COVID-19 Israel's Cabinet Decides on Stricter Lockdown, Limiting Protests
New measures to go into effect on Friday, pending a government vote ■ Synagogues to stay open for Yom Kippur
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- Prime Minister Trudeau says Canada is in a second COVID-19 wave (AP)
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- International support group urges Lebanese politicians to form government (Reuters)
- White House says Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee on Saturday at 5 P.M. ET (Reuters)
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Haaretz Editorial
Israel Needs a Shorter Coronavirus Lockdown
Two weeks ago, France shortened the time that coronavirus patients and people who came in contact with them are required to spend in quarantine, from two weeks to one. French He...
Israel
Washington Post: Netanyahu Brings Suitcases of Dirty Laundry for U.S. Government to Clean
Report claims Prime Minister and wife bring laundry from Israel on official visits to be cleaned 'free of charge by U.S. staff,' matching years of Israeli reporting on the Netanyahus' habit
Haaretz Magazine
U.S. News
How Trump Fell Out of Love With His Generals, and Why the Feeling Is Mutual
How Trump went from admiration to insults with General Jim Mattis - his first secretary of defense
Middle East
What to Expect From the UAE: Joint War on Climate Change, ‘Game-changer’ Investment
Haifa University President Ron Robin is a rare Israeli who has spent an extended period in the Emirates. In an interview with TheMarker he talks about what will come from normalization
Jewish World
Ilhan Omar Says It’s Important to Understand How People Experience Antisemitism
'It is important, when you are not of that community, to understand the different ways that bigotry shows up,' the congresswoman told the New York Times
Culture & Life
How Does a Russian Troll Farm Work? This New HBO Documentary Reveals All
Alex Gibney’s two-part documentary ‘Agents of Chaos’ collates all of the evidence on how Russia is undermining American democracy, while Netflix’s ‘Enola Holmes’ is an enchanting family film
Travel in Israel
'Secret Waterfall' Just Outside Tel Aviv No Longer a Secret
Nothing here hints that we’re in the center of Israel except for the building tops peeping every now and then from a distance beyond the bushes
