrested by the Border Police and IDF in the West Bank on August 10, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 10, 2019, 8:35 pm
Israel nabs the two suspected killers of Dvir Sorek; one has Hamas ties
Palestinian cousins, from Hebron-area village near where murder took place, taken for questioning; forces make two other arrests of relatives, confiscate vehicle used in attack
By Jacob Magid
The Central Elections Committee convenes for a hearing on Likud's election day surveillance program on April 8, 2019. (Screen capture/Facebook)
August 8, 2019, 4:43 pm
Likud ballot cams create civilian database at risk of misuse, group warns
Testifying at elections committee hearing on surveillance operation targeting Arabs, Israel Internet Association head warns data collected by cameras could fall into wrong hands
By Jacob Magid
A family votes during elections in a predominantly Bedouin city of Rahat on April 9, 2019. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 8, 2019, 11:02 am
Attorney general says hidden cameras in polling stations could be illegal
Ahead of hearing on Likud program to film ballots in Arab-majority areas, Mandelblit warns scheme could be outlawed if it’s found to interfere with the voting process
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
An Arab Israeli man prepares to vote in Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019 at a school-turned-polling station in the northern Israeli town of Taibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 8, 2019, 7:37 am
How Likud weaponized cameras in Arab polling stations and intends to do so again
Election czar to rule on ‘Operation Moral Standards’ as PM’s party bids to expand scheme, sending youths to ‘monitor’ Arab balloting despite accusations of racism, deterring voters
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox girls in the central West Bank settlement of Modiin Illit cross the street on their way to school, October 19 2009. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 7, 2019, 7:09 pm
Police release Palestinians detained in hunt for alleged rapist
Investigators plan on questioning all Palestinians who were near West Bank settlement when 7-year-old Israeli girl says she was assaulted
By Jacob Magid and TOI staff
Protesters demonstrate on March 13, 2019, outside the Jeursalem District Court during extradition hearings for Malka Leifer, a former girls school principal wanted for sexual abuse in Australia. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 7, 2019, 4:43 pm
Top pro-Israel group in Australia lauds police recommendation to indict Litzman
Zionist Federation of Australia calls on Israeli deputy health minister to step down over suspected efforts to prevent extradition to Melbourne of alleged sex abuser Malka Leifer
By Jacob Magid
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