In 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him.
Category: Israel
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Netanyahu Trial Gets a Hollywood Mention From a Political Rival
Yair Lapid, a former colleague and now nemesis of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, testified that he had been asked to help a wealthy film producer with a tax break.
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Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ in Israel, Report Says
The Israeli government is using computer vision to monitor Palestinian travel across checkpoints, according to the report.
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How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the Pegasus Spyware
A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. It’s still using it, despite promising to stop.
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Is Public Television the Israeli Government’s Next Target?
Kan, a multimedia network of news, prestige TV and niche language radio, is prepared to fight for its life.
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Ishay Ribo, Religious Pop Star, Is Winning Over Secular Israel
The songs of Ishay Ribo, who was raised in a settlement on the West Bank, are a staple of Israeli radio. He is part of a wave of singers from religious backgrounds who are also gaining a wider audience.
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Indonesia Stripped of Under-20 World Cup After Israel Protests
The New York Times – Sports:Preparations for the tournament were thrown into disarray when a governor asked Indonesia’s sports ministry to bar Israel’s team from participating.
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Who’s Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two Americans.
The New York Times – Business:Kohelet, the once-obscure think tank that conceived and now champions a revamped court system, is an American import.
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For Palestinian Tech Worker in Israel, Pride, Frustration and 4-Hour Commute
The New York Times – Business:Moha Alshawamreh is among the few Palestinians who work in Israel’s tech industry. His commute shows both the inequities of life in the West Bank and an exception to them.
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Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Movies:Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”
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Tech Leaders in Israel Wonder if It’s Time to Leave
The New York Times – Business:Ahead of a judicial overhaul that could transform the country and frighten away investors, the executives of Start-Up Nation are mulling an exodus.