Saturday, February 29, 2020

An Israeli finds out what's on Jordan's side of the Dead Sea

Seven Israeli coronavirus cases; country issues mass quarantine
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Israeli Paramedics of Maguen David Adom at the coronavirus national operations center, in the central Israeli city of Kiryat Ono on February 26, 2020.
Seventh Israeli Tests Positive for Coronavirus; Country Issues Mass Quarantine
, | 29.02.2020
A man bathes in the Dead Sea with mud on him, a local custom.
An Israeli Finds Out What's on Jordan's Side of the Dead Sea
| 27.02.2020
An animated gif depicting Gantz and Netanyahu slinging mud at each other.
Analysis || Netanyahu's Willing to Burn Israel Down for a Couple of Knesset Seats
| 28.02.2020
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaking during a campaign event in South Carolina, February 27, 2020.
Analysis || The Democrats Who Are Going to AIPAC – and Those Who Are Staying Away
| 28.02.2020
Tehran Municipality workers clean a metro train to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 illness on February 26, 2020.
Analysis || Plot Against Islam? In Ill-prepared Mideast, Coronavirus Spreads Conspiracies Too
| 28.02.2020
FILE PHOTO: Netanyahu and Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit attend a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. November 1, 2015. (Dan Balilty/AP)
Netanyahu Is Trying to Dig Up Dirt on the Attorney General Who Indicted Him
| 29.02.2020
Education Minister Li Andersson, Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Minister of Finance Katri Kulmuni, after the first meeting of the new government in Helsinki, Dec. 2019.
Women Run Finland. Israel Has a Lot to Learn
| 29.02.2020
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a restaurant that is built in an aircraft in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China, February 26, 2020.
Israeli Tourism Officials Worry Coronavirus Will Cause Sector's Collapse
, | 28.02.2020
Benjamin Netanyahu,  Aviv Kochavi, Benny Gantz and Ron Huldai.
Israel's Most Influential People
| 27.02.2020
Rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza City toward Israel, February 24, 2020
Analysis || Israel Sent a Bulldozer to Snatch a Gazan's Body. The Result Was 100 Rockets
| 29.02.2020
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a Likud election campaign poster depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem February 25, 2020.
Opinion || How Three Elections Exposed All the Diseases Ravaging Israeli Democracy
| 28.02.2020
A look at part of the Dead Sea and the Judean Desert, December 4, 2019.
Defying Global Trend, No Green Party Will Be Running in Israel's Election. Here's Why
| 28.02.2020
Israeli soldiers fire tear gas canisters towards Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, in Jordan Valley in the West Bank, February 25, 2020.
My Parenting Challenge: Protecting My Two-year-old From Tear Gas
| 27.02.2020
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Algorithms Can Now Recognize Emotions. Here's Why That's Terrifying
Boaz Lavie | 28.02.2020
Nidal Harashi, Bader's father. "If this boy had been a Jew, the whole West Bank would have been sealed off. Why are we now also being punished?"
Gideon Levy || The IDF Jeep's Door Swung Open. A Single Bullet Hit the Palestinian's Neck
, | 28.02.2020
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Friday, February 28, 2020

Deadly Russia-Turkey escalation in Syria; another coronavirus case in Israel

Israel sent a bulldozer to snatch a Gazan's body. The result was 100 rockets
Haaretz Daily Brief
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The Russian Navy's frigate Admiral Grigorovich sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, February 28, 2020.
Russia Sends Warships to Syria, Blames Ankara for Killing of 33 Turkish Troops
| 28.02.2020
Smoke trails are visible after rockets were fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza City toward Israel, February 24, 2020.
Analysis || Israel Sent a Bulldozer to Snatch a Gazan's Body. The Result Was 100 Rockets
| 28.02.2020
Israeli Paramedics of Maguen David Adom at the coronavirus national operations center, in the central Israeli city of Kiryat Ono on February 26, 2020.
Second Israeli Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Israel
, | 28.02.2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters during a Likud party campaign rally in Jerusalem, February 26, 2020.
Analysis || Four Days to Israeli Election: Coronavirus Politics Reassert Control of Campaign
| 27.02.2020
Speaking via satellite feed from Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the AIPAC  policy conference in Washington, March 26, 2019.
Opinion || Bibi Killed AIPAC Long Before Bernie Came Along
| 28.02.2020
Benny Gantz at a Kahol Lavan faction meeting in the Knesset, December 9, 2019.
Gantz Fires Campaign Strategist After He Was Caught Calling Him a 'Danger to Israel'
| 28.02.2020
Turkish soldiers firing a MANPADS against a Russian jet over Idlib in Syria
Russian State TV: Turkish Army Is Firing on Russian Planes in Syria's Idlib
| 28.02.2020
Smoke billows following a reported Russian airstrike on the village of Maaret al-Naasan in Syria's northern Idlib countryside on February 16, 2020.
Turkey Retaliating After 33 Soldiers Killed in Syrian Government Strike in Idlib
, | 27.02.2020
An Israeli military helicopter during a drill in 2016.
Israel Reportedly Strikes in Syria for Second Time in One Day
| 28.02.2020
A picture taken on February 27, 2020 shows damaged shops and rubble-ridden streets in the town of Saraqib in the eastern part of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria
Syrian Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds as Fighting Rages Between Turkey, Syria and Russia
| 27.02.2020
File photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaving the Global Refugee Forum at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, December 17, 2019.
Turkey Opens Frontier for Syrian Refugees to Enter Europe After Strike Kills Troops
| 28.02.2020
The group of young Arabs attending the gap-year leadership course in Kafr Kara, northern Israel, February 2020.
Israel's Young Arabs Are Angry and They Plan to Vote This Election
| 28.02.2020
A Kahol Lavan election campaign poster, depicting party leader Benny Gantz, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 18, 2020.
In Last Poll Before Election, Netanyahu's Lead Narrows as He Ties With Gantz
| 28.02.2020
Members of Israel's LGBTQ community protest law on surrogacy rights that excludes gay men, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 31, 2018.
Israel's High Court Rules Against Surrogacy Law Excluding Single Men and Gay Couples
, , | 28.02.2020
An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet landing at the Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.
El Al to Lay Off 1,000 Workers as Coronavirus Takes Toll on Travel
| 28.02.2020
Israeli army tanks in the Golan Heights, January 4, 2020.
Analysis || The Israeli Army Has Ambitious Plans in Case of Next War. Now It Just Needs a Government
| 28.02.2020
Former deputy head of the National Security Council Avriel Bar-Yosef (R) and his aide Shai Brosh, a reserve brigadier general in the Israel Navy.
Top Israeli Military Brass to Be Indicted in Submarine Affair
| 28.02.2020
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