Nature: friend and foe
The romantic hero of today’s Tu Bishvat celebration of nature is also the villain that civilization must now defeat
The long jihadist-extremist quest to free Aafia Siddiqui
Freeing Siddiqui, an American-educated neuroscientist turned attempted jihadist murderer, was the Texas hostage taker’s demand
Negev crisis: Seeing the forest for the trees
On one hand, Israel has every right to exert its sovereignty within its territory. On the other, Bedouins see tree-planting as a threat to expel them
Number of seriously ill COVID patients rises, with over 48,000 new virus cases
New case numbers are breaking records, serious illness and deaths still lower than rates in past waves; over 400,000 tested, 12% positive
Bennett discusses Iran talks in phone chat with Putin
Leaders talk about regional security and ‘agreed on continued close cooperation in this area’
Initial IDF probe faults lack of coordination for ‘friendly fire’ that killed two officers
Soldiers set out on patrol in two groups, without knowing about one another; officer thought he saw armed suspects and opened fire
Mossad chief Barnea meets with Libyan PM in Jordan to talk normalization
Agency head meets with Libyan prime minister to discuss normalization, which may be difficult considering the ongoing chaos in Libya
Fulani terrorists murder 18 more Christians in Nigeria
More than 100 homes were burned down, and food stores and crops destroyed
2,000 Bedouin uproot disputed trees as Negev protests intensify
Demonstrations continued Thursday as Ra’am Party threatened the future of Naftali Bennett’s government
