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Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:27:54 +03:00
Zelenskyy makes surprise appearance, Qatar takes aim at Israel at Doha Forum
The Ukrainian president calls on countries to increase their energy exports, while Qatar's emir says that anyone who criticizes Israeli policy is slurred as antisemitic

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 09:44:41 +03:00
A teen leaves for work. Minutes later his body is pierced by 12 bullets
Two Palestinian teens were riding a motorbike in Nablus when a convoy of Border Police passed by. The officers first claimed the two shot at them, then said that they just pointed a gun, which was never found. It doesn't change the outcome: The offi...

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:28:53 +03:00
Why this Israeli researcher is inducing distrust inside her lab
Psychological studies show how people process mistaken information and may prefer to believe ‘alternative facts’ and fake news. A talk with Dr. Ruth Mayo

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 01:05:06 +03:00
To start a world war, it's enough for leaders to believe it's inevitable
The fatalist spirit that led to World War I holds a warning for leaders weighing a response to Russia's Ukraine war

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:59:44 +03:00
Ukraine vs. Russia, the anti-national war

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:48:09 +03:00
A huge security force evacuated two West Bank outposts. Settlers began rebuilding them the next day
One settler said there were already 'three bigger and fancier buildings' at the West Bank outpost, while Israeli security officials decried huge operations as ineffective and 'ridiculous'

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:42:31 +03:00
Iran-backed Houthis say responsible for attack on Saudi energy facilities
A raging fire erupted at an oil depot in the Saudi city of Jiddah, the same area that the Houthis attacked days earlier

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:26:27 +03:00
1,000 young Israelis march in Tel Aviv on day of global climate protests
Young demonstrators demand authorities use legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the worsening climate crisis

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:59:09 +03:00
Refugee children caught between Israeli education centers and Zoom classes in Ukraine
The Ukrainian kids at an educational center in Be’er Sheva have experienced the horrors of war. Although they're learning Hebrew, playing games and making art projects, many are still thinking about when they can go home

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:41:20 +03:00
Biden’s NATO trip: uniting against Putin, sending a message to China
The most busy president abroad since Truman arrived in Brussels one month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, knowing that Western unity and supporting allies is just as crucial in Asia at the moment as it is in Europe

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:39:14 +03:00
Russia enters a Ukrainian Catch-22
The first professional Israeli analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian war finds that the Russian army learned little from Stalingrad and Afghanistan

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:52:31 +03:00
Israel to host Blinken, FMs of UAE, Bahrain, Morocco next week
The historic summit will bring together Arab countries that have normalized ties with Israel ■ Israel sends first military delegation to Morocco, signs memorandum of understanding

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:26:09 +03:00
Israeli PM Bennett may soon visit Turkey, Erdogan says
Israeli sources say that no visit has been planned for the time being

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:47:04 +03:00
'Jewish Matchmaking' show coming to Netflix
Netflix’s companion site Tudum says it will feature 'singles in the U.S. and Israel as they turn their dating life over to a top Jewish matchmaker'

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:16:54 +03:00
Ukrainian wins Jerusalem Marathon after escaping Russian invasion
32-year-old runner Valentina Verska recently moved to Poland from Ukraine following the outbreak of war

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:33:07 +03:00
Public interest low in run-up to West Bank city elections
As large Palestinian cities gear up for voting, a Hamas member says Fatah is using force to promote candidates and Nablus expect turnout of no more than 30 percent

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:48:53 +03:00
Russia’s new disinformation tactic: Fighting ‘fake news’ with fake news
Israeli disinformation watchdog FakeReporter reveals the website at the heart of Russian efforts to spread disinformation on Ukraine war, and how China is helping Moscow on the fake news front

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:22:20 +03:00
How a boa constrictor manages to breathe while squishing prey
If you hold a goat in your coils and squeeze hard, can your lungs expand to breathe? Probably not. But the solution isn’t that the snake is holding its breath

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:39:23 +03:00
Russia-Ukraine updates: Biden visits U.S. troops in Poland as Moscow says first phase of Op mostly complete
Four weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Putin shows no sign of backing off even as Russian troops have failed to take over major Ukrainian cities. More than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine, and the latest civilian death toll stan...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 06:01:01 +03:00
Bennett's 'new peace' and the return of bad old Bibi Netanyahu
Bennett's summit with Sissi and MBZ was quickly forgotten after the terror attack in Be'er Sheva ■ Netanyahu is using his playbook from the '90s in inciting against the government

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:01:12 +03:00
Terror attack in Israel's south awakens Negev's demons
Tensions in the Negev reached a boiling point last May with a lethal mix of nationalism and crime. But the latest attack may point more to an ISIS resurgence than an upcoming escalation ■ 20 years since Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, a former...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 04:03:30 +03:00
'I can learn Hebrew, but I can’t learn Israeli chutzpah. That’s impossible.'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A serial entrepreneur who loves bringing French people to Israel, and a senior caregiver whose family is scattered around the world

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:59:07 +02:00
If there are no buses on weekends in Israel, at least don't tweet about it

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:22:14 +02:00
Tel Aviv's crumbling 19th century well houses are about to be transformed
Dozens of old buildings in south Tel Aviv are slated to be preserved and restored as part of a new City Hall project – a 19th-century real estate bonanza for the city

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:01:43 +02:00
'We were born in revolution': Top Ukraine intel official on what Putin failed to see
A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer tells Haaretz why he never expected Russia to invade, how he fears Ukraine could become the next Syria and why he doesn’t buy into the rumors about Putin’s mental state

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:54:13 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:37:53 +02:00
Stop changing the clocks

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:34:12 +02:00
When it comes to taking in Ukrainian refugees, Israel is master of the dual conscience

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:28:17 +02:00
Israeli court orders removal of restraints on intubated Palestinian detainee
The judge ruled that the decision to cuff the detainee – who stabbed a Jerusalem man last week – was unreasonable given his unconscious state

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:02:42 +02:00
Mosque arson, 'revenge' graffiti in Palestinian villages in days after Be'er Sheva murders
Four suspected attacks against Palestinians were reported following the murder in Israel's south, with graffiti declaring 'Be'er Sheva war'

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:39:21 +02:00
LISTEN: Former AIPAC leader slams lobby's 'bullshit' on political endorsements
Tom Dine says the pro-Israel lobby’s decision to endorse Republicans who denied Biden's election victory will prove an existential mistake, and Judy Maltz reports on the Ukrainian refugees opting for Berlin over Israel

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:34:43 +02:00
Israeli soldiers collect personal information of foreign activists in West Bank
Videos depict Israeli soldiers photographing activists in the South Hebron Hills, 'so they don’t let them into the airport the next time,' according to a settlement security guard

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:26:42 +02:00
Learning the truth about the Tooth Fairy, occupation and freedom
Forat will soon celebrate her eighth birthday. She will take one more step toward the late, clear-eyed stages of childhood – when she will learn to decipher the world and be exposed to its disappointments ■ Post #45

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:02:37 +02:00
Israel includes Jerusalem settlement project in affordable housing lottery
Announcement of winners will make it impossible to halt construction of homes in Givat Hamatos, a new neighborhood outside of Israel's pre-1967 borders

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:42:14 +02:00
The young Israeli-American producer who became a hit on Broadway
David Treatman’s ‘fake it till you make it’ ethos landed him a Tony Award at the age of 20. Now the 24-year-old producer tells Haaretz how he’s just like ‘investment bankers looking for startups’

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:55:26 +02:00
Gymnast Linoy Ashram, Israel's only women’s Olympic gold medalist, to retire
'We are on the map. Israel is on the map. Our sport is on the map,' 22-year-old Ashram said after claiming gold in Tokyo last year

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:43:28 +02:00
ISIS-inspired attack comes at a sensitive time for Arab leaders in Israel's south
The killing of four Israelis by an ISIS sympathizer followed the creation of an armed Jewish group that the Arab community wants shut down

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:08:06 +02:00
The dramatic moment when Israel almost struck Iran
He was in the room at every critical, defense-related moment in the past decades. Now, Zohar Palti, who held senior Mossad and Defense Ministry posts, recalls what happened when Netanyahu and Barak ordered the army to prepare an Iran strike – withi...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:08:01 +02:00
Early Israelite curse inscription found on Mt. Ebal
Inscribed on a tablet of Aegean lead, the curse in proto-Canaanite script was a legal document, says team that deciphered it using high-tech scanners

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:51:20 +02:00
Ethiopia declares 'indefinite' humanitarian truce in Tigray
Ethiopia, which has faced pressure to ease restrictions for aid to reach separatist Tigray region, calls on international donors to 'redouble their generous contributions'

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:45:39 +02:00
Jerusalem closes roads Thursday ahead of annual marathon
Roads in Jerusalem on and near the route of the race will be closed to vehicular traffic, and will be gradually reopened by the end of the marathon Friday afternoon

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:50:34 +02:00
Ukraine and Palestine: A false, facile analogy
Is there an equivalence between Putin's war on Ukraine and Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories? Is the West revealing double standards when it sanctions Russia and backs Ukraine's armed resistance?

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:43:04 +02:00
Blinken to visit Israel and West Bank this week as part of Mideast tour
The U.S. secretary of state will also stop by Morocco, where he will meet with the United Arab Emirates' crown prince

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:12:33 +02:00
Russia pressures Jewish leaders to support Putin's Ukraine war
Sources with knowledge of the Kremlin's communications with Russian Jewish leaders said Jewish institutions were threatened with retribution if they refused to speak out in favor of the 'operation' in Ukraine

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:01:39 +02:00
Israeli intelligence 'cooperating very closely' with Ukraine, top Zelenskyy aide says
Ukraine is working to acquire Israel's Iron Dome system, the head of Zelenskyy's office said, and confirmed reports that it was also trying to acquire NSO's notorious Pegasus software

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:46:41 +02:00
AI vs dog poop: ‘Black mirror’ in Israel as town eyes autonomous enforcement
A central Israeli city wants to buy an artificial intelligence system to help identify citizens who don’t clean up after their dogs or drive recklessly

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:13:54 +02:00
She hung out at Israeli strip clubs for 7 years. This is what she saw
'The manager told me if she had to hug and console every girl who endured rape or violence, they wouldn’t be able to work.' After years of visiting strip clubs and interviewing young women and girls working there, a criminologist dares to reveal th...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:20:24 +02:00
Putin is reviving Soviet-era antisemitism to crush opposition to his war on Ukraine
In his recent address on Russian TV about Ukraine, where he red-flagged "fifth columnists" who are "traitors to the nation," Putin did not explicitly say the words "Jews," "Zionists" or "cosmopolitans." He didn't need to

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:56:20 +02:00
Israel's rehab program for ISIS prisoners didn’t stop the Be'er Sheva mall assailant
ISIS prisoners are moved into Fatah wings in an attempt to integrate them into secular Palestinian society. But Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan, who killed four Israelis on Tuesday, also spent time in Hamas blocks

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:47:11 +02:00
Putin's oligarchs' rush for Israeli luxury rentals, preferably in cash
As sanctions following the Ukraine war start to bite, Russian oligarchs are looking for homes to rent for $30,000 to $50,000 a month, usually in the Tel Aviv area

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:46:05 +02:00
In India, Modi’s vindictive Hindu nationalists have a new target
Modi’s mob revels in the ritual public humiliation of Muslim girls and women after a school hijab ban, another step in the Hindutva plan to criminalize what India’s largest minority wears, eats, where they work and whom they love

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:42:17 +02:00
Russian megastars Alla Pugacheva, Maxim Galkin flee to Israel
Pop star Alla Pugacheva's departure for Israel with her TV host husband Maxim Galkin reveals the breakdown at the top of Russia's entertainment industry since the invasion of Ukraine

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:38:28 +02:00
As COVID infection rate rises, Israel to offer incentives for 4th shot
Government offers HMOs a financial incentive for each over-60s they give a fourth shot daily COVID infections hit five figures for the fourth day in a row

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:08:53 +02:00
As Ukraine war threatens to cause food shortage, Israel announces new policy
Grain and fodder prioritized at Israeli airports; domestic agriculture to be strengthened, Transportation Minister Michaeli says

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:08:35 +02:00
Can Israel save Europe without endangering the planet?
Europe needs alternatives to Russian gas, and pumping more of it isn’t really going to hasten climate change. But Israel isn’t quite in a position to fully exploit the opportunity

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:42:57 +02:00
Daylight saving 2022: When do we spring forward and how much money does it save?
At 2 A.M. Friday – that is, two hours after midnight Thursday – clocks move forward one hour, to 3 A.M, but despite the economic advantages, a year-round summer clock likely won't be adopted

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:33:31 +02:00
Ukraine's Mariupol before, after: Drone footage captures devastation of Russian shelling
Greece's consul general in Mariupol, who arrived home after escaping the siege, describes the southern Ukrainian city as standing alongside Guernica, Leningrad and Russia's previous targets Grozny and Aleppo

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:33:47 +02:00
UN rights expert accuses Israel of apartheid rule over Palestinians in new report
The outgoing UN Special Rapporteur's findings follows similar reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as concerns in Israel grow over an 'unprecedented' campaign in 2022 to push the apartheid label

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:16:03 +02:00
Ukraine updates: UN accuses Russia of creating 'dire' humanitarian crisis; NATO sets up four battle groups
Four weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Putin shows no sign of backing off even as Russian troops have failed to take over major Ukrainian cities. More than 3.5 million people have fled from Ukraine, and the latest civilian death toll...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:36:54 +02:00
Israeli officials, U.S. Mideast experts, Jewish orgs mourn 'trail-blazer' Madeleine Albright
Top officials and groups from Jerusalem to Washington mourn the late Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for being a 'champion for democracy' and a 'lifelong ally' of Israel and the Jewish community

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:24:49 +02:00
Zelenskyy reportedly asks U.S. to drop Abramovich sanctions to facilitate peace talks
The Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich accepted a Ukrainian request to help negotiate an end to the conflict last month, according to his spokeswoman

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:22:52 +02:00
Ukraine fears ‘Europe’s last dictator’ will join the Russian invasion
Belarus’ contribution to the war effort could be as many as 15,000 troops, giving Russia another opportunity to capture Kyiv ■ A senior security source says Belarusian commanders are deeply opposed to joining the invasion

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:01:21 +02:00
Israeli troops' new quota: Add 50 Palestinians to tracking database every shift
The Blue Wolf system is used by the IDF to tag and monitor the entire Palestinian population, even those about whom there is no intelligence

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 02:00:16 +02:00
Ancient Roman ‘feng shui’ revealed in Pompeii
Archaeologists recreate stately home in Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius and see, using virtual reality, how its owner used art, lighting and architecture to impress visitors and enhance his prestige

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:44:57 +02:00
Hura residents condemn neighbor’s terror killings in Be’er Sheva, fear retaliation
'We live here together with our Jewish neighbors, work with them, they buy from us, and we have good relations. We won’t let anything destroy that,' says a resident of Hura where the terrorist Muhammad Abu al-Kiyan was from

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:58:58 +02:00
Netanyahu is fading away

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:22:55 +02:00
Collective punishment is the wrong response to terrorism

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:03:09 +02:00
Haaretz Cartoon

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:02:15 +02:00
Witness describes 'total chaos' as gunmen kill a man, wound others in Arab town in Israel's north
Police are investigating the shooting, in which residents and witnesses say more than one gunman opened fire on the three men in Fureidis

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:20:31 +02:00
Israel isn't planning new restrictions despite rising COVID curve
Israeli health officials said they will extend indoor mask mandate and launch new vaccine drive for high-risk groups, as Prime Minister Bennett and Health Minister Horowitz meet to discuss growing coronavirus infections

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:44:30 +02:00
Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State who fled war as a child, dies at 84
The 64th Secretary of State and the first woman to hold the position, Albright had advocated for a stronger stance against the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and became a feminist icon in her later years

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:37:30 +02:00
NATO estimates 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine
A NATO official says 30,000 to 40,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have been killed or wounded, but Russia has released very little information on its casualties

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:37:28 +02:00
Ukraine war is a warning for Palestinians

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:27:19 +02:00
Israel must give Ukrainian refugees 48 hours to appeal deportation, court rules
Judge Michal Agmon-Gonen ordered the state to notify the refugees of their right to appeal, and to provide a proper time-frame to hear it

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:43:18 +02:00
Taliban cancels higher education for girls despite pledges
The decision is bound to disrupt efforts by the Taliban to win recognition from potential international donors at a time when the country is mired in a worsening humanitarian crisis

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:37:34 +02:00
In win for BDS movement, U.S. Middle East Studies Association endorses Israel boycott
The prominent academic organization pledges to 'ensure that the call for an academic boycott is upheld without undermining our commitment to the free exchange of ideas and scholarship' after resolution passes to endorse BDS

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:19:29 +02:00
Bedouin Israeli tells police Jews attacked him, gets arrested for assaulting them
A judge says Sabah Abu Zaid was definitely attacked first, but the complainant's lawyer says his testimony is being treated as false while the people he complained about went home after being questioned

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:56:45 +02:00
Israeli court reduces detention without trial of man suspected of left-wing activists' assault
The 20-year-old suspect, who is the only Jewish person being held in Israel on an administrative detention order, had previously violated numerous restraining orders

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:29:24 +02:00
Forget Iron Dome: Ukraine wants Israel’s Pegasus to fight Putin
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says his country is looking for more ‘proactive’ support from Israel and Israeli firms in its war against Russia, but refuses to say whether Israelis are involved in the so-called IT army

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:43:49 +02:00
Iran Guards commander warns Israel of swift revenge for any soldiers killed
Tehran claims responsibility for last week's attack on alleged 'Israeli strategic centers' in Iraq, seen as retaliation for Israel's 'killing of Revolutionary Guards in Syria'

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:19:44 +02:00
Russia's 'privatization czar' denounces Ukraine war, reportedly leaves country
Anatoly Chubais, who some Russians blame for allowing a group of tycoons to enrich themselves in the privatizations of the 1990s, left his post as President's Putin's special representative for ties with international organizations

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:13:39 +02:00
Israel's first quantum computer developed at Weizmann Institute
WeizQC, one of only some 30 quantum computers in the world, introduces new technologies that help the system withstand environmental noise

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:37:48 +02:00
Let HBO’s basketball drama ‘Winning Time’ distract you from Armageddon
While Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to attract cheerleaders the world over, HBO serves up a winning basketball drama about the Los Angeles Lakers

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:09:24 +02:00
Zelenskyy offers new details about his family’s Holocaust history
The Ukrainian president, who is Jewish, says his great-grandparents were killed when their village was set on fire by the Nazis during the Holocaust

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:00:08 +02:00
Fire, water, earth and air: Israeli art in its element
From the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s collection of some 20,000 Israeli works, curator Dalit Matatyahu chose just over 120 to tell the story of Israeli art in a unique way

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:55:25 +02:00
Dutch publisher pulls new Anne Frank book from shelves over alleged inaccuracies
The granddaughter of the Jewish man accused in the book of betraying Anne Frank welcomes the move by the publisher of the Dutch version, and calls on its U.S. publisher to follow suit

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:43:41 +02:00
Tel Aviv's Carmel Market: Your ultimate food guide
Visiting Israel? It’s hard not to get lost in the sights, scents and sounds of Carmel Market's bustling alleys, so this primer is to make sure you choose wisely

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:40:26 +02:00
'Shame on you': Minister heckled at funeral of Be'er Sheva terrorism victim
Doris Yahbas, Menachem Yechezkel, Moshe Kravitzky and Laura Yitzhak, who were killed in the stabbing attack in southern Israel, are laid to rest

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:29:16 +02:00
Exclusive: Intel to buy Israeli cloud service startup Granulate for $650m
Granulate’s ‘employees are about to become millionaires,’ source says; firm, which was founded in 2018, optimizes cloud services

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:15:21 +02:00
AIPAC endorsed 'election deniers,' but its new project touts democracy
The powerful pro-Israel lobby says its new PAC and super PAC – which declare two different goals – provide an opportunity to bolster 'the involvement of the pro-Israel community in politics'

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:52:37 +02:00
Iran's top diplomat says nuclear deal 'closer than ever' during Syria visit
Amir-Abdollahian is in Damascus a day after Israel-UAE-Egypt summit to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and latest developments in Iran’s negotiations to restore nuke deal

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:51:04 +02:00
Kosher rafting on the Jordan River: ultra-Orthodox tourists found their wild side
From studying at the yeshiva to windy jeep rides: Recent years have seen a sharp rise in the number of Haredim vacationing in Israel, with a clear preference for adventure

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:46:02 +02:00
Israel's rising COVID infection rate revives controversy over fourth dose
The BA.2 variant is responsible for 60 to 80 percent of Israel's new COVID cases, although no solid information shows a fourth dose offers greater protection against infection and serious illness

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:26:02 +02:00
EXPOSED: Torture, hunger in Israeli-run prison in South Lebanon
During its 15 years, Khiam Prison in Lebanon saw detainees imprisoned indefinitely with no trial, food shortages, electrocution, denial of medical care and other grave issues, newly declassified Israeli documents show

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:17:33 +02:00
Putin's war: 'China, U.S. share one interest in Ukraine right now.' LISTEN
While Russia's economy collapses under sanctions and Putin's army bombs Ukraine, the U.S. is closely following China's response to the war, hoping it doesn't get involved, says Haaretz analyst Alon Pinkas

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:32:53 +02:00
Netanyahu trial: Key witness says ex-PM expected him to solve media tycoon's problems
Shlomo Filber turned state’s evidence in a case in which Netanyahu is accused of providing regulatory concessions to the Bezeq telecommunications company in exchange for favorable coverage

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:39:09 +02:00
Ukraine updates: U.S. declares Russia committed war crimes as Biden visits Europe
Four weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Putin shows no sign of backing off even as Russian troops have failed to take over major Ukrainian cities. More than 3.5 million people have fled from Ukraine, and the latest civilian death toll...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 06:39:42 +02:00
Haaretz cartoon

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 06:01:58 +02:00
Why the identity of the terrorist in southern Israel matters
All the perpetrators of recent stabbing attacks in Jerusalem were Palestinians from East Jerusalem who are permanent Israeli residents. Pavlovian responses could lead to unwanted escalation

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 06:01:24 +02:00
The Middle East Club: In Bennett’s meeting with Sissi and bin Zayed, more than Iran on agenda
The warming of ties between Israel and Arab countries shows that its international standing doesn't depend on its leader – but another issue is being pushed to the side



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