H EADLINES
ISRAELBRIEFS IDF Ends Intelligence Gathering Nightime Home Raids
of Palestinian Homes
ISRAEL’S ARMY WILL END its longstanding practice of
middle-of-the-night raids on Palestinian homes to gather
intelligence, JTA reported.

Th e policy has been criticized by human rights groups that contend
the raids infl ict psychological damage. In 2020, three Israeli groups
published a report that said there were about 250 raids a month.

Th e practice has been in place for more than 50 years during
Israel’s West Bank administration. Israel will continue to raid
homes to make arrests and search for weapons.

Th e decision comes as Israel’s new government, led by pro-
settlement Prime Minister Naft ali Bennett, seeks to calm the
tensions that led to last month’s confl ict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli human rights groups have protested the raids —
referred to in Israel as “mapping” — for years.

Airline to Off er Tel Aviv-Paris-Newark Flights
La Compagnie, a boutique French airline, said it will launch
fl ights from Tel Aviv to Paris (Orly Airport) to Newark Liberty
International Airport starting July 22, Globes reported.

Th e 76-seat planes will fl y on Mondays, Tuesdays and
Saturdays. Plane seats, all of which are business class, open into
double beds and have individual video screens and free Wi-Fi.

Maman Aviation represents La Compagnie in Israel. Since
2014, the airline has off ered business class-only fl ights between
the United States, France and Italy.

Tel Aviv Ranks as 55th Least-Stressful City
Tel Aviv placed 55th out of the 100 cities German-based Care Vaay
researched in terms of stress levels, Th e Jerusalem Post reported.

Care Vaay created an index by analyzing more than 500 cities
according to governance, structural and environmental factors,
fi nancial elements and the overall health of city residents. A fi nal
lineup of 100 cities was chosen for global comparability.

Tel Aviv scored well for weather, social security, unemploy-
ment rates and health care access, but was dinged for population
density, traffi c congestion, noise and air pollution, and the
mental health of its residents.

Neither Jerusalem nor Philadelphia was included in the
survey. Reykjavík, Iceland, ranked as the least-stressful city, followed
by Bern, Switzerland, and Helsinki, Finland, while Mumbai,
India, placed last, behind Lagos, Nigeria and Manila, Philippines.

Tel Aviv fi nished just behind Budapest, Hungary, and just
ahead of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Th e top-rated city in the United States was Houston, at 25.

Israel to Reopen Border Crossing with Jordan
Th e Wadi Araba Crossing between Israel and Jordan — known
as the Yitzhak Rabin terminal in Israel — will reopen on July
4, Th e Times of Israel reported, citing downward trends in
infection rates on both sides of the border.

Th e border was closed in March 2020 because of the pandemic.

Th e Foreign Ministry statement didn’t say if another crossing
that connects Aqaba, Jordan, and Eilat would also open.

Israelis entering Jordan will need to present a vaccina-
tion certifi cate or proof of recovery from COVID-19 — and
those staying for more than 72 hours must present a negative
polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test result upon returning. ●
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