Haaretz Israel News
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 10:14:14 +02:00Disability rights groups protest over government benefits, block rail tracks
Protesters demand that the Israeli government raise the benefits and bring them in one line with the minimum wage
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 10:13:06 +02:00The Israeli woman leading a feminist revolt in ultra-Orthodox society
A new documentary, ‘Women of Valor,’ spotlights the pioneering efforts of Esty Bitton Shushan to get Haredi parties to include women on their Knesset slates and improve their status in society
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 09:46:30 +02:00Yad Vashem condemns auction of Auschwitz tattoo machine
Selling the device, which will likely go for over $30,000, rather than donating it to a museum is 'morally unacceptable,' the Israel's Holocaust memorial says
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 09:33:55 +02:00Oil Tankers over rare coral reef: What Israel should do about controversial UAE deal
Israeli Environment Minister Zandberg opposes the import of crude oil from the UAE through the port of Eilat. She has ordered officials to break off contact with the pipeline company, but the company is fighting back
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 08:53:39 +02:00Sirens to sound today across Israel in war drill
Israel's five-day National Home Front Exercise is meant to simulate a flare-up on multiple fronts
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 08:42:18 +02:00Israel strikes near Damascus for second time this week, Syria says
The attack early Wednesday came from northern Israel and targeted a military post in the town of Zakia, in the western Damascus countryside, a Syrian military statement said
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 00:43:34 +02:00Republican senator blocks confirmation of Biden's envoy to Israel
Tom Nides, U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel has been denied confirmation after Republican objection
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 00:30:22 +02:00In the West Bank, only the Israeli government is allowed to steal land
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 00:28:26 +02:00Cancel the UAE oil deal
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 00:15:36 +02:00Israel's southern nature reserves are in constant danger of oil spills
A 2014 spill near Eliat was not an isolated incident, with indictment of Europe Asia Pipeline Co., Israeli government must force the company to operate safely
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 23:50:51 +02:00Right-wing Tel Aviv protest draws hundreds ahead of key budget vote
As architects of the budget argue for reforms meant to 'aid weaker segments of society', right-wing lawmakers accuse the prime minister of forming 'the first Palestinian government in history'
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 23:48:41 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 23:36:58 +02:00CDC advisers recommend COVID-19 vaccine for young children
On Friday the Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine in 5-11 year olds to, inoculations are due to start as early as next week
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 22:43:32 +02:00Iranian-linked hackers release data from Israeli LGBTQ dating app
The Black Shadow hacker group carried out ‘one of the most serious attacks ever on privacy in Israel,’ potentially exposing sensitive information like users' HIV status
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 21:02:21 +02:00Israel’s cyber capabilities are superior to Iran’s, but it has a soft underbelly
There is no real point to trying to destabilize the Iranian government by attacking civil society, since such humiliation invariably has a boomerang effect. Fueling the cyber quarrel is not in Israel’s interest
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 20:56:01 +02:00Arab law students at Israeli university protest language requirement for mentorship program
Bar-Ilan University requires that mentors speak Hebrew as their mother tongue
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 20:50:51 +02:00Israeli pipeline company executives indicted for 2014 Negev oil spill
The state-owned Europe Asia Pipeline Co. and executives have been charged in what prosecutors call ‘one of biggest cases of environmental destruction ever in the country’
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:51:22 +02:00World leaders pledge to cut methane, but Israeli official at Glasgow says not considering policy change
The Biden administration unveils plan on methane from oil and gas industry, but major powers fail to agree on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:24:09 +02:00Lebanon says it wants dialogue, but can't give Saudi Arabia 'Hezbollah's head on a plate'
Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib says in an interview there had been no meetings on any level between Beirut and Riyadh since a new cabinet was formed nearly two months ago
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 18:50:11 +02:00The world may have given up on two states, but it still cares about the occupation
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 18:29:34 +02:00Legendary Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri dies at 88
Over his decades-long career, Fakhri has become one of the Arab world’s most famous tenors and one of its exceptionally charismatic entertainers
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 18:23:27 +02:00Lebanon's oldest English-language daily folds amid crisis
The Daily Star is the latest among several Lebanese newspapers that stopped printing in recent years in a struggle to compete with digital media, and the country's financial crisis only worsened the situation
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 18:22:38 +02:00Ethiopia declares state of emergency as Tigrayan forces gain ground
The announcement on state-affiliated media came two days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged citizens to take up arms to defend themselves from the Tigray People's Liberation Front
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 17:06:50 +02:00In Glasgow meeting, U.K.'s Johnson apologizes to Israeli minister in wheelchair
'I gather there was some confusion with the arrangements,' the British prime minister tells Karine Elharrar, who wasn't able to attend meetings at the UN climate summit the day before. Bennett says the conference has 'given everyone an opportunity to...
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 17:05:32 +02:00What Trump accidentally got right on Israel and Congress
When the former U.S. president said Israel is no longer a consensus issue in Congress, he attributed it to AOC and Ilhan Omar. But the real reasons for the change lie much closer to Trump Tower
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 15:38:36 +02:00Palestinian residents reject Israeli court's compromise on Sheikh Jarrah evictions
The justices will now have to rule on the Palestinians' appeal of an order evicting them from their East Jerusalem neighborhood
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 15:37:24 +02:00Israeli cabinet plan to let high-tech companies hire Palestinian workers
The government will soon vote on a measure to allow 500 Palestinian workers into Israel’s high-tech workforce to help alleviate the sector’s labor shortage
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 14:01:19 +02:00Israel promised to monitor violent men in 2020, but the plan is still not off the ground
The Public Security Ministry unit to combat domestic violence in Israel was due to take off in September 2020. Two years on, the taskforce is far from launching, but a comprehensive plan will be presented to the new minister
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 13:43:18 +02:00Their gefilte fish brings all the boys to the yard
If 'Shtisel' got you hooked on Yiddish, you should listen to these Israeli singing vibers
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 13:27:42 +02:00Demon drink, take this: Archaeologists find gold ring with amethyst in Yavneh
Amethyst was prized in antiquity and appeared in the Temple priest’s breastplate, but the rationale behind this gorgeous jewel in this city in Israel was likely superstition
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 13:24:27 +02:00In first, Bennett meets Bahrain's PM and India's Modi at Glasgow climate summit
Israel's PM praises Modi's personal role in deepening the ties between the two countries, who in turn invited Bennett to make an official trip to India
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 12:20:18 +02:00Israeli court: Haredi cult rabbi implicated himself in double murder, kidnapping
The controversial Rabbi Eliezer, who began a prison sentence just last week for fraud, has a tight grip over his insular ultra-Orthodox sect, which police fear could be leveraged to disrupt the investigation
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 11:19:20 +02:00Inside Israel's decision to label Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations
Haaretz West Bank correspondent Hagar Shezaf explains in the latest episode of Haaretz Weekly why the roots of this move lie in a 2019 terror attack, how the designated groups are responding, and what happens next
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 11:11:35 +02:00LISTEN: 'Biden has only one real option on Iran. Israel will have to live with it'
One of Israel's top Iran experts says Jerusalem will have to accept some Iranian nuclear capabilities, 'like living with COVID.' Also: Why Defense Minister Gantz labeled Palestinian rights groups as terror organizations
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:03:05 +02:00Bennett's empty Glasgow speech: Climate plans for 2050 don't matter. The real test is 2022
The prime minister's pledge to have Israel reach net-zero emissions by 2050 is a gargantuan task and without any real plans in place, it's not clear how it can be brought to fruition
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 02:01:08 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:25:06 +02:00Leading Israeli LGBTQ activist accused of sexual assault by two men
Gal Uchovsky has stepped down as president of the gay youth organization IGY following an investigative report on the matter
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 01:15:55 +02:00A grave accusation: Being photographed with Arabs
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:59:13 +02:00Israel must repeal its discriminatory Absentee Property Law
Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:05:51 +02:00At Glasgow, military emissions are exempt
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 23:36:37 +02:00Israeli delegation visited Khartoum after military coup
Israel has not yet given an official comment on the military coup, as the normalization deal with Sudan remains relatively underdeveloped
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 22:29:47 +02:00The NGOs Israel designated as terror groups remain legal in the West Bank
The government's controversial decision on six Palestinian organizations doesn't apply in the West Bank, and a military decree that would change that hasn't been issued. A security source told Haaretz that the main objective of labeling them as terro...
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:48:01 +02:00Israel recognizes ‘anti-N’ serology test for COVID Green Pass eligibility
The test distinguishes between antibodies generated by the virus and those produced by the vaccine. Thus far those vaccinated with one or two doses, who had no proof of being infected prior, were ineligible for the Green Pass
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:26:17 +02:00Glasgow summit: U.K. apologizes after disabled Israeli minister can't attend climate talks
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar was not able to arrive at the UN climate summit because transportation to the venue was not wheelchair-accessible
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:24:04 +02:00Israel approves plans for 1,300 Palestinian homes, but process may take years
Only 170 homes were given final clearance, with hardly any new construction for West Bank Palestinians approved by Israel over the past years
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 19:09:00 +02:00Israeli 'revolution' on climate change? Fact-checking Bennett's UN summit speech
Despite the fact that Israel is located in a part of the world particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change, it is one of 20 countries that has no government-funded national plan for it
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:20:04 +02:00Germany reconsiders award ceremony for Israeli historian accused of genocide denial
Prof. Gideon Greif, whose Holocaust research is lauded as groundbreaking, has been accused of attempting to whitewash the mass murder of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 18:10:20 +02:00200 Republican lawmakers to Biden: don't reopen consulate in Jerusalem
House Republicans say the move would be inconsistent with U.S. law and create ‘a misguided situation’ in which the U.S. would essentially have two separate diplomatic missions in the Israeli capital
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:59:56 +02:00Climate change to hit crops faster than expected, new model warns
New projections see maize losing ground faster as 2100 approaches and the Middle East may face climate impact on crops decades earlier. But wheat is expected to thrive
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:50:57 +02:00In Glasgow, Bennett vows to harness Israeli 'innovation' against climate change
While Bennett's speech is his strongest statement on climate change to date, the coalition does not yet have a flagship climate change law or a formal declaration of a climate emergency
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:44:31 +02:00Trump: Israel 'literally owned Congress' until a decade ago
Speaking on a conservative radio show, the former president said 'today it's almost the opposite' due to progressive Democrats
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:38:16 +02:00Why this powerful Israeli agency won't disclose the scale of the Palestinian properties it manages
The dominion of the Custodian of Absentee Properties over the Jerusalem property market has led Palestinians to 'fear to make deals on the east side,' but the body shows no signs of revealing the basic details of its inventory
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:45:45 +02:00Israel can only make real peace with a democratic Sudan
Israel assumes it can recycle the same normalization strategy – secret meetings with generals, arms procurers and security services – that succeeded with the Gulf and North Africa. But it won't work for Sudan
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:02:13 +02:00Palestinian indicted for torching sukkahs, empty bus in central Israel
The Palestinian, a 29-year-old from Gaza, is accused of planning attacks on Israeli settlements and police officers
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:50:50 +02:00Over half of Israeli parents will vaccinate their kids after FDA approval, COVID czar says
Protection, as well as freedom from quarantine and invasive antigen testing, will drive the uptake for children's vaccinations, Israel's COVID czar says
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:32:25 +02:00In Modi's India, there's no more room for Muslim Bollywood superstars
'My name is Khan, and I am no longer wanted': In India's once-famously pluralist Bollywood, being Muslim is now a liability. As Modi's Hindu nationalist trolls and officials target superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his son, the message is clear: Even powe...
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:52:01 +02:00Bennett and Macron agree to deal with NSO scandal 'discreetly' at climate talks
Earlier at the Glasgow climate summit, Bennett asked Australia's Morrison to designate Hezbollah a terror organization and condemn Iran at the board meeting of the UN's nuclear watchdog
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:42:07 +02:00'Jerusalem is in ruins, Tiberias deserted': Visiting the Land of Israel, 500 years ago
In the detailed travelog he kept when journeying to the Land of Israel in 1521, Italian rabbi and scholar Moses Bassola sheds light on Jewish life at the dawn of Ottoman rule
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:56:57 +02:00Founder of notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO steps down as CEO
Former Partner and Bezeq CEO Iztik Benbenisti will take the reins as the cyberespionage firm eyes an IPO, Shalev Hulio will become president and vice chairman of the board
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:26:20 +02:00Israel's new entry rules for tourists cause chaos. What you need to know
Israel reopened its doors on Monday, but its new regulations are complicated – or, as one expert says, ‘a horror show.’ These are the rules detailing who can and cannot enter as the state looks to keep COVID-19 out
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 12:13:59 +02:00How a Lebanese minister stirred up a regional spat with Saudi Arabia and UAE
Information Minister George Kordahi's remarks about the war in Yemen have created a new dilemma for the Lebanese prime minister: submitting to Saudi demands or declaring Lebanon cannot be extorted
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 11:43:34 +02:00Israeli bill would grant legal aid for sex crimes victims from moment of complaint
So far, legal aid in Israel has been given to sex crime victims only after criminal proceedings have been initiated
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 10:47:10 +02:00Haredi sect leader suspected of involvement in Jerusalem double murder decades ago
The controversial Rabbi Eliezer, who began a prison sentence just last week for fraud, is the eighth detainee on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Avraham Edri and the disappearance of Nissim Shitrit
Mon, 1 Nov 2021 06:00:35 +02:00Israel's daily warnings on Iran are falling on deaf ears in Washington
Beyond the public diplomacy campaign, the cyberattacks and Syria strikes attributed to Israel are also failing to budge the Biden administration to ramp up pressure on Tehran
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:46:09 +02:00Israel plans Airbnb restrictions, raise purchase tax to curb real-estate prices
The government’s main strategy for keeping housing costs steady – making more land available for residential construction
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:42:03 +02:00Israel's misguided war against Iran's gas stations
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:38:55 +02:00Investing in the Arab community is an investment in Israel's future
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:37:55 +02:00On Israel, Biden should learn from George H. W. Bush
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:29:46 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 23:10:58 +02:00COVID cases in Israeli schools drop dramatically
The number of school children infected by COVID fell by over 50 percent as the Health Ministry gets set to hold a televised hearing on vaccinating children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:26:24 +02:00Finding your ‘bashert’ in Bahrain: Gulf group launches Jewish dating site
Creators hope the new matchmaking service for singles looking for soulmates will help ‘grow’ Jewish life in the region
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:49:38 +02:00IDF general to Bahraini paper: If Iran nuke talks fail, Israel ‘must be prepared for other scenarios’
In the first interview of an IDF official to Bahraini media, the officer said that Israel prefers a diplomatic option over a military one in dealing with the Iranian nuclear program
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:42:39 +02:00Erdogan 'positive' on Biden sale of F-16 jets, but airs qualms of U.S. support for Kurds
Meanwhile, Biden told President Erdogan that the purchase would depend on Turkey's human rights records, as the two met in Rome at the G20 summit
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:22:28 +02:00This is how Israel's government plans to pass a key vote this week
Prime Minister Bennett expresses confidence the budget will pass and deliver 'stability for the government,' but securing a majority for Israel state budget for the first time in two years is far from a foregone conclusion
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:48:39 +02:00Summer days at the beach, in Israel and Gaza
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers have covered four Gaza wars from opposite sides of the battle lines, now they're trying to capture a shared reality
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:23:25 +02:00'No affinity to Israel': Top court rejects Palestinian NGO's petition for tax exemption
The Supreme Court ruled that a school without Israeli students does not serve the public's interest and that the Oslo Accords designate responsibility for Palestinian educational institutions to the PA
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:31:10 +02:00Suspension of Israeli army officer who refused COVID shot overturned
While the IDF does not require its soldiers to be vaccinated, this August it announced that it would only call up reservists who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:18:25 +02:00Netanyahu's political future could be decided this week, and he knows it
If the Bennett-Lapid government succeeds in passing a state budget before the end of the week, ex-PM Netanyahu will be facing nothing but bad choices
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:11:41 +02:00In the BDS fight, 'D' is the letter Israel should really worry about
Big business is facing growing pressure to meet a host of standards concerning human rights, with more investors beginning to divest from Israeli companies that have ties to the occupation
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:04:33 +02:00Netflix’s true crime doc ‘The Motive’ is all killer, no filler
Four Israeli shows from the past decade are now available to a wider audience, including ‘The Motive’ on Netflix, the thrillers ‘Asylum City’ and ‘Hostages,’ and the surprisingly funny ‘Checkout’ (on ChaiFlicks and Topic)
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:41:30 +02:00Blinken declines to rule out military option should Iran nuclear talks fail
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran is 'moving forward aggressively' with its nuclear program as talks are set to resume in November
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:34:31 +02:00Prepping for secession – or war: Who will stop Bosnia's Serb separatists?
For years, Bosnian Serb leader, separatist, autocrat and genocide denier Milorad Dodik has worked hard to discredit the post-war Bosnian state and demonize Muslim Bosniaks. Now, as he gathers critical momentum, will Biden, NATO or others in the West ...
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:28:05 +02:00The strange case of Israel’s top energy official
Under his conflict-of-interest agreement, the Energy Ministry’s new director general will need permission to pick up his pen in his own office
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:03:03 +02:00Nazi flag flown near synagogue in Australia sparks calls to ban symbol
The incident came only weeks after Australia announced that it was adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:28:17 +02:00Iran-linked hackers leak data from Israeli LGBTQ dating site
The Black Shadow group, released the data of 1,000 users of the Atraf dating site, some of whom are likely closeted, which it stole by hacking the Cyberserve web hosting company
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:11:09 +02:00Glasgow climate summit: What part will Israel play, and what does it hope to achieve
Bennett heads Israel's delegation to the UN climate summit, where he will present new, modest targets. Officials hope the visit will wake Israel up to the urgency of climate crisis, which threatens the Middle Eastern state in particular
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:09:08 +02:00Poland recognized the IHRA antisemitism definition. Critics aren't impressed
A Polish government ministry released a statement online earlier this month saying that Poland recognizes the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, a move meant to coincide with an international Holocaust forum in Sweden
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:30:31 +02:00American B-1B bomber flies over Mideast amid Iran tensions
Biden sending a B1-B bomber into the region allows him to send 'a clear message of reassurance' to regional allies, U.S. Air Force's Central Command tweeted
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:11:22 +02:00What are Israel’s chances at securing U.S. visa waivers
To fit American criteria, Israel would need to amend security procedures put in place during the intifada. Other bureaucratic challenges are also likely to slow, or stop, Israel's hopes of joining the visa waiver program
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:04:58 +02:00Our reporter was sent to cover a nude shoot at the Dead Sea. And ended up naked
I always thought I had no problem with my naked body. I’m not proud of it or ashamed of it. But would this theoretical feeling withstand the test of reality? Ultimately, the sign was given. In under a minute we were all naked and waiting for photog...
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:18:41 +02:00Interior minister pushes for separation of asylum seekers' children from Israelis in Tel Aviv schools
Interior Minister Shaked advocated for segregating schools in a meeting with Tel Aviv municipality officials, arguing the move will push asylum seekers 'to leave Israel as soon as possible'
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:56:04 +02:00Israeli cops forced a Palestinian woman to confess false rape claim. Then the rapist struck again
A Palestinian rape victim withdrew her complaint after police in the West Bank threatened her and treated her as a suspect. Three years later, her assailant raped another woman
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:55:21 +02:00Israeli military Home Front exercise to simulate domestic unrest for first time
Following violent riots during the latest Gaza conflict, Israel will include internal disturbances during wartime in a five-day military exercise this week
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:11:49 +02:00Iran points finger at Israel, U.S. for cyberattack on gas stations
Iran's civil defense chief says Israel, U.S. 'and their agents' likely behind cyberattack that disrupted gasoline sales across the Islamic Republic
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:43:02 +02:00They’re just not that into you
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:27:58 +02:00Shut down the Military Censor
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:13:19 +02:00Chabad group targeting teenagers seeks Israeli state money, recognition
Education Ministry examining application by CTeen, which says its work includes 'giving Torah lessons to teens' and 'increasing Jewish identity activities' in schools
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:49:17 +03:00A childhood in Benghazi, a bar mitzvah in Bergen-Belsen
Remembering Libyan-Jewish Holocaust survivor Joseph Labi, who went from home to Italy to the Nazi concentration camp before finding himself in the Palmach
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 01:32:37 +03:00In Israel, the right acts and the left babbles
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:29:44 +03:00Israel passed on Iran drone intel to U.S. before it imposed new sanctions
According to the U.S., the drones are used by terror groups supported by Iran, including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen. The sanctions against heads of UAV program may also give the U.S. leverage in nuke talks