Haaretz Israel News
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:55:23 +02:00Greying hair, greying skin: The pandemic has come to teach us humility
I was 37 when COVID broke out, but that was quite a few wrinkles ago. All around the world, people are complaining about feeling they have gotten older during COVID. Is that, too, part of the coronavirus’ little scheme?
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:50:47 +02:00What’s so scary about a naked Palestinian woman?
A controversial new film called ‘Huda’s Salon’ reveals the Palestinian narrative from a unique perspective: the double occupation of women
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:14:40 +02:00COVID in Israel: Infection rate, new cases surge as fears of a new wave reemerge
Israel's serious COVID cases, however, remain stable
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:02:35 +02:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv says at least eight killed in Russian shelling on houses, shopping center
Russia invades Ukraine: In third week of fighting, none of Putin's key objectives have been reached, despite thousands of people killed and more than two million made refugees
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:04:41 +02:00Israel goes on the offensive as world powers, Iran nearing a nuclear deal
Bennett's government views Netanyahu's 2015 speech as a strategic failure, and therefore sees no reason to repeat the mistake ■ An attack on Iranian drones last week and increased coordination with Gulf states reveal Israel's new strategy
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:02:44 +02:00Kanievsky’s elderly successor: a return to rational leadership
The choice of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, who symbolizes the classical Lithuanian leadership style, signals a return of a pragmatic authority
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:02:05 +02:00Most racism complaints from Ethiopians, Arabs, Israeli Justice Ministry report says
Most common incidents involve illegal discrimination in providing a service, hiring and employment in general followed by racist expressions, racist speech or stereotypical advertising made in the public sphere
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:31:12 +02:00When Israeli Ministers laugh at sex trafficking
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:26:15 +02:00Why do far-left, anti-occupation Israeli lawmakers side with Putin?
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:21:59 +02:00Kanievsky wasn't a leader because the ultra-Orthodox didn't need one
The deceased rabbi represented an ideal of religious life, but he didn't actually leave an imprint on Haredi society
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:17:12 +02:00Why I didn’t listen to Zelenskyy’s speech to Israel
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:14:44 +02:00The car market in Israel is a cartel
Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:12:06 +02:00Israeli High Court defers decision on challenge to Ukrainian refugee quota
Although the lawyer for the government said the petition should be thrown out because the quota has not been reached, the court still pressed to know why the quota was necessary
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:40:57 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:35:05 +02:00Son of Israeli crime boss seriously wounded in assasination attempt
The shooting is the latest in a series of violent incidents that have occurred since Shalom Domrani was released from prison in October following a six-year term
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:28:20 +02:00Zelenskyy's harsh Knesset address wasn't aimed at Israeli decision makers
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, who is addressing parliaments around the world, was speaking over the heads of Israeli lawmakers to global public opinion
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:46:12 +02:00At U.S. Holocaust Museum, Blinken to announce Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
Secretary of State Blinken is set to announce the decision at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which features an exhibit on the plight of the Rohingya. The decision should bolster efforts to hold Myanmar's leaders accountable
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:31:47 +02:00FULL TEXT: Ukraine President Zelenskyy's speech to Israeli lawmakers
The full transcript of Zelenskyy's address to Israeli lawmakers and the public about the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 21:22:24 +02:00'Holocaust is not war': Israeli ministers, lawmakers slam Zelenskyy's speech
Some Israeli lawmakers and ministers call to continue supporting Ukraine, despite the Ukrainian president's use of terms like 'final solution'
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:51:51 +02:00Russian-speaking aliyah changed Israel once. Will it do so again now?
Israel plans to absorb tens of thousands of immigrants due to the Ukraine war. However, it is unlikely to spark the same economic boom as the massive aliyah wave that arrived after the fall of the Soviet Union
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:58:12 +02:00Zelenskyy tells Israeli lawmakers: Russia is plotting ‘Final Solution' like the Nazis
'We can ask why we can’t receive weapons from you, why Israel hasn't imposed sanctions on Russia, but you must then live with your answer,' Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksyy says in address
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:47:32 +02:00Watching TV used to mean sitting in front of a set in the living room. What does it mean now?
Over the past two years COVID has only enhanced the trend of streaming TV shows. We spoke to seven Israelis aged between 9 and 73 about how their viewing habits have changed
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:51:21 +02:00When did we figure out that the Dead Sea is below sea level?
Clearly people living around the Dead Sea in biblical times had displeased the deity – just look at the place. Thus modern research into the Jordan Valley began
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:20:43 +02:00Two stabbed in East Jerusalem; Police searching for suspect
The attack is the second stabbing in the last day, when an Israeli jogger was wounded following an attack by a Palestinian resident of the city who was shot by officers at the scene
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:45:10 +02:00The Ukraine war's ultimate clichés, and what they really mean
What do politicians and pundits really mean when they say things like ‘de-escalate,’ ‘hybrid war’ and ‘miscalculation’ to describe the situation in Ukraine? Our lexicon guides you through the fog of war clichés
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:29:24 +02:00Women ordered to sit at the back at concert in Israel's south – but only Bedouin women
Twenty petitioners complained to Rahat's local council about the gender-segregated Umm Kulthum cover concert, a decision which some local leaders defended as part of Bedouin tradition that ought to be respected
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:52:15 +02:00The shooter who survived the Munich Olympics massacre, but was traumatized until the end
Henry Hershkovitz, athlete and clockmaker, carried the flag at the opening of the Olympic Games. He survived the massacre of 11 teammates, but their deaths weighed on him – until his own clock stopped ticking, at age 95
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:47:26 +02:00Two Israeli far-left lawmakers to snub Zelenskyy's Knesset speech
Although the Joint List, a coalition of Arab-majority parties, has not taken an official stance on the Ukrainian president's speech, two Israeli lawmakers say they will not be watching
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:34:11 +02:00Seeing members of minority groups everywhere? It's an identified cognitive illusion
According to Israeli researchers, who conducted experiments in the U.S. and Israel, people tend to overestimate the presence of minorities around them – regardless of political views
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:25:03 +02:00Putin is stuck in Ukrainian mud, but he still has a nuclear option
After 25 days of fighting, it looks increasingly likely that Russia's armored columns won’t be driving victoriously down Kyiv’s broad boulevards. But that doesn’t mean Ukraine will avoid even greater suffering
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:23:43 +02:00How King Solomon and the Romans shaped the Judean date palm
The famed Judean dates began as one variant 2,400 years ago, by the Common Era had become something else and today, are different again
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:17:23 +02:00Iron Dome and beyond: Israel can, and must, save lives in Ukraine
One Western country has the unique experience and capacity to help Ukraine protect civilian lives from Putin's bombardment: Israel. Unfortunately, despite repeated requests from Kyiv, it has chosen not to do
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:46:17 +02:00Six dead after car runs into carnival crowd in Belgium
There are no suspicions of a terror motive at this stage ■ 'What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,' the Belgian interior minister said
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:01:06 +02:00War in Ukraine: ‘Putin is failing on all fronts,’ NATO deputy chief tells Haaretz
Mircea Geoana says the ratio of losses is three on the Russian side for every one on the Ukrainian side: 'The speed of the Russian invasion has basically slowed down. The morale of the Russian troops is plummeting'
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:54:04 +02:00Russia bombs Mariupol art school sheltering 400
'To do this to a peaceful city, what the occupiers did, is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come,' Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said on Russia's siege on the port city of Mariupol
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:52:14 +02:00Israeli-made robot providing elderly assistance is launched
Five years in development, Intuition Robotics launches ElliQ - a robot intended to help senior citizens fight loneliness. It’s now on sale in southern Florida
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:19:24 +02:00Israel's Herzog meets Macron in France to mark 10 years since Jewish school attack
Herzog and his wife will participate in a ceremony commemorating the terror attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, which claimed the lives of three children and one Rabbi
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:36:26 +02:00COVID in Israel: Infection rate rises, serious cases stable
The number of daily COVID cases in Israel increases for fourth consecutive day
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:12:42 +02:00Monumental structure in Sicily isn’t a Phoenician harbor – it’s a huge sacred pool of Baal
The kothon of Motya in southern Sicily had first been assumed to be an artificial harbor. It wasn’t, archaeologist Lorenzo Nigro of Sapienza proves
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:07:23 +02:00Israel arrests two Arab citizens suspected of working for Hezbollah
The two men from northern Israel were asked to establish a sleeper cell, smuggle weapons and abduct Israelis, according to the Shin Bet
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 10:00:07 +02:00Israel's Bennett to visit Modi in India in April
Indian Prime Minister Modi invited Bennett for his first official visit to India when they met at the UN Climate Change Conference in October
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 08:49:20 +02:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Ukraine rejects Russia's demand that army leave Mariupol by Monday morning
Russia invades Ukraine: In third week of fighting, none of Putin's key objectives have been reached, despite thousands of people killed and more than two million made refugees
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 06:41:01 +02:00Grassroots organizations help Holocaust survivors escape war in Ukraine
'These are already survivors of severe trauma, and now with this war, they are experiencing that trauma all over again'
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 02:05:59 +02:0044 million Ukrainians or none at all
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:29:24 +02:00And suddenly, hope: cancel culture
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:45:13 +02:00Israel's top immigration official made disgraceful remarks about Ukraine. He must go
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:12:12 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:21:15 +02:00COVID in Israel expanding again, data shows, in first in two months
Israel largely scrapped its coronavirus curbs, most notably its hallmark vaccination certificate system, following the country's fifth COVID wave dominated by omicron infections
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:57:12 +02:00Rabbi Kanievsky leaves behind a legacy of paralysis and helplessness
Chaim Kanievsky, who died on Friday, had been elevated to the status of community leader because there was no one else who could be mythologized as he had been. But he failed to come to grips with his own rapidly changing community and world
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:58:02 +02:00Hundreds of thousands gather for Rabbi Kanievsky's funeral in central Israel
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, is laid to rest in his city of Bnei Brak
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:16:03 +02:00Egypt displays recently discovered ancient tombs in Saqqara, and expects to find more
Five tombs unearthed earlier this month date back more than four millennia, and were used for senior officials in ancient Egypt
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:25:01 +02:00Hoping to sway Iran nuclear talks in its favor, Israel gets loud
The Biden administration may have hoped the removal of Iran's Revolutionary Guards terror designation would fly under the radar, but Israel's Bennett and Lapid prefer a noisy PR blitz, harnessing the concerns of Tehran's other regional foes as talks ...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:16:06 +02:00Mossad chief's purported tax forms leaked by hackers claiming to represent Iran
Leaked documents are the latest part of Iran's revenge hack in response to an airstrike last month, Israeli officials believe
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:40:38 +02:00Russian oligarchs step down from Genesis, the Jewish philanthropy group they helped found
The crackdown on Russian businessmen and financial institutions has given rise to uncertainty among Jewish charities that have increasingly come to rely on them for funding in recent years
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:29:00 +02:00Israeli lightly wounded in Jerusalem stabbing, Palestinian assailant shot
The attacker, a resident of East Jerusalem, stabbed a man who was exercising, police say
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:19:35 +02:00Citing Ukraine war, AIPAC defends endorsing GOP 'election deniers'
The pro-Israeli lobby was heavily criticized for endorsing 37 Republicans who voted against certifying Biden's 2020 victory. Now even a senior Republican is attacking it
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:37:41 +02:00Ukraine is making nationalism great again
Liberationist nationalism has returned to the streets, this time as democracy’s grand ally
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:02:16 +02:00Assad visits UAE in first trip to Arab country since start of Syrian civil war
The visit sends the clearest signal yet that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with Syria’s once widely shunned president
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:56:06 +02:00What drives secular Israelis to ultra-Orthodox supermarkets?
One-third of shoppers in ultra-Orthodox supermarkets are secular – and not by chance
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:49:44 +02:00On his way home from the gym, Israeli troops fired 31 bullets at him
Soldiers pump Sudki Adwani's car with bullets, seriously wounding the innocent driver. They leave him wounded and half-naked in the rain, only later calling for an Palestinian ambulance. The final blow: the revocation of his father's Israeli work per...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:14:34 +02:00The trailblazing archaeologist uncovering the untold stories of prehistoric skeletons
Osteoarchaeologist Efthymia Nikita, recipient of a 2022 Dan David Prize, is studying the lives of ‘the everyday people who comprised the vast majority of our ancestors’
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:12:57 +02:00Kyiv dispatch: Ukraine remembers 2014, and is determined not to repeat it
Civilians in Ukraine's capital are prepared to make huge sacrifices to prevent another defeat like the loss of Crimea to Russia in 2014, and they see Israel as a good example to follow
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:02:56 +02:00Earliest jaws arose from gills and those fish could bite hard
When jaws began to evolve over 400 million years ago, fish found the perfect balance between power and speed, new study demonstrates
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:52:32 +02:00Israel tells top court to not intervene in Ukrainian refugee plan
Ahead of a Sunday hearing, the state argues that the court does not have jurisdiction over Israeli foreign policy, which includes the country's increasingly divisive policy on Ukrainian refugees
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:45:58 +02:00Why Jewish refugees from Ukraine are choosing Germany over Israel
Many Jews escaping Putin's invasion of Ukraine see Israel as another conflict zone, and are finding a more welcoming approach in Germany
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:06:54 +02:00'Russian Nazis attack synagogues': Ukraine Embassy urges Israel to take action
Despite its frustration with Israel's reluctance to impose sanctions on Russia and help Ukraine militarily, President Zelenskyy has thanked Israel several times for its mediation efforts
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:03:35 +02:00Leader of Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Community Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky dies at 94
Known as the 'minister of Torah' in the ultra-Orthodox community, Kanievsky was seen as a unique and very different leader from his predecessors in the Lithuanian community. He will be interred on Sunday
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:52:54 +02:00Netanyahu's legacy and the shortfalls of any new Iran nuke deal
Israeli politicians half-heartedly admit what Netanyahu had denied: The original Iran deal was not so bad for Israel ■ Far from the limelight, another drama unfolded this week in the Knesset
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:15:03 +02:00Ukraine war could fuel new COVID-19 wave, experts warn
'The pandemic is still here. It won't stop because of conflict,' said a World Health Organization spokesman. With millions escaping Putin's invasion, experts offer important steps to stop a potential COVID outbreak
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:42 +02:00Israel charges four East Jerusalem residents with acts of terrorism
The four are suspected of leading and running a terrorist organization, as well as promoting and funding terrorist acts
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:59:24 +02:00Israel condemns U.S. intention to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from terror list
'The attempt to delist the Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization is an insult to the victims,' Israeli Prime Minister Bennett and Foreign Minister Lapid say in a joint statement
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:31:14 +02:00Zelenskyy accuses Putin of creating 'a humanitarian catastrophe' as Russian offensive stalled
Russia invades Ukraine: In third week of fighting, none of Putin's key objectives have been reached, despite thousands of people killed and more than two million made refugees
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:04:04 +02:00Displaced Ukrainians not sure they'll have a home to return to
Internally displaced Ukrainians who had to flee their homes tell their stories and how they managed to find shelter, food and water in the war-torn country
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:02:46 +02:00Lapid makes clear to Ukraine that Israel isn't Putin's errand boy
Another question hovering over Lapid's European tour, Bennett's Ukraine-Russia mediation and Lieberman's battle with the farm lobby is whether Ayelet Shaked will stick around to see Lapid become prime minister
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:02:01 +02:00Why did Israel's largest defense contractor fund a book whitewashing Bulgarian army's involvement in the Holocaust?
'Dark interests have taken over our narrative,' says one member of the Bulgarian Jewish community, amid intensifying divisions over Sofia's thorny Holocaust legacy
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:01:07 +02:00Why the Russia-Ukraine war is a global turning point
The reality on the ground in Ukraine has surprised most military experts, and could lead to a shift in relations among the world's superpowers ■ Israel can also learn several lessons
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 02:14:18 +02:00This Israeli sibling delegation is heading to Ukraine's border to 'do what's needed'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Three siblings who raised money from their friends and are hoping to help Ukrainians fleeing the war, and a doctor who realized how good Israel's medical system is after working in New York
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:30:55 +02:00The rabbi who wrote a feminist manifesto in 1899
Mózes Salamon, rabbi of a small Hungarian community, decided he could not remain silent in the face of Judaism’s injustices to women
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:31:18 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:27:58 +02:00How Israel legalized theft
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:04:16 +02:00What happens when Europe gets tired of the Ukraine refugee crisis?
Animated by volunteers, donations and goodwill, Europe’s humanitarian response to the flood of refugees from Ukraine is inspiring. We Jewish refugee aid groups have to plan for when funds and energy begin to wane
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:23:16 +02:00Finally, the Israeli government adopts a Zionist policy for the Negev
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:20:24 +02:00Israel's rich must share the burden of housing Ukrainian refugees
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:52:50 +02:00U.S. warns China against aiding Russia in Ukraine ahead of Biden-Xi call
Secretary of State Blinken says Biden will make it clear to President Xi that China will bear the responsibility for any action it takes to support Russia, doubling down on war crimes accusations
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:49:15 +02:00With police backing, far-right activist sets up armed group 'to save' Israel's Negev
Former police officer Almog Cohen was set to sign over one hundred volunteers to what he envisioned as an armed citizen brigade, but marred by accusations of racism and funding issues, police take a step back
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:23:58 +02:00Exiled Iranian pop diva Googoosh enthrals Dubai to Tehran's chagrin
Googoosh’s classic pre-1979 Islamic Revolution songs drew cheers and shouts of recognition, as Iranian concert-goers sang every word jump-danced to her discotheque tunes at Dubai’s Expo 2020 world fair
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:54:56 +02:00In Israel's Negev, residents ask court to save ancient palm trees from industrial pollution
Industrial sewage from phosphate plants have already caused acute damaged to palm trees in the Zin and Akrabim streams nature reserve
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:26:49 +02:00To understand Putin, you first need to get inside Aleksandr Dugin's head
For Aleksandr Dugin, the most influential thinker in Russia, the war in Ukraine is a historic moment that will usher in a new world order
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:06:06 +02:00Women and first generation in college struggle more in Ph.D. programs, Israeli survey shows
Women have harder time finishing studies, while first-generation academics have more financial difficulties, according to a survey of some 1,700 students from Israel's seven research institutes
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:02:56 +02:00Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels reject latest Saudi mediation bid
The Houthis said Saudi Arabia cannot be a mediator or host talks since it's a party in the war, but would be open to talks in a 'neutral country'
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:34:23 +02:00When the Ukraine war ends, will Abramovich’s money be clean again for Yad Vashem?
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:13:06 +02:00Israel to buy laser defense systems against rockets for hundreds of millions of shekels
The new laser systems to intercept rockets and drones primarily from the Strip Gaza, with almost negligible operational costs, are slated to be ready in three years
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:36:45 +02:00Israel's Teva, more than 30 other firms worldwide to start making Pfizer's COVID pill
The UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool says agreements signed with companies in Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to begin producing Pfizer's antiviral drug for coronavirus
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:11:32 +02:00Ukraine war: Rescuers search for signs of life in blasted Mariupol theater
Hundreds of civilians had been taking shelter in the grand theater in Ukraine's besieged Mariupol that was blown apart by a Russian airstrike
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:02:15 +02:00How Putin's Ukraine agenda evokes Hitler's Mein Kampf
Putin’s claims about the 'historical unity' of Russia and Ukraine are rife with Hitlerian motifs
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:28:17 +02:00'Very big gap' remains in Russia-Ukraine talks, Western officials say
Ukrainian officials have offered glimpses into what's on the table in negotiations with Russia, but Putin's latest bellicose address, broadcast on live television, showed a leader unwilling to relent
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:21:26 +02:00From Berlin to Tel Aviv, a tale of two concrete monstrosities
Both are of the same period, their construction dragged on for years and provoked similar reactions. What distinguishes Berlin’s Mouse Bunker from Tel Aviv’s New Central Bus Station?
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:02:57 +02:00Israel shut down exactly two years ago. This is how it’s changed
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:45:58 +02:00Ukraine war: 'Other democracies paid a price. They'll ask why Israel isn't joining'
U.S. and Israeli experts say patience in D.C. is wearing thin with Jerusalem's position on Russia sanctions, after Israel tempered expectations that it will keep oligarchs close to Putin from finding safe harbor
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:48:32 +02:00War in Ukraine: I made the heartbreaking journey from Kyiv to the border. This is what I saw
As my car headed west amid the small country towns far from Kyiv, Ukrainians let their guard down regarding Putin – and even handed you their child – once they got to know you