Haaretz Israel News
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 11:37:20 +03:00Israeli army promotes Pollard's handler, convicted in espionage affair
Aviem Sella introduced Jonathan Pollard to his Mossad recruiter in the early 1980s while he was studying in New York, but never faced trial in the U.S. because Israel refused to extradite him
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 11:00:34 +03:00Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank, Palestinians report
The man, Riad Youssef Rashad, was returning from work in Israel when he was shot, eyewitnesses say
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:56:28 +03:00Hezbollah hammered with criticism amid Lebanon's crises
As Lebanon sinks deeper into poverty, more and more people are blaming Iran-backed Hezbollah for the devastating, multiple crises plaguing the country
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:51:04 +03:00Israel's school year begins: What happens when a kid tests positive for COVID?
Over 2 million children and more than 200,000 teaching staff begin the new school year on Wednesday under strict COVID-19 measures. Haaretz explains how they affect school life
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 08:45:34 +03:00State watchdog slams Netanyahu gov't handling of COVID crisis
Report criticizes decision-making by Netanyahu that bypassed coronavirus cabinet, haphazard planning and failure to create a special body to deal with the pandemic
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 08:42:11 +03:00Our problem with the Garin Torani? We're jealous of them
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 06:02:20 +03:00Israel to stop planting trees with start of shmita year
In era of climate crisis, activists decry ban on planting trees and shrubs as dictated by Jewish law
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 02:41:22 +03:00Ego will destroy the Bennett-Lapid government
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 02:37:10 +03:00The Garin Torani threat: missionary ultranationalism
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 02:17:59 +03:00Gantz tosses Abbas a bone, but expects trust in return
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 02:13:14 +03:00Bennett’s shameful behavior
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 02:02:28 +03:00Will Israel's Education Minister pass the test?
Shasha-Biton’s big test will be to formulate a new vision for Israel's education system. The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity unlikely to repeat itself
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:50:33 +03:00Interior Ministry revisits asylum requests from Sudan’s Darfur region
After a two year delay and a High Court ruling, Israel's Interior Ministry resumes examining thousands of asylum requests, some of which have been pending for eight years or longer
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:59:57 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:36:09 +03:00Israel lifts further Gaza restrictions, expanding water supply and fishing zone
Israeli officials also expanded entry permits for Gazan business people and the renewed the entry of badly needed building materials, despite the launch of incendiary balloons and the killing of a Border Policeman
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:26:09 +03:00After officer's death at Gaza border, public rage is directed at the Israeli army – and Bennett
The outcry following Barel Hadaria Shmueli's death at the hands of a Hamas gunman may push the government to take steps that don't line up with its Gaza policy, even if some of the claims seem baseless
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:55:36 +03:00What Israel's secret campaign against Iran will look like
The secret channel is the main tool with which Israel and the United States will deal with Iran's nuclear program
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:35:31 +03:00Breaking down police snooping and Israel’s ‘Big Brother Law’
Year after year Israeli courts approve almost 100 percent of the police’s surveillance requests and the number of requests is continuously spiking - with little oversight
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:18:06 +03:00The Israeli activists putting Orthodox women back in the picture
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll is the driving force behind a new project to normalize the idea of seeing Orthodox women in everyday life. ‘The Orthodox world erases us and the secular world fetishizes us,’ she says
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:16:44 +03:00Afghanistan out, China in: Biden moves U.S. foreign policy to 21st century
President Joe Biden withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan and focusing on China and domestic problems isn’t a ‘doctrine,’ it’s just common sense
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:46:18 +03:00The history of Rosh Hashanah which wasn't always the 'new year'
Much of today's traditions originated with Babylonian worship, and you have to read this to believe how a calf's head morphed into gefilte fish.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:14:58 +03:00Israel must take in Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban
The humanitarian reasons for Israel to offer shelter, now, to Afghans fleeing Taliban rule are compelling. And it would be a powerful retort to decades of racist fearmongering against desperate non-Jewish refugees
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:10:32 +03:00Jews most targeted religious group in 2020 hate crimes in the U.S., FBI says
According to the FBI, overall hate crimes reached a 12-year peak in 2019
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:29:47 +03:00An exercise in freedom: Arab Israeli women find safe spaces to work out together
Instead of running in the open with a chaperone, female fitness groups in Israel are increasingly meeting to exercise and run on the outskirts of villages
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:14:41 +03:00Israel gambles on success of COVID booster campaign as schools reopen
2.5 million students are expected to return to classrooms across the country, though some 150,000 eighth- to 12th-graders in cities with high COVID rates will study from home
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:49:53 +03:00Rosh Hashanah dinner, prepared in advance: Your step-by-step meal planner
Want to cook a big holiday meal with as little stress as possible? Vered Guttman draws on her catering prowess to create this day-by-day prep schedule — plus two fancy but easy appetizer recipes
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:28:50 +03:00How to make chocolate rugelach, a favorite Jewish pastry
This much-loved Jewish cookie is ubiquitous in Israel nowadays, where varieties range from average pastry at neighborhood grocery stores to gourmet delicacies at the country's best bakeries. This recipe takes the treat up a notch
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:23:07 +03:00Who knew the iconic Zionist hat is being made in ... Gaza
Today, as decades ago, ATA creates clothes with an all-Israeli look, aided by workers in the Strip. The brand’s chief designer talks about fashion and flare-ups
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:03:56 +03:00Only 16% of West Bank, Gaza adults got two shots of COVID vaccine
As an occupying power, Israel has an obligation to provide suitable health services to the Palestinians, says Physicians for Human Rights
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:35:47 +03:00Israel's 'climate children' are furious: 'How can I sit quietly in school when my life's in danger?'
A young generation of activists have had enough of older generations' failure to address the climate crisis. Hundreds of them meet on Fridays, skipping school if necessary, to demand action
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:18:11 +03:00Holocaust survivor's son who flew Afghan refugees to U.S.: It was easy to ‘put myself in their position’
Alexander Kahn, who flew hundreds of refugees to the U.S., says his father was liberated from Buchenwald and arrived in U.S. 'not much differently'
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:15:37 +03:00A survival guide to Rosh Hashanah: Make a holiday meal in 3 hours
Warning: Israelis wear their gas masks while grating horseradish to make gefilte fish with chrein
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:13:28 +03:00Your guide to the symbolic foods of the Rosh Hashanah seder
The Yehi Ratzon blessings, which have their roots in the Babylonian Talmud, have been rising in popularity in modern Israel. Here are the foods that will add meaning to your holiday meal.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:05:07 +03:00A year after normalization accord, first Bahraini ambassador arrives in Israel
'We are looking forward to what will no doubt be a very productive tenure, advancing relations between our two countries,' Israeli Foreign Ministry chief said ahead of the ambassador's arrival
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:24:52 +03:00Israel vaccine data: How many have already been inoculated for COVID
More than 78 percent of Israelis eligible for COVID-19 vaccination have been inoculated. As delta variant spreads, booster shot campaign is under way
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:07:56 +03:00Back in the day when Taliban were kings of Twitter
The preconceived notion of the Taliban's primitive use of technology doesn't hold up looking at their prolific social media machine
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:22:17 +03:00Haifa shooting death is neighborhood's third suspected murder in two months
57-year-old Mohammed Fayez is the 78th murder victim in the Arab community this year. No suspects have been apprehended
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:07:00 +03:00COVID in Israel: Serious cases decline, record number get booster shot
As school year is set to open, nearly 115,000 people got their third COVID vaccine shot. Number of new cases approaches 11,000, a record, but other statistics suggest boosters are having a positive effect
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 07:25:27 +03:00Taliban take over Kabul airport after U.S. completes Afghanistan withdrawal
After two decades of fighting against an insurgency, U.S. ends its longest war as last plane departs Kabul ■ Taliban: 'The world should have learned their lesson'
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:01:41 +03:00The Israeli military sends African asylum seekers back across Lebanon border
The High Court ruled the practice illegal when used against asylum seekers crossing over from Egypt. Advocates say it violates international law and puts their lives at risk
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:00:51 +03:00Israeli soldiers arrest seven journalists covering non-violent West Bank protest
The Palestinian journalists were handcuffed and interrogated after covering a protest at a closed military zone. According to the Israeli military's own regulations, journalists are allowed in such areas
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:57:37 +03:00COVID has made Big Brother that much bigger
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:38:36 +03:00Netanyahu's enduring legacy is stifling talk of the Palestinian problem
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:10:57 +03:00Israel’s Bennett bashers just can’t be pleased
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:09:36 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:53:38 +03:00Three Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire as Gaza border protests resume
Some protesters were wounded by Israeli military fire, Palestinian reports say. Meanwhile, the Israeli officer who died from gunshot wounds during Gaza border clashes last week was laid to rest
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:22:17 +03:00Why Gantz and Abbas are the perfect pair for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid are happy to let their defense minister meet with the Palestinian president. It may even give him a sense of purpose, but it won’t revive any peace talks
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:03:07 +03:00Bennett’s cowardly response to Gantz-Abbas meeting
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:02:15 +03:00A deadly army deserves a fat pension
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:28:25 +03:00Israel imposes new COVID restrictions ahead of High Holy Days, school year
Prior to the pandemic, tens of thousands of people attended services at Jerusalem's Western Wall every night from before Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur, but now the crowd is restricted to 8,000 people
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:25:00 +03:00EU takes Israel, U.S. off safe travel list, citing rise in COVID infections
The EU has no unified COVID-19 tourism policy and states have the authority to decide whether they keep their borders open to Israeli and American tourists
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:06:39 +03:00Israel passes 7,000 COVID-19 deaths. These are the stories of three victims of the pandemic
Israel Weiser was a colorblind photographer, Raisa Zeitlin studied Hebrew to her last day, and Yossi Barkai flew rescue missions in war
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:31:25 +03:00Heads of Jerusalem yeshiva sexually assaulted students for years, rabbinical court rules
The judges wrote that the boys were harmed in a 'harsh manner by severe things that cannot be written down,' and that even now these 'grave acts are continuing'
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:24:45 +03:00Sleepy Joe? Bennett finds Biden 'very sharp' in first meeting
Although Biden’s opponents keep labeling him Sleepy Joe, his meeting with the Israeli prime minister – even as the president was dealing with the Kabul attack – proved otherwise
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:18:19 +03:00LISTEN: Bennett, Biden and the ghosts of leaders past
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:48:54 +03:00Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after U.S. exit
Qatar’s role in the evacuations reflects its position as host of the Middle East’s biggest U.S. military base, but also its decision years ago to host the Taliban’s political leadership in exile
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:16:56 +03:00Sa'ar drafting bill to limit prime minister's term, but won't apply retroactively
The justice minister is advancing the legislation in coordination with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Sa’ar also intends to introduce similar legislation instituting term limits for mayors
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:07:36 +03:00Dan Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel, joins Biden's Iran team
Shapiro has advocated for improved U.S.-Israel cooperation on Iran's nuclear program
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:38:10 +03:00Fuel leak from major pipeline in south Israel is 'highly serious,' says minister
Though the leak only caused limited soil pollution, environmental officials say the event demonstrates environmental risk posed by transporting fuel by pipeline
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:17:46 +03:00Gantz says agreed with Abbas on confidence-building measures, including $155m loan
Israel's defense minister, who met with the Palestinian president in first for a cabinet member in over a decade, also said they agreed on residency rights for thousands of people living in the West Bank with no legal status
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:27:47 +03:00Israeli soldier critically shot at Gaza border succumbs to wounds
Israeli Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, 21, was shot on Gaza border 9 days ago during clashes
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:39:05 +03:00Where’s the phone? A stupid mistake provides a tough lesson in WhatsApp
A leading Israeli credit card service used a single smartphone to communicate with clients. The phone had all their details on it. Then someone stole it
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:52:09 +03:00Ed Asner, proudly Jewish actor who delighted in Pixar’s ‘Up,’ dies at 91
The beloved actor and activist incorporated Judaism in his many roles: 'I was raised to believe that giving back to your community is the good and right way above all'
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:33:00 +03:00No, Biden didn’t fall asleep listening to Israel’s prime minister. Yes, you fell for fake news
Right-wing politicians and activists in Israel and the U.S. spread a false claim that the U.S. president fell asleep in his meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett last week. Here’s what actually happened
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:10:01 +03:00Netanyahu met with key witness in corruption trial while vacationing on his private island
Netanyahu has not denied allegations of meeting with billionaire Larry Ellison, a key witness in his ongoing trial, while staying on Hawaiian island of Lanai, almost wholly owned by Ellison
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:32:21 +03:00First Israeli convicted in mob attack on Arab motorist during May’s Gaza war
The conviction of 20-year-old Lahav Nagauker in the May 12 assault of Said Moussa in Bat Yam came as part of a plea agreement, sentencing is to follow
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:29:33 +03:00Seven medals, four gold: Israel becomes powerhouse at Tokyo Paralympics
Israeli swimmers have claimed six medals so far in Tokyo, setting three world records, as country easily surpasses medal haul from Rio five years ago
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:09:10 +03:00Hamas, Islamic Jihad blast Abbas over meeting with Gantz
Palestinian factions say Abbas turned back on Palestinian people by meeting 'Zionist enemy'
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:52:40 +03:00'Vicious cycle': The reactions to my story on narcissistic parents were overwhelming
When Haaretz published a story on narcissistic parenting, hundreds of people shared their own, often horrific, experiences of being raised by toxic parents – indicating how commonplace yet underreported this phenomenon is
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:43:10 +03:00Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon wins gold, sets new world record in Tokyo
Dadaon, who has already won one bronze medal, set a new world record in the men's 200m freestyle race at the Tokyo Paralympics
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:25:02 +03:00COVID in Israel: government to hold final meeting on school reopening
Israel recorded on Sunday its highest positive coronavirus test rate since February, with 7.81 percent of tests returning positive
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:18:54 +03:00Five days in the life of a Palestinian, erased
The testimony recorded from Albaraa Jaber offers a treasure trove of information for understanding the ease with which Israel’s military establishment robs Palestinians of their time
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:01:52 +03:00Islamic State claims responsibility for rocket attack on Kabul airport
Biden tells commanders to 'do whatever is necessary' in Afghanistan withdrawal. Earlier today U.S. forces intercepted 5 rockets fired at Kabul's airport
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:19:52 +03:00Main cause of cancerous emissions in Israel: Illegal burning of waste
Emissions in Israel increased by 14 percent in 2020 compared with the previous year and stem partly from the increased production capacity of several factories
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:50:21 +03:00'No diplomatic process with the Palestinians,' source close to Bennett says after Gantz meets Abbas
Gantz says that Israel is right to take steps to strengthen the Palestinian economy in the first meeting between a senior Israeli government official and Abbas since 2010
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:41:38 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:31:40 +03:00Two young Arab men shot to death, raising number of murders this year to 77
Eleven of the victims were women, and 61 of the killings were committed with a firearm
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:28:31 +03:00Biden is right to leave Afghanistan, and Israel was right to pull out from Gaza
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:18:24 +03:00The violence raging in Israel's Arab community is a national crisis
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:59:16 +03:00Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana as dangerous Category 4 storm, testing levee upgrades
16 years to the day since Hurricane Katrina, Lousiana governor warns Ida could be state's worst direct hurricane hit since 1850s
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:03:17 +03:00Netanyahu told to return gifts received as prime minister on state trips
Former PM Netanyahu and his wife are in possession of 42 presents that must be returned by law, according to the Prime Minister's Office ■ The couple denies they failed to return the gifts
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:22:17 +03:0077 Israeli Arabs were murdered this year. Police insist they haven’t lost control
Police should have the powers that the Shin Bet has, like ordering administrative detentions, senior officer says
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:19:09 +03:00Neither Jews nor Palestinians have a patent on terrace farming
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:55:30 +03:00My experience as an Israeli Arab teacher in Jewish schools
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:33:42 +03:00Biden travels to air base to honor U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
An ISIS suicide bombing last week killed scores of Afghans and 13 American troops who were guarding Kabul's airport amid an airlift that has evacuated about 114,400 people
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:26:05 +03:00Israeli prisons release mentally disabled inmates with no rehab
As Israeli authorities shirk their duties, parole boards warn that without proper treatment, recidivism among these prisoners will rise
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:55:36 +03:00After D.C. honeymoon, Bennett lands back to COVID and Gaza
When he returns to the Knesset this week, PM Bennett will have Biden's blessing behind him but a whole raft of problems ahead of him
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:38:29 +03:00In pictures: Jewish leaders, activists join D.C. march for voting rights
Thousands marched down Washington’s National Mall on Saturday, with Rabbi Jonah Pesner telling protesters they're walking in the footsteps of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Jewish activists of the civil rights movement
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:31:11 +03:00Missile, drone attack on Yemeni air base kills 30, official says
At least 65 have been reportedly wounded in one of the deadliest attacks in Yemen's civil war in recent years
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:32:42 +03:00Israel expands COVID booster campaign to vaccinated 12-year-olds and up
Israel also announces that those who have received their third COVID shot will be exempt from quarantine upon return from international travel
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:24:23 +03:00U.S. targeted suicide bomber aiming to attack Kabul airport, officials say
This is the second strike carried out by U.S. forces since an ISIS suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of Afghans trying to flee the country
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:15:00 +03:00Alex Berenson, who spread false info on Israeli vaccines, banned from Twitter
Tagged 'the pandemic's wrongest man,' Alex Berenson has attacked Israel's COVID vaccination rollout, in an attempt to deny the vaccine's efficacy. Now Twitter has made it harder for him to do so
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:28:44 +03:00Palestinian detainee set to give birth in Israeli jail, in first since 2008
Activists demand the release of Anhar al-Deek, who is charged with attempted stabbing, and plan to rally in front of the prison where she is detained, as the Prison Service says it is prepared for the infant's intake
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:15:37 +03:00Colleagues mourn 'deeply passionate' Israel-based journalist Joshua Mitnick
The career of the U.S.-born journalist, who died at 50 in Tel Aviv, spanned decades of professional 'shoe-leather reporting' on Israel and the Mideast for a host of top-flight media outlets
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:49:09 +03:00Netanyahu trial: Search of key witness' phone triggers further investigation
Defense counsel are expected to oppose the move to summon former news site editor, in the latest development in the ongoing Bezek-Walla corruption case against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:38:02 +03:00Israel’s largest private hospital inadvertently reveals data of 50,000 Israelis
A demo site built to test a new appointment-setting system left the database of a massive Israeli medical center exposed; ‘a human error that has been fixed’
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:00:20 +03:00Iran’s new foreign minister vows to confront ‘economic terrorism’ in Syria visit
Confirmed by parliament last week, Hossein Amirabdollahian is believed to have close ties with Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards and Iranian proxies in the Middle East
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:42:05 +03:00U.S. in final phase of Kabul evacuations, Taliban says ready to take over airport
President Joe Biden has said he will stick by his deadline to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Tuesday, as just over 1,000 civilians at Kabul airport wait to be flown out
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:37:50 +03:00Merkel's Israel legacy: a true friend – despite the fights with Netanyahu
Israeli politicians who worked closely with the outgoing German chancellor, including former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, say she always had Israel’s back, even when she was critical of some of its policies
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:14:42 +03:00Why is Hollywood so afraid of COVID?
The pandemic shows no sign of disappearing, but what about fictional films and series about it? So far, they’re playing it for laughs and leaving the heavy lifting to documentaries