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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 492

Tia Goldenberg

Passengers for a flydubai flight heading to Ben Gurion Airport board their aircraft at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 18, 2024. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
November 15, 2024, 11:39 am
As most airlines avoid Israel, Emirati carriers keep up flights for diplomacy, profit
Tel Aviv-Dubai flights show United Arab Emirates commitment to Abraham Accords despite criticisms of Israel’s actions in Gaza
By Jon Gambrell and Tia Goldenberg
Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 51 days after she was kidnapped with her husband on Oct. 7, poses for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 1, 2024, 10:06 am
A year on, ex-hostage Aviva Siegel fights to keep hope alive for husband still in Gaza
Released in November, the Kfar Aza resident is still tormented, recalling the hellish conditions that her American-Israeli spouse Keith is suffering under as hopes for a deal fade
By Tia Goldenberg
Omer Easa from Sudan poses for a portrait inside the offices of the Hotline for Migrant Workers, a rights group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2023 (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 5, 2023, 2:00 pm
Sudanese asylum seekers worry about future in Israel, fighting at home
Overhaul’s proponents say African migrants are a main reason it must pass, citing it as example of judicial overreach; activists say Supreme Court protects those fleeing danger
By Tia Goldenberg
Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" TV series attend a protest against the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system in the old port of Acre in northern Israel, March 16, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 17, 2023, 12:17 pm
Dystopian ‘Handmaids’ become iconic fixture at protests against judicial overhaul
Protesters dressed as characters from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ say fear their rights will be the first to be harmed by right-wing government’s bills
By ISAAC SCHARF and Tia Goldenberg
Prison guards escort Yosef Haim Ben-David, convicted of murdering Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in 2014, as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for his appeal, on February 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2023, 4:00 pm
Probe finds group supporting Jewish extremists in Israel now also fundraising in US
Money raised by Shlom Asiraich as a nonprofit is going toward families and prisoners, including Rabin’s assassin and two men convicted of murdering Palestinians
By Tia Goldenberg and Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, above the southern Israeli city of Sderot on August 6, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 6, 2022, 5:10 pm
Explainer: What is driving the current Israel-Gaza violence
Why the IDF resorted to force, how Islamic Jihad has bolstered its rocket capabilities, Iran’s behind-the-scenes role, and the dilemma facing Hamas
By Tia Goldenberg and Fares Akram
Pakistani-American Anila Ali gives a book to President Isaac Herzog during a rare trip by a Pakistani national to Israel in May. (Twitter)
May 30, 2022, 9:26 pm
Pakistani-American defends Israel visit amid criticism back home
Delegation prompts fierce outcry in Islamabad, with one participant getting fired from his job; Herzog says trip shows possibility of growing ties between Israel and Muslim world
By Munir Ahmed and Tia Goldenberg
Harel Hershtik works at his lab in Rehovot, May 11, 2022. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
May 16, 2022, 11:06 am
Convicted Israeli murderer is brains behind Rehovot health tech startup
Decades after murdering snake trapper Yaakov Sela, a former friend, Harel Hershtik is behind a startup poised to make millions of dollars with backing of prominent public figures
By Tia Goldenberg
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Israel, January 23, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2022, 3:40 am
Why Putin uses WWII, the Holocaust and Nazis to justify his war on Ukraine
With the Second World War a linchpin of Russia’s national identity, Putin has sought to use its memory to legitimize the invasion; historians call it a cynical distortion
By Tia Goldenberg
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on February 1, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
February 24, 2022, 7:38 pm
How Putin distorts WWII, Holocaust to justify invasion of Ukraine
Seeking not to jeopardize security ties, Israel has appeared reluctant to challenge Kremlin’s narrative, despite sacred memory of 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis
By Tia Goldenberg
Then deputy economy and industry minister Yair Golan, poses during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2022. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
January 21, 2022, 2:23 pm
Deputy minister: You can’t have free, democratic state so long as we control people
Talking to AP, Yair Golan says violent settlers ‘don’t accept the essence of Israel,’ says Benjamin Netanyahu represents everything he is fighting against
By Tia Goldenberg
Ra'am MK Mansour Abbas speaks in the Knesset plenum on January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 7:31 pm
How Islamist lawmaker Mansour Abbas has shaken up Israeli politics
Pragmatic politician’s historic move to bring his Ra’am faction into the government has paid dividends, but his approach has also sparked fury in a wide range of figures
By Tia Goldenberg
An aerial view of the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's (EAPC) oil terminal at Israel's southern Red Sea port city of Eilat, February 9, 2021. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 30, 2021, 1:19 pm
Environment minister says oil deal with UAE ‘cannot be realized’
Tamar Zandberg tells Army Radio that the number of oil tankers allowed to dock at the Eilat port will not be increased, effectively killing the deal
By Tia Goldenberg
A man rests after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a coronavirus vaccination center set up at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, March. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
December 28, 2021, 12:35 pm
Hard-hit by first waves of COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get vaccinated
Bnei Brak mayor says city ‘going on the offensive’ to get shots into people’s arms; officials deploying mobile vaccination units to Haredi areas while fighting misinformation
By Tia Goldenberg
American musician will.i.am, front man for Black Eyed Peas, listens during an interview in Jerusalem, on November 29, 2021. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
November 30, 2021, 6:30 am
Appearing in Jerusalem, Black Eyed Peas frontman rejects calls to boycott Israel
In town for a concert and tech conference, musician will.i.am says he will not ‘turn my back on people that live here because of politics’
By Tia Goldenberg
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