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Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The parties said in the joint statement that they had agreed to establish an organizing committee and a tribunal that would deal with transparency and fairness of the elections. The tribunal is to consist of judges appointed by consensus in the near future, and it will have the authority to oversee the election and confirm the results. Security for the elections will be the responsibility of the Palestinian police, which, like other Palestinian security agencies, will not be permitted to interfere in the elections or campaigns. The part...
Follow Feb. 10, 2021 Haim Shapow, 64, from Rishon Letzion, has a hobby he likes – ordering products online from Ali Express. “Likes” might be an understatement: He’s ordered hundreds of packages from Ali Express. “I’m like a little kid. I wait for the package to arrive and I open it right away in the car. I can’t help it,” he says. But to Shapow’s surprise, he discovered over the past year that some people think that his hobby is a danger to the public. His fondness for opening packages sent him on a Kafkaesque journey through Israeli law enforcement, which pronounced him a ...
Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The winners of the prize conferred by the Israel-based Wolf Foundation are Professors Joan Steitz of Yale University, Lynne Maquat of the University of Rochester and Adrian Krainer of the Cold Spring Harbor laboratory. The acclaimed prize, awarded "for achievements in the interest of mankind," is given out each year in different categories of the arts and sciences, and laureates receive 100,000 dollars. The Israeli foundation has awarded the prize to 354 scientists and artists since its inception, and about a third of Wolf Prize laur...