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In the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, India has been purchasing oil from Russia at a discounted price. The US has not opposed this decision publicly but earlier this year, some US officials had alluded to the possibility of imposing sanctions on India for purchase of Russian oil, though the US later on clarified that Washington was not “looking to sanction India”
A man was arrested for hacking and leaking the final episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.”
By Pesach Benson, TPS
A man from the central Israeli town of Givatayim was arrested on Monday for hacking into HBO servers and leaking the highly anticipated final episode of the hit series, “House of the Dragon.” The arrest followed an extensive months-long undercover investigation by the Police’s cyber unit.
“House of the Dragon” is the continuation of the iconic “Game of Thrones” saga.
The investigation was initiated after HBO lodged a complaint regarding a suspected breach into the satellite company’s servers. The hacker had illicitly obtained the confidential season finale episode and distributed it to various pirate websites. The episode was apparently leaked two days before the season finale, which aired in October.
A search of the suspect’s residence was conducted, resulting in the seizure of various digital storage devices and computers. All the evidence collected during the investigation will now be presented to the prosecutor’s office for further evaluation and a decision on potential charges.
According to the police, an anonymous user on one of the social media sites, as well a specific file were both named “Bird,” which later turned out to be the name of the suspect’s cat.
Despite the leak, 9.3 million viewers watched the episode, according to HBO.
Entertainment industry reports suggest that the second season will be aired in 2024.
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Without realizing that he was seated next to her, the rabbi turned to the woman on his left and asked, “Who’s Noa?”
By Adina Katz, World Israel News
Two prominent Israelis from wildly different walks of life connected during a chance encounter on a Tel Aviv-bound flight, snapping a picture together that quickly went viral on Hebrew-language social media.
Pop star Noa Kirel, 22, represented Israel in the international song contest Eurovision, securing the Jewish state a third-place win during the competition held last Saturday.
On a commercial flight back to Israel transporting Kirel and her crew, all the screens on the airplane displayed a message reading “Congratulations Noa. We’re proud of you.”
According to a post by Kirel about the incident, Yosef Zvi Rimon, who is the Chief Rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, was perplexed by the message.
Rimon, who does not keep up with pop culture, was curious as to what the woman had done to deserve the public praise. Without realizing that he was seated next to her, the rabbi turned to the woman on his left and asked, “Who’s Noa?”
Kirel promptly replied “That’s me!” Rimon asked her what she had accomplished, and she explained that she came in third place in Eurovision.
“She and her mother started telling me that her grandfather was a rabbi and a great scholar, and Noa said that at Eurovision, she recited the morning prayer and did not use her cell phone on Shabbat,” Rimon was quoted as saying by Ynet.
“She asked me what I do. I told her that I am the rabbi of Gush Etzion, and if she ever has a question, she can reach out. So she got excited and asked for my number. She took a selfie and sent me the picture.”
Kirel, who is one of the most popular singers in Israel, came under fire from critics for her Eurovision routine, which featured highly sexualized dance moves and a provocative outfit.
Radio commentator Shai Goldstein slammed Kirel’s performance after a video of the rehearsal was released, calling it “dancing that belongs in a dark strip club” and pushing back against the singer’s claim that the number was empowering for women.
“There’s no female empowerment here… just sexual exploitation of a young and confused girl, who sadly, people have been making money off of since she was a teenager.”
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Shooting of Jewish pilgrims at ancient synagogue not related to Jew-hatred, world should focus on the Palestinian national struggle instead, says Tunisia’s president.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
Tunisian President Kais Saied claimed that a deadly attack targeting Jewish worshippers at a historic synagogue last week was not antisemitic in nature and suggested that people who believe the murders were motivated by Jew-hatred are part of a “conspiracy” to tarnish Tunisia’s international image.
Last week, two Jewish cousins – one from France and one from Israel – and three Tunisian national security guards were shot to death by an attacker, who began targeting at Jewish pilgrims attending an annual celebration at the ancient Ghriba synagogue in Djerba.
The perpetrator, who government ministers admitted had planned the attack in advance, laid in wait near the synagogue with his weapon for several minutes before shooting. He was shot by security forces less than five minutes after opening fire.
Saied insisted that the attack was in no way antisemitic. In a statement to local media quoted by The Jerusalem Post, he called people who acknowledged the attack was antisemitic as “the forgers of history bent on distorting history, falsifying facts and spreading untruths” and said they were attempting to “ spread conspiracies against the state and endanger social peace.”
Shortly after charging that antisemitism does not exist in Tunisia – a country which does not acknowledge Israel’s existence – Saied said that a focus on Jew-hatred is a smokescreen for covering up alleged human rights violations against Palestinians.
Western countries expressing concern over antisemitism in Tunisia “do not hesitate to make the false accusations of antisemitism while they turn a deaf ear when it comes to dealing with the plight of the Palestinians who are dying every day,” Saied charged.
“The Palestinian people will succeed against all odds to triumph and recover their despoiled land,” he added.
Saied concluded by explaining that antisemitism does not exist in the modern age.
“It is strange that in the 21st century some people still talk about antisemitism,” he said, saying that people who acknowledge Jew-hatred as a problem are simply wielding the concern as a political weapon.
“They want to preserve the seeds of division and benefit from this discourse,” he added.
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Israel, particularly the Golan region, holds historical significance as the birthplace of plant and mammal domestication.
By Pesach Benson, TPS
In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli researchers have found evidence that living in close proximity to humans may be leading to the domestication of jackals.
Golden jackals, an overabundant species in urban habitats, have long been observed thriving near human populations. However, a Tel Aviv University study conducted in the Golan Heights suggests that the existing closeness between humans and jackals might be initiating the first stages of domestication, akin to the domestication of dogs from wolves.
The study conducted by Ayelet Barash, a PhD student from Tel Aviv University’s School of Zoology, was published in the peer-reviewed Scientific Reports in May, presenting findings that challenge the current understanding of jackal behavior.
Working in collaboration with Dr. Yaron Dekel from the Shamir Institute for Research and the University of Haifa, and Professor Tamar Dayan from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and Tel Aviv University, the researchers initially suspected that a jackal exhibiting traits of a domesticated animal was a hybrid of a jackal and a dog. However, through comprehensive genetic and morphological analyses, Barash’s team confirmed that the animal was a wild jackal and not a hybrid.
This was the first documented case of an animal possessing characteristics resembling domestication without recent hybridization.
One indicator of domestication is a change in fur color, Barash explained. During a camera survey in the Golan Heights, the researchers discovered five unusual jackals with long fur, white patches, and upright tails. One of these jackals, nicknamed “Jackie,” became the focal point of the study.
Genetic and skull examinations confirmed that Jackie was 100 percent jackal, ruling out any dog hybridization or known coat color mutations.
The discovery of Jackie raises the possibility that this might be an incipient stage of self-domestication, a phenomenon that has not been witnessed in thousands of years since the domestication of the last wild mammal. Israel, particularly the Golan region, holds historical significance as the birthplace of plant and mammal domestication.
The observation of Jackie’s domestication-like traits offers researchers a unique opportunity to explore this ongoing evolutionary process. Dr. Yaron Dekel described the findings as a scientific breakthrough, emphasizing the importance of ongoing research in genetics, evolution, and ecology to gain a deeper understanding of this remarkable phenomenon.
Prof. Dayan said the study highlighted significant insights into the evolution of human-animal interactions and the processes behind animal domestication. The study’s comparative research, using collections from the Natural History Museum, helped confirm the identity of “Jackie” as a wild jackal.
According to the researchers, the population of jackals in the Golan Heights continues to increase each year, mirroring the conditions during the early stages of dog domestication thousands of years ago. Similar to the past, the availability of food waste around human environments attracts jackals that are gradually becoming less fearful of humans. Over time, these individuals may undergo physical and behavioral changes, ultimately leading to self-domestication.
As researchers embark on this fascinating journey, further investigation will shed light on the evolutionary implications of jackal domestication and the potential for the emergence of a new domesticated species. The study not only enhances scientific knowledge but also emphasizes the importance of preserving natural history collections for future research endeavors.
With jackals becoming a regular sight in urban areas, it remains crucial for wildlife and municipal authorities to educate the public about the risks of approaching or feeding these animals.
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A concentration camp survivor cried as the looped clip played, including shouts of “Sieg Heil!”
By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News
A looped clip of a Hitler speech broadcast on an Austrian train shocked and frightened passengers Sunday.
The recording of some 30 seconds of the German leader ranting and people shouting the Nazi salute “Sieg Heil!” several times started playing shortly before the train reached Vienna.
David Stoegmueller, a Green Party MP who was in one of the compartments, told the BBC that the same recording was played twice, with train operators unable to stop it or make announcements while it played.
He added that a fellow passenger emailed him that a concentration camp survivor cried when she heard the voices play loudly throughout the train.
Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister, the chief rabbi of Vienna, was also on the train. He told CNN on Monday that initially there was “strange music, snippets of conversation and laughter which suddenly turned into a Hitler speech played louder and louder.” At first he thought it was an error, then a terrible joke, but then he “felt queasy” because the thought occurred to him that the train had been hijacked, he said.
Some people panicked while others laughed, he added.
What was mostly “disturbing,” he wrote on Twitter following the incident, was that those in charge on the train “didn’t provide any explanation or reassurance,” simply “ignoring” what had happened.
A third passenger, journalist Colette Schmidt, echoed the rabbi’s anger and fright, telling CNN that “no conductor, no one came, there was no one to see. We were alone with this madness. ‘Who is driving this train now?’ I asked myself…. It was very, very scary.”
“Quite apart from the fact that I and other Austrians were completely shocked: what does a guest from abroad think when Hitler speeches are played over loudspeakers in our trains? Supposedly it came from ‘the technology.’ What?!” Schmidt tweeted.
“We clearly distance ourselves from the content,” the train’s operator, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), said in a statement sent to the BBC. “We can currently assume that the announcements were made by people directly on the train via intercoms. We have reported the matter to the police.”
The authorities later arrested two people, identified through the train’s surveillance cameras, for apparently opening the intercom with a duplicate key to play the recording.
“It is absolutely clear that any abuse should be punished, especially the illegal use of Nazi symbols is absolutely unacceptable,” an ÖBB spokesperson told CNN.
The National Socialism Prohibition Act of 1947 mandates prison sentences for those attempting to revive or glorify Nazism. Depending on the crime, a person could serve up to 20 years in prison.
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