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Libya's LNA says blockade on oil will continue
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 12:17:24 AM
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Thousands join anti-government protest in Serbian capital
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 12:28:09 AM
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Tel Aviv protests turn violent amid clashes with police
Israel Police announced that it was working to disperse the crowds who were conducting an "illegal protest and disturbing the public order."
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/12/2020 5:26:15 PM
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NFL player DeSean Jackson accepts invitation to visit Auschwitz
This announcement was made during a Zoom video call between Jackson and Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg, who held the call dressed in his concentration camp attire.
By AARON REICH \
7/12/2020 3:01:17 AM
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On fifth attempt, UN Security Council renews Syria aid via Turkey
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 12:49:30 AM
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Haredim, police clash over coronavirus lockdown in Jerusalem
UTJ MK calls on haredim to quit government: "The pictures from the liberated Tel Aviv and the beseiged Jerusalem speak for themselves: secular people can gather and protest, haredim cannot."
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/12/2020 5:31:57 PM
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Coronavirus: Brazil records over 1,000 new cases, total tops 1.8 million
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 1:12:36 AM
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Netanyahu backtracks on vote to make West Bank annexation more difficult
According to the agenda on the Prime Minister’s Office website, the government had been slated to debate and or possibly vote on its procedural bylaws. But in the end, the matter was not dealt with.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/13/2020 1:08:30 AM
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Polish state media accuses opposition of supporting Jewish restitution
The issue of restitution of property confiscated from Jews during the Holocaust has long been a contentious issue in Polish politics and has played a major role in tensions between Poland and Israel.
By AARON REICH \
7/12/2020 3:11:48 AM
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Coronavirus: US case total at 3,173,212 – CDC
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 2:50:14 AM
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Jordan's Princess Raiyah marries Roald Dahl's grandson
Princess Raiyah, the half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan, is the daughter of the late King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 3:03:15 AM
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In first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility
At the medical facility, Trump walked by media gathered for a carefully staged photo opportunity wearing a navy blue mask emblazoned with a presidential seal embossed in gold.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 5:00:01 AM
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Gunmen target US military equipment in Iraq - report
Sources in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior told Al-Araby that, while it's still to early to discuss who may have been behind the attack, it seems to have been one of the militias.
By TZVI JOFFRE \
7/12/2020 5:09:54 AM
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Modest insect-munching Madagascar reptile was forerunner to dinosaurs
"Evolution of gigantism from tiny ancestors is not uncommon in the fossil record."
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 5:22:14 AM
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Patient dies after catching coronavirus at 'COVID party' in Texas
"Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said 'I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it's not.'"
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 4:56:14 PM
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 248 to 198,804 - RKI
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 7:45:18 AM
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Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq claim attack on 'US vehicles'
The attack underpins the uncertainty in Iraq and increasing pressure on the US to leave the country.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
7/12/2020 5:32:19 PM
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Greece may reinstate some restrictions after rise in coronavirus cases
The announcement came after a government warning that the safety guidelines for the coronavirus are being ignored.
By OMRI RON \
7/12/2020 8:55:34 AM
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Bosnia mark 25 years since Srebrenica massacre that shocked the world
Nine newly identified victims were buried at a flower-shaped cemetery near the town, where tall white tombstones mark the graves of 6,643 other victims.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 8:42:47 AM
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Extremism on the rise in Germany, increasing threat of antisemitism
A German government office identified 32,080 right-wing extremists and 33,500 left-wing extremists in Germany in 2019.
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
7/12/2020 9:41:09 AM
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Thailand plans human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine
There are no approved vaccines for the virus that causes COVID-19, but 19 candidates are being trailed in humans globally.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 9:28:19 AM
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Police clear out protestors' equipment from next to PM's residence
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 9:34:57 AM
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Electrical power to the people
By JASON BLACKSHAW \
7/12/2020 1:13:37 PM
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World Zionist Organization offers plan to bring French Jews to Israel
The plan spoke about the opportunity to quickly and efficiently bring about 50,000 members of the community, as well as another half a million over the next few years.
By OMRI RON \
7/12/2020 6:40:57 PM
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Israel Katz: 'Protests are a part of democracy'
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 10:51:21 AM
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Elwyn nonprofit marks death of Halak with special-needs campaign
On May 30, Hallak, a 32-year-old special-needs student from east Jerusalem, was shot by Border Police in the Old City on his way to Jerusalem’s Elwyn Al-Quds Employment Training Center.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 6:21:55 PM
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Coronavirus committee to rule on gyms, pools on Monday
35 people infected in gyms since June * Buses to run after 10 p.m. * Death toll spikes to 362.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/12/2020 9:21:20 PM
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Has the US sidelined its Syrian partners, allowing aid and water cutoff?
Aid is used as a weapon by Damascus and Ankara in Syria.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
7/12/2020 5:22:39 PM
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Remembering Herzl on his 116th yahrzeit
Herzl's most famous quote stands as a testament to his tenacity: 'If you will it, it is no dream.'
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
7/12/2020 12:02:47 PM
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Habima National Theater releases new video celebrating theaters' role
The video features a number of Israel's most prominent celebrities.
By OMRI RON \
7/12/2020 11:50:39 AM
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The Philippines to acquire eight Shaldag fast patrol boats
Designed to offer high-speed interception along coastlines, the boats have been deployed by coast guards across the world.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
7/12/2020 5:36:37 PM
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PM Netanyahu and Israel Katz approve self-employed coronavirus grant
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 1:14:58 PM
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Charitable’s Passion is Supporting Non-Profits With Your Campaigns
By Leo Giosuè \
7/12/2020 1:29:24 PM
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From Monday, 10:00 p.m. restriction on public transport to be canceled
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 7:04:58 PM
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Government approves economic aid package
Shmuli calls plan ‘noose’ solution to coronavirus financial crisis • PM ‘failed horribly,’ Lapid says
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
7/13/2020 1:47:13 PM
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New Simon Wiesenthal award honors those fighting antisemitism in Austria
The award is backed by every political party in Austria with the exception of the right-wing Freedom party.
By OMRI RON \
7/12/2020 2:27:03 PM
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E-waste social enterprise prepares to weather second coronavirus wave
"We are very pleased to be considered an essential enterprise, especially in light of our workforce," the manager said.
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
7/13/2020 5:41:47 AM
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Arye Deri, haredi MKs hit out at police, gov't treatment of public
Shas leader demands publication of criteria for lockdowns of cities and neighborhoods
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/12/2020 5:40:37 PM
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Egyptian naval drill was message to Turkey
The naval exercise was dubbed Hasam-20 and was carried out in an area not far from the Libyan border, according to several accounts.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
7/12/2020 5:43:16 PM
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50% of Israelis fear they cannot pay for their basic expenses - new survey
From January through May, some 7,369 people made aliyah, compared to 12,645 in 2019 – a decrease of 42%.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/12/2020 6:12:27 PM
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British Labour MP forced to apologize for calling Israel a terrorist state
You can be proud of being Jewish without being a Zionist, Lloyd Russell-Moyle said.
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS \
7/12/2020 11:12:34 PM
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Sudan bans female genital mutilation, legalizes alcohol for non-Muslims
Women will also no longer need a permit from male members of their families to travel with their children.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 3:22:11 PM
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PA cancels annexation protest due to coronavirus spread in West Bank
The cancellation of the rally was announced as part of new measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the West Bank.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
7/12/2020 8:46:15 PM
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Litzman meets with Netanyahu to discuss bias, violence towards haredim
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 3:31:24 PM
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Bollywood's Bachchan family hit by coronavirus; Aishwarya joins Amitabh
People in northern and western India were conducting Hindu prayer rituals for the Bachchan family, social media and television footage showed.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 3:37:09 PM
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El Al bidder is Jewish-American businessman's son
El Al has signed agreements with the cabin, administrative, and technical unionized workforce sectors, while the pilot union has yet to sign a deal with the company.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
7/13/2020 5:42:32 AM
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Are Israel's jellyfish getting larger? And what could it mean? - study
Some suggest that the decrease in human presence along the country's shores that is a direct result of the coronavirus can partially explain the phenomenon.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
7/12/2020 9:10:19 PM
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Lebanon records new coronavirus infection high with 166 cases
Hassan said 800 workers from the company in question needed to be tested, along with another 1,000 workers from two other companies with whom they were connected.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 7:53:54 PM
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Israeli doctor caught drugging women, raping them on dates - report
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 4:09:19 PM
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JNF-USA and Alexander Muss Institute launch gap-year program
Frontier Israel, a gap semester program for recent high school graduates, will run from September 2 – December 25, 2020.
By ALAN ROSENBAUM \
7/12/2020 4:48:10 PM
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Hamas arrests journalist for ‘encouraging’ man to commit suicide
Kahlout, 36, was arrested on Friday evening for “encouraging” a resident to harm himself, Ayman al-Batnihi, spokesman for the Hamas police in the Gaza Strip, said.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
7/12/2020 6:36:39 PM
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Israel Air Force opens new Special Forces Wing
Wing "established in light of the operational need, changes, and expansion of threats in various arenas."
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
7/12/2020 8:35:28 PM
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Israeli animation app wins the 2020 Apple Design Awards
The app, called Looom, offers an innovative way for animators to create playful hand-drawn animation on Apple's iPads.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL \
7/12/2020 5:52:31 PM
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Lebanese Christian cleric seen to criticise Hezbollah, allies over crisis
His last two sermons have been seen to mark a shift to a more openly critical stance against the policies of both Hezbollah and its ally President Michel Aoun.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 5:15:00 PM
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Education Secretary wants US schools open, offers no safety plan
DeVos did not offer any details on how her department would advise or help school districts and states with their reopenings amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the country.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 5:37:55 PM
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'Israel will have 300 seriously ill coronavirus patients by Aug. 10'
Prof. Eli Sprecher of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center said that the chance of an infected person deteriorating is about 50% of what it was during the first wave.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/12/2020 9:10:49 PM
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Doctor: 'Leave phone at home, avoid quarantine' - Health Ministry outraged
The Health Ministry condemned Prof. Ruti Shako Levi for stating that people should leave their phones at home so as to avoid entering quarantine following the Tel Aviv protest.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
7/13/2020 5:49:44 AM
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170 Israelis caught coronavirus at weddings in one month, 35 at gyms
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 5:47:45 PM
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Disney World reopens, anti-mask protests as COVID-19 surges in Florida
Anti-mask activists organized a protest on Saturday at a grilled cheese restaurant and bar in Windermere, Florida, which is in Orange County about 12 miles (19 km) from Walt Disney World.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 5:55:52 PM
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IAC co-founder: Jewish and Israel education should be affordable for everyone
The 'Zoom Out' global e-summit on July 13-14, brings together international educators and EdTech executives with the aim of re-imagining the future of education in the coronavirus era.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 8:59:47 PM
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Florida reports over 15,000 COVID-19 cases in single-day record
If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new cases in a day behind the United States, Brazil and India, according to a Reuters analysis.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 7:24:27 PM
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The week in readers' pictures
Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots of the week.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 6:30:54 PM
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Jews are indigenous to Israel and a rabbi should know it, scholar says
“For a long time there was very little doubt on whether the Jews were indigenous here. The concept started to be questioned by the Arab anti-Zionist community,” Ilan Troen said.
By ROSSELLA TERCATIN \
7/12/2020 6:34:33 PM
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Hebrew Scouts nearly shut down during COVID-19 crisis, ‘unthinkable’
After one century of offering informal education to Hebrew youth across the country, the movement faces extreme uncertainty due to government actions.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
7/13/2020 9:27:45 AM
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In the battle against COVID-19, where’s the data?
“We need to be much more sophisticated than just analyzing the number of new cases, severe cases and deaths,” said Nadav Davidovitch.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/13/2020 6:38:35 AM
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WHO reports record daily rise in global COVID-19 cases, up over 230,000
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 7:28:10 PM
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Number of coronavirus victims in Israel reaches 362
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 7:32:02 PM
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Meretz respond to gov't's rescue plan: ‘So cheap it’s outrageous’
As Netanyahu’s plan to stabilize Israel’s economy in time of global pandemic is pushed forward, coalition and opposition members respond.
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
7/12/2020 7:32:51 PM
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Vertical Agriculture - Fresh greens from the wall straight to the plate
There is no doubt that one of the biggest challenges of the next years will be feeding the massive growing population all over the world.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/13/2020 4:22:17 PM
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500,000 years ago, inhabitants of the Carmel knew their land well
Ancient humans were able to select raw materials for their tools based on technological criteria.
By ROSSELLA TERCATIN \
7/12/2020 7:59:15 PM
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Cyber fraud task force established by US Secret Service
The specialized group of agents and analysts will combat cyber-enabled financial crime using advanced analytical techniques and cutting-edge technologies
By CYBERTECH \
8/3/2020 4:27:20 PM
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SafeRide Technologies joins AUTOSAR automotive architecture partnership
The Israeli company will contribute its significant expertise in AI-based cybersecurity and vehicle health management to the industry partnership.
By CYBERTECH \
8/3/2020 4:26:17 PM
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Three more coronavirus hotels to open in next two days
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 8:09:29 PM
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Pope, UNESCO reject Turkey’s transformation of Hagia Sophia into mosque
“My thoughts go to Istanbul. I think of Santa Sophia. and I am very pained,” Pope Francis said during his weekly blessing Sunday in St. Peter’s Square.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
7/13/2020 7:25:17 AM
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Watchdog to state: Probe police for roughing up protester
Rozen urges reversing PID decision to close case
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
7/12/2020 8:25:19 PM
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Mexico set to surpass Italy's COVID-19 tally as death toll nears 35,000
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 8:40:30 PM
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Iran agency says chain of errors caused Ukrainian plane crash - report
The CAO report, which was published on late Saturday, said the missile battery that targeted the passenger plane had been relocated and "was not properly reoriented".
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 8:49:01 PM
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US CDC reports coronavirus cases rise by 62,918 to 3.2 million total
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 9:29:23 PM
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Fire breaks out at petrochemical facility in southwest Iran
There have been several explosions around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial facilities since late June.
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 9:39:45 PM
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Hapoalim launches vocational training program
The program will provide, free of charge, vocational training to give the unemployed an opportunity to return to work.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
7/12/2020 9:45:54 PM
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Israel running low on Remdesivir, drug used in treating COVID-19 patients
“We are trying to get a hold of it,” Sheba Medical Center’s Galia Rahav told The Jerusalem Post. She said the US President Donald Trump “bought all of it and one of it is left for the whole world.”
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
7/12/2020 10:14:10 PM
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Economic plan positive ‘if’ implemented - analysis
The NIS 90 billion plan provides a strong safety net for the country’s citizens; not a short-term safety net, but one that will last for another year.
By HERB KEINON \
7/12/2020 10:39:18 PM
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Corona crisis an opportunity for National Service
Some good things have emerged in Israeli society during this period, including countless cases of people giving assistance, volunteering and sharing mutual responsibilities.
By YARON LUTZ \
7/12/2020 9:59:43 PM
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Fire engulfs US warship in San Diego
The fire appeared to be confined to inside the ship’s upper decks and smoke billowed from much of the vessel as several small boats attempts to spray water to slow down the fire.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
7/12/2020 10:45:18 PM
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Polish President Duda wins election, new battles with EU loom
Duda got 50.4% of the vote, the exit poll showed, while Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw and preferred candidate of the main opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO) had 49.6%
By REUTERS \
7/13/2020 10:03:21 PM
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It’s the economy!
The economic repercussions of the handling of the coronavirus have been devastating worldwide.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
7/12/2020 10:36:06 PM
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Will Netanyahu fall to coronavirus?
Important as the emergency aid is, it is only a Band-Aid over the gaping wound at the heart of Israel’s economy.
By JEFF BARAK \
7/12/2020 10:45:25 PM
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Netanyahu loyalist Miki Zohar tops Israel vote for World Likud chair
Incumbent World Likud chair insists he’s still in poll position to stay in post.
By JEREMY SHARON \
7/13/2020 11:52:08 AM
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Israel’s weak opposition
In Israel there are several reasons why the opposition is particularly weak.
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF \
7/12/2020 10:59:26 PM
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July 13, 2020: Speaking of spikes
Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
7/12/2020 11:05:56 PM
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Quds Force spy captured in Germany, says intel agency
Islamic Republic, China, Russia, Turkey are 'key players' of espionage in the federal republic
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL \
7/13/2020 5:31:27 PM
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Tunisian parties seek to oust parliament speaker, Islamists want new gov't
By REUTERS \
7/12/2020 11:59:57 PM