Haaretz Israel News
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:11:13 +03:00It's time for Israel to confront Biden on Iran
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:06:24 +03:00Ukraine dispatch: the Russian bullets going after children
Before last month’s Russian invasion, Ukrainians dreamed everyday dreams. Now they face a future of huge uncertainty – including not knowing whether their homes are still standing or if they will ever return to them
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:02:41 +03:00Live updates: Bennett contracts COVID as Mideast summit enters second day
Israeli FM Lapid said foreign ministers from Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and U.S. condemned the attack in Hadera and sent their condolences to the families of those killed
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:54:26 +03:00Bennett: Second attack by ISIS supporters requires Israel to adapt quickly to new threat
Five people were arrested overnight on suspicion of aiding the assailants or knowing of their plans
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:59:21 +03:00Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tests positive for COVID
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:01:19 +03:00Second terror attack in a week reflects Israeli intel's shortcomings
Israel is investigating whether the Hadera murderers had a similar ideological background to that of the terrorist who went on a killing spree in Be’er Sheva
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:48:54 +03:00Defensive cooperation against Iran discussed at Israel's Mideast summit
Historic Negev summit is further evidence of the decline in the Palestinian Authority’s status in the Arab world
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:37:55 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 01:00:41 +03:00Too many American Jews still believe Putin-style lies
Will Putin's clear lies on Ukraine be a wake-up call to those U.S. Jews who've swallowed lies and conspiracy theories at home – even when antisemitism is the inevitable end game?
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:29:24 +03:00Letters to the Editor: Why did Haaretz columnist not listen to Zelenskyy’s Knesset speech?
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:12:38 +03:00Israel must end its theatrics in the West Bank
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:02:16 +03:00Shas leader Dery's brother to plead guilty to tax fraud in plea bargain
Shlomo Dery will plead guilty to three cases related to tax evasion, including aiding his brother Arye by claiming his income from a U.S. investment fund as his own
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:06:23 +03:00Jewish settlers move into historic building in Jerusalem’s Old City Christian Quarter
The controversial battle by an Israeli settler organization for Jewish ownership of the hotel, which Christians see as crucial for area's character, has been ongoing for 18 years
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 22:34:21 +03:00Abbas asks Blinken to press Israel on settlement freeze, settler violence
The U.S. secretary of state urged Israel to de-escalate tensions before Ramadan, as he visits the region for historic 'Negev Summit' with Arab allies
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 21:11:17 +03:00Two Israelis killed in shooting attack amid U.S.-Mideast summit, assailants shot dead
Attack by two Israeli citizens comes days after deadly stabbing and ramming in Be'er Sheva, and as officials warn of escalation ahead of Ramadan
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 20:02:11 +03:00Twenty years since Israel’s biggest missed opportunity
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 19:58:06 +03:00Israel's Mideast summit is ignoring us Palestinians. We’re ignoring it, too
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:36:26 +03:00Israeli settlers’ grim offer to Ukraine's Jewish refugees
Israel’s settler council is preying on vulnerable refugees from Ukraine, offering help and homes in West Bank settlements. Beneath the smiles, there's a toxic message: Flee occupation, become occupiers
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:27:53 +03:00Blinken, Bennett discuss Iran deal, settler violence, Ukraine war ahead of Israel summit
In Israel, the secretary of state warns against settlement expansion and violence ahead of holidays. As Mideast foreign ministers arrive at the 'Negev Summit,' the Palestinian Foreign Ministry argues Israel is trying to divert attention away from the...
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:47:33 +03:00A single complaint behind claim of Islamist 'modesty patrols' on Israeli campus
The president of Ben-Gurion University claimed the institution had uncovered an 'Islamist cell' targeting female Bedouin students, but source says the male students involved were barred from campus shortly after
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:05:33 +03:00Israeli TV won big at the Series Mania festival. It's easy to see why
Israeli shows ‘Fire Dance’ and ‘Bloody Murray’ won awards at the prestigious festival in France last week. This is part of a broader story of the the 'idiot box' overtaking the silver screen in prominence
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:36:04 +03:00Construction accident grinds several train lines to halt in Israel
Technicians are at the scene to repair the damage to the electrical cables, which caused the total shutdown of some stations in southern and central Israel
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:30:59 +03:00Crypto climate insurance? Blockchain philanthropy project launches
Lemonade's Crypto Climate Coalition wants to use fintech and smart contracts to help farmers in the developing world
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:15:11 +03:00This is what's behind Blinken's Middle East visit
For Blinken and the Biden administration, the trip is largely dedicated to ensuring that all of its highly skeptical Middle Eastern allies understand its position on the Iran deal
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:09:06 +03:00Blinken says Israel and U.S. see 'eye to eye' on preventing nuclear Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken slammed Tehran's 'destabilizing activities in the region and beyond' ahead of the five-way summit with Israel and its Arab allies in the Negev
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 13:56:59 +03:00Pyramids in the air: Can this foursome make Israel an acrobatics superpower?
After returning from the World Championships with four medals, Israel’s acrobatics teams have set themselves two important goals
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 12:30:05 +03:00Israel approves four Jewish desert communities in tense cabinet meeting
A shouting match broke out after left-wing ministers slammed the admission committees and the environmental impact ■ Right-wing minister warns of Bedouin settlement if land is left undeveloped in Israel's Negev
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:41:12 +03:00Israel's COVID infection rate wanes for the third straight day after month-long surge
Israel is now witnessing a decline in the R number and daily COVID infections, as well as the sustained drop in serious illness
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:00:48 +03:00The symbolic timing of Israel's Mideast summit for Palestinians
Twenty years since the Arab Peace Initiative was put forth in Beirut, the question of Palestine has all but disappeared from the diplomatic map
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 10:30:55 +03:00Iran says nuclear deal 'imminent,' but U.S. remains coy
A senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says that the U.S. must drop Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its terror list, but the Biden administration says no decision on the issue has been made yet
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 10:13:20 +03:00Israel summit updates: Foreign ministers discuss Iran threat; Blinken warns against settlement expansion
Iran nuclear deal, energy and more on the agenda for foreign ministers from Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and U.S. arriving for Israel's Mideast summit ■ The leaders will meet for an intimate dinner
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:19:51 +03:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy weighs neutrality peace deal ahead of Turkey talks
After more than four weeks of conflict, Russia has failed to seize any major Ukrainian city and signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions to focus on securing the Donbas region
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:14:59 +03:0028-year-old Bedouin shot dead in southern Israel
Police arrived at the scene after reports of gunshots heard in Tel Sheva in Israel's Negev desert
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 06:00:25 +03:00Israel summit: U.S. and Mideast allies are far from united on Iran
The summit in Israel's Negev will provide ample opportunities for photo-ops, lofty speeches and good ambience, but each dignitary brings with them a diversity of interests, with Iran presenting the biggest cleft
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:10:48 +03:00Historic summit of Arab FMs in Israel is Shimon Peres’ ‘new Middle East’ half realized
The 'Sde Boker Summit' shows off open partnerships between Israel and Arab states, but conflict with the Palestinians remain
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:28:42 +03:00Israel's police minister will pay for his gaffe, but what about the Palestinian teen killed by his officers?
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:21:02 +03:00An improper Zionist response
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:49:58 +03:00Putin 'cannot remain in power,' Biden says in impassioned speech on Ukraine war
In a major address delivered at Warsaw's Royal Castle, Biden evoked Poland's four decades behind the Iron Curtain in an effort to build a case that the world's democracies must urgently confront an autocratic Russia as a threat to global security and...
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:36:26 +03:00Israel's Gantz planned to join Abbas-Abdullah meeting without informing Bennett
Last week Gantz's office released a statement saying his visit to India will be brought forward so as to begin just four days before Bennett's planned visit to the country, in a move that led to a friction between their offices
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 23:11:41 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:51:55 +03:00With no apparent path to victory in Ukraine, Russia adjusts expectations
Russian generals' PR moves are divorced from reality, while on the ground a deadlock seems the only outcome of Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:36:03 +03:00Fourth vaccine reduces risk of dying from COVID by 78 percent, Israeli study finds
As omicron's BA.2 variant is fueling a spike in COVID-19 infections, the latest large-scale study by an Israeli HMO suggests that a fourth dose reduces both the risk of infection and severe illness
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:15:58 +03:00Israel isn’t really a friend to anyone
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:10:56 +03:00Yad Vashem condemns Russian strike on Ukrainian Holocaust memorial
About 20,000 people have been murdered by the Nazis at the Drobitsky Yar ravine in World War II. 'The ones coming to denazify Ukraine are actually Nazis themselves,' Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Kornichuk said
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:50:08 +03:00Israel summit: Blinken, Mideast foreign ministers to discuss Iran, energy cooperation
Top diplomats from Israel, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco will be joined at a southern Israeli resort by Egypt’s top diplomat. Jordan likely won't be represented at the historic summit
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:07:18 +03:00‘Zelenskyy is Jewish but he’s a Nazi in his soul’: Dozens at pro-Moscow rally in Tel Aviv amid Ukraine war
'We only want them to be together with Russia and not be Nazis,' says one protester, decrying 'incorrect' media portrayal of Russia's actions in Ukraine
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:59:54 +03:00Why Israel's right is waiting to hear this witness in Netanyahu's corruption trial
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:21:45 +03:00Palestinians vote in West Bank local elections boycotted by Hamas
While the parliamentary elections were indefinitely postponed by President Abbas, a steady stream of voters was seen outside polling stations, in a second round of voting with more visible opposition to his Fatah party
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:46:25 +03:00Ukrainian family held for three days at Tel Aviv airport after 'controversial' questioning
The family's entry was approved after the Immigration Appeals Tribunal found their story to be credible. 'We are being treated like the worst criminals,' the father said
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:31:07 +03:00Russian invasion: Ukrainian city on Belarus border fears becoming 'next Mariupol'
In Chernihiv, where the mayor says over 280,000 have fled since the Russian invasion, hospitals are no longer operating, and residents cook over open fires in the street because the power is out
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:27:07 +03:00Israeli university cracks down on Bedouin 'modesty patrols'
The patrols largely targeted Bedouin women, who account for 70 percent of all Bedouin students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The university refused to clarify whether the offenders were expelled
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:16:53 +03:00Lawmakers fail to elect new Iraqi president for the second time, in blow to Shi'ite leader
Iran-aligned parliamentarians boycotted the vote, which would have threatened to exclude pro-Tehran factions from power for the first time in years if passed, under Moqtada al-Sadr's platform against Iranian influence
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:02:13 +03:00Israel condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, blames 'Iran’s regional aggression'
Yemen's Houthi rebels said the Saudi-led coalition hit oil facilities as it unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on Sanaa and a strategic Red Sea city in retaliation
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 14:30:27 +03:00EU's Borrell says nuclear agreement with Iran 'very close'
The failure of efforts to restore the pact could carry the risk of a regional war, or lead to more harsh Western sanctions on Iran, analysts say
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:46:09 +03:00Egypt to join summit with Blinken, FMs of UAE, Bahrain and Morocco in Israel
The historic summit will bring together Arab countries that have normalized ties with Israel on Sunday and Monday
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:02:07 +03:00Russia 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
Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:27:54 +03:00Zelenskyy 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 +03:00A 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 +03:00Why 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 +03:00To 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 +03:00Ukraine vs. Russia, the anti-national war
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:48:09 +03:00A 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 +03:00Iran-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 +03:001,000 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 +03:00Refugee 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 +03:00Biden’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 13:52:31 +03:00Israel 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 +03:00Israeli 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 +03:00Ukrainian 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 +03:00Public 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 +03:00Russia’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 +03:00How 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 +03:00Russia-Ukraine updates: 'We stand with you,' Biden tells Ukrainians after NATO visit
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 +03:00Bennett'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 +03:00Terror 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 +02:00If there are no buses on weekends in Israel, at least don't tweet about it
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:22:14 +02:00Tel 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 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:37:53 +02:00Stop changing the clocks
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:34:12 +02:00When it comes to taking in Ukrainian refugees, Israel is master of the dual conscience
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:28:17 +02:00Israeli 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 +02:00Mosque 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 +02:00LISTEN: 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 +02:00Israeli 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 +02:00Learning 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 +02:00Israel 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 +02:00The 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 +02:00Gymnast 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 +02:00ISIS-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 +02:00The 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 +02:00Early 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 +02:00Ethiopia 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 +02:00Jerusalem 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 +02:00Ukraine 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 +02:00Blinken 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 +02:00Russia 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 +02:00Israeli 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