ISRAEL

Israel court rejects Russian ‘hacker’ appeal against US extradition

7:36 pm November 10, 2019

Jerusalem: Israel’s top court upheld Sunday an extradition order of a Russian alleged hacker to the United States, where he is wanted for fraud. The justice ministry had last month finalised the extradition of Aleksey Burkov, who has been held in Israeli custody since 2015, without providing a date. Burkov appealed the decision to the […]

Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]

Israel strikes kill one in Gaza after first rockets in weeks

7:59 pm November 2, 2019

Jerusalem: Israel carried out retaliatory strikes on Gaza Saturday, killing one Palestinian and seriously wounding two, following two nights of rocket attacks that were the first since September, the health ministry said. Dozens of pre-dawn strikes targeted bases of Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas and allied militant groups, a Gaza security source said. The Israeli army […]

Mother India’: US writer’s take on spiritual liberation

3:03 pm October 31, 2019

New Delhi: About 10 years ago, American writer Tova Reich started visiting India and a few years later, she began to write a novel about Jews who come here seeking transformation and eternal release from the sufferings of life. She wrote the first section and named it “Ma”, setting it in Varanasi and centering on […]

Israel unveils remains of 5,000-year-old city

11:36 pm October 6, 2019

Hadera (Israel): Israeli archaeologists on Sunday unveiled the remains of a 5,000-year-old city they said was among the biggest from its era in the region, including fortifications, a ritual temple and a cemetery. “We have here an immense urban construction, planned with streets that separate neighbourhoods and public spaces,” Yitzhak Paz of the Israel Antiquities […]