Haaretz Israel News
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:45:33 +03:00The do’s and don’ts of parenting a child who comes out
Even liberals can struggle with a child’s new gender identity. What should you do? Love, accept and support them
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:37:27 +03:00Israel's top judge appoints panel for state inquiry into Mount Meron stampede
Retired Chief Justice Miriam Naor will be joined on the panel by a former mayor of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish city of Bnei Brak, and retired Israeli army general
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:35:34 +03:00Couple, teenage daughter gunned down in northern Israel
One 8-year-old girl was also taken to the hospital in moderate condition ■ Police suspect the attack was part of a power struggle within a crime family
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:03:02 +03:00Iran says nuclear site images won't be given to IAEA as deal has expired
After two extension agreements, Iran has said IAEA monitoring of nuclear sites has ended and Tehran will retain data and footage
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:54:25 +03:00Israeli archaeologists think new Chinese hominin 'Dragon Man' may be Homo Nesher
Phylogenetic analysis led a team to posit that a skull found in 1933 is an unknown species of hominin. Israeli researchers think it looks like an early Neanderthal
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:45:42 +03:00Israeli COVID cabinet to meet as delta variant spreads
Health Ministry classes Tel Aviv as a coronavirus hotspot ■ Israel records 229 new coronavirus cases on Saturday
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:31:29 +03:00Israel's 'first lesbians.' It hurts when you're all alone in the world
Women in the community tell Haaretz about the political activism, the partying and the hard road in the ‘70s and ‘80s in finding kindred spirits
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 09:14:39 +03:00Lapid and Blinken to meet in Rome Sunday over Iran nuclear deal negotiations
The two are slated to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, the political situation in the region and to promote normalization with Hamas
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:57:35 +03:00The COVID delta variant is spreading in the U.K. but hospitalizations remains stable, study shows
The protection the vaccination affords from the delta variant of COVID-19 is no less than against the original strain, Israeli experts say
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:47:58 +03:00Lod resident, a member of a crime family, shot to death
The police are investigating the case on suspicion of murder
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 06:01:43 +03:00Panic over fourth COVID wave in Israel is needless – and could be damaging
The more contagious delta variant is spreading in Israel. The fear-mongering ignores two dramatic changes since the last COVID wave
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:51:18 +03:00On the resilience of Israeli democracy
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:43:55 +03:00A civil war is brewing, and will only worsen if ignored
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:31:05 +03:00Israel's moment of truth is approaching – will it choose to be Jewish or Democratic?
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:47:47 +03:00Stop neglecting mental health
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:35:44 +03:00Two more Israeli cities classified as 'orange' as coronavirus infections rise
Modi'in and Kochav Yair have seen a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases, as positive tests have reached eight percent and two percent respectively
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:03:28 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:41:12 +03:00Turkish police fire tear gas to disperse Pride march in Istanbul
'In Turkey, the state has declared war, so to speak, on LGBTQI+ people,' one Turkish activist says
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:03:44 +03:00Israel to send search and rescue delegation to Miami after building collapse
The delegation will include soldiers from the IDF Home Front Command who specialize in engineering, and treating local residents
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:52:12 +03:00West Bank protests reignite over death of activist while in PA custody
Palestinian security forces use tear gas to disperse crowds and make arrests as protesters call to topple the regime
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:11:32 +03:00Outgoing President Rivlin en route to meet Biden in Washington for farewell tour
Rivlin is slated to be the first Israeli leader to meet with Biden since he became president in January
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:45:54 +03:00Polish prime minister to Lapid: 'Poland won't pay a single zloty, euro or dollar for German crimes'
Lapid lashed out against a new Polish law, which is expected to restrict claims on Jewish land seized by Nazis and nationalized by Poland after World War II; about 70 Jewish gravestones vandalized overnight in Poland
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:26:16 +03:00Iran says nuclear deal salvageable but will not negotiate forever
Iran and the United States have been holding indirect talks on reviving the 2015 agreement between Tehran and six powers that imposed restrictions on Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for lifting international sanctions
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:57:45 +03:00Fatal condo collapse in Florida shakes a burgeoning Jewish community
Four people have been killed and 159 remain missing after a building caved-in in Surfside. The North Beach area as a whole is around a third Jewish and has a uniquely heterogeneous community
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 12:41:48 +03:00Netanyahu's shredded documents: Making files disappear is a tradition for departing Israeli leaders
Official documents tend to vanish along with senior officials who retire. But Netanyahu thus took the policy of concealment a step further
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 04:33:49 +03:00Landmark U.S. report on UFOs does not rule out extraterrestrial origin
The report marks a turning point for the U.S. government after the military spent decades deflecting, debunking and discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:23:53 +03:00Three killed, five seriously injured in Germany knife attack
The suspect had reportedly been placed in recent days under compulsory psychiatric treatment
Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:31:23 +03:00Iran should engage UN nuclear watchdog 'without further delay,' says U.S. official
The IAEA demanded Iran say whether it would extend a monitoring agreement that expired overnight, but Tehran said it is under no obligation to provide an answer
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:06:17 +03:00Ex-cop Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder
A jury found Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after a trial that was widely seen as a watershed moment in the history of U.S. policing
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:39:13 +03:00Israel's family unification ban: Painful friction between 'Jewish' and 'democratic'
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:10:24 +03:00Six months into Biden’s rule, the Mideast is learning it’s not his priority
Biden is crafting his foreign policy around China and Russia, and his decisions on Saudi Arabia and Iraq are sometimes seen as a tool in sealing an Iranian nuclear deal
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:54:20 +03:00Death of an Abbas opponent in Palestinian detention stokes revulsion toward his rule
The Palestinian Authority and its security agencies aren’t capable of repairing their contemptuous and alienated approach to their own people
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:42:47 +03:00The magazine that helped make Israel's LGBTQ community a power
In the '90s, the LGBTQ community rapidly transformed with politicization and the emergence of queer culture. The Pink Time helped us define ourselves and create a common language
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:42:10 +03:00Palestinian seriously wounded by Israeli fire near illegal West Bank outpost, Red Crescent says
Four Palestinians have been killed during protests against the establishment of Evyatar, which is set to be dismantled within days to weeks
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:27:09 +03:00'Abbas, leave': Thousands call for change of gov't at funeral of Palestinian president's critic
Nizar Banat's family said Palestinian Authority forces broke into his house and hit him repeatedly
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:56:58 +03:00U.S. State Dept. doubles down on embrace of IHRA antisemitism definition
Several liberal Zionist groups have previously cautioned that the definition of antisemitism, adopted by the Trump administration, conflates legitimate criticism of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:45:00 +03:00New law in Poland would end property restitution for Holocaust survivors, causing a new crisis with Israel
The law, which still must pass through the Senate, would set a 30-year deadline on restitution, and in practice put an end to any further claims or appeals
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:41:01 +03:00The trauma of the Nakba is here to stay
Contrary to the prevailing view, the Palestinians have never forgotten the trauma of Israel's creation in 1948 – a fact that has been brought home again recently. A trenchant critical discussion by both sides is urgent
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:37:29 +03:00Lapid looking to replace Netanyahu-appointed U.K. ambassador
Although Hotovely appointment was political, her performance to date has been considered successful, and Foreign Ministry sources say replacing her may be 'legally impossible'
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:18:29 +03:00Israel renews indoor COVID mask mandate as delta variant spreads
Coronavirus czar, Dr. Nachman Ash, says that while cases are rising, he does not believe that Israel is entering a fourth wave and doesn't plan on imposing new lockdowns
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:38:40 +03:00Israel’s deep apartheid is here to stay: LISTEN to Gideon Levy
Fresh from being awarded the Sokolow Prize for journalism, Gideon Levy answers listeners' questions on the occupation, peace, the new government and readers who cancel subscriptions.
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:14:41 +03:00Despite a COVID comeback and relentless opposition, Bennett seems to run new gov't smoothly
The return of the coronavirus to the lives of Israelis has come on the watch of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. It may mark his first big test
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:08:39 +03:00In Washington, Israeli army chief shares lessons from Gaza conflict
With Jerusalem relatively calm, Israel's attention – and forces – are focused on an illegal West Bank outpost ■ Why so many uniformed officers are seen these days at a Tel Aviv office building
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:05:48 +03:00Another mysterious Iran strike. Totally different circumstances
Did the drone strike on the Iranian site – conducted while Israel's army chief is in Washington – surprise the Americans?
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:03:32 +03:00Israeli security forces to dismantle illegal West Bank outpost within days
The Israeli defense establishment says that allowing the Evyatar outpost to remain in place would have serious security implications
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:28:16 +03:00Over 150 missing as death toll from Miami condo collapse climbs to four
Israel's consul general in Miami, Maor Elbaz, believes that 20 Israelis are among the missing
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:27:47 +03:00UN urges Israel to halt building of settlements immediately
'I again underscore, in no uncertain terms, that Israeli settlements constitute a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions,' UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland said
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:58:25 +03:00Limiting the PM's term is essential, but Israel should do it gradually
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:34:53 +03:00Tens of thousands attend Tel Aviv Pride March
Police arrest one man on suspicion of planning an attack on protesters at the annual march; Health Ministry recommends wearing masks following recent spike in COVID cases
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:30:01 +03:00LGBTQ Arabs in Israel are done hiding
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 02:21:28 +03:00Israeli High Court: Adulterous wife still entitled to half of the proceeds from family home
In Thursday's 6-3 decision, which reversed a prior High Court ruling, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut said the original interpretation of the law by the rabbinical court was 'an obvious mistake'
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:08:41 +03:00What it's like to be the Italian wife of a Brazilian soccer player stationed in Israel
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A family takes a break from the tumultuous life of Israeli soccer, and an American graduate hopes to fit in in Israel while completing a psychology internship
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:51:05 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:31:45 +03:00This Jewish-Arab school embodies an Israeli utopia. Its Arab principal reveals what's beneath the surface
Her grandma was Jewish but she was raised as a Muslim, in a secular environment. Now Manar Hayadre heads one of Israel's most complex educational institutions
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:02:59 +03:00Israeli leftists: stop being sour, the government of change has come
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:30:47 +03:00U.S. 'deeply disturbed' by death of dissident in Palestinian Authority custody
The State Department's statement marks rare criticism of the Palestinian Authority from the administration, which has endeavored to restore ties with the Palestinians since taking office
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:28:39 +03:00How to engineer our dreams, according to breakthrough research
Sophisticated techniques and devices that can help us control our dreams have been proliferating in recent years. These methods may allow us to dream while remaining conscious – but they could be dangerous, an Israeli researcher warns
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:59:50 +03:00New type of prehistoric human discovered in Israel: Homo Nesher Ramla
Strangely archaic 130,000-year-old hominin may be last gasp of an ancient group that spawned the Neanderthals, and not in Europe but in the Middle East, archaeologists posit
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:49:30 +03:00The Palestinian model who took on Zara: 'we must stop being afraid'
East Jerusalem model Qaher Harhash published personal correspondence from Zara’s head designer and launched a campaign to boycott the company
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:32:41 +03:00What this Haredi family wants you to know about life with a transgender son
Though they worry that talking so openly about their transgender son could lead to ostracism from their community, Yehiel and Mazal nevertheless feel compelled to tell their story of familial love and acceptance
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:31:19 +03:00Israeli Arab death rate from COVID-19 was three times higher than general population, study finds
The Health Ministry study also found that the rate of infection in the ultra-Orthodox community was the highest, though fewer Haredim succumbed to the virus
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:28:01 +03:00A ‘radical’ idea for future Israeli-Palestinian peace talks: Involve women
A new report stresses that if and when the two sides return to the negotiating table to discuss the status of Jerusalem, Israeli and Palestinian women must have a seat at the table
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:09:56 +03:00COVID has exposed a simmering schism within Chabad
The ultra-Orthodox Chabad movement is famed for its globe-hopping emissaries, tasked with 'redeeming' secular Jews and hastening the messianic age. But what happens when the missionaries go native?
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:42:55 +03:00Israel to expand Gaza fishing zone, allow in raw materials, in light of calm
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said decision comes in light of recent calm between Israel and Gaza and following 'political approval'
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:42:21 +03:0073 House Democrats urge Biden: Reverse harmful Trump policies on Israel-Palestinian conflict
The lawmakers call on Biden to formally withdraw Trump's peace plan, quickly reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, and insist that Hamas stop rocket attacks
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:37:05 +03:00Israel COVID cases break another two-month record
With the delta COVID variant establishing a firm hold in Israel, a Pfizer official says their vaccine is about 90 percent effective against the variant
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:28:37 +03:00The lawyer who took on Chevron has a warning for Israel
Steven Donziger has been under house arrest for almost two years. His bank account was frozen, his passport confiscated and he was disbarred. It all started when he dared to file a huge class-action suit against multinational energy giant Chevron –...
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:02:16 +03:00One dead, nearly a hundred unaccounted for in Miami condo collapse
Surfside has a large Jewish presence, with thousands of orthodox residents, including many members of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic sect
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:37:07 +03:00This Israeli dropout is on the front lines against Iran
In the war waged by Iranian hackers against Israel, Omri Segev Moyal is working to protect the digital home front: ‘We’re at war with Iran, and you can’t call it a shadow war anymore’
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:34:39 +03:00Chief rabbinate calls for exhumation of missionary who pretended to be Orthodox Jew
After an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem couple were revealed to be undercover Christian missionaries, one of Israel's leading rabbis is requesting that the wife's body be disinterred and reburied in a non-Jewish cemetery
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:19:36 +03:00Three Arabs charged with brutal beating of Jewish driver in mixed city
Footage shows defendants pelting the man's car with stones. When he tried to escape on foot, they beat him to the ground with iron bars, clubs and stones. Two of the three are charged with terrorism
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:40:00 +03:00Bennett and Honduran President inaugurate Jerusalem embassy
Prime Minister Bennett calls Honduras' President Hernández a 'true friend of Israel' who supported the country even when it was unpopular, as the two countries sign far-reaching letters of intent on trade
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:26:39 +03:00Israel's cruel Citizenship Law is rotten, racist and unredeemable
For 18 years, Israeli governments have backed a law built on faulty security arguments, explicit demographic engineering and pure human suffering. The Bennett coalition seems set to prolong ruining Palestinian and Israeli lives
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:13:26 +03:00A bird the size of your fist had a head like a T-rex
Wee enantiornithine lived in the Cretaceous and its 2-centimeter-long skull had archaic dinosaurian features, including rigid upper jaw
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:23:55 +03:00Belgian plan to withdraw army protection from Jewish institutions prompts concerns
Although the terrorism risk level in Belgium has been downgraded, Jewish organizations insist that ending the security arrangement increases the threat to Jewish community
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:51:40 +03:00Netanyahu trying to harm Israel’s ties with Biden, government sources allege
Netanyahu says he is trying to warn against 'dangerous' policies, but his critics say he is deliberately working to undermine the Bennett government's standing in Washington, at all costs
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:54:18 +03:00Death toll of West Bank synagogue disaster in May rises to three
Eliyahu Karpel, 39, was critically wounded in the grandstand collapse in Givat Ze'ev. After waking up from a medically-induced coma last week, his condition deteriorated, and he passed away on Thursday
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:32:37 +03:00Graffiti revolution: The night Tel Aviv's tunnels were occupied
Armed with spray cans, swimsuits and a camera, the makers of Israel's first ever graffiti magazine snuck into Tel Aviv's light rail tunnels to capture an unusual image for the cover of the magazine's second issue. 'We’re looking for work by Palesti...
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:30:23 +03:00Thousands protest in West Bank after death of dissident in Palestinian Authority custody
The family of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, say that he was severely beaten after his arrest by Palestinian security forces
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:09:44 +03:00Seven Arabs charged for murder in deadly mob-attack on Jewish resident of mixed city
According to the indictment, the five Israeli Arabs and the two Palestinians from the West Bank committed a terrorist act in the killing Yigal Yehoshua in Lod
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:24:48 +03:00Miss Havisham in the prime minister’s residence
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:05:19 +03:00Israel to reinstate indoor mask mandate next week as COVID delta variant spreads
Israel's Health Ministry registered 148 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest daily increase since May, as the infectious delta variant makes further headway across the country
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:32:54 +03:00Israel presented U.S. with location of Iranian factory targeted in foiled strike, report says
The New York Times says Israel gave a list of possible Iranian nuclear targets to the Trump administration, who signed off on Israel's covert battle against the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:15:06 +03:00Explained: Is Israel facing another COVID-19 wave as the delta variant spreads?
The delta COVID variant has been identified in more than 80 countries, and Israel fears that infections will spike without renewed restrictions. What makes it so contagious and how effective is the vaccine against it?
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:01:01 +03:00As Israel wonders where Iran is headed, Tehran's steps leave no room for doubt
Tehran raises oil production, anticipating the resumption of exports as part of a renewed nuclear deal. But Western representatives at the negotiating table say there’s still a long way to go
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 05:02:55 +03:00Evyatar is the test of the new government
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 04:40:19 +03:00Anxiously awaiting the new government's spin as it finesses its Gaza policy
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 03:33:09 +03:00As deadline looms, coalition seeks difficult consensus on PM term limits bill
Leaders plan to meet Sunday to discuss, but in the absence of agreed-upon wording for the bill, it's doubtful the bloc will be able to advance it within the agreed legislative schedule of two weeks
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:46:26 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:40:22 +03:00Israeli citizen detained for 12 days in West Bank, contrary to Oslo Accords
An Israeli Bedouin from Be’er Sheva was arrested in Ramallah for possession of a small quantity of illegal synthetic marijuana and treated violently, friends say. Despite efforts by family and attorney, Alaa Anaim was only freed on Wednesday after ...
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:12:25 +03:00Enough with administrative detentions
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:29:49 +03:00Lacking basic rights and living in fear: The stories behind Israel's family reunification ban
Madeline is not permitted to work or enroll in school. Iman, a single mother of three, was denied a residency permit. Israel's law blocking family unification destroys the lives of thousands of Palestinians and Bedouins
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:12:38 +03:00Erdogan's environmental mess might pale compared to Washington's ire
Pollution is badly marring the water near Istanbul, but amid Turkish corruption allegations, the U.S. Justice Department under Biden might prove a tougher foe
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:16:28 +03:00Attack in Iran damaged factory making nuclear centrifuges, report says
Iran has accused Israel of several attacks on facilities linked to its nuclear program and killing its nuclear scientists over the past years
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:59:25 +03:00A grandson of Palestinian immigrants could be Chile’s next president, and these Jews are worried
Daniel Jadue, who has previously accused Jews of controlling the media and refers to the Jewish community as the ‘Zionist community,’ is close to assuming Chile’s highest office. Chilean Jews explain their concerns and why some are now making a...
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:58:25 +03:00Jobless Israelis over 67 face crisis as coronavirus grants set to end
National Insurance Institute trying to get Knesset to extend benefits after Finance Ministry announces assistance will end this month
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:37:01 +03:00Top coalition members say Gantz endangering Israeli government's stability
Justice minister's office slam Gantz for his announcement of a commission of inquiry into the 'submarine affair' without consulting others
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:59:27 +03:00Tarantino unchained: Film legend learns Hebrew à la 'Sesame Street' in Israel
'Horse' and 'cow' were just two words Oscar-winner Tarantino picked up while he and wife Daniella Pick were cooped up in Tel Aviv during the pandemic
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:42:52 +03:00Half of Democrats say U.S. not supportive enough of Palestinians, poll finds
Survey finds Americans split on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with about half of Republicans saying the U.S. is not supportive enough of Israel
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:25:18 +03:00Under Bennett, Israel approves construction in West Bank for first time in six months
At issue are 31 zoning plans in the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim east of Jerusalem