Stuart Winer

Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.

Security forces inspect the scene where a man died in a car explosion in Holon, on April 11, 2021. (Flash90)

April 11, 2021, 9:30 pm

Bombed cars, shooting leave two dead, one injured in suspected gangland violence

Car blown up in Netanya, hours later another explodes in Holon killing one; later, man shot dead, another seriously injured in Ashkelon

By Stuart Winer

Palestinian medical workers receive a vaccine against the coronavirus at a medical center in the West Bank city of Dura on March 21, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/FLASH90)

April 8, 2021, 4:21 pm

Amnesty pans Israeli ‘discrimination’ in not vaccinating Palestinians

Annual report from international rights group accuses Jewish state of ‘systematic violations,’ including torture, carried out ‘with impunity’

By Stuart Winer

Students take part in a lesson in their makeshift outdoor classroom in the coastal city of Ashkelon, February 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

April 8, 2021, 2:14 pm

Health Ministry to propose further easing of school virus restrictions

Plan will reduce use of pod system, enabling students to attend more classes in person and easing strains on teaching staff and classroom space

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich at the party headquarters in Modi'in, on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

April 7, 2021, 5:54 pm

Smotrich threatens to expel Arab MK, other Muslims who don’t accept Jewish rule

Ahmad Tibi, of the Joint List, responds by calling Religious Zionism party leader a racist — in German

By Stuart Winer

A view of the Wadi Qelt stream, in the Judean Desert in the West Bank on January 24, 2015. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

April 5, 2021, 4:58 pm

15-year-old boy drowns in Judean Desert canyon stream; yeshiva head arrested

Army helicopter airlifts youth from Ein Prat to Jerusalem hospital, where doctors declare him dead

By Stuart Winer

On Feb. 26, 2021 Secretary Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Pool, File)

April 5, 2021, 8:40 am

Ahead of Israeli Holocaust remembrance, Blinken speaks of duty to stop evil

US secretary of state in early message warns that wickedness ‘on a grand scale can and does happen,’ says ‘we honor the lost by remembering and by learning’

By Stuart Winer

Mansour Abbas, head of Israel's conservative Islamic Ra'am party, speaks during a press conference in the northern city of Nazareth on April 1, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

April 4, 2021, 2:12 pm

Poll: 48% of Israelis favor government with outside support from Arab parties

Opposition to the notion has dropped since February 2020, including among voters for right-wing parties Likud, Yamina and Religious Zionism, the Israel Democracy Institute finds

By Stuart Winer

Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference, March 31, 2021. (Channel 13 News)

March 31, 2021, 9:07 pm

Netanyahu to Bennett, Sa’ar: ‘Come home’ to right-wing coalition led by Likud

In first public appearance since election, PM appeals for rightist rivals to back him, is immediately turned down by New Hope chief; TV: Likud offered to fold Yamina into party

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Vials of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine arrive at a Clalit vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

March 31, 2021, 7:13 pm

Israel ready to vaccinate adolescents as soon as FDA approves

After Pfizer-BioNTech says shots 100% effective for those aged 12-15, Health Ministry signals eagerness to vaccinate preteens and teens, as top official counsels patience

By Stuart Winer

Leader of the Religious Zionism party Bezalel Smotrich, on election night, March 23, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

March 30, 2021, 1:45 pm

Religious Zionism’s Smotrich says he’ll back Netanyahu as PM

Party leader says Likud chief is committed to strengthening settlements, judicial reform; Joint List MKs to present Lapid with demands in return for supporting him

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Mansour Abbas (L), head of the conservative Islamic Ra'am party, speaks to a crowd during a political gathering to congratulate him on the party's electoral success, in the northern Israeli village of Maghar on March 26, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

March 29, 2021, 4:56 pm

Kingmaker Ra’am party won’t sit in coalition with far-right, warns Arab broker

Sha’a Mansour Massarwa says no Arab Israeli party will work with Smotrich or Ben Gvir; Gantz calls for concerted effort to oust Netanyahu; Rivlin to meet party leaders from April 5

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

People receive a COVID-19 vaccine injection at a mobile vaccine station on the beach in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

March 29, 2021, 12:56 pm

Health Ministry chief: Cabinet squabbling endangers vaccine drive

Chezy Levy says cancellation of government meeting undermines efforts to protect public from new infections; Katz: Budget needed for boosters and potential inoculation of kids

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Yarin Sherf, suspected of raping a 13-year-old girl at a quarantine hotel, seen in an online video (via Facebook)

March 25, 2021, 5:00 pm

Charge upgraded to rape for man accused of assaulting 13-year-old girl

Prosecutors met with outcry after they initially indicted Yarin Sherf for lighter sex offense, saying his encounters with teen at quarantine hotel were consensual

By Stuart Winer

Eli Bar Zakai, the driver accused of causing the death of Ayalon Shalev-Amsalem, at Tel Aviv District Court on July 21, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

March 25, 2021, 2:07 pm

Supreme Court upholds conviction for vodka-soaked driver who killed teen

Justices say 12-year sentence plus damages imposed on Eli Bar Zakai were appropriate for death of 13-year-old Eylon Shalev-Amsalem

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Students receive COVID-19 vaccine injections, at Amal high school in the southern city of Beersheba, March 17, 2021. (Flash90)

March 25, 2021, 11:27 am

With most Israelis now fully vaccinated, virus spread continues sharp drop-off

Positive tests rates reach lowest level since last June; only 470 new patients diagnosed Wednesday

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff