Haaretz Israel News
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:47:43 +03:00'Unpleasant' war crimes: The secret docs Israel insists on censoring
The list of historical documents reveals suspicions that Haganah soldiers committed murder, torture, theft and looting during the War of Independence
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:55:21 +03:00Violence in Israeli Arab community reaches grim milestone as 100th victim shot dead
A 44-year-old man was shot dead in northern Israel on Monday, a day after Prime Minister Bennett said 'we are losing the country' amid the wave of violence
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:00:08 +03:00Israel believes Iran is delaying restart of nuclear talks to stockpile uranium
As further wrangling over the nuclear deal will take place this week in Brussels, Iran is continuing to enrich uranium, some of it to relatively high levels
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:48:09 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:33:55 +03:00Cyberattack sets Israeli hospital back decades
Despite the setback from the hack, medical personnel say that the transition to handwritten notes has been 'swift and successful,' as the scenario of a cyberattack on the Israeli hospital had been simulated in the past
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:28:03 +03:00Selling a Jewish ‘Mona Lisa’
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:17:38 +03:00In denying healthcare to asylum seekers, Shaked hits a new low
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:12:54 +03:00Israeli court is rubber stamping Temple Mount zealots
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 23:03:24 +03:00Netanyahu won't attend graveside memorial for Rabin assassination anniversary
The ex-Israeli prime minister will be the first opposition leader to skip the commemoration at Mt. Herzl cemetery, but will speak at a special Knesset session marking the anniversary
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 22:46:47 +03:00Israel preparing declaration of national climate emergency
The bill would require all public agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, set up monitoring and reporting systems, and prepare for climate emergencies in Israel
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 22:29:57 +03:00Bennett on Arab sector violence: 'We’re losing the state'
Israel's cabinet also discussed a new amendment that will give police the right to conduct a warrantless search upon reasonable suspicion
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 21:16:32 +03:00Israeli medical residents set to submit mass resignations in protest over conditions
Doctors delayed their resignation by one day, as they awaited a new Health Ministry response. The resignations could ultimately affect around 30 departments in hospitals around Israel
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 20:30:21 +03:00Syrian government and opposition agree on drafting a new constitution, UN says
Assisted by the UN Special Envoy, the Syrian Constitutional Committee, which also include civil society groups, agrees to start drafting constitutional reform after weeklong talks
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 20:10:36 +03:00Interior Minister Shaked seeks to bar medical coverage for asylum seekers in limbo
Amid efforts by Health Minister Horowitz to provide health insurance to adult asylum seekers who are not subject to deportation, Shaked said that such steps that would encourage them to settle down in Israel
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:38:31 +03:00Israel's Public Security Ministry insists on maintaining status quo on Temple Mount
Despite signs of change afoot at the Jerusalem holy site, Omer Bar-Lev said that he would keep regulations at the Temple Mount as they were set by Israel since 1967 at a post-holiday wrap up with top officials
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:34:46 +03:00Several Israeli medical facilities targeted with ransomware attacks
Israeli police launch a criminal investigation into the attacks, which most hospitals managed to ward off. Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, however, struggled for several days with the impact of hacking
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:25:26 +03:00Israel's top court delays settler evacuation until after Jewish farming sabbatical
The court accepted the request made by Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz to postpone the eviction from the West Bank farmland by a year, but stated that no further extensions would be granted
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:22:47 +03:00Sweden conference promises 'a new chapter' in fight against antisemitism
Heads of state from several European countries and a world-famous Israeli historian were the stars of the show at last week’s International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Malmö
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:07:59 +03:00Israeli left struggles with #MeToo moment following Shimon Peres accusations
A lawmaker from the left-wing Meretz party said while the accusations against Peres will 'damage his memory', the deceased president should not become a pariah: 'it’s impossible to forget all the good he did for Israel'
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:56:28 +03:00Israeli researchers identify new plant species unique to Judean Hills, and it's already endangered
Allium judaeum joins 14 other species from the genus Allium native to Israel; the areas it grows in are considered at risk because of human activity like construction
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:01:15 +03:00Last Jew of Afghanistan to come to Israel, rescuers say
Zebulon Simentov, known for being the final Jew in Kabul prior to recent Taliban takeover, is heading to Israel after agreeing to grant his estranged wife a divorce in a Zoom call
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:49:08 +03:00In Modi’s ‘New India,’ Mahatma Gandhi is out, his assassin is in
Modi's Hindu nationalists have turned Gandhi's killer into a hero of India, feeding vigilante violence against Muslims, redefining 'patriotism' as blind obedience and tarring anti-Modi dissent as terrorism
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:08:51 +03:00Israel poised to expand COVID quarantine exemption to all schools, preschools
The new program is based on home testing as Israel's number of daily COVID cases extends its fall
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:01:24 +03:00The only hope for the Palestinian struggle is to rid it of its macho narrative
It's up to Palestinian women to fight their society's overblown emphasis on the values and symbols of male heroism, which are dooming the battle against Israeli occupation to a tragic dead end
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:53:12 +03:00Humanlike footprints in Crete dated to 6 million years muddle archaeologists
Somebody was strolling on a beach in Crete 6 million years ago: Earliest ancestor of humans or just another ape?
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:47:30 +03:00Two settlers arrested on suspicion of attacking Israeli soldiers in West Bank
IDF officer, soldier were sprayed with tear gas last week after investigating an arson of Palestinian produce
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:44:53 +03:00‘Succession’ season 3: This five-star HBO show should run forever
The whitest show with the blackest heart is back on our screens, and the rambunctious Roy family is as brilliant as ever
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:38:44 +03:00Israeli officer's promotion delayed after assaulting activists, Palestinians
In one incident, deputy battalion commander Moshe Maor was caught on video pushing a left-wing activist, and in the other he was filmed pushing a Palestinian in the southern Hebron Hills
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:30:52 +03:00David Amess' murder exposes democracy's most vulnerable soft spot
The killing of MP Sir David Amess, who was an honorary secretary of the Conservative Friends of Israel, is the second such murder in five years. Protecting elected lawmakers is becoming more urgent – and difficult
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:07:42 +03:00New Politico owner says will enforce pro-Israel policy
Axel Springer's CEO makes clear that tenets such as support for Israel's right to exist 'apply to every employee of our company,' even if they won't have to pledge this in writing
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:32:14 +03:00For 17 years, stone-throwing settlers have terrorized Palestinian children. I was one of them
For the children of Tuba, a Palestinian village in South Hebron Hills, attending school means walking more than ten kilometers with an armed IDF escort, to bypass an illegal settlement whose residents regularly threaten and attack them. I was one of ...
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:11:22 +03:00Israel is winning the fourth COVID wave, Bennett says
Israel's daily COVID cases hit three-month low ■ COVID Green Pass goes into effect Sunday
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:52:12 +03:00As olive harvest begins, Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinians from reaching their groves
When it isn’t the settlers who try to directly disrupt Palestinians' olive picking, it’s the Israeli army that prevents it from taking place
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:37:43 +03:00China's hypersonic missile test takes U.S. by surprise
'The test showed that China had made astounding progress on hypersonic weapons and was far more advanced than US officials realized,' the Financial Times reported
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:49:33 +03:00An annexationist, right-wing government
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:44:50 +03:00Three Israelis arrested over unsolved murders 35 years ago
The suspects are members of the Hasidic sect led by Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who in the past did prison time for sexual offenses
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 05:44:49 +03:00Texts show Israeli government lawyers tried to set crowd limits before deadly stampede
WhatsApp exchanges reveal difficulties faced by Israeli government legal advisers as they tried to draft rules for crowd sizes at the religious festival, ultimately giving up
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 04:32:18 +03:00Israel's high-tech staff shortage gives immigrants a rare chance
Israel's high-tech industry has long been a professional destination for immigrants, but now even immigrants who lack tech experience have found opportunities
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:20:40 +03:00There is no right or left in Israel, just Zionism and non-Zionism
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 01:37:20 +03:00Israeli property developer killed in gangland-style shooting
Eldad Peri had racked up a personal debt of about 342 million shekels ($106 million), in addition to some 500 million owed by his company, TheMarker reported in June
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:55:25 +03:00Israel has a bipolitical government and the ministers have come out of the closet
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:39:06 +03:00What's behind Edelstein's unlikely challenge to Netanyahu's leadership?
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:29:50 +03:00Is Britain finally confronting its fascist past?
Heard of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, or the Battle of Cable Street? A new TV drama sheds light on the less well-known rise of a postwar, violently antisemitic far right, the authorities' failure to confront it, and how Jews fought back
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:01:16 +03:00COVID in Israel: Over 90% of new serious cases unvaccinated
Just one out of the 21 new seriously ill patients in Israel was fully vaccinated against COVID
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:50:47 +03:00Second woman accuses ex-Israeli President Shimon Peres of sexual assault
Channel 12 reported the new testimony on Saturday, a week after former lawmaker Colette Avital made similar claims about the late president and prime minister to Haaretz
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:51:52 +03:00Shockwaves from Beirut port blast threaten to shatter Lebanon
Just as it seemed Lebanon was marching towards a better political and economic future, simmering tensions surrounding the probe into the Beirut blast exploded
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:43:08 +03:00With government divided, thousands call for military coup in Sudan
Since a coup attempt in September, the Sudanese military has demanded cabinet reforms in what civilian groups call 'a power grab'
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 18:55:01 +03:00Syria: Israel assassinates ex-lawmaker who served 12 years in Israeli jail
Midhat Saleh, who serves on the Golan Heights portfolio for the Assad government, was reportedly killed by gunfire in a Syrian town near the border
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:07:16 +03:00Syrian shelling of rebel-held areas close to Turkey kills four
The shelling of the town of Sarmada comes amid increasing tensions in the last rebel stronghold in the Syrian northwest, where a truce reached in March last year has been repeatedly violated in recent weeks
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:13:46 +03:00Shopping mall in Kalansua evacuated due to fire
Two people treated for smoke inhalation as efforts continue to contain the fire
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:19:11 +03:00Lebanese Christian group denies Hezbollah claim it planned Beirut violence
The armed clashes erupted at a boundary between Christian and Shi'ite neighborhoods, during a protest called by Hezbollah against the judge investigating last year's Beirut port blast
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 01:12:58 +03:00Arab teachers’ in Israel face dilemma: Civics by the book or talk about the Nakba
Some Arab teachers in Israel juggle the Zionist and Palestinian versions of history. Others just outright rebel
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:53:34 +03:00Why was a pioneering Israeli architect erased from the pages of history?
Lotte Cohn and other prominent architects designed buildings that have become an integral part of the Israeli landscape. But unlike their male colleagues, they remain unknown to the public and are ignored in academia
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:00:50 +03:00A visit to the Tajik-Afghan border, where time stands still
Life in the Pamir Manountains in Tajikistan regressed by decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A trip to one of the world's most isolated regions
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:39:51 +03:00FDA advisory panel recommends second shot of J&J COVID vaccine
The FDA's Advisory Committee backs the shots for all J&J recipients aged 18 and older at least two months after their first dose
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:25:20 +03:00Settlers attack Palestinian family harvesting olives in West Bank
In a separate incident, a 17-year-old settler herding sheep was attacked by Palestinians and taken to the hospital in moderate condition
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:53:26 +03:00Texas official to teachers: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on the Holocaust
The law was passed amid a wave of efforts in Republican-led statehouses to prevent 'critical race theory,' 'divisive' topics and concepts related to race and bias from being taught to children
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:38:15 +03:00LISTEN: Saudi sportswashing and an Israeli reporter’s Qatari dilemma
Critics says that the purchase of Newcastle United by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund is nothing more than an attempt to distract from the Kingdom's abysmal human rights record.
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:16:05 +03:00Whom does Israeli far-right MK Bezalel Smotrich really represent?
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:20:50 +03:00UK authorities declare British lawmaker David Amess' killing a terrorist incident
The Conservative lawmaker from Boris Johnson's party was stabbed while meeting with constituents in a church
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:54:51 +03:00Blast at Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city kills at least 47
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the worshipers from the minority sect, the second week in a row
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:11:39 +03:00'I believe you': Thousands march in Tel Aviv SlutWalk
'The bigger the march the more awareness we can raise, and change will follow,' said one of the protesters
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:44:18 +03:00Iran not ready to restart nuclear talks, wants to discuss texts first
Iran must show by actions its willingness to resume Vienna talks with world powers over its nuclear program, said a spokesperson for the French Foreign Affairs Ministry
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:47:36 +03:00Israel's Bennett to attend UN Climate Conference in Glasgow at end of month
The UN summit in Scotland is intended to motivate countries worldwide to act and halt the most severe effects of climate change, though, unlike dozens of countries, Israel has not yet declared a climate emergency
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:51:54 +03:00Israel to allow soldiers to administer COVID vaccines to civilians
Up to 1,000 Israeli soldiers, after taking a special course, will be permitted to vaccinate consenting civilians
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:21:04 +03:00Israeli businessman embroiled in debt shot and killed
A real estate agent in the city of Rehovot was shot to death early Friday on his way to synagogue ■ Police believe the victim was involved in the black market
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:52:14 +03:00Iran claims shooting at Hezbollah protesters was backed by Israel
Iran believes that Lebanon can overcome Thursday's deadly violence which 'was backed by the Zionist entity,' Iranian foreign minister says
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:41:49 +03:00Handcuffed and blindfolded, veteran of Israel's top commando unit now fights the occupation
An image of Avner Wishnitzer went viral last month when the historian, a veteran of Israel's most prestigious combat unit, was roughed up and detained by the army while trying to deliver water to Palestinian villagers
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:29:18 +03:00Saudi foreign minister dubs Iran talks 'cordial' and 'exploratory,' report says
The long regional rivals are 'serious about the talks' says Saudi foreign minister after several rounds of negotiations with Iran, according to the Financial Times
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:50:59 +03:00Former US president Bill Clinton hositalized for non-COVID related infection
A spokesperson for the former president said he is on the mend after two days of antibiotic treatment
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:57:09 +03:00Netanyahu is dragging the opposition into an all-out war, and his party colleagues are fed up
Bennett's Yamina party has no desire to mollify the ultra-Orthodox ■ Bibi's challenger Yuli Edelstein shouldn't be expected to deliver statements with any cogency ■ Yair Lapid has to deal, again, with a scandal in his party
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:56:25 +03:00Iran's Syria project begins to stutter
Iran has reduced its activity in the Damascus airport area, and cut down the number of Tehran-backed militia members. Israel has mainly Russia to thank
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:55:47 +03:00Terror, crime and spies await new Shin Bet chief
The crime wave in the Arab Israeli community is the most pressing – and politically loaded – challenge facing Ronen Bar ■ While Hamas plots, 86-year-old Mahmoud Abbas seems more vital than ever
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:28:22 +03:00Why do Arab youngsters in Israel arm themselves?
'The weapon gives you courage and confidence,' five young Arab men who live in Israel outline their reasons to keep and bear weapons
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:27:00 +03:00Arabs responsible for '99% of murders' in Israel's north, says police officer
Israeli Arabs are 'responsible for 99 percent of the murders, 99 percent of the shootings, 65 percent of the arsons and 80 percent of the robberies,' said Israel Police Northern District commander
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:18:40 +03:00The Jewish far-right contender for French presidency
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:07:45 +03:00Don’t call them ‘stray weeds’
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:54:23 +03:00Israel's coalition isn't ideologically diverse at all
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:43:17 +03:00It’s official: The Netanyahu era is over
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:39:58 +03:00Close the Jewish Agency
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:38:15 +03:00'In Romania, they value quality of life over material assets. In Israel, there's pressure to succeed'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two friends who believe that if you take it easy everything will work out, and a former globe trotter who settled in a small town in southern Israel
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:17:42 +03:00Shot at, bound, beaten, deprived of food: Two Palestinian boys' ordeal at the hands of Israeli troops
Mohammed and Mustafa Amira were in the Israeli army's custody for 29 hours. Their parents weren't informed of their whereabouts. Their crime? Playing a game they saw on Youtube
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:29:43 +03:00One Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in West Bank after allegedly throwing firebomb
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:58:28 +03:00Israeli police chief refused to limit crowds in Meron despite pleas, officer testifies
Amnon Alkalai, a retired officer who was chief of operations for the Israeli force during the Mount Meron tragedy, told the commission of inquiry that he requested to resign, but stayed at the police chief's urging
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:16:45 +03:00Israel says it will send officials to first Mideast climate summit
Despite Israel's expected attendance at the conference, which will also include Iraq and Egypt, the country is yet to declare a climate emergency or pass laws preparing for climate disasters under Bennett's government
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:13:47 +03:00Israeli cop filmed hitting Palestinian with club suspended for five days
In the clip, the officer, who had been investigated in the past for assaulting a civilian, can be heard asking the youth if he would like to be hit with a club
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:01:03 +03:00Haaretz among winners of EU's top journalism prize for Pegasus investigation
European Parliament's inaugural prize for reporters went to the 17 media outlets, including Haaretz, that revealed Israeli firm NSO's spyware targeted people across 50 countries for potential surveillance
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:08:05 +03:00Why she didn't report that Shimon Peres sexually assaulted her: Colette Avital tells all
Colette Avital is one of the female pioneers in Israel's foreign service and had a long political career. But she's been tied to one of the ugliest rumors ever spread in Israel: She’s Peres’ lover, it was said; that’s how she rose up the ladder...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:35:33 +03:00Israeli far-right groups on Facebook's secret 'dangerous' blacklist, report says
Over 4,000 entities on social media platform's blacklist, including Israeli anti-Arab group and politicians, according to The Intercept
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:56:48 +03:00The Sally Rooney show: The Israel-Palestine debate is now a conflict of empty words
Accusing Sally Rooney of virtue signaling is too easy. Much of the talk about the conflict, from left to right, is now characterized by zombie phrases, dictatorial outsiders, rhetorical inflation and performative outrage
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:31:36 +03:00Nobel laureate Angrist on economics, Palestinians and why he left Israel
Joshua Angrist, co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, changed the face of economic research through the methods he devised. He left Israel in the 1990s, critical of the fixed salary in local academia, but remains proud of his work on t...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:24:15 +03:00Netflix launches 'Palestinian Stories,' streaming films of the West Bank and Gaza worldwide
The collection of 32 award-winning films showcases films either directed by Palestinian filmmakers or tell Palestinian stories of life in the West Bank and Gaza
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:24:11 +03:00Iran's regime will likely survive sanctions, but its people might not
Even pro-regime media criticizes the government as more than half of Iranians live under the poverty line ■ Analyst says major inflation serves the government's interests
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:09:38 +03:00Can the COVID-19 vaccine's most troubling side effect be easily prevented?
Why are teenage boys most liable to suffer from myocarditis after being vaccinated against COVID? Does the heart inflammation have anything to do with the way the shot is administered? New studies are trying to answer these questions, or at least to ...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:28:15 +03:00COVID in Israel: Serious cases drop as fourth wave shrinks
Heath Ministry data shows that the number of serious COVID patients in Israel has been falling over the past three weeks and now stands at 403
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:00:19 +03:00Using Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran feels immune. Israel can change that
When Hamas and Islamic Jihad fire missiles at Tel Aviv, Israel strikes targets in Gaza. When Houthi rebels attack Saudi Arabia, that leads to retaliation in Yemen. But what if the response instead was aimed directly at Tehran?
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:43:30 +03:00Senate candidate nixes fundraiser after host uses swastika as profile photo on Twitter
Republican candidate Herschel Walker cancelled the event hours after his campaign defended the hosts' use of the image that featured several needles laid out in the shape of the Nazi symbol
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:42:31 +03:00Bennett no longer considers Iran nuclear deal ‘historic mistake,’ but he can’t say so
The changing attitude toward the nuclear accord is the new government’s most significant policy change, but Netanyahu’s campaign to shape public opinion on the subject still looms large
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:23:37 +03:00Tehran-Riyadh detente could mark the end for Israel's anti-Iran coalition
If the talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia would end in reconciliation, the rest of the Arab world could swiftly follow suit. The Middle East would look like a very different place – and so would Israel's place within it
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:02:59 +03:00Not just the stork: Israel’s migratory bird season has surprises in store
From cranes and pelicans to warblers and swallows: The choice birdwatching sites to witness Israel’s stunning migration season