Haaretz Israel News
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:03:02 +03:00Israel's top court to hold decisive hearing on eviction of Palestinian family in East Jerusalem
Supreme Court ruling could have consequences for dozens of Palestinian families in Silwan facing eviction because a Jewish organization says they lack rights to the land
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:28:59 +03:00Settlements, Palestinian NGOs rock Israeli government ahead of key date
The illegal outpost of Evyatar, Israeli settlement expansion and Gantz's labeling of six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups are jeopardizing the gov't's stability
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:30:24 +03:00Sudan coup attempt: PM, ministers arrested in Khartoum
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been placed under house arrest and military forces arrest four cabinet ministers, sources say ■ Sudan began moving toward normalization with Israel last year
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:21:10 +03:00MBS spoke of killing a sitting monarch, ex-Saudi security official says
Ex-intelligence official Saad al-Jabri did not provide evidence of the claim on his '60 minutes' interview,' although did reveal a silent film which he said could be released in full, were he to be killed
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:43:52 +03:00When the Israeli state hustles the poor
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:41:32 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 01:16:34 +03:00Suspected murderer 'deceived investigators,' says Israeli policeman
The officer, Alexander Strizhevsky, was an investigator in the 2006 murder case of Ta'ir Rada and claims that Roman Zadorov used manipulative techniques to reduce his sentence
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:51:27 +03:00New gov’t bill would create database of people entering, leaving Israel
The legislation raises questions on whether it violates privacy rights, but the Justice Ministry contends that projects such as this have been undertaken in other democracies as well
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:29:14 +03:00New, innovative cancer treatments could be covered for Israelis in 2022
Committee reviewing what will be part of the government-funded 'health basket' will discuss how to allocate additional $187 million for subsidized drugs and medical technology
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:24:29 +03:00Israel's wolves of the far-right smell weakness
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:18:43 +03:00Arab lives don’t matter
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:33:48 +03:00Israeli gov't reaches compromise on bill providing energy to unrecognized Arab homes
After initially delaying the legislation, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked reached an agreement with Mansour Abbas's party that will connect homes built before 2018 without a permit to the electricity grid
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:23:18 +03:00Decades-old murders connected with Israeli ultra-Orthodox sect are still far from being solved
Suspects arrested last week are former members of the sect's 'modesty guard,' which intimidated different Jerusalem communities in those years. Most are refusing to cooperate
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:02:52 +03:00Bennett says Israel should target net zero emissions by 2050
Under pressure from finance and energy ministries, Israel will reduce carbon emissions by 85 percent by 2050. But Bennett, ahead of UN climate conference, says goals should be more ambitious
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:51:57 +03:00Israeli work permits for 9,000 Palestinians to come into effect this week
The other 6,000 permits, as part of the increase of 15,000 permits that was approved in August, will become available in January 2022
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:37:03 +03:00Nine vultures found dead in southern Israel said to have been poisoned
'Some 200 griffon vultures live in Israel today. Nine vultures are almost 5 percent of the entire population of vultures in Israel,' a protection group said
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:27:41 +03:00Israeli officials to share with U.S. 'unequivocal' intel against Palestinian NGOs
The State Prosecutor's Office gave the green light to the Israeli Defense Ministry's decision to dub the six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups after it reviewed evidence
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:38:17 +03:00Putin was friendly toward Bennett, but he's nobody's friend
When you have a Russian bear in the neighborhood you tread carefully. That’s just what Israel is doing ■ In Gaza, Israel is trying to buy time as in the West Bank and Jerusalem small fires begin to burn
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:36:51 +03:00With one hasty move, Israel puts Palestinian issue back on world's agenda
Benny Gantz’s decision to declare six Palestinian civil society groups terrorist organizations is ill-timed, badly planned, clumsily explained and poorly marketed
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:31:38 +03:00Apple TV’s alien thriller ‘Invasion’ lacks two things: thrills and aliens
You’ll be praying for an actual alien invasion while watching this $200-million would-be spectacular, while ‘La Brea’ is the next wannabe ‘Lost’
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:50:03 +03:00Jewish lawyers to lead Charlottesville trial against white supremacists
Two Jewish women will play key roles in the lawsuit, which seeks damages against two dozen alt-right organizers of the 2017 Charlottesville rally
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:34:40 +03:00A desperate Erdogan prepares to blow up Turkey’s relations with the West
Erdogan’s new agenda covers cratering the economy, busting terror-financing sanctions, unjustified jailing, declining in the polls – and now, provoking an unprecedented rift with NATO allies, with a touch of antisemitism
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:39:03 +03:00Palestinians call on UN to condemn Israel's labeling of six NGOs as terror groups
The UN mission calls the announcement by Defense Minister Benny Gantz an 'attempt to intimidate and forcibly silence' these organizations from exposing Israel’s violations against Palestinians
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:21:39 +03:00How an injury in the Yom Kippur War turned me into a medal-winning athlete
Aaron Dov Vamosh lost the use of his legs after being hit by an Egyptian shell in October 1973. He explains how archery provided an unlikely outlet for him in the years after the war
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:20:53 +03:00How Ashli Babbitt became the first martyr of Trump's MAGA church
The martyr is a potent weapon of mass radicalization, which is why Trump and his MAGA acolytes turned Babbitt’s death into a fake martyrdom justifying future retaliatory violence. From the Nazis to ISIS, the results of those tactics are ominous
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:56:44 +03:00Israel advances 1,300 homes in West Bank settlements in first since Biden sworn in
Bennett government is set to discuss the landmark possibility of constructing 1,300 housing units for Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank, but also announces plans to double the Jewish population in Jordan Valley by 2026
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:37:55 +03:00Train accident kills 68-year-old railroad worker in Israel
A preliminary investigation found that the man, who was hired by a subcontractor, crossed the tracks without following safety regulations, according to the railroad company
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:31:36 +03:00Israel's Andrey Medvedev wins world gymnastics bronze in the vault
Injuries marred the Russian-born athlete's performance at the three previous World Championships, keeping him out of the Tokyo Olympics
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:37:06 +03:00Likud lawmaker Miri Regev repeatedly calls former Mossad deputy 'hater of Israel'
Regev attacked Ram Ben Barak following a post showed a member of Barak's staff photographed with former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:47:54 +03:00‘We’ll lose some Israeli votes,’ Nixon said. ‘But we kept American boys out’
When Israel invaded Egypt 65 years ago, President Eisenhower, up for reelection that week, offered an exceptionally tough response. ‘We will handle our affairs,’ he told a friend, ‘as though we didn’t have a Jew in America’
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:26:47 +03:00Bennett pledges $3 billion for future COVID waves in Israel
Israel reported on Sunday 307 COVID patients in serious condition, of whom 175 are in critical condition and 157 are on ventiliators
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:22:18 +03:00Putin hosts Bennett, reminding Israelis that life goes on after Netanyahu
The Russian president, eager to cooperate with Israel and keep it out of any showdown between Moscow and the West, will give Israel’s new prime minister exactly the same treatment as his predecessor
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:56:50 +03:00Bennett: I discussed Syria, Iran with Putin, who was receptive to Israel's security needs
'The Russians are our neighbors ... it is important that we manage the delicate situation in [Syria] smoothly and with no mishaps,' Prime Minister Bennett said before a cabinet meeting
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:50:44 +03:00Unique Arabic inscription found on ballista ball at Crusader castle in Israel
One of the stone balls that rained upon the Crusaders besieged by the Mamluks at Arsuf bore a strange message, likely intended to boost morale among the attackers
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 05:52:36 +03:00Palestinian rights groups say Israel's ‘terror’ tag won't stop them
The director of Al-Haq, one of the six organizations and the most prominent Palestinian human rights group in the territories, said the groups were considering their next legal move and that they will not stop their work
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:41:21 +03:00A stain upon Israel
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:38:54 +03:00B’Tselem, Yesh Din, time to close
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:36:06 +03:00Israel planning another $200m overland gas pipeline to Egypt
The pipeline is intended to increase gas exports, with a possibility of exporting gas from Egypt to other destinations in Europe
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:32:44 +03:00When Ayman Odeh raises a hand
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:31:10 +03:00How not to take a statement from a sexual assault suvivor
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:25:52 +03:00Medical treatment not available in the territories? Israel should pay for it
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:23:53 +03:00A moving 'reunion' for descendants of Holocaust survivors
Family members of eight Holocaust survivors met for the first time at a New Jersey hotel suite, while others connected via Zoom from Israel, Sweden and Texas
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:10:08 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:24:21 +03:00Turkey to expel U.S. envoy, nine others over calls to release dissident
Seven of the ambassadors represent Turkey's NATO allies and the expulsions, if carried out, would open the deepest rift with the West in Erdogan's 19 years in power
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:04:14 +03:00Security official: Israel told U.S. it would classify Palestinian NGOs as terror groups in advance
Despite the Israeli security officials citing evidence, it still remains classified, prompting calls from some ministers from Bennett's cabinet to disclose the evidence and spurring criticism among U.S. lawmakers
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:33:20 +03:00Arab man shot dead in Jaffa port, the 103rd crime wave victim this year
Israel Police have opened an investigation into the killing ■ The victim, who jumped into the sea in a bid to escape his attackers, had previously been convicted of murder
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:58:54 +03:00The anti-Zionist communist Jew who wanted to hear 'Hatikvah' in the Gulag
In the book ‘White Nights,’ my father, Menachem Begin, described his friendship with Mikhail Garin, an ailing Jew and ardent communist with whom he shared a bunk in a Soviet Gulag in 1941. Garin was thought to have disappeared, like millions of o...
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:23:04 +03:00What does Israeli iron lady Ayelet Shaked want?
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:46:50 +03:00The 30th anniversary of the conference that could have changed the Middle East
Secret meetings of Israelis with Jordan's King Hussein, peace activists' pleas to the Palestinian leaders to attend and sensitive intel on Assad achieved the first open meeting of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:16:46 +03:00Facebook is evil. Is using it justified?
We know that Facebook is causing immense harm – and so do its employees. So, should we keep on using a service that encourages damage and destruction, and go on telling ourselves that nothing can be done about it?
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:01:55 +03:00U.S. seeks clarification after Israel labels six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups
'The Israeli government did not give us advance warning,' says State Department Spokesperson Ned Price
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:40:51 +03:00Nasrallah says Israel mistaken to 'act as it wants' in disputed maritime area
'If the enemy thinks they can act as they please before reaching a solution to this issue they are wrong,' Hassan Nasrallah says
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:28:07 +03:00To stop Iran, America needs an Iraqi cleric fighting it
Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the largest party in Iraq’s parliament, opposes both Tehran and Washington, but his status as a kingmaker isn’t guaranteed as Iran tries to unite the Shi’ites
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:05:00 +03:00Sunrise Movement: Singling out Jewish orgs for removal from coalition is antisemitic
The national Sunrise Movement says its D.C. branch's decision not to join a rally this weekend due to the participation of 'Zionist organizations' is 'unacceptable'
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:46:38 +03:00A nightmare season in the West Bank
Settlers destroyed crops and vandalized olive trees belonging to a Palestinian couple in their 60s. The past two weeks have seen 18 attacks by settlers in the West Bank. Some 8,000 olive trees have already been targeted this year – and the season h...
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:19:32 +03:00France urges Iran to curb nuclear activity, 'immediately resume' talks
'It is urgent and crucial for Iran to end the activities of unprecedented gravity that it is conducting in violation of the [agreement],' says the Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:19:35 +03:00Gantz declares six Palestinian NGOs terrorist organizations
A joint statement by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called the decision 'an alarming escalation,' as the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 'unequivocally condemned' the move
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:04:08 +03:00Pfizer says COVID vaccine more than 90% effective among kids
Details of the study were posted online Friday as U.S. regulators consider opening vaccinations to youngsters 5 to 11
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:02:06 +03:00Israel might okay twice as many West Bank housing units for Jews as for Palestinians
Approval of construction for Palestinians is intended to signal to the Palestinian Authority and the international community that Israel is keen to help the PA, which is grappling with an economic crisis
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:53:25 +03:00Report: Member of Mossad ring admits he worked for the Israeli agency
Turkey arrested 15 suspects a month ago for allegedly providing the Mossad with information on Turkish citizens and foreign students, the Sabah newspaper says
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:15:34 +03:00Putin tells Bennett Israel needs to better coordinate Syria strikes
Despite Putin's remarks, there is little daylight between the two leaders on Syria. On the Iranian nuke, however, there is still a large gulf between Bennett and Putin, who remains committed to a diplomatic solution
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:05:22 +03:00For India, it’s now clear the Taliban means real trouble
Kabul’s new Taliban rulers say they won't interfere with India. But for New Delhi, as more militants cross the border into an increasingly fragile Kashmir, coupled with threats from China and Pakistan, a perfect storm is brewing
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:40:12 +03:00Gay Orthodox Jews turn to her for help. Sometimes she prescribes chemical castration
What advice is given to Haredi boys who are attracted to others of their own sex? How do you deal with suspicions of pedophilia in the family? Dr. Tali Vishne, one of the most in-demand psychiatrists in Israel's ultra-Orthodox society, isn’t put of...
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:49:46 +03:00Christian guesthouses start hosting Israelis, then notice something strange
As pilgrim tourism vanished due to COVID, Christian guesthouses in Israel started wooing local tourists. That is how a church-owned facility in Tabgha, near the Sea of Galilee, wound up hosting its first bar mitzvah
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:34:38 +03:00Woman dies after actor Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set, sheriff says
Woman dies, director injured after incident involving the famous actor on a movie set outside of Santa Fe
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:09:32 +03:00Israel's chances of a political assassination rise, and Netanyahu is the only reason
Never has an Israeli prime minister suffered so much filth, obscenity, invective and calumny in the Knesset, while the opposition leader pretends he doesn't see it
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:08:50 +03:00In the war between wars, Israel faces more than a military threat
Strikes against Iran-affiliated targets are on the rise and a prisoner deal with Hamas still seems far off. Amid this upheaval, Israel's fragile government presents its own political hurdle
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:08:13 +03:00Has Hezbollah become too big to fail?
According to Dr. Shimon Shapira, an expert on Lebanon and Hezbollah, Nasrallah has signaled that his organization is no longer a group within a state – but a state within a country
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:07:39 +03:00Israeli army chief makes a hastened withdrawal
The mini-media storm over Israeli army Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi's book proved once again: The brass thinks civilians are from Mars, and officers are from Venus
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:36:53 +03:00The ugliness of far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:42:47 +03:00Nature’s ability to support humanity in Israel is declining
A national assessment finds that ecosystems that provide humans with things like food and flood regulation are under serious threat
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:49:13 +03:00'I chose combat because I wanted a meaningful service. Also, the IDF makes it look good on Instagram'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two Israelis head on a pre-army trip in Greece while a third reconnects with his roots in Austria
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:16:08 +03:00LISTEN: Platitudes and pledges: What’s behind Sweden’s war on antisemitism?
As leaders gathered in Malmo, neo-Nazis projected 'Holocaust was a scam' onto city’s main synagogue. PLUS: The race to become the next head of the Jewish Agency
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 02:03:37 +03:00Why do soldiers help settlers abuse Arabs?
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:39:34 +03:00I attended an Amazon tribe's death rite. Here's what I saw
An unforgettable journey into the depths of the forest and an encounter with the tribes of the Xingu River
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:15:30 +03:00Nasrallah 'biggest threat to the Lebanese nation,' says head of Christian oppostion
Leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces rejects Hezbollah chief's accusation of instigating an ambush that killed seven last week
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:50:49 +03:00Bennett, there’s an emergency ahead
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:36:17 +03:00Seven Palestinian intel officers were arrested in Turkey's Mossad bust, report says
The Palestinians arrested by Turkish authorities had been missing since September ■ According to a Palestinian report, PA intelligence was behind their arrests
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:25:11 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:30:42 +03:00Iran, Sputnik V on the agenda as Bennett meets Putin today
‘When Bennett visited Biden it was to mend relations,’ Israeli official says. ‘With Russia, the aim is not to spoil them’
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:55:30 +03:00Packed classrooms, teacher shortage: Egypt's failed education system
Egypt will have a shortfall of 200,000-300,000 teachers and of more than 28,000 classrooms this year and its education budget is less than half the amount the government promised
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:28:56 +03:00Two Jewish teenagers from West Bank charged with rioting in Palestinian village
Dozens of armed settlers entered Khirbet al-Mufkara and threw stones, vandalized property and set sheep loose, the indictment says
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:38:32 +03:00Netanyahu says his party will regain power 'in two weeks or 3.5 years'
Many Israelis understand there is 'something wrong' with the current government, former PM Netanyahu says at a convention of local councils and authorities
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:05:09 +03:00A day before meeting Putin, Bennett mulls delaying recognition of Sputnik V vaccine
Health officials recommended delaying recognition of the Russian vaccine upon the discovery of the new COVID AY4.2 sub-strain in Israel
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:49:17 +03:00Jobs galore, but Israelis don't want them
Post-COVID, it seems a lot of people don’t want to go back to the daily grind and, right now, they don’t have to
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:27:23 +03:00World leaders came and went, but Nordic city's fight against antisemitism continues
A week after the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism left Malmö, local Jewish leaders have differing views about the battle and challenges ahead
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:36:13 +03:00D.C. environmental group boycotts rally over ‘Zionist’ participation
Ahead of a march for voting rights this weekend, Sunrise Movement’s D.C. chapter called to remove left-wing Jewish groups that support Israel from the event. ‘Immensely wrong,’ responds Americans for Peace Now
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:33:23 +03:00Tel Aviv light rail completes first test drive
The trains operated on the system’s Red Line, which will be one of four operating in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa metropolitan area starting in 2023
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:56:06 +03:00Israel to allow entry to vaccinated tourists starting November 1
The new COVID guidelines still need to be approved by the Israeli cabinet
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:38:36 +03:00Israel needs to step away from the Trump-Orbán-Bolsonaro illiberal alliance
In the Trump-Netanyahu years, Israel aligned itself with authoritarian leaders who challenged democratic norms in Europe and around the world. The new government in Jerusalem should rethink this problematic policy
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:28:57 +03:00Israeli minister Tamar Zandberg sees opportunity at UN climate conference
Despite its small size and inability to reach the global goal of zero net emissions by 2050, Israel can become a key player in the fight against climate change, said the environmental protection minister
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:01:38 +03:00Israel's top court denies bid to reopen probe of officers who killed Bedouin
Petition based on legal opinion that since the resident had not committed a terrorist attack as initially suspected, police officers were liable to be investigated as criminal suspects; they never were
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:50:46 +03:00'We might not always agree, but good friends disagree': Swedish FM visits Israel to mend ties
'I believe that because of the page we are turning here today, there will be a whole new book of friendship and cooperation,' said Israeli FM Yair Lapid
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:05:45 +03:00Israel detects five cases of new COVID AY4.2 subvariant
The Health Ministry also reported 331 serious coronavirus cases in Israel, a 57 percent drop from the peak in the last quarter
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:46:27 +03:00Revisiting the final days of Israel's Sinai paradise
A new documentary tells the story of Rafi Nelson, 'the king of Taba beach,' whose resort was the place for Israel's elite to be seen in the 1970s
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:29:25 +03:00Turkey busts Mossad ring, arrests 15 operatives, report says
The fifteen alleged Mossad operatives worked within Turkish territory and were monitored 'for about a year,' the report notes
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:12:21 +03:00Amethyst seal showing biblical persimmon and maybe an ibis found in Jerusalem
Amethyst seal found in ancient Jerusalem sewer system may be first depiction of the precious persimmon used in Second Temple incense, archaeologists say
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:35:31 +03:00Israel’s third option for dealing with Iran
War, living in the shadow of a nuclear Iran - or peace
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:23:12 +03:00Israel charges man who killed cop, injured another in ramming attack with murder
The 44-year-old faces several other charges after he rammed policemen at a northern Israel construction site last month during a search for illegal Palestinian workers
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:16:32 +03:00Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance hosts glittering events, but not the public
Seventeen years after construction began, the Museum of Tolerance slowly arising over Muslim graves in central Jerusalem is only expected to welcome the public in another year and a half