Stuart Winer

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

Screen capture from video of Iran's top nuclear negotiator Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri, 2020. (YouTube)

October 27, 2021, 2:29 pm

Iran offers to talk to Europeans about restarting nuclear negotiations

Iranian source tells state media country formally notified Britain, France, and Germany it is willing to meet with reps on their turf or in Tehran, but so far has had no response

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Screen capture from video of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, center, announcing that Maghar had become the first Druze city in Israel, October 26, 2021. (Twitter)

October 27, 2021, 11:16 am

Maghar becomes Israel’s first Druze city

Interior Minister Shaked makes announcement during meeting with leaders of Druze and Circassian local authorities; Ra’am party, whose chief lives there, claims he asked for change

By Stuart Winer

Hadera Mayor Zvi Gendelman arrives for extension of his remand at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Letzion, June 4, 2018. (Flash90)

October 26, 2021, 3:01 pm

Hadera mayor indicted on corruption charges over ties to contractor

Zvi Gendelman accused of bribery, fraud and obstruction of justice for advancing interests of Sammy Levy, a real estate developer who backed his election campaign

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

People receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a health clinic, in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

October 26, 2021, 1:21 pm

Positive COVID-19 test results at lowest rate in 4 months

Health Ministry figures show just 0.88% of swabs on Monday found coronavirus carriers; number of seriously ill patients down to level last seen in August

By Stuart Winer

Police arrest a Palestinian youth outside Damascus Gate near Jerusalem's Old City, on October 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 21, 2021, 3:43 am

As Jerusalem simmers, bus driver recalls harrowing trip through deluge of stones

Tensions remain around Old City’s flashpoint Damascus Gate, day after violent flare-up during which rioters attacked buses: ‘People saw death coming’

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Screen capture from video of opposition lawmaker celebrating the passing of a bill in the Knesset, October 20, 2021. (Channel 12 News)

October 20, 2021, 11:09 pm

Opposition bests coalition, passing bill to probe pitfalls in hiring Arab tutors

Vote sees Netanyahu ally with Joint List to back parliamentary commission of inquiry into hiring discrepancies that have left many Arab teachers without jobs

By Stuart Winer

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton seen during a plenum session in Knesset in Jerusalem, on October13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

October 20, 2021, 9:33 pm

Education minister presses Bennett to make coronavirus cabinet meetings public

In letter to PM, Yifat Shasha-Biton argues that openness and transparency are critical to building public trust in government

By Stuart Winer

Screen capture from video of an altercation between leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir (center-left) and MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the predimonantly Arab-Israeli Joint List party, at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, October 19, 2021. (Twitter)

October 19, 2021, 5:02 pm

Far-right and Arab MKs scuffle during visit to hunger-striking terror suspect

Religious Zionism’s Itamar Ben Gvir and Joint List chief Ayman Odeh clash outside hospital ward where Hamas member Miqdad Qawasmeh is being treated

By Stuart Winer

Gal Gadot on the front cover of the November 2021 issue of Elle magazine. (Elle)

October 19, 2021, 12:28 pm

Battling injustice, Gal Gadot takes Elle front cover

November issue dedicated to ‘Women in Hollywood’ lauds Israeli actress’s ‘superpower’ of standing up for herself and others

By Stuart Winer

Jacob Sharvit of the Israel Antiquities Authority displays an ancient one-meter-long sword that experts say dates back to the Crusader-era and is believed to have belonged to a Crusader, at the beach in Caesarea, on October 19, 2021 days after being discovered by a local diver. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

October 18, 2021, 1:13 pm

Diver pulls 900-year-old Crusader sword from seafloor

Though encrusted with marine organisms, one-meter-long blade is preserved in perfect condition, expert says; finder given outstanding citizen award for handing in relic

By Stuart Winer

Energy Minister Karine Elharrar speaks at conference of her Yesh Atid party in Shefayim, September 22, 2021. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

October 17, 2021, 5:06 pm

Energy minister accuses Netanyahu of using ‘fake news’ to harm ties with Jordan

Karine Elharrar rejects opposition leader’s claim Israel getting nothing out of water deal with neighbor; former Netanyahu adviser slams ex-PM’s ‘provocative’ attitude to kingdom

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Medical interns demonstrate for better work conditions in Tel Aviv, on October 9, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

October 17, 2021, 3:20 pm

Medical interns delay mass resignation as officials prepare new work hours plan

Action postponed for 24 hours after Health Ministry says it will present updated offer on reducing workload following rejection of previous plan by doctors-in-training

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

People walk with face masks in Jerusalem city center on October 7, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

October 14, 2021, 12:34 pm

Number of seriously ill COVID cases drops to lowest level in 2 months

Health Ministry figures show positive test rate below 2% for fifth day in a row, but director-general warns there will be no let-up on some infection precautions for months

By Stuart Winer

New Hope MK Sharren Haskel, center, seen during a vote on a law proposing reforms regulating medical marijuana, held in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 13, 2021, 5:41 pm

Knesset gives preliminary okay to bill to make medical cannabis more available

Ra’am party backs legislation, as leader MK Mansour Abbas, speaking in Arabic, makes it clear he will only ever agree to medical use of the drug

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

A mother tests her son with a coronavirus rapid antigen home test kit in Haniel, central Israel on September 27, 2021. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

October 13, 2021, 2:54 pm

Health Ministry cancels quarantine for parents caring for COVID-infected kids

Those who are vaccinated or have recovered from coronavirus will no longer need to isolate along with their children under the age of 12

By Stuart Winer