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Luke Tress
Luke Tress
Luke Tress is a video journalist and tech reporter for the Times of Israel
Eyal Berkovic, left, during an interview with Transportation Minister Miri Regev, right, October 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
October 11, 2020, 8:18 am
Wading into row, sports minister says politics won’t determine next soccer coach
Chili Tropper responds after transportation minister tells former soccer star Eyal Berkovic he’ll never get the job because he referred to Likud as a ‘criminal organization’
By TOI staff and Luke Tress
Transporation Minister Miri Regev appears on the "Ofira and Berkovic" TV show, October 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
October 10, 2020, 7:21 am
Regev to ex-soccer star: Apologize to Likud or you’ll never be national coach
Transportation minister threatens TV host Eyal Berkovic for referring to her party as a ‘criminal organization’
By Luke Tress
Researcher Susanna Sabin working in the ancient DNA lab of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. (Courtesy/Zandra Fagernäs)
October 6, 2020, 6:37 am
Researchers dig into medieval Jerusalem poop for insights into modern gut health
In new study, scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute find latrines a valuable source of historical data, which they hope will aid understanding of today’s diseases
By Luke Tress
Deputy administrator of USAID Bonnie Glick during a briefing on the Women's Global Development and Prosperity initiative, August 11, 2020, at the US State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
September 24, 2020, 5:11 pm
Visiting USAID deputy says Israeli tech will be key for developing nations
Bonnie Glick notes that Israeli know-how will be needed as leading US development agency implements digital approach, plans 5G roll-out for combating food insecurity, other issues
By Luke Tress
A massive, ancient stone structure in Saudi Arabia, with platforms at both ends and connecting walls in between. Two barely visible researchers standing at the far end provide a sense of scale. (courtesy/ Huw Groucutt/ The Holocene)
September 21, 2020, 8:29 pm
Mysterious, massive stone monuments in Arabia some of world’s oldest, study says
International team of researchers carries out 1st detailed study of ‘mustatils,’ hundreds of structures in northern Saudi Arabia, suggesting prehistoric ritual use 7,000 years ago
By Luke Tress
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Jerusalem on October 29, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 21, 2020, 2:44 am
Honduras to move embassy to Jerusalem by end of 2020, Israel says
Prime Minister’s Office says Israel will also open bureau in Tegucigalpa this year; Honduran president, however, says he ‘hopes’ to make move if ‘pandemic allows it’
By Luke Tress and TOI staff
An image produced by US researchers shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), covering human bronchial cilia (blue), and mucus (yellow). (Ehre Lab, UNC School of Medicine)
September 17, 2020, 12:54 am
US researchers produce startling images of coronavirus-infected cells
Pictures from UNC School of Medicine illustrate the density of SARS-CoV-2 on human tissue, which contributes to its spread within individuals, and to others
By Luke Tress
Police officers remove demonstrators during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister's Residence, in Jerusalem on August 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 23, 2020, 7:33 pm
New clip shows cops striking female protester, amid outrage over rally violence
Majority of detainees in Saturday’s demonstration released; furious police reject suggestion by opposition’s Moshe Ya’alon that they should read book on Nazi war crimes
By Luke Tress and TOI staff
Police remove protesters from a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, August 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2020, 6:59 pm
10 arrested as police clear Jerusalem protest against Netanyahu
Cops forcibly remove demonstrators from capital’s Paris Square; 2 held for suspected assaults against officers
US President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at the White House in Washington, August 13, 2020, after announcing Israel and the UAE were fully normalizing their ties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 14, 2020, 4:13 am
Trump: Israel-UAE signing in 3 weeks, annexation ‘off the table,’ at least now
Declaring ‘they’re going to have peace in the Middle East’ after UAE and Israel agree to full ties, Trump gives dramatic, confusing briefing, appears to contradict PM, then doesn’t
By Luke Tress and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an IDF Northern Command base in Safed on July 28, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 31, 2020, 6:20 pm
Netanyahu posts video highlighting ‘incitement to murder’ against him
Clip purportedly shows protesters at recent rallies threatening to kill premier and his family amid growing atmosphere of violence surrounding demonstrations
By Luke Tress and TOI staff
This microscope image made available by the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research in 2015 shows human colon cancer cells with the nuclei stained red. (NCI Center for Cancer Research via AP)
July 29, 2020, 11:29 pm
Antioxidant-rich diet may increase bowel cancer risk, Israeli researchers find
Hebrew University team says foods including black tea, berries and chocolate could abet tumor growth by aiding mutated proteins in colon
By Luke Tress
Israeli protesters hold placards during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2020. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
July 25, 2020, 4:25 am
Former Netanyahu bodyguard calls on him to resign: ‘It’s time for you to go’
Nir Adan, following protest, writes in missive addressed to PM: ‘I was ready to lose my life for you… The people are divided, and you are disconnected’
By Luke Tress and TOI staff
Illustrative: A lab technician puts a label on to a test tube while conducting research on coronavirus in Beerse, Belgium, June 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
July 11, 2020, 5:32 am
Tuberculosis vaccine BCG may reduce COVID-19 death rate, US study finds
Researchers say countries with BCG vaccination programs have fewer coronavirus fatalities when other variables accounted for; caution that research is preliminary, trials needed
By Luke Tress
Israel Police officers enforce the emergency regulations on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on July 9, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2020, 1:01 pm
Lockdowns go into effect in neighborhoods of 5 cities, as virus hits new high
Parts of Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Lod, Ramle, Kiryat Malachi become ‘restricted zones’ for 7 days; capital’s mayor: Closures will cause ‘mass infections’; 1,684 cases in 24 hours
By TOI staff and Luke Tress
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