Haaretz Israel News
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 11:25:44 +02:00'Everything Putin touches dies': Businessman Leonid Nevzlin renounces Russian citizenship
'Russian citizenship in itself has turned into a mark moral turpitude that I no longer want to carry,' says Nevzlin, who left Russia for Israel two decades ago
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 11:11:34 +02:00Palestinian protester shot by Israeli army last week dies of wounds
23-year-old Ahmad Hikmat Seif was at a protest march in the West Bank town of Burqa in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners when he was shot by the Israeli military
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 10:22:35 +02:00Erdogan aide says Zelenskyy, Israel and Soros 'leading Ukrainians to death'
Just before Israeli President Herzog arrives for Turkey visit, Erdogan's adviser says in an antisemitic tweet that Ukraine and its people 'are being used up and thrown away'
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 08:28:32 +02:00Live updates: Russian, Ukrainian foreign ministers set to meet as evacuations continue
Russia invades Ukraine: Two weeks into its war in Ukraine, Russia has achieved less and struggled more than anticipated at the outset of the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War II
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 07:02:59 +02:0017-year-old killed by stray bullet while at home in northern Israel; six detained
Razan Abbas, whose family has been involved in a decade-old feud, is the 17th victim of crime in Israel's Arab community in 2022
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 06:10:39 +02:00Israel to halt Arab house demolitions during Ramadan in bid to prevent escalation
The police chief's decision comes amid heightened tensions in East Jerusalem
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 06:08:26 +02:00Over 10,000 Palestinians were under travel ban by Israel in 2021, many without knowing
Israel lifted nearly half of such bans upon appeal – indicating they are likely being imposed arbitrarily
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 06:07:19 +02:00Israel's president takes off to Ankara for first meeting with Erdogan since 2008
President Herzog's two-day visit is 'an important step in the gradual rapprochement between Israel and Turkey,' expert says
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 06:04:49 +02:00Herzog-Erdogan meeting could be the end of the age of hostility
Wed, 9 Mar 2022 05:39:10 +02:00Jerusalem mayor presents greener alternative to disputed development plan on city's edge
The new proposal for Lavan Ridge is smaller and reduces environmental damage, despite calling for more housing units
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:48:07 +02:00Israel owes the Ukrainians nothing
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:45:56 +02:00Time for Israel to force its Arab citizens to serve in the army
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:42:52 +02:00Bibi, take some lessons from Bennett
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:40:23 +02:00Not fatherless, but a dead man’s child
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:37:52 +02:00Israel to decide for Palestinians which foreign lecturers can teach at West Bank universities
A set of procedures published by the Defense Ministry puts further restrictions on who can enter, work and stay in the West Bank
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 20:58:14 +02:00Israeli strike in Syria killed two Revolutionary Guard members, Iran says
The Iranian force vows to 'make the Zionist regime pay for this crime'
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 20:27:49 +02:00Israel asks court for more time to decide on Khan al-Ahmar, citing Ukraine war
Israel has been postponing the decision on demolishing the Bedouin village which was built without permits for years, and has now requested more time as Bennett is involved in efforts to mediate between Russia and Ukraine
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:11:41 +02:00'I have erred, forgive me': Jordan's king gets apology from prince accused of 'malicious plot'
Prince Hamzah was placed under house arrest last year following accusations that he was involved in a plan to destabilize the kingdom
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:06:11 +02:00Iran sticks to nuclear talks 'red lines' as U.S. warns time is short
Iran's top negotiator unexpectedly returned to Tehran on Monday for consultations, but is expected to be back in Vienna on Wednesday, officials say
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:55:38 +02:00Ex-leader of U.S. far-right Proud Boys charged with conspiracy over Capitol attack
Enrique Tarrio allegedly helped plan the January 6 assault by Trump supporters, according the charges against him
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:39:49 +02:00Israel to accept 5,000 non-Jewish Ukrainians, half of them already in the country
Interior Minister Shaked announces revised policy, also scrapping cash deposit requirement for Ukrainians fleeing the fighting in their country
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:09:08 +02:00Israel braces for new wave of Russian aliyah amidst Ukraine crisis
As Putin further limits democracy and the economy collapses under sanctions, Russian Jews are inquiring about starting new lives in Israel, but some caution against publicizing the information
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:01:25 +02:00Paleontologists discover ancestral vampire squid, and name it after Biden
The fossil vampire squid, which is neither a squid nor a parasite, kicks back the split between octopuses, cuttlefish and squids by as much as 400 million years
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 17:22:33 +02:00The other Ukraine war is against the West’s descent into totalitarianism
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 16:56:44 +02:00Bennett, Putin speak after call with Ukraine's Zelenskyy on ways 'to end violence'
Latest phone calls come as part of the diplomatic efforts to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and just days after Israel's Bennett met Putin in Moscow
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 16:36:45 +02:00The real danger of Putin's 'Nazi' slur for Ukraine, Israel and the world
For years, Russia’s state media has promoted a spurious myth equating Zelenskyy’s government to the Third Reich, backed by efforts to recruit Israel, and Jewish suffering, into its revisionist narrative. Now, Putin’s using that same myth to jus...
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 16:01:52 +02:00Israeli tech firms flee Russia, fearing sanctions and in 'solidarity' with Ukraine
Wix, Payoneer, and others announce halt of services in Russia. Other companies, afraid of violating U.S. sanctions due to Ukraine, are also weighing their futures as new sanctions loom
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 14:34:26 +02:00LISTEN: 'This is Putin's show, he has several ways to take it nuclear'
Haaretz correspondents Judy Maltz and Yarden Michaeli, who returned from covering the war in Ukraine and the refugee crisis, talk about what they saw on the ground. Also: will Putin end the war with a nuclear showdown?
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 14:33:16 +02:00Israel's pay gap grows as more women reluctant to choose lucrative jobs over family
While the gender wage gap has been steadily narrowing in most developed countries, a new study by the Shoresh Institution reveals the opposite trend in Israel
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 14:24:58 +02:00Putin's real negotiations will only be with Biden, not Ukraine
Ukraine war: Superpowers talk to superpowers, not to regional rivals. Despite Naftali Bennett's good intentions, Putin wants to talk to Biden, not Zelenskyy, and for that he doesn't need Israel's help
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 14:08:03 +02:00Greek PM, Turkey's Erdogan to discuss bilateral issues, Ukraine next week
After a five-year hiatus, Greece and Turkey agreed last year to resume exploratory talks to address their differences in the Mediterranean but little progress has been made so far
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 13:08:45 +02:00'Each Russian protesting represents a thousand others who are afraid to'
Media is blocked and censored and demonstrators are arrested en masse, but Russian protest against the war in Ukraine continues. 'It will get scarier,' one protester told Haaretz, 'but I don’t believe we should be intimidated yet'
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 13:03:39 +02:00'Truly horrifying': AIPAC criticized for endorsing GOP 'election deniers'
Former ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer called the endorsement of 37 lawmakers who refused to accept Biden's victory in the 2020 election 'very disappointing.' AIPAC says it is focused solely on Israel-related positions
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 13:02:46 +02:00The Palestinian kids braving Israeli demolition of their homes
As part of an extensive documentation project in Masafer Yatta, an open hillside spread in the South Hebron Hills, photographer Emily Glick is getting to know residents of the Palestinian communities living under a military evacuation order
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 12:49:43 +02:00Ukraine war: How Israel is helping Putin crush anti-war protests in Russia
The Russians protesting Putin's war in Ukraine, despite intense Kremlin propaganda and repression, are the conscience of the world. Israeli cyberweapons and its shameful, sycophantic policies are betraying them
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 12:38:55 +02:00Comparing BDS’s failure against Israel to the stunning boycott of Russia
After attacking Ukraine, Russia has been hit with punishing sanctions that the anti-Israel boycott movement can only dream of. What made the difference?
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:52:29 +02:00Kyiv's top diplomat apologizes for accusing El Al of making 'money soaked in Ukrainian blood’
The foreign minister took a jab at Israel's flag carrier, claiming on Twitter it was accepting payment via a Russian system 'designed to evade sanctions.' The airline says denied the allegations
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:16:00 +02:00Israel drops terrorism charges of six accused of attacking Arab in plea bargain
The deal was reached despite recent appeals to toughen the sentences of those convicted of rioting in mixed cities during last May's round of fighting in Gaza
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:53:31 +02:00Iran says it launched second satellite into orbit
Iran's Revolutionary Guards says the Noor-2 satellite reached a low orbit only days after satellite pictures suggested Iran's civilian program suffered another failed launch attempt
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:18:17 +02:00Israel razes homes of two Palestinian assailants over deadly West Bank shooting
The men are accused of shooting at a car driving near a West Bank outpost, killing a Jewish seminary student and wounding two others
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 08:45:30 +02:00Western sanctions target Russian oil; Moscow says will allow evacuations from Kyiv, four other cities
Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanctions on Russian banks and...
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 06:41:50 +02:00Oh, what a useful war
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 06:30:50 +02:00Bennett bears responsibility
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 05:58:09 +02:00Israel wants to mediate in Ukraine, but believes little stands in the way of the Russian steamroller
Israel's security echelon is diverging from the U.S. defense establishment, convinced that Russia will plow through Ukraine despite surprising Ukrainian victories
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 23:08:12 +02:00Public health chief says likely hundreds of asymptomatic polio cases in Israel
Health services say sewage testing revealed the virus only in the Jerusalem area. Health Ministry urges residents to push vaccine doses forward
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 22:49:04 +02:00Israel charges four Sheikh Jarrah residents with torching Jewish family's home
The four Palestinian defendants threw Molotov cocktails at one of a few settler homes in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 22:07:27 +02:00Zelenskyy pleads to U.S. Jews for support as Russia is 'bombing the life out' of Ukraine
The Ukrainian president, who is Jewish, ties the question of Ukraine's survival to antisemitism in remarks to the Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 22:01:36 +02:00Jerusalem officer whacks protester who documented police brutality
'I’ve encountered violent officers more than once, but I never saw them beating without fear of someone filming them, especially with billy clubs,' says the protester, who was hit after asking officer's name
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 21:17:26 +02:00Kyiv's top diplomat accuses El Al of making 'money soaked in Ukrainian blood'
The foreign minister took a jab at Israel's flag carrier, claiming on Twitter it was accepting payment via a Russian system 'designed to evade sanctions.' The airline says it has blocked it a week ago
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 19:20:31 +02:00Researchers find long-term cognitive decline in COVID-19 patients
Months after contracting COVID-19, changes in areas such as smell and memory were detected in patients' brains
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 18:50:50 +02:00Ukraine war: Plane carrying Belarusian immigrants secretly lands in Israel
Amid uproar over Israel's slow intake of Ukrainian refugees, a plane carrying 73 Jewish immigrants from Belarus lands in Israel under the radar
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:58:15 +02:00Palestinian shot dead after stabbing two Israeli officers in Jerusalem
Footage from the scene shows a police officer firing at the assailant while he was on the ground. The two officers were taken to hospital in moderate condition
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:30:54 +02:00Turkey, Israel in race to mediate between Ukraine and Russia
Perhaps finding an end to the Russia-Ukraine war can be what Israel and Turkey need to end a decade of bad blood between them, as Ankara prepares for president Herzog’s visit
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:26:22 +02:00While Israel was fixated on Ukraine, this threat made a comeback
Public discourse in Israel moved in a fast and decisive manner from COVID to an exclusive focus on Ukraine. But experts warn the pandemic is far from over, and could even be rising in the near future
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:57:43 +02:00‘Irpin was beautiful’: Jewish leader mourns Ukrainian hometown shelled by Russia
The Kyiv suburb of Irpin became famous after a horrifying Russian attack. A leader in Ukraine’s Reform Jewish community, who recently left the town, recalled its peaceful past, and expressed rage at the widespread destruction
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:37:02 +02:00Ukraine War: Time is no longer on Putin’s side
Twelve days into the war, Putin has failed to topple the Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, Western governments are preparing for a war of attrition that will crush Russia’s economy
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:28:43 +02:00Israel downed drones launched from Iran 'in coordination with other countries'
Incident happened in 2021, but cleared for publication just now. IDF says the Iranian drones – carrying firearms and ammunition – were testing airlifting military equipment to Gaza
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:17:48 +02:00Inside the Israeli ‘war room’ rescuing Ukrainians under bombardment
In a southern Israeli city, volunteers take endless phone calls, pore over maps and keep up with train schedules to get as many people out of Ukraine as they can
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:01:42 +02:00'Very intelligent animals': Israeli researchers discover octopuses' impressive cognitive abilities
The team discovered that octopuses learn when neural activity sparks long-term changes in their synapses
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:39:32 +02:00Ukraine war: Israel is like Russia? Seriously?
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:25:50 +02:00Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s revolutionary Jewish hero
Until Russia’s invasion, Zelenskyy's Jewish roots seemed almost incidental. But now, his Jewishness has become hugely powerful and symbolic, not only for Ukraine but for contemporary Jewish identity and history
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:16:07 +02:00Israeli mediation more important to us than weapons, Ukraine envoy says
'What are they afraid of?': Ambassador condemns Israel's unwillingness to provide Ukraine with protective military equipment as Russia fighting continues
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 14:43:46 +02:00Poland, Portugal and even Nepal: Israeli tech looks for alternatives to Ukraine
With war in the Ukraine ruining Israeli hi-tech’s plans to expand operations in the country, other alternative states have emerged: ‘Nepalese programmers work in cyber and blockchain’
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 14:26:44 +02:00Israel's Bennett, Ukraine, and Putin's rigged game
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 13:52:36 +02:00NATO allies send Ukraine 17,000 anti-tank missiles in six days: here's the result
Ukrainian leaders say the shipments – sent by U.S. and other NATO allies – have made a difference against Russia's armored vehicles, The New York Times reports
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:39:02 +02:00Israel to limit number of non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees
The policy, which Israel's interior minister says should be announced in the coming days, will allow some refugees to obtain work permits
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:15:27 +02:00Hazardous leak at Israeli plant; three lightly wounded
The leak was quickly brought under control by firefighters; Environmental Protection Ministry to investigate
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 11:51:09 +02:00U.S. 'very much appreciates' Israel's Ukraine-Russia diplomacy, Blinken tells Lapid
Secretary of State Blinken is expected to visit Israel soon, but likely only after negotiations on a new Iran nuclear deal are concluded
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 10:18:56 +02:00Iran criticizes Russian 'interference' in nuclear talks, report says
Moscow has raised a potential stumbling block, as months of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Vienna appear to be headed for a deal
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 09:53:03 +02:00How to spot fake news in the Ukraine-Russia disinformation war
Putin's Ukraine invasion has unleashed an onslaught of disinformation online, from deep fakes to viral videos from the West Bank. Fortunately, there are some tools to help you tell what's fake and what's not
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 08:55:59 +02:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Third round of talks ends, humanitarian corridors let civilians flee
Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanctions on Russian banks and...
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:09:00 +02:00Israel girds for violent months as Muslim and Jewish holidays converge
Following the intercommunal violence seen in mixed Jewish-Arab cities last May, security forces in Israel are preparing for what they believe will be an explosive holiday season
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:08:03 +02:00Iran, UN watchdog reach compromise, paving way for nuke deal
The UN nuclear agency refused to immediately close the probe into trace uranium found at undeclared sites across Iran, spun by Prime Minister Bennett as a victory, but that could change in the coming months
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:06:56 +02:00Bethlehem factories now face harsher security regulations from Israel
Factory owners say the requirements – which include installing cameras in factories, equipping trucks with GPS devices and assisting in security checks on workers – are too costly for many to bear
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 05:37:48 +02:00Two reportedly killed in Israeli attack over Syria's Damascus
Echoes of explosions were heard in the city's skies and the country's air defense systems were activated in response to 'Israeli aggression,' Syria's state media reported
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 05:22:54 +02:00Does ‘never again’ only refer to Jews?
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 05:15:58 +02:00Russia's big stick policy on Ukraine
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 04:13:21 +02:00Jewish settlers in la la land
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 03:39:38 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:45:42 +02:0016-year-old shot, killed by Israeli army near Jerusalem
Yamin Jaffal was wounded by Israeli fire after he allegedly threw firebombs at a military position, a statement by the military says
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:30:44 +02:00Ukraine diplomacy will win Israel's Bennett prestige, but not votes
It's clear Netanyahu isn't irreplaceable, but even if Bennett proves himself a capable prime minister, many of his potential supporters on the right won’t be able to forgive him for forming a government with left-wingers and Islamists
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:11:51 +02:00In first case in three decades, 4-year-old Israeli diagnosed with Polio
The child, a Jerusalem resident, had not received routine vaccinations for the virus
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 20:55:02 +02:00‘A good place to raise kids’: First organized flights of Ukrainian immigrants, since Russian invasion, land in Israel
A total of 400 new immigrants arrive in Israel, including 100 children, as efforts to evacuate Jewish refugees from war-torn Ukraine are underway
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 19:46:58 +02:00Israeli officer, indicted for brutality, allegedly pins demonstrator's head with knee
Officer Yossi Tzarfati faces trial for assaulting a handcuffed detainee in East Jerusalem ■ Protesters block the main highway leading to Jerusalem at an ultra-Orthodox demonstration against the military draft
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 19:17:55 +02:00Putin, Bennett speak less than a day after meeting in Moscow; Lapid to meet Blinken in Latvia
Israel's Bennett speaks by phone with Putin less than 24 hours after the two leaders met at the Kremlin to discuss Ukraine war as well as in Vienna nuclear talks
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 18:33:56 +02:00Kahanist lawmaker pulls gun on Palestinians in the West Bank
Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir claims that Israeli soldiers at the scene were waiting for reinforcements, but the army denies his allegations and says troops pursued the suspects
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 17:49:56 +02:00With no set plan, Israel to shut down polluting oil refineries in Haifa
The closing of Haifa oil refineries will reduce fossil-fuel use, an essential step in complying with the Paris Agreement on climate change
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 17:03:38 +02:00Israel poised to decriminalize recreational cannabis use
The proposed regulations, which are expected to be approved in the coming days, would decriminalize personal cannabis use and expunge the criminal records for those convicted in the past in the majority of cases
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:53:26 +02:00Global retail giant Carrefour to set up stores in Israel
The move, which comes via a franchising agreement with an Israeli firm, comes after years of attempts to bring international food chains into the country
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:26:20 +02:00How opponents of the Israeli occupation are losing the digital war
In her new book, Duke University’s Rebecca Stein proves the limits of video images in exposing the truth
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:15:23 +02:00Tectonic events can cause global chain reactions, Israeli-Dutch team proves
We knew continental plate movements cause quakes, volcanism and sundry miseries. Now for the first time, evidence for a trigger setting off tectonic events (over eons) has been found
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:48:45 +02:00The intelligence community's assessment of Putin: Psychopath or rational leader?
Even before the Ukraine war, Intelligence agencies have developed psychological profiles of Vladimir Putin. Is the Ukraine invasion a sign that the Russian President is mentally unwell, or is this just another case of a dictator holding onto power fo...
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:27:49 +02:00Early humans in Israel had a special reason to recycle their stone tools
Throughout the Homo line, early humans were making some of their tools from older tools, changing their usage. Why?
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:16:25 +02:00Eight years on, Ukrainian Jewish community is displaced once again
The Chabad community in Kyiv evacuates amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, after they were internally displaced from Donetsk in 2014
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:05:07 +02:00Ukraine wants volunteers for its anti-Putin hacker army. Don't join
Unless you’re an experienced hacker, answering Ukraine’s digital cry for arms is a bad idea and may actually turn you into a Russian target
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 14:34:53 +02:00We Jews know where Putin’s dehumanizing language on Ukraine leads
Putin is preparing the ground to commit atrocities in Ukraine. Here in Kyiv, I am waiting for the Russian military invasion, and for Israel to choose the right side of history
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 14:30:27 +02:00Israeli minister: 90% of Ukrainian refugees arriving are non-Jews, situation 'cannot go on'
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked hails Israel's intake of Ukrainian refugees following Russia's invasion, but others in the cabinet say that the policy toward Ukrainians arriving at its borders is 'immoral'
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:56:48 +02:00‘Sadly, we’re kinda experts’: Germany on why Russia is not ‘fighting Nazism’ in Ukraine
Germany's embassy in South Africa slams 'cynical' Russian tweet on Ukraine invasion
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:51:07 +02:00AIPAC's endorsement list: dozens of Republicans who deny Biden's election win
Critics say the endorsements by the powerful lobby's new PAC endanger its declared bipartisanship and increase its association with the Republicans. AIPAC's reply: 'We are a single-issue organization focused on Israel'
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:40:01 +02:00This comedy made Zelenskyy Ukraine's president. It’s also very funny
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s character in ‘Servant of the People’ is straight out of a Frank Capra movie. It’s easy to see why the people of Ukraine voted for him, even if they didn't imagine him defending their country from Putin