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A crotchety old academic reflects on the great Russian ‘wave’
Thirty years ago, a huge wave of immigration transformed Israel. Over a million Russians arrived,

Right-wing Channel 20 wins tender to move to channel 14, likely boosting ratings
The openly right-wing Channel 20 won a tender Monday by the Second Authority for Television

Mein Kampf academic edition published in Poland as ‘homage to victims’
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — An academic edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is being published

Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and modern cancel culture
The night before he was murdered, Martin Luther King traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to rally

Egypt condemns new Israeli West Bank settlement project
CAIRO: Egypt’s foreign ministry has condemned an Israeli project to build 780 new settlement units in

PODCAST: The Daily Briefing – Striking Syria, Israel prepares Iran for Biden
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing: Your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening

Zoom bombers shout ‘Jews in the ovens’ at online Holocaust book launch in Italy
JTA — “Zoom bombers” in Italy crashed the online launch of a book about the

U of California, Riverside prof says Zionism ‘politically toxified our schools’
JTA — A University of California, Riverside professor who wrote recently that Zionism “politically toxified

Now is the time for female leadership in Israel
Empirical testing shows that women are better equipped to deal with the adaptive challenges of

Saudi Arabia reports dramatic drop in executions in 2020
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia on Monday reported a sharp drop in executions in 2020, as

Police release sketch of suspect in 2019 murder of Jerusalem couple
After reaching a dead end in the investigation of a double murder committed two years

Economic diplomacy in action: Jobs, vaccines, travel and more
The establishment of relations with Gulf countries has lifted the veil of secrecy surrounding the

PA demands Israel allow East Jerusalemites to take part in Palestinian elections
Israel has long opposed Palestinian Authority activity in East Jerusalem, cracking down on its operations

Startup hopes to track coma patients’ condition with goggles that monitor pupils
Israeli startup BrainWatch Tech is developing an eye-pupil monitoring technology that will notify healthcare professionals

Dozens of Sudan protesters burn Israeli flag in rally against normalization
Dozens of Sudanese protesters burned the Israeli flag Sunday during a rally against Khartoum’s recent

Defying education minister’s ban, school goes ahead with rights group’s webinar
The head of Israeli human rights group B’Tselem gave a webinar to students in Haifa

Jordan condemns Israel’s approval of new settler homes in West Bank
DUBAI: Jordan has denounced Israel’s decision to construct more than 780 new settler homes in

UAE delays visa waiver agreement with Israel until July amid pandemic
Emiratis inform Israel’s Foreign Ministry that the policy will only be put into effect in

Ministers to weigh ban on all outbound travel to curb spread of virus
As COVID-19 cases surge and more contagious strains of the coronavirus proliferate, ministers were set

Israel’s data-for-vaccines deal with Pfizer raises privacy concerns
AP — After sprinting ahead in the race to inoculate its population against the coronavirus,

Israel’s coming election may be decided on the religious right
The election campaign is now in its least interesting phase, and, arguably, its most important.

Model Bar Refaeli’s mother gets COVID in jail; doctors say her life is in danger
The personal physician of Tzipi Refaeli, the mother of supermodel Bar, said on Sunday that

In highest rate in months, 9.1% of virus tests return positive
The Health Ministry on Monday said the percentage of positive coronavirus tests confirmed the previous

Two rockets fired from Gaza toward Ashdod land in sea
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two rockets toward the southern Israeli city of Ashdod before

Meeting Arab mayors, Netanyahu vows to tackle community crime like terrorism
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of Arab mayors on Sunday night that he

For world’s 1 billion migraine sufferers, COVID a major headache, new film shows
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge pain for everyone, and migraine sufferers are no

Growing number of Haredi schools said to reopen, flouting lockdown
A growing number of ultra-Orthodox Torah schools are reopening despite government directives to remain shuttered