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Tue, 24 May 2022 11:50:27 +03:00Turkey's top diplomat heads to Israel and the West Bank, in first visit in years
Mevlut Cavusoglu is the first senior Turkish official to visit Israel since the two countries moved to rehabilitate their strained ties earlier this year
Tue, 24 May 2022 11:41:09 +03:00'Belittling the abduction of Yemenite kids in Israel is like Holocaust denial'
Actor Yehuda Nehari tells Haaretz about his family's own kidnapping stories, racism, the sexual assault he experienced as a child and that he does not regret going public with his allegations against major reality TV host Assi Azar
Tue, 24 May 2022 09:56:40 +03:00A Pakistani group visited Israel. Then Pakistan erupted
It was unprecedented: Two Pakistani citizens openly visited Israel on their Pakistani passports – and re-entered Pakistan without hindrance, despite a fierce media controversy. So how open is the Pakistani state now to normalization with the Jewish...
Tue, 24 May 2022 09:56:34 +03:00Israel says exposed Palestinian plot to assassinate Kahanist lawmaker Ben-Gvir
Three East Jerusalem residents charged with plans to carry out attacks against Israelis. Security forces found a drone they suspect was meant to carry explosives
Tue, 24 May 2022 09:41:00 +03:00Erdogan threatens new Turkish incursion to create 'safe zones' in north Syria
Military campaign along Turkey's southern border would create a 30-kilometer deep 'safe zones,' president says, most likely targeting Kurdish militants
Tue, 24 May 2022 06:09:25 +03:00Kafr Qasem massacre: Israel makes decision on historic docs. That’s all we can say
Israel has maintained that a request by a historian to reveal protocols dealing with the Kafr Qasem massacre would harm state security and its foreign affairs. Now that a military court has made a ruling, it’s unknown if, when and what information ...
Tue, 24 May 2022 06:08:36 +03:00Assassinations won’t stop Iran’s nuclear program
Iran hasn't budged in the face of assassinations and public unrest, but continued demands for support in the fight against 'the forces of arrogance and evil' may prove difficult for the regime
Tue, 24 May 2022 06:04:28 +03:00Tehran assassination: Latest move in secret Israel-Iran war
While the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel seems less like a change of policy and more of like an acceleration of hostilities, Israel appears to have shelved any attack plans against Iranian nuclear sites
Tue, 24 May 2022 06:01:38 +03:0016-year-old shot dead during massive brawl in southern Israeli town
Teenager's death follows suspected arson in Hura that left a 12-year-old badly burnt
Tue, 24 May 2022 05:41:38 +03:00The duality of Shireen Abu Akleh's death
Tue, 24 May 2022 05:37:32 +03:00Price controls are bad for Israel
Tue, 24 May 2022 02:38:02 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Tue, 24 May 2022 02:29:40 +03:00Israel is marching eyes wide open into another war with Hamas
Mon, 23 May 2022 23:12:04 +03:00Assassinated Iranian colonel was behind attack on Israeli diplomat in India, report says
Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a senior Iran Revolutionary Guards member, 'was the mastermind' behind a 2012 car bombing targeting an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi
Mon, 23 May 2022 22:53:35 +03:00Bank of Israel raises interest rate to 0.75 percent, higher than expected
The increase comes as a response to rising inflation ■ The last time the benchmark interest rate reached 0.75 percent was in July 2014
Mon, 23 May 2022 22:02:20 +03:00Minister allows Ukrainian war refugees to legally work in Israel
Israel also extends the visas of some 15 thousand Ukrainian refugees and rules that only those who have arrived after the Russia's invasion began will be permitted to work
Mon, 23 May 2022 21:41:00 +03:00In victory for Bennett, soldiers' tuition bill passes without Likud vote
The law, which will cover 75 percent of tuition fees for discharged Israeli soldiers, passed in the Knesset with only the Joint List voting against
Mon, 23 May 2022 21:00:50 +03:00Israel Police appeal controversial Temple Mount ruling
Police seeks to overturn a Jerusalem court decision to revoke an order that kept three Jewish men from the Temple Mount after they recited a prayer at the holy site
Mon, 23 May 2022 20:22:07 +03:00One man is stitching together Israel's impossible government – for now
One person just prevented Israelis from potentially having another election in September. It wasn’t Meretz lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi
Mon, 23 May 2022 19:12:24 +03:00Yemenite Children Affair: In first, boy's grave opened for DNA testing
The grave is being opened to investigate the circumstances surrounding the boy's reported death amid claims by families that their children were abducted by Israel in the 1950s
Mon, 23 May 2022 18:57:55 +03:00In Jerusalem, EU parliament president vows to fight antisemitism
European Union Parliament President Roberta Metsola also told Israeli lawmakers the EU supports a two-state solution with the Palestinians
Mon, 23 May 2022 18:41:46 +03:00Building collapse kills 5 people, injures dozens in south Iran
Fears of a greater casualty toll arise as it is believed that more than 80 people are still trapped under the rubble of the 10-story building
Mon, 23 May 2022 18:15:05 +03:00Nakba Day rally in southern Israel draws mayor's ire
An Israeli mayor says he is 'shamed and shocked,' as dozens mark Nakba Day in a Be'er Sheva university
Mon, 23 May 2022 16:57:21 +03:00Russian soldier hit with life sentence in first ever Ukraine war crime trial
The Russian sergeant was convicted in a trial with huge symbolic significance as Ukraine claims to have identified more than 10,000 possible Russian war crimes
Mon, 23 May 2022 15:55:25 +03:00Israel's Supreme Court had 74 interns in the past two years. Only one was Arab
Data requested by Haaretz reveals lack of diversity in the Israeli Supreme Court internship program, with vast majority of interns coming from the same academic institutions and cities
Mon, 23 May 2022 15:39:44 +03:00How one trivial Israeli ruling could ignite the Temple Mount – and beyond
An Israeli judge overturned an order that kept three Jewish men from the Temple Mount after they recited a prayer. Within hours, the ruling sent shockwaves
Mon, 23 May 2022 15:35:07 +03:00Biden does what his three predecessors talked about yet failed to do
Biden's Asia visit is all about preparing for 'the China era': turning the 'pivot to Asia' into viable foreign policy. The presidents of Russia and China played an unwitting part as well
Mon, 23 May 2022 13:49:55 +03:00Another queer milestone: Two Jewish guys just wed on Israeli reality TV
Matan and Guy, two grooms, stood under the chuppah and broke the glasses together in an unprecedented episode of the Israeli version of 'Married at First Sight'
Mon, 23 May 2022 13:09:08 +03:00Tortured into confession: Two Palestinians recount hellish interrogation
The two say they were subjected to various torture methods by Israel's Shin Bet security service for over a month, including being locked in a cabinet for hours and bound to a chair for days without food or bathroom access
Mon, 23 May 2022 12:49:10 +03:00Long-lost recordings of Eichmann confessing to the Final Solution revealed
New documentary film 'The Devil's Confessions: The Lost Eichmann Tapes,' offers a harrowing expose of the executor of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann, based on long-lost interview recordings. It also raises questions about Israel's reluctance to u...
Mon, 23 May 2022 11:55:13 +03:00Iran's Raisi vows 'blood revenge' over Revolutionary Guards member assassination
Iran Guards' spokesperson says the killing of senior member, who was likely behind a series of plots against Israeli businesspeople and diplomats, strengthens group's resolve to confront Iran's 'enemies'
Mon, 23 May 2022 11:31:33 +03:00Bennett loses second senior adviser in ten days
Bennett's office has been plagued by infighting in recent months between centrist and right-leaning advisers
Mon, 23 May 2022 11:17:47 +03:00A violent schism just exploded in Israel's most powerful Hasidic sect
Rival factions of the Ger Hasidic sect fought running battles in three Israeli cities over the weekend. This is why the fur is flying
Mon, 23 May 2022 10:36:01 +03:00On Harran plain where Adam and Eve fell to Earth, legend reigns
In the city built at the legendary birthplace of Abraham, stories are still told about him and his precocious fetuses in the unique mud-brick beehive dome houses of the Harran plain
Mon, 23 May 2022 09:34:57 +03:00Sponge-tipped bullet didn't kill Palestinian in Al-Aqsa clashes, probe finds
Hospital findings show the 21-year-old Palestinian who collapsed during Al-Aqsa clashes in April has likely died of a heart attack
Mon, 23 May 2022 03:21:53 +03:00A warning from Israel's left
Mon, 23 May 2022 03:15:43 +03:00Rinawie Zoabi, next time, act like Menachem Begin
Mon, 23 May 2022 02:59:07 +03:00The ‘anyone but Bibi’ war is destroying Israel's left
Mon, 23 May 2022 02:19:10 +03:00Israel's latest political scandal was a bluff from the start
There wasn't a single ounce of credibility in Israeli lawmaker Rinawie Zoabi's charade, but everyone, media and government, fell for it
Mon, 23 May 2022 01:58:45 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 22 May 2022 22:44:58 +03:00Israeli court Temple Mount ruling marks 'dangerous escalation,' Hamas says
A Jerusalem lower court judge overturns an order that kept three Jewish men from the Temple Mount after they recited a prayer at the holy site ■ 'There is no plan to change the status quo on the Temple Mount,' Bennett's office says
Sun, 22 May 2022 22:10:27 +03:00Israel has monkeypox vaccines, does not plan to use them
The ministry plans to purchase more vaccines but says a large scale campaign is unlikely, as vaccines cause negative side effects and the disease is less infectious and dangerous than COVID-19
Sun, 22 May 2022 21:38:18 +03:00Some 250 Israeli vigilantes participated in chase for Tel Aviv terrorist
The report on the incident finds that dozens of armed individuals joined the official security forces in their effort to locate the assailant, without being subject to the chain of command
Sun, 22 May 2022 19:48:51 +03:00Marking Gaza war anniversary, Hamas leader warns Israel against Jerusalem march
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh calls on Palestinians to be 'on high alert', adding that the Palestinian people are now united across boundaries in their resistance against Israel
Sun, 22 May 2022 18:45:56 +03:00Why the U.S. removed Kahane Chai from terrorist blacklist
'The Immigration and Nationality Law requires that the secretary of state must revoke a designation' if the secretary finds this to be the case, a U.S. official says
Sun, 22 May 2022 17:41:27 +03:00Iran Revolutionary Guards colonel assassinated in Tehran
Two motorcyclists shoot Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who was likely behind a series of plots against Israeli businesspeople and diplomats. Meanwhile, Iran says members of an Israeli intelligence network were captured
Sun, 22 May 2022 17:06:59 +03:00Deserting Israeli lawmaker reverses decision, rejoins Bennett coalition
Meretz lawmaker Rinawie Zoabi says that following pressure from local Arab government heads, she has returned to the coalition to help 'fulfil the needs of Arab society'
Sun, 22 May 2022 16:05:50 +03:00'Developing a new drug is stumbling in the dark without a map. We are building the GPS'
When Immunai, a machine learning firm creating a ‘GPS’ for drug development, was just getting started a leading professor thought it was a joke – now he's their consultant
Sun, 22 May 2022 15:38:59 +03:00Judd Apatow finds his calling: documentaries on seriously funny men
The director’s recent Netflix comedy ‘The Bubble’ was slated by critics, but his two HBO series on beloved stand-ups George Carlin and Garry Shandling are things of beauty
Sun, 22 May 2022 15:36:30 +03:00Australia's left is back in power. Here's what that means for Israel
Sunday’s election brought the Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese, back to power for the first time since 2013. The new prime minister vows to support Israel, but his potential coalition partners aren't on the same page
Sun, 22 May 2022 15:23:47 +03:00The war inside Israel to rule the next cyber frontier
A new class of cyber firms has arisen in recent years, firms focused on the physical aspect of cybersecurity. An inside look at the battle to protect the Internet of Things
Sun, 22 May 2022 15:18:56 +03:00Thousands celebrate a Ukrainian holiday with a protest in Tel Aviv
Ukrainians celebrate their national identity on Vyshyvanka Day, and over 2,500 people marched through Tel Aviv at a particularly fraught time. Attendees explain why this year’s event mattered above all others
Sun, 22 May 2022 14:30:28 +03:00Eyeing Russia's neighbors, Israel's arms industry makes multi-million profit
State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries is concentrating its efforts on trade in Europe, focusing mainly on Germany and countries neighboring Russia, while cashing in on post-COVID demand for commercial aviation
Sun, 22 May 2022 13:16:25 +03:00Israeli court sentences Palestinian jailbreakers to five years in prison
An Israeli court convicts the six Palestinians for the 'unprecedented' jailbreak, while five more inmates are charged for assisting in the escape plan
Sun, 22 May 2022 12:43:24 +03:00Bennett says coalition will 'overcome all its crises,' deserting lawmaker 'on her way back'
Deserting lawmaker Rinawie Zoabi is expected to announce her intent to vote with the coalition, sources say ■ Her resignation left the coalition two seats shy of a majority and threatened to send Israel to a fifth election in three years
Sun, 22 May 2022 12:23:34 +03:00Unrepentant Nazis, in their own words
'The sense of urgency is palpable. The old Nazis are dying': How a British film-maker launched a decade-long project to interview the last Nazi eyewitnesses to the Holocaust, and why Germany refused to fund him
Sun, 22 May 2022 11:42:12 +03:00'Putin's paranoia will bring NATO to his doorstep'
What will Sweden and Finland's move to join NATO mean for Europe, Russia, and even far-away Israel, and what will Putin's next move in Ukraine be?
Sun, 22 May 2022 08:47:14 +03:00Israel rules out monkeypox in second suspected case
Israeli health officials feared the passenger, who returned from Europe, was carrying monkeypox
Sun, 22 May 2022 00:51:29 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 22 May 2022 00:37:47 +03:00The lawmaker who quit Israel's coalition is another closet Netanyahu supporter
Sun, 22 May 2022 00:25:20 +03:00Jewish racists also cry, but they don't condemn – just look at this 'centrist' lawmaker
Sun, 22 May 2022 00:19:10 +03:00The new intifada in Israel is being silenced
Sun, 22 May 2022 00:12:23 +03:00Israel's doctors abandoned on the front
Sun, 22 May 2022 00:09:05 +03:00When an Arab joins a Zionist party
Sat, 21 May 2022 23:09:23 +03:00Ukraine rules out ceasefire or concessions to Russia
The war will not stop after any concessions, 'It will just be put on pause for some time,' a Ukraine negotiator says amid stagnated peace talks
Sat, 21 May 2022 22:37:06 +03:00European Union Parliament President to visit Israel, Palestinian Territories this week
Roberta Metsola’s visit is her first since her election to her post in January 2022, and is the first by a president of the European Parliament in Israel since 2014
Sat, 21 May 2022 21:36:45 +03:00Erdogan demands concessions to back Swedish, Finnish NATO membership
Unless Sweden and Finland decide to support Turkey on 'fundamental issues,' Erdogan says he will not take a positive approach to NATO expansion
Sat, 21 May 2022 18:15:45 +03:00'Significant progress' in talks to bring back lawmaker who deserted Israeli coalition, gov't source says
Rinawie Zoabi's resignation leaves Bennett's government with just 59 seats, putting Israel at risk for a fifth round of elections in just three years
Sat, 21 May 2022 16:02:13 +03:00From Lebanon to Jenin: The 'Gray Rhinos' on Israel's doorstep
The Israeli army has applied this term, coined by analyst Michele Wucker, to two fronts. One of these rhinos has already charged
Sat, 21 May 2022 14:53:25 +03:00Child seriously wounded in suspected arson in southern Israel
The 12-year-old child was rushed to hospital with second- and third-degree burns
Sat, 21 May 2022 10:19:09 +03:00Russia halts Finland gas supply over payments dispute
Russia's Gazprom has demanded that European countries pay for Russian gas supplies in roubles because of sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but Finland refuses to do so
Sat, 21 May 2022 07:38:44 +03:00Palestinian teen killed in Israeli army raid in Jenin, Health Ministry says
The Palestinian Health Ministry identifies the dead as Amjad al-Fayyed and says another 18-year-old Palestinian is in critical condition after being wounded by Israeli fire
Fri, 20 May 2022 23:52:09 +03:00Three killed in Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria says
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the airstrike targeted bases of the Syrian army and Iranian militias
Fri, 20 May 2022 22:32:55 +03:00Russia says remaining Mariupol steel plant fighters surrender
The last 531 fighters represented the last island of Ukrainian control in the strategic port city, marking the end of one of the most destructive sieges since Russia invaded Ukraine almost three months ago
Fri, 20 May 2022 22:00:47 +03:00Egypt and Tunisia keep their dictatorships afloat through democratic masquerades
Pressure from Europe and the United States, along with the economic crises, spurred Egyptian President al-Sissi and Tunisian President Saied to resuscitate their national dialogue initiatives – but no real change is afoot
Fri, 20 May 2022 21:53:23 +03:00Israel confirms first case of monkeypox virus
The first case of monkeypox in Israel was detected in a man in his 30s, who recently travelled to Western Europe. In the past week, several European countries and the U.S. also reported cases of the virus
Fri, 20 May 2022 21:12:54 +03:00No to Bennett, no to Netanyahu: Israeli lawmaker speaks out on her resignation
In an interview with Haaretz, Meretz lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi's explains her resignation, expresses disappointment about her colleagues, and identifies who's really to blame for the collapse of Bennett's coalition
Fri, 20 May 2022 21:11:40 +03:00What Nazism can teach us about the world's forthcoming revolutions
We are on the threshold of advances that could transform humanity.
The mechanisms of oppression and destruction will also gain from this
Fri, 20 May 2022 20:27:01 +03:00A campaign of destruction, courtesy of Israel's High Court
A few days after the High Court of Justice green-lighted the expulsion of residents of eight villages in the South Hebron Hills, Israeli forces started to demolish their homes: They razed 20 dwellings in three villages, leaving families homeless
Fri, 20 May 2022 19:06:14 +03:0057 U.S. lawmakers demand FBI, State dept. inquiry into Shireen Abu Akleh killing
A quarter of all House Democrats signed a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and the FBI's director demanding an independent investigation into the killing of the Palestinian journalist in the West Bank city of Jenin
Fri, 20 May 2022 18:08:47 +03:00Two children die of heat stroke after being left in a car in southern Israel
Israel Police are investigating the incident, in which two children aged 3 and 7 were stuck in a locked vehicle in the Bedouin town of Hura
Fri, 20 May 2022 17:39:01 +03:00The Middle East's next conflict is likely lurking in the water
From the Persian Gulf to North Africa, water disputes are intensifying. With global warming sharpening water shortages, these 'boring,' back-channel conflicts could turn into a deluge
Fri, 20 May 2022 17:20:30 +03:00Tel Aviv University: Students afraid to come to campus amid Arab-Jewish tensions
After a Nakba Day protest and counter-protest erupted into violence, Tel Aviv University's President Ariel Porat issued a letter warning that violence against any student will be dealt with 'harshly'
Fri, 20 May 2022 16:31:15 +03:00In Putin's war of attrition on Ukraine, the biggest question is who blinks first
The number of Grad rockets still in Soviet-era stockpiles can determine how long the war lasts – as can the patience of Western politicians who in the summer are more interested in vacations than arms deliveries
Fri, 20 May 2022 14:48:45 +03:00Joint List lawmaker to present bill calling for early Israel election
A senior coalition member says talks with lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi – who quit the coalition and left it without a majority – have been put in the hands of United Arab List Mansour Abbas
Fri, 20 May 2022 14:00:01 +03:00Finland says gas flows from Russia to halt on Saturday
This comes two days after Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance, a decision spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Fri, 20 May 2022 13:55:27 +03:00By quitting the coalition, Meretz lawmaker was only thinking about herself
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi is in a bind: with no future in the Knesset, she has no interest in taking down the government until she secures a public sector position
Fri, 20 May 2022 12:18:47 +03:00Ukraine says Russian attacks on Donbas intensifying
Russian shelling in Luhansk has killed 13 civilians over the past 24 hours, regional governor says
Fri, 20 May 2022 12:12:09 +03:00Left-wing leader expresses optimism after Bennett's coalition loses majority
Nitzan Horowitz and Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi – who resigned and left the government without a majority – agree on the importance of preserving the current coalition, a source says
Fri, 20 May 2022 10:45:56 +03:00Palestinian attempts to ram into Israeli cops near Jerusalem
The driver manages to escape, but police arrest four additional suspects; no casualties reported in the incident
Fri, 20 May 2022 10:30:52 +03:00Netanyahu supporter charged with sending death threats to Bennett and his family
The main evidence tying Ilana Sporta Hania to the threatening letters is a lab examination that found that the handwriting on the envelopes fully matches hers
Fri, 20 May 2022 09:09:17 +03:00They've quit Orthodox Judaism, but they're keeping the culture
Kugel with shots of vodka, earsplitting Hasidic dance music, ecstatic revelers. A night out with ex-ultra-Orthodox Jews seeking a new identity
Fri, 20 May 2022 08:53:45 +03:00Huge cache of stolen antiquities found in central Israel
Cuneiform tablets, jewels, and 1,800 coins, including one bearing the name of Shimon Bar Kochba, found in antiquities trader's house in Modiin
Fri, 20 May 2022 06:01:00 +03:00Israel's saber-rattling on Iran lacks one critical element
Israel's Defense Minister Gantz's rhetoric about Iran, however, has an abundance of politics
Fri, 20 May 2022 06:00:09 +03:00Bennett and his partners had one job. They failed spectacularly
Health Minister Horowitz didn't learn a lesson from Bennett's flop with Silman ■ Apart from the Knesset, Bennett's troubles lie in wait inside his office
Fri, 20 May 2022 00:33:36 +03:00Israel's minister for Jewish security
Fri, 20 May 2022 00:27:17 +03:00Who's to blame for Israel's inflation?
Fri, 20 May 2022 00:21:20 +03:00Why Shireen Abu Akleh is a Palestinian icon
Fri, 20 May 2022 00:16:56 +03:00Israel shelved 2017 plan to fight violence in hospitals
Health care workers in Israel face various forms of violence on a daily basis, yet the state has failed to implement recommendations made to combat this
Fri, 20 May 2022 00:11:47 +03:00'I was told: Either go to Israel or manage all alone. So I came to Israel'
This week at the Aviv airport: An Israeli family of exiles fleeing adversity and two Italian sisters who are inseparable