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What Matters Now to Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser: Breaking the terror wave

After a bloody week, a leading intelligence expert analyses recent IDF successes in the West Bank, offers points for improvement and tells us what keeps him up at night

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, the former head of the research division in the IDF’s Military Intelligence division and former Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs outside the Nomi Studios in Jerusalem, June 21, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

June 23, 2023, 5:56 am

What Matters Now to Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser: Breaking the terror wave

After a bloody week, a leading intelligence expert analyses recent IDF successes in the West Bank, offers points for improvement and tells us what keeps him up at night

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Roger Waters on stage in Berlin, May 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)

May 27, 2023, 11:14 am

Roger Waters dismisses ‘bad faith’ Nazi costume criticism as politically motivated

Pink Floyd star says ‘elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, bigotry’ as German police open probe

By AFP and ToI Staff

A screenshot of Roger Waters wearing what appears to be an SS uniform during a concert in Berlin, May 2023. (Twitter/ i24news screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 25, 2023, 12:57 am

In Germany, Roger Waters dons SS garb, projects ‘Anne Frank’ on screen to bash Israel

Former Pink Floyd frontman, known for antisemitic antics, draws comparison between teen killed in Holocaust and death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last year

By Toby Axelrod

Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a veteran Al Jazeera journalist who was shot and killed during clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen while covering an IDF raid in Jenin on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Courtesy)

May 12, 2023, 4:08 am

On anniversary, IDF spokesman apologizes for Shireen Abu Akleh’s death for 1st time

Exactly a year after Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead while covering an IDF operation in the West Bank, Daniel Hagari tells CNN ‘we are very sorry’ for incident

By ToI Staff

Pictures of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh are displayed inside the news channel's office in Ramallah, May 9, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

May 10, 2023, 10:45 pm

A year on, Shireen Abu Akleh’s legacy still reverberates, as colleagues seek justice

Road in Ramallah home to Al Jazeera bureau where journalist worked renamed in her honor, while construction set to begin on a media museum named for her

By Hossam Ezzedine

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for Al Jazeera, center with letter, and Lina Abu Akleh, niece of fatally shot Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, right, walk to to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, to present a letter requesting a formal investigation into the killing, December 6, 2022. (Peter Dejong/AP)

December 6, 2022, 11:24 pm

US opposes Al Jazeera taking journalist Abu Akleh’s killing to ICC

State Department says International Criminal Court should instead focus on its core mission of being ‘last resort in punishing and deterring atrocity crimes’

By ToI Staff and AFP

A mural of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on display, in Gaza City, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

December 6, 2022, 12:24 pm

Al Jazeera hands ICC purported proof IDF ‘deliberately’ killed reporter Abu Akleh

Qatari network delivers to The Hague recently published testimony and footage that it claims ‘entirely undermine’ Israel’s finding that the journalist was shot by mistake

By ToI Staff

A mural of slain of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, in Gaza City, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

December 4, 2022, 10:35 pm

Al Jazeera film claims to show IDF deliberately shot at Abu Akleh, other journalists

Footage in new documentary ostensibly shows there was no gun battle in the specific area where veteran TV reporter was killed

By Tobias Siegal

US President Joe Biden meets then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. At left is Secretary of State Antony Blinken; 2nd-left is US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides. (GPO)

November 29, 2022, 5:02 pm

With hardline Israeli coalition, US can only pretend business as usual for so long

Biden will keep working to limit public disagreements with Israel, but veering from what he sees as the right path in Jerusalem and the West Bank will inevitably cause friction

By Jacob Magid

Protesters hold posters for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh near the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem ahead of a visit by US President Joe Biden, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

November 16, 2022, 10:36 pm

White House tells Israel Justice Dept opened Abu Akleh probe without its knowledge

Administration seeks to soften blow of FBI investigation into Palestinian-American reporter’s killing, Israeli official says, speculating that ramifications will be minimal

By Jacob Magid

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, on May 19, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

November 15, 2022, 8:03 pm

Lapid on FBI probe of Abu Akleh death: No foreign body will interrogate our troops

PM rejects US investigation into reporter’s killing; Defense Minister Gantz also speaks out in opposition: ‘IDF investigations are deep and thorough’

By Jacob Magid

November 15, 2022, 12:43 pm

Family of Palestinian-US reporter Abu Akleh says FBI probe of death ‘important step’

Relatives hope for ‘truly independent, credible and thorough probe’ into death, which Israel says was likely caused by errant gunfire by IDF soldier

By AFP and ToI Staff

Shireen Abu Akleh stands next to a TV camera above the Old City of Jerusalem, in an undated photo. (Al Jazeera Media Network via AP)

November 14, 2022, 11:46 pm

FBI probes killing of Palestinian-American reporter Abu Akleh; Israel: Grave mistake

Move represents about-face by US, which had said it wouldn’t open its own probe into death of reporter who Israel says was likely shot by IDF in error; Gantz: We won’t cooperate

By Jacob Magid

November 11, 2022, 1:53 am

Family, colleagues of Abu Akleh tell UN probe Israel deliberately killed journalist

Slain reporter’s niece demands justice at rare hearing; Al Jazeera producer, who was shot on same day as Abu Akleh, charges coworker was ‘killed in cold blood, intentionally’

By AFP and ToI Staff

September 22, 2022, 1:45 pm

Family of Shireen Abu Akleh files complaint at International Criminal Court

Relatives claim new evidence appended to submission proves reporter was ‘deliberately targeted,’ say US still has obligation to investigate ‘Israeli war criminals’

By Ash Obel