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Stuart Winer
Stuart Winer
Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyhau, May 5, 2021. (Kippa)
May 5, 2021, 10:27 pm
Netanyahu warns of ‘dangerous, left-wing’ Lapid-Bennett government
As mandate to form a coalition is given to his rival, prime minister piles pressure on Yamina party to ‘return to the right’ and not break its election campaign promises
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with MK Miki Zohar during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, on December 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 4, 2021, 4:35 pm
In last-ditch gambit, Likud seeks fast-tracked vote on direct election for PM
Longshot move comes hours before premier’s deadline to form a government; parties scramble over who will be tasked next to form coalition, Ra’am says it won’t recommend anyone
By Stuart Winer
Screen capture from video of Yoel Schlezinger describing the events at Mount Meron, May 2, 2021. (Twitter)
May 3, 2021, 4:52 pm
Volunteer describes plucking boy from Meron crush by yanking him through window
Yoel Schlezinger, who helps out with hospitality services at annual Lag B’Omer festival, says he poured water on crowd in effort to stop deadly movement
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Rescue forces and police at the scene after a mass fatality scene during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer on Mount Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 2, 2021, 3:43 pm
Former police chiefs call for state commission of inquiry into Meron disaster
In letter to PM, ex-commanders say independent investigation needed to prevent future calamities; one says festivities should be halted for 4-5 years until proper safety in place
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Screen capture from video of Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis speaking to her community after she was appointed as the spiritual leader of the Shirat Hatamar synagogue in Efrat, April, 2021. (YouTube)
April 29, 2021, 11:25 am
In Israeli first, woman chosen as sole spiritual leader of Orthodox community
Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis to lead the Shirat Hatamar synagogue in settlement of Efrat; says she always felt need for a female Torah role model in her life
By Stuart Winer
Screen capture from video of President Reuven Rivlin at an inter-religious meeting in Abu Gosh, April 28, 2021. (Twitter)
April 28, 2021, 11:35 pm
Rivlin: Constitutional functionality collapsed in fight over justice minister
President laments ‘illusion of constitutional functionality’ amid political impasse as he hosts inter-faith event that includes envoys of Morocco and United Arab Emirates
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Screen capture from video of a boy, 12, leaning out of window during a fire at an apartment in Rishon Lezion, April 28, 2021. (Channel 12 News)
April 28, 2021, 9:45 pm
12-year-old boy pulled from window of burning apartment
Youngster moderately injured, five others hurt in blaze in Rishon Lezion
By Stuart Winer
The Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa. (Michael Chazan at the University of Toronto)
April 26, 2021, 8:19 pm
Hebrew U team proves earliest evidence of cave dwelling, 1.8 million years ago
Archaeologists examining Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa find more indications humans were active there nearly a million years before accepted estimates
By Stuart Winer
The Tamar offshore natural gas platform. (Delek Drilling)
April 26, 2021, 12:19 pm
In biggest-yet Israel-UAE deal, Delek to sell stake in Tamar gas field for $1.1b
Israeli energy company signs memorandum of understanding with Mubadala Petroleum, owned by Abu Dhabi government
By Stuart Winer
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (C-L) and Prime Minister Benjamin (C) in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL/Flash90)
April 26, 2021, 5:02 am
Netanyahu said to offer Gantz to be prime minister first in new unity deal
Blue and White leader turns down proposal, TV network reports, but PM is considering offering same carrot to other leaders from bloc of parties aiming to oust him
By Stuart Winer
The Dead Sea scrolls at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, November 5, 2018. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)
April 22, 2021, 9:54 pm
Doing what no human eye can, AI reveals secrets of Dead Sea Scroll’s creation
Computers analyzing tiny details of famous Isaiah Scroll spot different styles indicating 2 scribes, and opening new avenues into understanding origins of ancient documents
By Stuart Winer
Head-to-toe veiled Iranian women walk at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, April 6, 2021 (Vahid Salemi/AP)
April 22, 2021, 6:54 pm
‘Absurd, surreal’: Activists pan Iran’s election to UN forum on women’s rights
Australian academic recently jailed in Tehran expresses befuddlement as Tehran joins Commission on the Status of Women; UN Watch group says 4 Western democracies backed move
By Stuart Winer
Coronavirus czar Nachman Ash during a visit to the Jerusalem Municipality on November 22, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 21, 2021, 2:01 pm
Virus czar rejects Netanyahu’s prediction of another vaccine round in 6 months
Nachman Ash says that while it is expected Israelis will need further shots for protection against COVID, the timeframe is still unclear
By Stuart Winer
Police officers during a raid in the ultra orthodox Jewish neighobrhood of Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, April 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 20, 2021, 4:13 pm
Ultra-Orthodox mob locks cops in building; then suspect flees dressed as woman
3 officers hurt in Mea Shearim as arrest raid — targeting suspects in series of Jerusalem protests — turns violent
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at the party's election night event in Jerusalem, early on March 24, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
April 20, 2021, 12:38 pm
Likud lashes out at Bennett, Smotrich after shock Knesset defeat
Following loss in vote on Arrangements Committee, Likud claims Yamina ‘rushing to leftist coalition’; Netanyahu said to blame Religious Zionism’s ‘provocations’ against Ra’am
By Stuart Winer
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