Lapid calls sub corruption case worst in Israel history, raises treason fear; Fox’s ‘Jared Kosher’; Jack the Ripper & the Jews;Alan Gross makes aliyah

2017. július 13 23:32

Lapid calls sub corruption case worst in Israel history, raises treason fear; Fox’s ‘Jared Kosher’; Jack the Ripper & the Jews;Alan Gross makes aliyah

 

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Yesh Atid leader also raises treason allegation over related German-Egyptian submarine sale
Lapid says submarine scandal worst graft case in Israeli history
Former finance minister casts doubt on Netanyahu’s claim not to have known of his lawyer’s controversial role in huge defense deal
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Former finance minister Yair Lapid (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when the last government was in power, in Jerusalem on July 3, 2013. (Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting on July 9, 2017. (Ohad Zweigenberg/Flash90)
PM says corruption insinuations are a left-wing plot against him
By STUART WINER and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Avriel Bar Yosef, arrested in the submarine affair also known as Case 3000, is brought for a hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, July 10, 2017. (Moti Kimchi/POOL)
Court keeps submarine graft suspects behind bars, citing ‘developments’
By SUE SURKES
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eli Marom, the former commander of the Israeli Navy. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
Ex-navy chief admits helping key suspect in sub affair — report
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
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As Bezeq probe ensnares associates, Netanyahu insists ‘Elovitz isn’t my friend’
PM dismisses corruption suspicions as ‘leftist campaign’; 2 soldiers killed when military truck flips over near Eilat
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Netanyahu dismisses damming report as ‘futile’ bid to create a scandal
State watchdog: PM didn’t disclose conflict of interest with Bezeq owner
Yosef Shapira finds that Communications Ministry, when led by PM, acted in interests of his personal friend, telecom owner Shaul Elovitz
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking on the phone at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 28, 2014. (Amos Ben Gershon/GPO)
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Israel, Palestinians reach landmark water deal for West Bank, Gaza
New desalination project is part of wider plan to run water through pipeline from Red Sea down to Dead Sea; US envoy Greenblatt hopes it’s a ‘harbinger of things to come’
By RAPHAEL AHREN and MELANIE LIDMAN
US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, center, sits next to Israel's Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, left, and Mazen Ghoneim, right, head of the Palestinian Water Authority, during a news conference about a water-sharing agreement between Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, in Jerusalem, July 13, 2017. (AFP/POOL/RONEN ZVULUN)
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 5, 2017, a general view shows a crowded Palestinian neighborhood that almost collides with a section of the Israeli security barrier that surrounds the city from three sides, in the most densely populated West Bank city of Qalqilya. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Cabinet puts temporary freeze on Qalqilya expansion plan
By JACOB MAGID
L-R: US President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, Jewish Home chair Naftali Bennett and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman after meeting in Jerusalem, July 12, 2017. (Jewish Home)
Bennett holds ‘successful meeting’ with Trump envoys
By RAOUL WOOTLIFF
Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier on March 2, 2015 (IDF spokesperson's office)
IDF raids Palestinian news station suspected of incitement
By DOV LIEBER
Approved by Fox
‘Jared Kosher’ is Fox’s accidental name for Kushner
Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, June 19, 2017. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
Ticker typo labels US president’s son-in-law and senior adviser as fit for Jewish consumption
By JTA
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Left, Dr. Jari Louhelainen conducts DNA testing on a shawl found next to one of Jack the Ripper's victims. Right, a newspaper sketch from October 13, 1888 depicting Jack the Ripper. (photo credit: Jari Louhelainen/AFP; Public domain)
Were the Jack the Ripper murders an elaborate anti-Semitic frameup?
Author Stephen Senise says it’s no coincidence that Britain’s most infamous unsolved crime is alleged to have been committed by a Jew — it was planned that way all along
By ROBERT PHILPOT
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Mum’s not the word
Coexistence mothers’ prayer song goes viral
Illustrative photo of Israeli singer Yael Deckelbaum. (Courtesy Yael Deckelbaum)
Singer Yael Deckelbaum tours the world with tune composed by ensemble of Jewish, Christian and Muslim women
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker (left) confers with ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin (right) during a committee markup meeting on the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, in Washington, DC, April 14, 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
Legislation set to make it out of committee, but may not pass Senate without revisions
Fears of instability chip away at support for US bill cutting PA funding
Lawmakers unanimously support idea behind Taylor Force Act forcing Palestinians to halt incitement, but some say even Israeli officials worry about impact of cutting off money
By ERIC CORTELLESSA
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7-year-old male Asiatic Cheetah, named 'Koushki,' hunts a rabbit at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Human overpopulation and over-consumption leading planet and its inhabitants to catastrophe faster than previously thought, study claims
By SUE SURKES
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Alan Gross with some of his favorite things — a pastrami sandwich and a Cuban cigar — at Loeb’s Deli in Washington DC, July 12, 2017. (Ron Kampeas)
Alan Gross, after spending 5 years in a Cuban prison, is starting over in Israel
INTERVIEW Languishing in a Havana jail, the Jewish US contractor developed a habit for the island’s famed cigars. Now his favorite pastime is walking from his Tel Aviv home to the Carmel Market and Jaffa
By RON KAMPEAS
Elad Caplan
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Philip Reiss
Rename Haifa’s UNESCO Square
PHILIP REISS The name should be one that symbolizes interfaith unity — and he knows what that name should be
Eitan Regev
Haredi society comes full circle
EITAN REGEV The ultra-Orthodox sector appears to be dialing back its zealous rejection of employment and secular studies
Andrew Baker
George Soros as a Jewish symbol
ANDREW BAKER Strong relations between Israel and Hungary should push the European country to confront its anti-Semitism
View from Kibbutz Eilon in the western Galilee. (Screen capture/YouTube)
Galilee kibbutz accepts first Bedouin family as members
ALL TOGETHER NOWMahmoud Mazal says he ‘loves the sense of togetherness, warmth, and compassion’ found on the kibbutz
Mayim Bialik stars as an anthropologist in a new commercial for SodaStream. (Screen capture/YouTube)
Mayim Bialik a tree-hugging time traveler in SodaStream ad
Jewish actress stars as an anthropologist in the year 2136 recalling an encounter with a near-extinct species, the Homoschlepiens
Woody Allen performs with his New Orleans Jazz Band at the Royal Albert Hall, in London, July 2, 2017. (Photo by Mark Allan/Invision/AP)
Topless protesters disrupt Woody Allen concert over ’92 sexual assault claims
Two women storm stage in Hamburg, Germany as Jewish-American filmmaker performs with his New Orleans Jazz Band
Axl Rose (L), lead singer of the rock band Guns N' Roses, performs with Slash at Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 27, 2017. (AFP/Mads Joakim Rimer Rasmussen)
Religious fans knocking on promoter’s door after Guns N’ Roses extends show
Band’s request to add hour to concert means it will start before end of Shabbat; a few ticket-holders ask for refunds to the sold-out gig
Actress Milana Vayntrub attending the Yahoo Screen Launch Party For Paul Feig’s 'Other Space' at The London in West Hollywood, California, April 14, 2015. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Yahoo)
Jewish ‘AT&T Girl’ cast as Marvel’s Squirrel Girl
Starring in ‘New Warriors,’ Milana Vayntrub is set to follow in Gal Gadot’s footsteps as Hollywood’s latest female superhero
A Qatari employee of al-Jazeera TV walks past the logo of Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar, November 1, 2006 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
UAE slams Al-Jazeera for anti-Semitism over imam’s sermons
After UN freedom of speech claim, Abu Dhabi says Qatari broadcaster promotes violence against Jews, denies Holocaust
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Israeli minister said trying to broker direct flights to Mecca
Ayoub Kara reported to be looking to improve travel conditions for Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, says Trump paved the way
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboard the new submarine 'Rahav' at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
A scandal too far?
As yet another case of alleged misconduct involving the prime minister comes to light, even Netanyahu’s allies in the media seem less keen to defend him