Haaretz Israel News
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:45:42 +03:00How COVID-19 made Israelis richer — but only in dollars
A new report by Credit Suisse shows that while global wealth increased during the year of the pandemic, the numbers in Israel tell a more complicated story
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:09:46 +03:00Israel's Taboola heads to NASDAQ with $2.6b valuation after merger approved
Israeli online content-recommendation company Taboola will merge with ION, an Israeli investment fund ■ More than $500m to be invested and existing shareholders will receive up to $150 million
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:48:13 +03:00New Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid lands in UAE for first state visit
'There's been years of under-the-radar relations between Israel and the UAE, and we are now enjoying the fruits of the infrastructure of peace that we've built in the last decades,' Foreign Ministry spokesman says
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:37:55 +03:00Undeclared conflict? America's battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again
The White House stresses that air strikes against Iran-backed militias are intended to limit escalations, but experts say that these groups are waging a sustained campaign against the U.S. military presence in Iraq
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:04:58 +03:00U.S. troop drawdown will push moderate Arab nations toward Iran, Rivlin warns Biden in meeting
Diplomatic source says Israel's outgoing president presented Biden with information on Iranian overtures to Arab countries during their White House meeting
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:02:49 +03:00Palestinian Authority presents Biden administration with plan for Israel talks
The proposal includes restoration of the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic standing, the reopening of Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem and the suspension of construction in West Bank settlements
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 05:59:58 +03:00Months later, Israeli military backlog holds up probe into dozens of Gaza border deaths
237 deaths during the protests that began in 2018 have been investigated, with 146 investigations completed and 91 still ongoing
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:14:46 +03:00Evacuate Evyatar without compromise
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:59:52 +03:00Compromise on illegal West Bank outpost went against Israeli security officials' position
Senior Israeli security officials warn that preservation of the illegal outpost risks escalating West Bank tensions
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:49:13 +03:00The Jewish absentee property law
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:27:20 +03:00Israeli leaders should reject Netanyahu’s preference for military solutions
Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:06:15 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:22:44 +03:00Biden vows Iran won't get nuclear weapon on his watch as he meets Rivlin at White House
U.S. president says Washington's commitment to Israel is 'iron clad' as Israel's outgoing president makes final U.S. visit of his seven-year term
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:20:12 +03:00West Bank settlers just showed Bennett who really runs the country
The compromise on the illegal outpost of Evyatar is a surrender to West Bank settlers
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:04:38 +03:00U.S. troops come under fire in Syria after strikes against Iran-backed militias
Hours earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the White House had defended the U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday as a way to tamp down on the risk of conflict
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:25:34 +03:00Family of Palestinian activist blames Prime Minister Shtayyeh for his death
Nizar Banat’s family says Palestinian Authority forces broke into his house last week and hit him repeatedly with a metal rod before arresting him
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:05:07 +03:00How to rid Israeli politics of Meir Kahane
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:57:25 +03:00Death toll rises to 10 in Florida building collapse as rescue effort continues
151 people still unaccounted for five days after the 12-story building fell without warning as residents slept
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:56:51 +03:00As antisemitism rears its head, U.S. Jewish leaders bid a worried farewell to President Rivlin
As he wraps up his seven-year term as Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin is visiting the United States, meeting leaders of the Jewish community, and President Biden
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:18:07 +03:00Israel's Citizenship Law is a scion of the Nuremberg laws, and the left is silent
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:28:01 +03:00Israel searches for its next U.S. ambassador – here are the top candidates
Names that have emerged for the prestigious post include former IDF Chief Gadi Eisenkot; Defense Ministry Director General Amir Eshel; and former consul general in New York Dani Dayan
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:22:30 +03:00Jewish congregation targeted by Pittsburgh synagogue shooter asks his life be spared
Justice should be achieved 'in a manner that is both consistent with our religious values and that spares us from the painful ordeal of prolonged legal maneuvering,' president of Congregation Dor Hadash writes
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:01:09 +03:00Centrifuges and Delta Blues: LISTEN to Zvi Bar’el and Amos Harel
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:42:23 +03:00Lebanon's neglected north hit hard by economic collapse
'If I have money I eat. If I don't, I don't eat,' a survivor of Lebanon's 15-year civil war says
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:41:12 +03:00No Bibi? No problem: Trump allies celebrate Israel’s new breakthrough with Gulf states
As Foreign Minister Yair Lapid heads to the UAE for an unprecedented state visit, supporters of the 45th U.S. president see a continuation of the Abraham Accords, now with a new government in Israel
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:18:07 +03:00Three loopholes at Israel’s airport let delta variant spread
Lax enforcement, delayed COVID tests, electronic bracelets languishing in warehouses: Israel talks tough on unauthorized travel to high-risk countries, but the flights keep coming in
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:55:35 +03:00How Israeli arms and know-how fuel global environmental crimes
Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg has her work cut out for her: amending the Defense Export Control Law so Israel won't be tied to activists' murders and plundered natural resources overseas
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:47:57 +03:00Joe Biden taking Communion is a Jewish issue, too
The threats and slurs directed at Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, from within his own church have been extraordinary, but not exceptional. Hardline gatekeepers in the Jewish world, and in Israel, follow the same playbook
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:35:08 +03:00Facing delta variant outbreak, Israel appoints special airport czar
Israeli Health Ministry classes Tel Aviv a coronavirus hotspot ■ 113 new cases recorded Saturday
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:19:39 +03:00'Suffering of biblical proportions': The Jews on the front lines of Florida's condo disaster
Dozens of rabbis from ultra-Orthodox to Reform have mobilized to provide material and spiritual support to those waiting anxiously for news of their loved ones in the Miami-area collapse
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:26:48 +03:00In compromise, settlers to leave illegal outpost until land rights resolved
Although residents will leave the Evyatar outpost, their houses will not be dismantled ■ Bennett says 'compromise isn't a done deal yet'
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:01:53 +03:00Why does Israel get such bad press?
Israel's awful media coverage abroad is blamed on antisemitism or the futility of prettifying bad policies. But there's another factor, a dysfunction so deep it qualifies as a complete breakdown, which makes the whole debate preposterous
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:51:39 +03:00The Nazi plan to preserve the memory of the Jewish people ahead of the Final Solution
The Third Reich stole millions of books from Jews. I discovered there were 3,000 of them, bearing a swastika stamp, in the basement of the Manchester Central Library
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:44:21 +03:00Bennett, Egypt's Sissi discuss regional diplomacy, returning Israeli captives in first call
The two leaders discussed a wide range of issues, including rebuilding Gaza after last month's fighting with Israel and plans to strengthen economic ties between Egypt and Israel
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:29:38 +03:00‘The state’s right’: Top court refuses to rule on Israeli sale of spy tech to Russia
Israeli defense exports not under court’s jurisdiction, justices rule, in what activists say is a death blow to ability to use courts to fight sale of cybertech to repressive regimes
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:17:45 +03:00Aide to Pakistan's Imran Khan denies Israeli report he visited Tel Aviv
Taking to Twitter, an adviser to Pakistan's Prime Minister dismisses Israel Hayom report that he traveled to Israel to meet Mossad chief
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:07:29 +03:00Rivlin to contest Iran deal during White House meeting with Biden
Though the meeting between Biden and Rivlin is largely ceremonial, the Israeli president is expected to raise a number of strategic issues with Biden, including Iran, Hezbollah and Gaza
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:27:22 +03:00Israel conditions Gaza aid funding on Hamas freeing Israeli hostages in Gaza, officials say
Egypt and Qatar had pledged $1 billion to rebuilding of Gaza homes, but Israel conditions aid on progress in hostage talks, guarantees Hamas won't access funds for military buildup
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:58:30 +03:00Florida town official said building that collapsed was safe despite warning
A 2018 inspection found major structural deterioration in the parking garage beneath the 40-year-old tower, though a Miami inspector told residents the building was 'in very good shape'
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:24:23 +03:00'In 11 days they will expire': Israel urges youth to get COVID vaccines
The last possible day to get vaccinated in Israel is July 9, Bennett said in a video, appealing to young Israelis ■ 145 new coronavirus cases recorded on Sunday in Israel as the delta variant continues to spread
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:49:47 +03:00Israel allows fuel to enter Gaza, but both sides deny broader agreement
After reports that Israel and Hamas had arrived at an agreement, both parties refer only to a deal on Qatari fuel earmarked for Gaza's power stations
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:37:02 +03:00Four Iranian-backed fighters killed in U.S. strikes in Iraq, Syria
Iran calls on the U.S. to 'stop creating crisis in the region' ■ The strikes against Iran-backed militia come in response to drone attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:01:31 +03:00Confident of support from the West, the Palestinian Authority violently suppresses protests
The PA knows that uncertainty about what would happen if it collapsed scares the public, and that the West and Palestinian public can't do without the modicum of stability it provides
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:02:40 +03:00Soldiers deployed in Beita sleep well
Soldiers are killing and seriously wounding demonstrators in the West Bank village of Beita – to deter other Palestinians. It’s all part of the noncombat legacy of the Israel Defense of Settlements Forces
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:35:50 +03:00Three female ministers abstain in protest as cabinet approves prosecutor
Lawmakers Tamar Zanberg, Merav Michaeli and Pnina Tamano-Shata abstained in protest over abusive remarks new state prosecutor Amit Aisman had made towards women who were subordinate to him
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 01:07:53 +03:00Battle for women’s dignity is on in Knesset
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:56:04 +03:00End price gouging on produce
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:05:32 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:45:28 +03:00After family gunned down, central Israeli city residents brace for revenge killing
Tensions are running high after former residents of the central Israel town, Yousef and Nawal Jarushi, and their teenage daughter, Riyan, were killed in the north in a drive-by shooting
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:32:23 +03:00Residents of illegal West Bank outpost of Evyatar brace for eviction
Gov’t pursuing compromise that would have outpost settlers leave voluntarily, while allowing buildings erected there to remain until status of site is reexamined
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:52:10 +03:00Feminist symbol or national icon? How one selfie sent tremors through Lebanon
Lebanese singer Fairouz's first social media selfie ignites a debate over whether the 86-year-old is merely a cultural icon or a symbol of women's empowerment in Lebanon
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:47:58 +03:00Gilad Erdan announces his resignation as ambassador in D.C., will remain as envoy to UN
Erdan, a former Likud party politician who was appointed by the prior Netanyahu government, said a new ambassador to the U.S. should be appointed by the Bennett-led government
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:35:41 +03:00Netanyahu may soon face a temptation too great to resist
Knowing how difficult it is to defeat a sitting PM, Netanyahu delegitimizes Bennett, but if he fails, he’ll likely leave for more lucrative pastures
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:59:52 +03:00Israel's Health Ministry director resigns amid COVID delta variant outbreak
Chezy Levy's announcement comes as Israel's coronavirus cabinet meets to discuss the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus, and decides not to impose any new restrictions at present
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:04:36 +03:00Lapid vows to fix Netanyahu's 'mistakes,' regain bipartisan support in meeting with Blinken
FM Lapid says he seeks to 'minimize conflict' with Palestinians and reiterates opposition to the Iran deal. U.S. secretary of state says normalization cannot replace talks with Palestinians
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:48:16 +03:00Secretary of State Blinken discusses Sudan-Israel normalization with Sudanese PM
Sudan was one of the Arab countries to sign onto normalization pacts with Israel last year, agreements that the Biden administration has praised and expressed interest in expanding to include other countries
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:58:36 +03:00Coalition to hold Knesset vote on controversial Palestinian citizenship bill, even without clear majority
Passed in 2003 and renewed annually, the citizenship law was designed, on security grounds, to prevent West Bank residents who marry Israeli citizens from receiving Israeli citizenship
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:37:57 +03:00Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to nine with over 150 still missing
One victim died in the hospital, while workers pull five more bodies from the wreckage since yesterday
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:26:34 +03:00On Iran, Israel must not reprise Netanyahu’s disastrous role in the Iraq War and rise of al-Qaida
The main beneficiaries of Netanyahu's misguided, bellicose advice to the U.S. on the Middle East have been Iran, al-Qaida, ISIS and Iran again. On Iran's nuclear program, Israel's new government must avoid repeating his failures
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:15:55 +03:00Archaeologists resolve enigma of man savaged 3,000 years ago in Japan
Man found with around 790 bite marks had baffled the researchers for a century: Shark attack victims are understandably rare in the archaeological record, because usually, the fish finishes the job
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:13:39 +03:00Saudi Arabia releases two women activists, rights group says
Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah were detained in July 2018, along with more than a dozen other activists, on suspicion of harming Saudi interests
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:11:07 +03:00How long before George Clooney is cast in ‘Fauda’?
Israel moves up another rung in global TV’s ratings ladder with the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Glenn Close, and a review of the new documentary ‘Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell’
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:05:12 +03:00GOP starts to see the light of the wildfires
Even desert plants in the Sonoran Desert of California are showing the strain and other climate change briefs
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 17:11:46 +03:00Three young Arab women were attacked by a mob in Haifa. The police 'watched and did nothing'
Officers walked by the young women, the daughters of Spain's honorary consul in northern Israel, without stopping. It took three phone calls and many hours for a patrol car to arrive to the scene
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:26:54 +03:00Israel reprimands Polish ambassador over Holocaust restitution legislation
Foreign Ministry warns that bill setting statute of limitations on restitution for property seized by the Nazis would affect ties between Israel and Poland, but the Polish deputy foreign minister called Israel's stance 'a kind of blackmail'
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:06:09 +03:00This Jew by choice is testing Israeli top court's landmark ruling on conversions
The High Court ruling in March, which recognized non-Orthodox conversions performed in Israel, could open the door for Yosef Kibita, a member of Uganda's Abayudaya community, who has already converted three times
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:05:35 +03:00Israel to lose 10 percent of open spaces by 2050 unless birthrate drops, experts say
Even if fertility declines and urban planning improves, say the authors of a new study, the pace of home building must double in order to keep up
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:59:49 +03:00'The house is burning': Palestinian activists pick up the climate justice gauntlet
In the last year left-wing activists and Palestinian groups have rebranded themselves and taken center stage in the debate surrounding the global climate crisis
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:53:18 +03:00One giant leap: the International Space University to launch course in Israel
The course will train participants in all aspects of private space technology and global space industry trends in the age of 'New Space'
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:36:17 +03:00Iran has drones with range of 7,000 kilometers, top commander says
Tehran's assertion comes as Iran and six major powers are in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:09:20 +03:00Two ultra-Orthodox Jews arrested in Belgium over massive Ponzi scheme
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation says that the scheme defrauded 223,000 people in 177 countries out of millions of euros
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 13:58:45 +03:00German Jews welcome closing of loophole denying citizenship to descendants of Nazi persecution
The only party to oppose the bill was the far-right Alternative for Germany, which has long been accused of trivializing the Holocaust by Jewish groups
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 13:21:18 +03:00Masked Israelis filmed throwing stones at Palestinians while soldiers stood by
The alleged assault took place on private Palestinian lands in the West Bank that a 2013 military order bans Israelis from entering
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:45:10 +03:00The Israeli scientist exploring the dark side of lucid dreams
Sophisticated techniques and devices may allow us to dream while remaining conscious – but they could be dangerous, an Israeli researcher warns
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:28:24 +03:00Chile's Jewish leaders are using antisemitism to bash a pro-Palestinian leftist. Again
Presidential candidate Daniel Jadue aims for a more just society in Chile and justice for Palestinians. But the Jewish community's leadership is falsely branding him an antisemite - just as it did with Salvador Allende
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:11:23 +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?
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 +03:00Former chief justice to head Mount Meron stampede commission
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 09:31:29 +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 remain 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 delegation in Miami to aid search and rescue efforts after condo 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