Haaretz Israel News
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 11:42:56 +02:00Israel's public security minister: Settler attack on activists is 'terrorism'
Israel's public security minister called the masked settlers who attacked human rights activists on Friday a 'terror organization,' but stated that it is 'very difficult' for police to arrest the perpetrators
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:30:23 +02:00South Korea pays UN with frozen Iranian funds to restore Tehran's voting rights
Seoul says it had paid $18 million in delinquent dues after consulting with the United States, in a possible sign of flexibility amid floundering nuclear talks
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:25:07 +02:00U.K. accuses Putin of trying to install pro-Russian leader in Ukraine
Britain's foreign secretary says Russian military invasion would be a 'massive strategic mistake' and would lead to 'severe' costs, as Russia continues to amass troops near its border with Ukraine
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 07:24:17 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:50:05 +02:00Israel to greenlight probe into 'submarine affair'
Defense Minister Gantz says 'not driven by personal motives' ahead of cabinet vote to approve the establishment of a commission of inquiry
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:46:37 +02:00Israel wants to plant more trees to combat climate change, but just cut down 300,000 of them
Urban renewal plans see mature trees of great environmental import cut down across Israel, and activists warn of long-term damage
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:45:43 +02:00Jerusalem mayor comes out against housing plan at heart of environmental battle
Environmentalists split over Mayor Moshe Leon’s alternative proposal to limit environmental damage in Lavan Ridge
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:45:22 +02:00Israeli panel recommends against expanding subsidized health care for foreigners' kids
Health Minister Horowitz could decide not to adopt the recommendation, which applies to children of foreigners whose visas have expired, but not to asylum seekers' children, who have separate health coverage
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:23:10 +02:00The ghosts of Tantura
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:57:28 +02:00Last chance to probe the subs
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:35:28 +02:00Woman shot dead in central Israel is second Arab murder victim in two days
The death of a 36-year-old Suhaila Jarushi in Ramle is the seventh fatal case of crime and gun violence in Israel's Arab community this month alone
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:52:04 +02:00Police are not 'illegally spying' on Israelis, minister claims amid NSO scandal
After report that police used Pegasus spyware to spy on civilians, Public Security Minister Bar-Lev says all claims – except that the police are using 'advanced technology' – are untrue
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:41:53 +02:00The difference a few words make on how Israelis view the settlements
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:40:56 +02:00If Netanyahu is Dreyfus, how can his trial end in a plea bargain?
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:39:48 +02:00Netanyahu is indeed the Israeli legal system's greatest defender
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 19:53:19 +02:00Turkish journalist cites proverb, gets arrested for insulting President Erdogan
The law on insulting the president, which carries a jail sentence of up to four years, was used to sentence thousands of people in the seven years since Erdogan became Turkey's president
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:22:06 +02:00Doctoral student at Israel's Technion arrested for contact with foreign agent
40-year-old Haifa resident who once worked for the Environmental Protection Ministry is on house arrest and barred from leaving the country through May
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 17:14:30 +02:00U.S. calls for 'urgent de-escalation' as death toll from Yemen prison airstrike rises
The Saudi-led coalition denies targeting a prison in the northern Saada province run by Yemen's Iran-backed rebels, days after a Houthi attack on the UAE
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:44:08 +02:00Russia talking to Iran about interim nuclear deal with U.S. knowledge, report says
NBC report says the United States has distanced itself from the talks as Washington does not believe the arrangement is being discussed seriously by the parties
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:26:45 +02:00The Mizrahi feminist who stopped asking for permission from Ashkenazi Jews
Loolwa Khazzoom has devoted her life to telling the story of Jews with roots in the wider Middle East and Africa. The seminal 2003 anthology of essays she edited, ‘The Flying Camel,’ is back in a revised edition
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:08 +02:00The slum in the heart of Tel Aviv is about to vanish
In the world's most expensive city, refugees, asylum seekers and migrant workers are living in abysmal poverty and overcrowding. The surge in housing prices in Neve Sha'anan and nearby neighborhoods, and the lack of concrete efforts on the part of th...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 23:03:08 +02:00Qatar signs deal to ensure gas supply to Gaza power plant
Qatar reached an agreement in February to deliver natural gas from Israel to the Gaza Strip's sole power station
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:31:05 +02:00Texas synagogue hostage-taker killed by multiple gun shots
After taking hostages Saturday, British citizen Malik Faisal Akram could be heard on a Facebook livestream demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is suspected of having ties to al-Qaida
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:21:54 +02:00An escalating war in Yemen could mar Iran nuclear talks
A year since Biden declared that Yemen’s civil war must end, the fighting has spilled over into the Gulf states. But Washington thinks Iran will want to end the war to prepare for closer ties with its neighbors
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:32:41 +02:00After Abu Dhabi, Is Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat next target for Houthi drone strike?
Drone and missile attack on UAE oil facilities and airport sends a message about the war in Yemen, and an equally strong signal to the U.S. and Israel about Iran’s determination
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:28:45 +02:00Booster shot offers significant protection against omicron, CDC studies show
The booster shot seems to be 90 percent effective against hospitalizations with the omicron variant, the study finds
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:58:44 +02:00Turkey looks to rehabilitate ties, but Israel remains suspicious
Despite hints dropped by the Turkey and Erdogan's desire to meet President Herzog, Israel is worried about strengthening ties due to Erdogan's fickle nature
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:36:27 +02:00COVID in Israel: Serious cases double in a week as country braces for omicron peak
Israel's decision to exempt schoolchildren from COVID quarantine will go into effect on the day the country is expected to hit the omicron wave's peak
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:05:00 +02:00Over 60 reportedly killed in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen
The intense campaign comes after Yemen's Houthis claimed a drone and missile attack that struck inside the capital of the UAE earlier this week
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:24:42 +02:00‘Kill him, he’s an Arab’: Three Israelis accused of hate crime
One of the victims, a wheelchair-bound man who suffers from ALS, was struck on the head and hit in the chest
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:56:59 +02:00Settlers attack left-wing activists in West Bank, set their car ablaze
A group of masked settlers attack and injure four human rights activists with clubs, stones before eventually setting their car on fire
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:32:45 +02:00NSO scandal: Israel Police chief tells cops technology will still be used, upgraded
Police chief says force will keep improving technological tools after Israel's Attorney General launches a probe into the force's use of NSO spyware against citizens
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:33:18 +02:00Israel's Defense Minister Gantz tests positive for COVID
A number of Israeli lawmakers have been infected with COVID in recent weeks, including the foreign and finance ministers
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:32:25 +02:00ISIS attacks on Iraqi army barracks, Syrian prison kill dozens
The separate attacks are believed to be some of the largest since ISIS lost the final sliver of territory it held nearly three years ago
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:57:47 +02:00Iran, Russian and China begin naval drill 'to strengthen security in the region'
The third trilateral drill, held in the Indian Ocean, is launched as Iran seeks to boost military cooperation, stronger ties with Beijing and Moscow amid tensions with Washington
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:02:49 +02:00Israel's attorney general drew fire for negotiating with Netanyahu. It seems he's done
Mendelblit was willing to negotiate a deal but now, after the talks were revealed and he lost support from prosecutors, he believes its best to let the trial end in conviction
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:02:10 +02:00Israel's COVID dashboard crashes. We've entered a new phase
Israelis are weaning themselves off the daily COVID numbers at a symbolic time when the trend is pointing in one direction: Up
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:01:25 +02:00Latest NSO scandal isn't necessarily bad for Israeli spyware maker
U.S. sanctions and other factor may doom NSO, but this week showed how much information it still holds ■ What's missing from the submarine discourse
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:00:13 +02:00Netanyahu is 'on his knees' seeking a plea deal. As usual, way too late
Netanyahu is probably guilty, but he might also be Berlusconi ■ Why Sara Netanyahu supports a deal and why her husband might not retire from political life ■ Mansour Abbas allies with an Arab MK on the left
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:01:48 +02:00Israeli woman killed in north is sixth victim of violence in Arab community this month
A 28-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in northern Israel. Police arrest her husband after he allegedly called to report he has killed her
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 02:23:58 +02:00'The couple was in bed when the tornado came through the window and sucked everything outside'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: How a 1 A.M. text message led a young Israeli to volunteer in Kentucky after it was hit by a tornado
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:54:02 +02:00Hamas fights back against Netflix with 'Fauda'-style Palestinian TV series
'Fist of the Free' seeks to showcase 'fighting spirit that resists the occupation,' says head of artistic production unit for Gaza’s ruling group
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:40:26 +02:00Court rejects gov’t bid to freeze sale of plane part that bombed Iraqi reactor
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:06:44 +02:00How the Soviet Union's collapse changed their lives – and our world
Three decades ago, what had been the most ambitious ideological project in contemporary human history – involving the rise of a truly fearsome superpower – ended in a whimper. Nine men and women who grew up in the USSR look back at the trials and...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:53:22 +02:00The city of Jerusalem would not treat its Jewish residents like this
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:22:14 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:22:10 +02:00Jews are alarmed, but Arabs can only dream of police using Pegasus against them
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:21:27 +02:00It's about time Jewish Israelis admit they have failed the Bedouin
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:20:04 +02:00The Israeli occupation's problem isn’t just a few violent settlers
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:19:28 +02:00Is the anybody-but-Bibi camp really more enlightened?
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:02:21 +02:00Israel’s attorney general sets up team to look into police use of NSO spyware
Mendelblit writes to police commissioner that a preliminary probe has so far not found proof of methodical, illegal use of the tools it has
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:54:53 +02:00Israel's High court rules consumers can’t have their electricity cut without a hearing
The court based its ruling on a finding that depriving someone of electricity harms their minimum right to a dignified existence
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:53:06 +02:00Senior Israeli official rejects Netanyahu plea deal that keeps him in politics
In first public remarks on negotiations with the former prime minister, Deputy State Prosecutor Shlomi Lemberger says 'it is inconceivable' that the final indictment would not include moral turpitude
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:42:51 +02:00Constant Yemen airstrikes by Saudi-led forces 'have ruined our lives,' resident says
The seven-year-old conflict has seen more than 100,000 people die as attacks on military sites belonging to the Houthis ramped up cross-border missile and drone launches on Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:38:29 +02:00In Western Sahara refugee camps, little optimism over frozen conflict
Algeria says 165,000 Sahrawi refugees are in Tindouf, as the latest diplomatic moves to resolve the long-frozen conflict between Morocco and Algeria over their territory feel a long way from resolution
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:32:15 +02:00Israel indicts 16 Bedouin over Negev protests against JNF tree-planting
Suspects accused of throwing stones and rioting during protests against what Bedouin protesters say is a JNF seizure of farmland
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:00:56 +02:00Soaring high-tech salaries send ripples across Israeli economy
The income gap between tech and the rest is growing as the industry booms, but many Israelis can’t even aspire to a piece of the action
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:51:33 +02:00Israel's Lapid gets first phone call in years from Turkish foreign minister
Call comes days after Turkish president revealed potential visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog was being discussed
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:43:25 +02:00At symbol of the Final Solution, two Israelis pass down its history
80 years ago, fifteen high-ranking Nazis held a meeting in Wannsee. The item on the agenda was the logistics of the Final Solution, the bureaucratization of the Holocaust
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:36:50 +02:0080 years on: Why we need to keep going back to Wannsee
January 20, 1942 wasn’t such a pivotal moment: The 'Final Solution' was already well in motion. A million Jews were already dead. But the Wannsee Conference still has a crucial message for us all
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:26:15 +02:00There's a mass Palestinian grave at a popular Israeli beach, veterans confess
The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village's surrender
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:26:09 +02:00Still reeling from last war with Russia, Ukrainian Jews are staying in place for now
Jewish community leaders in eastern Ukraine say there is no sense of panic, despite the deteriorating security situation with Russia, and that previous experiences are helping them now
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:36:39 +02:00Bedouin towns in Israel's Negev desert say power company failing them
Israel Electric Corporation blames disruptions on a combination of unusually cold weather and illegal hookups that overload the grid
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:29:07 +02:00Meretz obejction blocks Knesset vote on bill to prevent Palestinian family unification
The bill, sponsored by Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, will go back to the cabinet for further discussions
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:53:18 +02:00Young Israelis are joining the ‘old folks party,’ but does Labor have a future?
A year after Merav Michaeli took over the slumping outfit that ruled the country in its early decades, young people are joining as the new team focuses on gender issues, the environment and peace
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:18:39 +02:00UN passes Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial on social media
The resolution is expected to set a new international standard in combatting Holocaust denial and places responsibility on social media and internet companies to remove such content
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:16:17 +02:00A wild, dangerous military-security complex has seized power in Israel
Israel has turned its most notorious cyberweapon export, NSO’s Pegasus spyware against its own citizens. Fresh from aiding autocrats abroad, now Israel’s security apparatus is killing democracy at home
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:56:40 +02:00They've turned dozens of Israelis into millionaires. Here's their warning for startup nation
Serial high-tech entrepreneurs Benny Schnaider and Rami Tamir sum up nearly 25 years of exit-rich activity: How luck can make the difference, why they often prefer to recruit combat officers – and what's wrong with the recruitment 'arms race'
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:33:10 +02:00Texas hostage-taker's brother pleaded him to let 'innocent people' go in phone call
A recording released by The Jewish Chronicle sheds more light on what happened during the 10-hour synagogue standoff
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:29:24 +02:00NSO Ghana op exposed: Never-before-seen Pegasus spyware footage, workers’ passports
TV report says NSO struck a shady deal with the Ghanaian government, which allegedly planned to use Pegasus to snoop on opposition figures ahead of a 2017 election
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:23:11 +02:00Blinken: Iran nuclear talks at 'urgent' point; source says next month is decisive
A French diplomatic source said negotiations in Vienna need to speed up because the current trajectory would not lead to a deal
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:14:42 +02:00Sudan council agrees with U.S. on amending democracy transition document
Washington says end to violence is a precondition for the restoration of economic aid ■ Medics say over 70 civilians have died in protests since military coup
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:05:14 +02:00This is how 'Fauda' creators just became $50 million richer
The production company owned by the creators of ‘Fauda’ and ‘Hit and Run’ – whose primary asset is their creative talents – has recently signed a very profitable deal
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:04:32 +02:00Israel approves COVID boosters for at-risk children aged 5-11
The rollout of the COVID booster shot applies only to 163 at-risk children in Israel
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:42:27 +02:00Biden’s first year in the Middle East was predictable and underwhelming – and that’s good
A political scientist’s term ‘ruthless pragmatism’ best encapsulates the new administration’s first year in office. The United States has provided flexibility, agility and responsiveness as it pivots away from the Middle East
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:34:54 +02:00America’s wild 'World War III' plan for Iran, and Israel’s part in it
The Pentagon’s top strategists, in concert with their Israeli peers, prepared for an almost apocalyptic war in Iran in the 1980s, to counter a Soviet invasion. So why have those plans just been declassified – and published?
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:44:53 +02:00Three Israelis arrested for attacking Arabs socializing with Jewish women
Two Arab men were sitting with two Jewish women in a Bat Yam park when the four were attacked using improvised weapons, Israel Police says
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:29:28 +02:00Renouncing Judaism didn't save these historians from Nazi persecution
A German historical institute acknowledges its own dark history with an online exhibition honoring the memory of seven Jewish medievalists who were expelled from its ranks during the time of the Third Reich
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:16:19 +02:00Israeli gas will illuminate Lebanon's streets, but Iran isn't leaving them anytime soon
Natural gas that Israel sells Jordan will be used to generate electricity for Lebanon, but that doesn't mean that world peace is imminent, or that Iran is backing away from Lebanon or Syria
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:51:17 +02:00Jerusalem’s oldest guardians: Hackberry trees on Temple Mount
They’re hundreds of years old, provide shade in the blistering summer, their wood is used to make amulets and is especially useful for exorcizing demons. A trip to five of the most storied Mediterranean hackberry trees in Israel
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:11:15 +02:00‘Married, but has Grindr’: How Israeli police spied on activists with NSO’s Pegasus
Specialist police unit has been using NSO’s software to collect intelligence on Israelis, such as a social activist believed to be organizing a protest, says new report
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:05:26 +02:00Face mask leads Israeli police to suspect in decade-old rape case
An indictment is expected to be filed against the suspect, a man from Jerusalem now in his thirties
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:48:03 +02:00Israel nixes COVID quarantine for schoolchildren starting next week
A growing number of officials have come out against Israel's COVID policy, as over 100,000 schoolchildren have been sent to quarantine and teachers report half-empty classrooms
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:17:21 +02:00Where the streets have no Arabic name, a group of women reminds us of Palestinian history
Behind the project Shawari’a Yafa ('Streets of Jaffa'), is a mix of Arab and Jewish residents, who seek to commemorate Arab street names that were Hebraized by putting up additional street signs. An enterprise of the utmost importance
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:06:15 +02:00British police arrest two men in Texas synagogue attack investigation
The hostage-taker was known to British intelligence and assessed to no longer be a threat at the time he travelled to the United States, according to the BBC
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:47:16 +02:00Spying on us proves anti-Netanyahu forces were right
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:09:11 +02:00WATCH: Israeli mocking ties with the Emirates shakes the Arab world
'Dubai, Dubai,' a satirical song in Arabic from Israeli comedienne Noam Shuster-Eliassi slamming the normalization between Israel and the UAE has caused a Middle Eastern storm
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:52:02 +02:00Biden predicts invasion of Ukraine, threatens 'disaster' for Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden sows doubt over the West's response to Putin by suggesting there could be a lower cost for a 'minor incursion' into Ukraine, but vows Russia will be 'held accountable'
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:19:44 +02:00Israel signs deal with Germany to buy three submarines
Israel's Defense Ministry revamps its arsenal with the purchase of the three submarines, despite ThyssenKrupp raising the price and corruption charges shrouding the previous transaction
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:04:42 +02:00The NSO file: A complete (updating) list of individuals targeted with Pegasus spyware
The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware is suspected of infecting over 450 phones targeted by clients of NSO, who range from Saudi Arabia to Mexican drug lords. Here’s a list of the confirmed Pegasus victims
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:33:21 +02:00In Israel, Pfizer’s COVID drug faces critical obstacle
Pfizer's Paxlovid, which became available in Israel three weeks ago, has encountered both refusal by COVID patients and logistical hurdles
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:32:45 +02:00Netanyahu plea deal: Attorney general to demand harsher terms
Netanyahu would have to admit he took perks from Bezeq owner in return for regulatory favors, which the former prime minister's associates say he will find difficult to accept
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:05:48 +02:00At cost of truth, Israeli military probes look mainly for someone to put the blame on
The military's chief ordered to investigate the incident in which two commanders were killed by friendly fire, however experience suggests that this time too bereaved families' queries will remain unanswered
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:00:42 +02:00Despite inflated price, Bennett stands by German submarine deal
According to Netanyahu, he acted fast to ensure they get more subs at a reasonable price, but the new government tarried. Bennett's version of events is completely different
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:47:49 +02:00U.S. not doing enough to promote peace with Israel, Palestinian minister tells UN
The Palestinian Foreign Minister calls for a meeting between U.S., United Nations, European Union and Russia 'to mobilize efforts to get out from the current impasse'
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 02:15:19 +02:00Israeli police say they use NSO spyware only after receiving courts’ consent
Israel Police deny claims of using NSO's spyware against civilians without a warrant and say that ongoing use of hacking tool is always authorized
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:39:50 +02:00Arabs in the Knesset are recovering from Stockholm Syndrome
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:32:25 +02:00Israel must say no to plea bargain with newspaper publisher Arnon Mozes
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:58:29 +02:00EU calls on Israel to stop home demolitions after Sheikh Jarrah eviction
The condemnation highlighted an uptick in demolitions by Israeli authorities as Jerusalem advances a 1,450-home settlement plan in East Jerusalem
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:36:05 +02:00Haaretz cartoon