Stuart Winer

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

Tshuva Kabra, left, director of the national welfare system at the Chasdei Naomi charity, embraces Holocaust survivor Freida Rovenchim, in her family apartment in Jerusalem, January 26, 2022 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

September 15, 2022, 9:52 am

Germany to boost funding for Holocaust survivors’ nursing costs

14,000 people in Israel will receive additional NIS 1,200 per month as part of deal with Claims Conference to provide 130 million euros for survivors around the world

By Stuart Winer

A rare quarter shekel silver coin, minted in 69 CE, that was handed over to Israeli authorities in New York, September 12, 2022. (Israel Antiquities Authority)

September 13, 2022, 12:38 pm

Rare, stolen 2,000-year-old silver coin returned to Israeli authorities in US

Quarter-shekel minted in 69CE was smuggled out of country to black market; international probe results in it finally being restored to Israel Antiquities Authority

By Stuart Winer

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) walks with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at the Foreign Office, in London, November 29, 2021. (Stuart Mitchell/ GPO)

September 5, 2022, 5:07 pm

Lapid congratulates ‘great friend of Israel’ Truss on selection as UK prime minister

PM says he’s looking forward to working with new British counterpart; Defense Minister Gantz calls her a ‘veteran friend’ who will play a key role in the global arena

By Stuart Winer

illustrative: An ambulance leaves a hospital in London, March 5, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)

August 11, 2022, 2:08 pm

2 members of Israeli family killed, 3 injured, in UK hit-and-run accident

Two children among the injured including a girl in serious condition; driver of vehicle arrested after incident in southeastern resort town of Ramsgate

By Stuart Winer

An illustrative photo of a person on a desktop (SanderStock via iStock by Getty Images)

August 3, 2022, 2:19 pm

Anti-revenge porn tech launches in Hebrew, allowing digital tagging of images

Michal Sela Forum partners with Facebook parent company Meta to be Israel’s official representative of StopNCII technology, using digital fingerprints to identify media for removal

By Stuart Winer

Prime Minister Yair Lapid (R) shakes hands with the incoming director general of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission, Moshe Edri, August 1, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

August 1, 2022, 4:52 pm

At atomic agency ceremony, Lapid says Israel’s ‘other capabilities’ keep it safe

PM makes veiled reference to country’s purported nukes, in apparent warning to Tehran; Alternative PM Bennett says ‘enormous resources’ put into preventing nuclear-armed Iran

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Milk for sale at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on July 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 1, 2022, 1:30 pm

Dairy and electricity prices go up as gas, public transportation costs drop

August brings a slew of cost of living changes, with power bills up by 8.6%, and a 4.9% jump in the price of milk; tighter controls on cash payments come into force

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Screen capture from video of Alexander Mozgovoy, accused of the attempted abduction of a teenage girl in Pardes Hanna seen during a remand hearing in a video uploaded on July 19, 2022. (Twitter)

July 24, 2022, 12:46 pm

Man charged with attempted abduction, assault of teenage girl in Pardes Hanna

Prosecutors say Alexander Mozgovoy spotted victim, 16, walking along street and decided to grab her, attempting to force her into car trunk; girl fought him off, alerted passersby

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Screen capture of a golden medallion featuring Likud party leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu. (Only Bibi)

July 18, 2022, 10:10 am

Likud activists slammed for cult worship over Netanyahu ‘medallion of loyalty’

At party event, would-be Likud MK Heidi Mozes drapes chain with golden image of leader around neck of MK Israel Katz, defends item as no different to UK currency featuring queen

By Stuart Winer

Opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset as Knesset Speaker MK Mickey Levy sits in background, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 30, 2022, 1:23 pm

‘This isn’t how you run a session!’: Knesset sees rowdy, venomous final meeting

Arab lawmakers clash with each other; opposition leader Netanyahu chides Knesset speaker for not controlling hecklers; MK Ben-Gvir booted for taking photos

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Screen capture from the UEFA Under-19 web page showing the national flags of the four semifinalists, France, Italy, England and Israel. (UEFA)

June 26, 2022, 10:01 am

In first, Israeli under-19 soccer team reaches European semifinal

Achievement earns squad a ticket to under-20 World Cup in Indonesia next year; coach says brains are the team’s strong suit

By Stuart Winer

Screen capture from video of Palestinian poet and activist Mohammed Al-Kurd as he addressed a solidarity event at the United Nations, November, 2021. (YouTube)

June 19, 2022, 4:33 pm

Top German cultural institute revokes invitation to controversial Palestinian writer

Muhammad Al-Kurd was to speak on panel at forum examining global far-right movements; session hosts pull out, accuse Goethe Institute of ‘racist’ stifling of Palestinian dissent

By Stuart Winer

Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani attends a press conference of the Yesha Council outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 13, 2022, 10:37 am

Yesha leader faces rebellion for backing coalition bill crucial to settlers

Led by Likud-aligned movement, dozens of local council members call for David Elhayani’s resignation for not backing an opposition boycott of pro-settler West Bank legislation

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Adolf Eichmann during his trial in Jerusalem (public domain)

May 22, 2022, 12:41 pm

New film brings Eichmann’s Holocaust confessions to life using his own voice

Original recordings are dubbed over actors portraying senior Nazi figure and his interviewer before Israel put him on trial; he expresses pride in genocide, says has no regrets

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: Joseph Kleinman, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz and Dachau Nazi death camp wearing a face mask as he stands at his porch in Jerusalem, during the Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 27, 2022, 8:57 am

Ahead of annual memorial day, 161,400 Holocaust survivors living in Israel

Average age is 85.5, with over 1,000 over age 100; social equality minister notes urgency in providing assistance as some 40 survivors die each day

By Stuart Winer