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☆ Fire in Gaza Refugee Camp Kills 21
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinians gather in front of a building as firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out in one of the apartments in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp. A fire in a residential building in the Gaza Strip killed 21 people, the Palestinian enclave’s Interior Ministry said, in one of the deadliest incidents in the territory in recent years outside of its conflict with Israel. The blaze erupted in a multistory building Thursday night in the crowded Jabalia refugee camp and spread fast due to a large amount of gasoline being stored there, said the ministry, which didn’t clarify how the fire started.

☆ Gaza Fire Kills 21 Members of Extended Family, Including Children
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Dov Lieber | Anas Baba | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinians gather in front of a building as firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out in one of the apartments in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp. JABALIA CAMP, Gaza Strip—A fire in a residential building in the Gaza Strip killed 21 people at a family gathering, including many children, Palestinian officials said, in one of the enclave’s deadliest incidents in recent years outside of its conflict with Israel. The blaze began in a multistory building Thursday night in the crowded Jabalia refugee camp and spread fast due to a large amount of gasoline being stored there, said the ministry, which didn’t clarify how the fire started.

☆ Israel’s OurCrowd to Launch AI Business in U.A.E.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israeli venture-capital firm OurCrowd is investing tens of millions of dollars to start an artificial-intelligence business in the United Arab Emirates, in the latest sign of deepening commercial ties between the two neighbors after they established diplomatic relations two years ago. OurCrowd said it is partnering with Abu Dhabi Investment Office, a government entity responsible for facilitating investment in the U.A.E. capital, to expand its operations in the country, which will see its team grow to 60 employees from four over the next four years.

☆ Palestinian Kills Three Israelis, Injures Others in West Bank Attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israeli forces search the Palestinian village of Haris following an attack that killed three and injured three others. TEL AVIV—A Palestinian man killed three Israelis and severely injured three more in a stabbing and car-ramming attack in the West Bank on Tuesday, according to Israeli military and medical officials, the latest in a spate of violent incidents in the occupied territory this year. The assailant began his attack by stabbing individuals at the entrance to an industrial zone near the West Bank settlement of Ariel, bbthe officials said. He then fled to a nearby gas station, where he stabbed a few others and left in a stolen vehicle. The assailant rammed the car into a 50-year-old pedestrian, before being shot and killed by an Israeli soldier.

☆ Israel’s Right-Wing Lawmakers Aim to Remake Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Benjamin Netanyahu would likely be unable to form a government without support from ultraorthodox lawmakers, who are pushing for judicial reforms. TEL AVIV— Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s right-wing political allies aim to make sweeping changes to Israel’s judicial system, which could allow lawmakers to pass laws previously struck down as unconstitutional, including bills aimed at expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank. For decades, Israel’s right wing has accused the country’s Supreme Court of abusing its power and having a left-wing bias because it disproportionately struck down laws connected to the right wing’s legislative agenda.

☆ Holocaust survivors turn to TikTok to teach a new generation not to forget
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Emma Barnett | Emma Barnett Is An Associate Producer For Nbc News Now. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In a recent TikTok video, 98-year-old Lily Ebert told her 1.9 million followers about the Auschwitz number tattooed on her forearm: A-10572. Like many Holocaust survivors, Ebert didn’t talk about the experience for decades. The last family photo of Lily and her siblings, taken around 1944; Lily Ebert is bottom right. The social media sensation known for her lighthearted dance videos has 8.7 million followers on TikTok and 2.8 million on Instagram. Those followers are learning through her new TikTok documentary series “How to: Never Forget” that she is also the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors.

☆ Israeli President Hands Mandate to Benjamin Netanyahu to Form Government
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Benjamin Netanyahu will have up to six weeks to establish a new Israeli government. TEL AVIV—Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday handed a mandate to Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government as negotiations over a governing coalition gained momentum. Mr. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister until he was ousted from power a year and a half ago, prevailed in this month’s election, the country’s fifth in under four years. In consultations with Mr. Herzog last week, Mr. Netanyahu secured the recommendation of 64 lawmakers from his right-wing and religious bloc, giving him a clear majority in the 120-seat Parliament, or Knesset.

☆ Israel’s Netanyahu Set to Get Mandate to Form His Sixth Government
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV— Benjamin Netanyahu moved closer to becoming Israel’s prime minister for a record sixth term after President Isaac Herzog said Friday that he would hand him a mandate to form a coalition expected to be made up of right-wing, ultranationalist and religious parties. In consultations with Mr. Herzog this week, Mr. Netanyahu secured the recommendation of 64 lawmakers from his right-wing and religious bloc, giving him a clear majority in the 120-seat Parliament, or Knesset, after the country’s fifth election in under four years. The departing Prime Minister Yair Lapid received 28 recommendations from lawmakers.

KIRYAT ARBA, West Bank—Military towers loom over the highway leading to far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir ’s hometown, a settlement next to the Palestinian city of Hebron. Residents walk around with pistols strapped to their thighs, just beside their tzitzit, the ritual tassels mandated by Jewish law, as clusters of children play in the streets. Once largely confined to the fringes of Israeli society, an ultranationalist political outlook forged in Jewish West Bank settlements like Kiryat Arba has now been thrust to the center of Israeli public life by Mr. Ben-Gvir’s success in last week’s election. The Religious Zionism ticket co-led by Mr. Ben-Gvir won 14 seats in the 120-seat Parliament, or Knesset, making it the third-largest party in Israel.

Former Israeli prime minister and leader of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, in a blue tie, with supporters on Tuesday. TEL AVIV—Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the cusp of a comeback that could usher in one of the country’s most right-wing and religious governments, after Israelis delivered him and his political allies a clear edge in Tuesday’s election. Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to win 31 seats, with 84% of the vote counted, according to Israeli public broadcaster Kan, while Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party is projected to win 24 seats. A government led by Mr. Netanyahu is projected to win between 62 and 65 seats in the 120-seat parliament, or Knesset, according to calculations by Kan.

☆ Israel Heads to Polls in Fifth Election Since 2019 as Netanyahu Eyes Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Supporters of Israel’s Likud party and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, campaigning in Jerusalem on Monday. TEL AVIV—A deeply divided Israeli electorate is casting ballots Tuesday in the nation’s fifth election since 2019, with polls predicting an extremely tight vote that gives neither Prime Minister Yair Lapid nor opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu a clear path to power. Some of the most recent polls showed Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition with a slight edge of 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset. Other polls showed a 60-60 tie. Mr. Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, is polling at around 27 seats.

☆ Israelis Head to Polls in Fifth Election Since 2019
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM—As Israel heads to its fifth election in four years, Benjamin Netanyahu has been relentlessly campaigning across the country from the back of a delivery truck outfitted as a mobile campaign stage, imploring voters to come out on election day. Some call it the Bibi-bus, using Mr. Netanyahu’s famous nickname. “Come and vote,” he told supporters in the central Israeli city of Rehovot this month. “Convince your friends, family and neighbors.”

☆ Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Gains Slight Edge in Final Polls Before Election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a small advantage over his rivals in Israel’s leadership race, the last polls before Tuesday’s election show, but a deadlock in the fifth ballot in three years is also a likely outcome. Following the collapse of the government in the summer, Israelis must decide between a record third stint as premier for Mr. Netanyahu, or returning to the unique, unwieldy coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing and Arab parties that defeated him in 2021.

☆ Israeli Forces Kill Five Palestinians in Raid on Militant Group
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Dov Lieber | Fatima Abdulkarim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A funeral for those killed in an overnight Israeli raid in Nablus in the West Bank on Tuesday. NABLUS, West Bank—Israeli forces said they killed five Palestinians in Nablus during a raid on a militant hideout, as violence in the West Bank hits its bloodiest year in more than a decade. Israeli security forces have so far this year killed at least 111 West Bank Palestinians, including five women and at least 24 minors, more than in any other year since 2006, according to an analysis by Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and The Wall Street Journal. In 2006, 134 Palestinians were killed. It was the year after the end of a bloody uprising known as the Second Intifada, during which over 5,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis were killed.

☆ New Pet Owners Hope for Fido, End Up With Cujo: ‘VEEERRY Difficult Dog’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—After hours of training, Olly has learned to bound, tail wagging, toward his owners when called. But the big shaggy pooch still sometimes growls in a back-off-pal warning when owner Itai Linzen touches him. “It’s a bit like having a grumpy teenager,” said Mr. Linzen, who describes Olly as a mixed breed, part Dr. Jekyll, part Mr. Hyde.

☆ Israel’s Far-Right Itamar Ben-Gvir Poised to Become Political Force
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—In a new campaign ad for Israeli right-wing parliamentary candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir, a frightened woman tells her husband in Hebrew over the phone that men are outside their apartment with knives to kill her and their children. Implying that the men are Arab, the ad then warns that the ethnic riots that took over the streets of Israel last year could return. “It’s time to be the masters of the house,” the ad says. “It’s time for Ben-Gvir.”

☆ 'White Lives Matter' T-shirts were handed out on Los Angeles’ skid row. One woman decided to give unhoused people an alternative option.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Angela Yang | Angela Yang Is An Intern For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

A Los Angeles woman is handing out plain T-shirts to unhoused people to provide them with an alternative clothing option after boxes of excess T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase“White Lives Matter” were recently dropped off on skid row. The Anti-Defamation League describes “White Lives Matter” as a “white supremacist phrase” and categorizes it as a “hate slogan.”“The answer to why I wrote ‘White Lives Matter’ on a shirt is because they do,” Ye said during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “It’s not about 'Black Lives Matter' or 'White Lives Matter,'” Raines said. “It’s about safety.”It’s not about 'Black Lives Matter' or 'White Lives Matter.' Out of the hundreds of people Raines crossed paths with, she said she met only one woman walking around with the "White Lives Matter" shirt.

The violence in Jerusalem has come amid a period of intense unrest in the occupied West Bank. JERUSALEM—Israel said Thursday it was beefing up the security arrangements in Jerusalem after violent overnight clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians, as recent unrest in the West Bank spread to the holy city during an important Jewish festival. Israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinians who threw stones, firecrackers and Molotov cocktails in one of the fiercest clashes in the contested city in recent months. Israeli police said they arrested 23 Palestinians over the past 24 hours for violent rioting, which included the burning of trash cans and tires to block roads.

☆ In Israel’s Election, Arab Voter Turnout Could Play Key Role
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TAMRA, Israel—Looming over a main square in this Arab city in northern Israel hangs a massive sign in Arabic that implores: “Either we vote or we’ll regret it.”Such messaging comes as many Arab Israelis in places like Tamra say they are planning to stay home on Israel’s election day on Tuesday.

☆ Israel, Lebanon Reach Rare Deal for Gas Extraction and Export Toward Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal demarcating a disputed maritime border, officials from both sides said Tuesday, easing recent tensions between the longtime foes and opening the way for Israel to export gas to Europe. The deal, which has been in the works for a decade, marks a rare instance of economic cooperation between the two countries, which have fought two major wars and don’t have diplomatic relations. Once signed, the deal would allow Israel to quickly follow through on its commitment to sell gas to the European Union, which is searching for new energy sources following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Moscow.

☆ Israel, Lebanon Agree to U.S.-Brokered Maritime Border Deal for Gas Extraction
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Israel, Lebanon Reach Rare Deal for Gas Extraction and Export to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal demarcating a disputed maritime border, officials from both sides said Tuesday, easing recent tensions between the longtime foes and opening the way for Israel to export gas to Europe. The accord, which has been in the works for a decade, marks a rare instance of economic cooperation between the two countries, which have fought two major wars and don’t have diplomatic relations. Once signed, the agreement would allow Israel to quickly follow through on its commitment to sell gas to the European Union, which is searching for new energy sources following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Moscow.

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