Haaretz Israel News
Wed, 11 May 2022 10:44:53 +03:00Reporter killed in Israeli raid was U.S. citizen; ambassador urges 'thorough investigation'
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides and the UN Delegation to the Palestinians called for an investigation into the death of journalist Shereen Abu Akleh
Wed, 11 May 2022 10:18:14 +03:00Abbas: Israel 'fully responsible' for journalist's death; Bennett: 'Baseless accusations'
UN envoy calls for 'an immediate and thorough investigation' into Al Jazeera reporter's killing during a military raid in Jenin
Wed, 11 May 2022 08:52:21 +03:00Can God solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Surveys of Israelis and Palestinians are definitive: Religious devotion starkly correlates with political extremism. Religious Jews and Muslims stoke incitement and violence. But could they also resolve the conflict?
Wed, 11 May 2022 07:24:28 +03:00Al Jazeera reporter killed in Israeli army raid in Jenin
'I don't think we killed' Shireen Abu Akleh, a spokesman for the Israeli military says, as a senior Palestinian official says the veteran journalist was 'martyred by the bullets of the Israeli occupation'
Wed, 11 May 2022 06:36:34 +03:00Construction site deaths in Israel double most EU states, report shows
According to a State Comptroller report released on Tuesday, 238 workers were killed in Israel between 2015-21, with a record 40 fatalities recorded in 2019
Wed, 11 May 2022 06:02:23 +03:00A year after nationwide riots, Israeli Arabs expect reprise
The violence of recent weeks has not escalated into nationwide clashes and war with Gaza like the events of May 2021, but Arab society in Israel is still ripe for renewed conflict
Wed, 11 May 2022 06:00:52 +03:00Egypt warns Israel against assassinating Hamas leader Sinwar
After Moscow's offer to host Palestinian factions for reconciliation talks, Cairo receives praise from U.S. for its mediating role
Wed, 11 May 2022 04:54:56 +03:00Syria says Israeli missiles hit targets in Quneitra province
Wed, 11 May 2022 04:15:10 +03:00Poor Knesset decisions may unwittingly drag Israel into war
Wed, 11 May 2022 04:04:14 +03:00Mansour Abbas is the authentic voice of the Israeli left
Wed, 11 May 2022 03:27:39 +03:00U.S. House okays rare honor for last living Nuremberg prosecutor
Benjamin Ferencz will receive a Congressional Gold Medal for his work collecting evidence of Nazi war crimes and leading the prosecution of 22 former SS officials
Wed, 11 May 2022 02:23:27 +03:00I’m no censor. My additions to Israeli history curriculum were rejected
Tue, 10 May 2022 23:40:52 +03:00Israel resumes demolitions of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem as Ramadan ends
On Tuesday, the Jerusalem municipality demolished a three-story building home to 45 people in Silwan following a month-long break due to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
Tue, 10 May 2022 23:20:43 +03:00If Israel's High Court approves the Nakba, why should the hilltop hooligans even bother?
Tue, 10 May 2022 22:47:05 +03:00This Israeli father and daughter didn't stand a chance when a Gaza rocket had hit
It's been a year since a rocket killed Nadin and Khalil Awad in Dahmash, a village that has no bomb shelters because it is unrecognized. The government still isn't recognizing it , and the only road that's been paved is meant to ease congestion for L...
Tue, 10 May 2022 21:56:03 +03:00Killing Hamas leader Sinwar is a childish fantasy
Tue, 10 May 2022 21:39:04 +03:00Elon Musk says would end Twitter ban on Trump
The decision amplifies his views among people on the political right, Musk says, calling the ban 'morally wrong and flat-out stupid'
Tue, 10 May 2022 20:53:32 +03:00Russia batters vital Ukrainian port to disrupt strategic supply lines
The Center for Defense Strategies, a Ukrainian think tank, said Moscow used hypersonic air-to-surface missiles against Odesa
Tue, 10 May 2022 19:17:03 +03:00Israel revoked 1,100 entry permits of Palestinians close to terrorists in recent spate of attacks
In March, Israel's security cabinet expended sanctions on Palestinian relatives of terrorists. Now second-degree relatives as well as neighbors and close friends could see their permits revoked
Tue, 10 May 2022 17:52:20 +03:00Islamist party council postpones decision on whether to back early Israel elections
After hours of deliberation, the council failed to reach a decision. Meanwhile, the Joint List officially states it would vote in favor of dissolving the Israeli parliament on Wednesday
Tue, 10 May 2022 17:26:52 +03:00Donors urged to dig deep as Ukraine war hits Syria hard
60 percent of Syria’s population 'suffer food insecurity, and barely know where the next meal is going to come from,' EU foreign policy chief warns
Tue, 10 May 2022 17:04:32 +03:00‘The Netanyahus’: A crazy story about Netanyahu that has nothing to do with his political troubles
Joshua Cohen talks about his hilarious but dead-serious book ‘The Netanyahus,’ which he purportedly based on a real-life visit by Benzion Netanyahu (Bibi’s dad) to Cornell University in 1960
Tue, 10 May 2022 17:00:46 +03:00Israeli Judoka, Olympic medalist Ori Sasson to retire
Sasson, winner of two Olympic medals, is expected to announce his retirement from Israel's national team later this week
Tue, 10 May 2022 16:27:07 +03:00Death toll in Ukraine 'thousands higher' than reported, says UN
The United Nations team, which includes 55 monitors in Ukraine, says most of the deaths were caused by explosive weapons with a wide impact area such as missile and air strikes
Tue, 10 May 2022 16:08:52 +03:00Bennett: Six Waqf guards who support Hamas expelled from Temple Mount
Prime minister says he rejected Jordanian request to increase staffing at Temple Mount; Waqf official says he has no knowledge of Bennett's claims
Tue, 10 May 2022 16:04:03 +03:00Is David Ben-Gurion to blame for Israel's high cost of living?
In his last work, Daniel Doron lays the blame for Israel’s social and economic issues on the leaders and founders of socialist Zionism, pointing to monopolies, malignant bureaucracy, institutionalized political nepotism and corruption
Tue, 10 May 2022 15:21:35 +03:00Where exactly did John the Baptist baptize Jesus?
if Jesus was indeed baptized, then where? Biblical scholar Shimon Gibson reviews the geo-historical and archaeological evidence, or lack thereof, and presents a new theory
Tue, 10 May 2022 15:02:37 +03:00Putin’s strange war in Ukraine has no endgame in sight
The Russian president’s mendacious speech on Victory Day was consistent with previous delusional statements, but his army’s tactics in Ukraine are harder to decipher
Tue, 10 May 2022 14:53:41 +03:00Biden to meet Jordan's King Abdullah on Friday
Middle East regional issues expected to dominate the meeting, which will convene amid tensions at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Tue, 10 May 2022 14:20:09 +03:00Pegasus in Spain: Spy chief sacked over phone hacking
Spain's spy agency admitted to wiretapping at least 18 pro-independence Catalan leaders with a court order; PM and DM also targeted, likely by another state
Tue, 10 May 2022 14:17:11 +03:00Netanyahu urged Trump to strike Iran, ex-defense chief suggests in censored book
In his redacted new book, ex-U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper writes about the then-Israeli PM encouraging Donald Trump to take military action against Iran’s nuclear program
Tue, 10 May 2022 13:03:46 +03:00Turkish jet grounded in Israel after passengers receive images of plane crash; Nine arrested
The jet was forced to return to the airport gate after passengers on the flight to Turkey reported receiving worrying images on their cellphones before takeoff; it is unclear who sent the images
Tue, 10 May 2022 12:43:08 +03:00UN watchdog 'hopeful' for Iran deal but concerned by Tehran's nuclear activities
UN nuclear watchdog chief says he warned Iran that it wasn't being transparent enough about its uranium enrichment activities
Tue, 10 May 2022 12:15:17 +03:00Detention extended for Netanyahu supporter suspected of threatening Bennett
Police seek charges of threats to commit an act of terror, extortion through threats, transporting a weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime; 65-year-old Ashkelon resident denies sending letters with bullets to Bennett's family
Tue, 10 May 2022 12:09:34 +03:00Lufthansa bars Haredi Jews from flight after some refuse to wear masks
Multiple passengers said Lufthansa blocked dozens of 'visibly Jewish' travelers from boarding their flight last week, though they complied with the German carrier's mask rules
Tue, 10 May 2022 11:32:17 +03:00'Where is Anne Frank': Why you need to watch the new Holocaust animation
It may present an uncomplicated message, but 'Where is Anne Frank' is worth watching for its artistic achievement and being the latest chapter in the career of a talented, bold and ambitious filmmaker
Tue, 10 May 2022 10:57:57 +03:00British, Australian Jewish leaders blast WZO violence against Women of the Wall
Jewish community leader in U.K. ‘extremely distressed’ by World Zionist Organization's role in attacks on members of Women of the Wall group in Jerusalem last week
Tue, 10 May 2022 06:03:05 +03:00One year after Gaza war, Israeli military struggles to read new reality
Current terror wave indicates that the situation hasn’t substantially changed a year after the Gaza war
Tue, 10 May 2022 01:31:42 +03:00Victory Day celebrations put Putin’s isolation, Russian limitations, on full display
The Russian president may have said nothing new in Monday's speech, but he still believes he can achieve his goal of eventually eliminating Ukraine as an independent entity
Tue, 10 May 2022 01:27:26 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Tue, 10 May 2022 01:20:16 +03:00Don't turn Israel into a surveillance state
Tue, 10 May 2022 00:30:53 +03:00'The Netanyahus,' a fictional book by Joshua Cohen, wins Pulitzer Prize
Joshua Cohen's widely praised book portrays Netanyahu as a young boy in New York in the 50s as his father, Benzion, is seeking a job in academia
Mon, 9 May 2022 23:24:03 +03:00What would a true 'social warrior' do?
Mon, 9 May 2022 23:23:02 +03:00Palestinians wounded by Israeli soldiers' rubber-coated bullets after reporting settler attack
Three Palestinian family members say Israeli settlers hurled stones at their house and beat them. Soldiers called to the scene used riot control gear, leaving the three hospitalized
Mon, 9 May 2022 22:38:17 +03:00Biden to meet Jordan's King Abdullah this week amid Jerusalem tensions
'The United States has a central role in promoting the peace process,' says Jordan's foreign minister, who accompanied the king on his U.S. tour
Mon, 9 May 2022 20:59:07 +03:00Rival groups see red at Israeli event marking Soviet victory over fascism
Supporters of Ukraine and a few backers of Putin’s war faced off at a memorial event in the heart of Tel Aviv on Sunday
Mon, 9 May 2022 20:44:10 +03:00Kahanist leader is scolded while the United Arab List is in government
Mon, 9 May 2022 20:24:16 +03:00Israel renews public housing evictions after six-month freeze
The Housing Ministry plans to proceed with evictions in some 350 cases, including that of a single mother with a history of emotional problems which was put on hold after a Haaretz inquiry and petition
Mon, 9 May 2022 20:16:47 +03:00Israeli soldiers beat Palestinian journalist documenting West Bank demolition
Basel Al-Adra says soldiers hit him after throwing him to the ground near the village of al-Tuwani, where the force had ordered a local man to take down a makeshift structure
Mon, 9 May 2022 19:17:40 +03:00'Blood on your hands': On Victory Day, Russian TV shows message from Ukraine
'The TV and the authorities are lying. No to war,' says one message on Russia's Victory Day celebrating Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. It's not clear how the slogans got there
Mon, 9 May 2022 19:08:16 +03:00With a wobbling coalition, Bennett meets advisers to talk early election
The prime minister prefers having the government fall with the help of the United Arab List, which would let him keep his seat until a new government is sworn in
Mon, 9 May 2022 17:56:19 +03:00For abortion rights, against Trump, against fascism: Why American Jews won't stop fighting
For the great majority of Jewish Americans, any embrace of Trump is impossible, the potential overturning of Roe is abhorrent, the MAGA culture wars are madness and the moral collapse of the Supreme Court is a tragedy
Mon, 9 May 2022 17:51:30 +03:00Israeli military kicks off 'Chariots of Fire' war games amid heightened tensions
The IDF hopes to complete the exercise this year, unlike 2021 when it was interrupted by actual fighting
Mon, 9 May 2022 17:31:41 +03:00As Knesset reconvenes, Bennett's coalition teeters and Netanyahu goes on the attack
'Those who sit in government with Hamas supporters cannot fight Hamas,' opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu tells lawmakers, as parliament returns from recess with a no-confidence vote
Mon, 9 May 2022 16:25:15 +03:00Iranians are dying to see this Israeli musician perform live
Not the soundtrack he wrote for Apple TV's 'Tehran,' nor his work with popular Israeli singers: To Mark Eliyahu, his greatest achievement is sweeping up audiences with the kamancheh, an ancient Persian string instrument. Many of them live in Iran
Mon, 9 May 2022 15:55:12 +03:00Qatar is Hamas' patron. Its 'moderate' rebranding is a dangerous delusion
A rash of commentary celebrating a supposed shift in Qatari policy, away from promoting and subsidizing radical Islamists like Hamas and the Taliban to "moderating" them, is misplaced, misinformed and dangerously naïve
Mon, 9 May 2022 15:48:14 +03:00Jared Kushner’s sham marriage of Israeli tech and Saudi money
The new fund launched by Kushner slates some of its mostly Saudi money to invest in Israel. But it looks more like a friends-of-Jared fund than the real thing.
Mon, 9 May 2022 15:28:41 +03:00Tel Aviv University quietly swaps out Sackler name from U.S.-facing medical program
Still, the name remains on the medical faculty itself despite demands to remove it due to the family's contribution to the opioid crisis
Mon, 9 May 2022 15:16:50 +03:00NATO, Nazis and the Motherland: Putin's full Victory Day speech
Read the full text of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Victory Day speech
Mon, 9 May 2022 14:08:34 +03:00Concerns mount over Jewish Agency chief’s role in recent violence against women at Western Wall
Yaakov Hagoel heads both the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization, a group that sanctioned an event last week where 150 members of the feminist prayer group Women of the Wall were attacked
Mon, 9 May 2022 13:57:22 +03:00Israel arrests Netanyahu supporter suspected of sending Bennett letters with bullets
The 65-year-old woman, a resident of Ashkelon, called Israel's prime minister 'a murderer, traitor and swindler' on social media, but denies sending Bennett's family threatening letters
Mon, 9 May 2022 13:20:23 +03:00Israel advances use of face-recognition cameras in public
Bill would authorize security services to access information from CCTV without a warrant
Mon, 9 May 2022 13:13:23 +03:00Defiant Putin leads Russia's Victory Day parade as troops eye Ukraine's Mariupol
In his Victory Day speech, Putin said Russian soldiers are fighting to 'liberate' the Donbas region, as Moscow hopes to topple Mariupol's last stronghold
Mon, 9 May 2022 12:43:23 +03:00Manhood in ancient Greece: Battle, blood and not being a ‘bottom’
Confused about what it means to be a man? This article will not help you find the answer. The Greeks developed conflicting ideologies, from the muscle-flexing of Spartans to the astuteness of Athenians
Mon, 9 May 2022 12:39:45 +03:00Saudis say former Lebanese PM 'surrendered to Hezbollah' in election withdrawal
Saudi Arabia warns that, by bailing out of the next election and calling for Sunnis to boycott it, al-Hariri is paving the way for a Hezbollah takeover
Mon, 9 May 2022 12:01:46 +03:00Israeli forces arrest Palestinians suspected of aiding attackers in two terror cases
Four arrested under suspicion of aiding terror attacks in Israel's central city of Elad and the West Bank settlement of Ariel that left a total of four Israelis dead
Mon, 9 May 2022 11:19:25 +03:00'Jews wake up' spray-painted, car tires slashed in Israeli-Arab town
The residents of the Israeli Arab town of Jisr al-Zarqa plead with police to catch the vandals, after a similar incident in 2019 concluded with no arrests
Mon, 9 May 2022 10:11:06 +03:00‘I’m not letting some antisemitic state senator scare me out of politics’
Jewish Republican Morgan Ortagus expected to face antisemitism on the campaign trail in Tennessee, but wasn’t prepared for what she encountered. Now she wonders why so many members of her party are staying silent
Mon, 9 May 2022 09:31:41 +03:00Putin marks Victory Day as Russia eyes Ukraine's Mariupol
Hoping for a win on Victory Day, which marks Russia's triumph over Nazi Germany, Putin is determined to topple Mariupol's last stronghold, where 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are making their last stand to save the port city
Mon, 9 May 2022 06:53:25 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon
Mon, 9 May 2022 06:00:56 +03:00Political crisis could drive Bennett to far-reaching steps in combating terror
Just like the question of a possible assassination of Hamas leader Sinwar, the capture of the two Palestinian terrorists turned into a superficial, ignorant and politically driven discourse on social media
Mon, 9 May 2022 02:50:59 +03:00Israel, beware of abandoning the first Arab leader willing to work together
Mon, 9 May 2022 02:17:09 +03:00Israel's cabinet endorses climate-change bill, dividing environmentalists
The bill approved by the ministerial committee is significantly less stringent than an original version that the ministry had sought to advance, creating a difference of opinion among environmental groups
Mon, 9 May 2022 01:15:04 +03:00No place for an Israeli militia
Mon, 9 May 2022 01:12:55 +03:00Another phase of the Palestinian Nakba, with Israeli court approval
Mon, 9 May 2022 00:32:46 +03:00Israel scraps plan to provide addiction treatment via health care providers
The HMOs had objected to assuming full responsibility due to concerns about cost as well as a possible negative impact on other mental health services that they provide
Sun, 8 May 2022 22:55:58 +03:00Victory Day: Russia and Ukraine are fighting over memories of a previous war as well
Ukraine’s national war museum has wasted no time in memorializing the current conflict, but painful questions of history and identity haven’t vanished from view either
Sun, 8 May 2022 22:50:27 +03:00Israel to lift West Bank closure Monday except for village of terror attack assailants
Entry of Palestinian workers and merchants from the West Bank into Israel to resume following the closure that was extended after the deadly Elad attack that left three Israelis dead and four wounded
Sun, 8 May 2022 21:57:38 +03:00Palestinian killed by Israeli military fire after attempting to cross separation barrier
Mohammed Ara'am, a resident of the Gaza Strip, entered Israel in 2019 for medical treatment and never returned to the enclave
Sun, 8 May 2022 20:33:51 +03:00Bloodstain helped locate terror attack assailants, Israel Police say
Before their 60 hours on the run, the two perpetrators from the Jenin area in the West Bank planned their escape in advance, the authorities say
Sun, 8 May 2022 19:58:08 +03:00Israeli cop moderately wounded in stabbing attack at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate
In a separate incident, a Palestinian tried to infiltrate into the Jewish settlement of Tekoa but was shot dead by a settlement security squad
Sun, 8 May 2022 19:25:27 +03:00Rabbis at the center of Texas synagogue hostage crisis recall 11 hours at gunpoint
In January, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl received a voicemail from a man claiming to be a rabbi, saying a gunman wanted to talk to her. The two shared what was going through their minds during that harrowing day
Sun, 8 May 2022 18:16:52 +03:00Two terror suspects were 'surprised and exhausted' when caught, Israeli army officer says
'This was one of the most horrific terror attack scenes that I have seen in my life'
Sun, 8 May 2022 17:22:40 +03:00Jill Biden meets Zelenskyy's wife in a surprise visit to Ukraine
U.S. first lady traveled under the cloak of secrecy, becoming the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during its 10-week-old conflict with Russia
Sun, 8 May 2022 17:03:23 +03:00Victory Day in Israel: A new kind of Russia-Ukraine war
The celebration in Israel, where it's a holiday too, is being toned down this year because of Putin's invasion, but some veterans don't understand why
Sun, 8 May 2022 16:51:17 +03:00The war in Ukraine – in graphic detail
Four testimonies from the front lines in Ukraine, captured in words by Sam Sokol and illustrations by Aron Ehrlich
Sun, 8 May 2022 16:38:49 +03:00Crucial week ahead as Bennett scrambles to keep shaky government together
Bennett is trying to sooth right-wing lawmakers by way of settlement construction and other concessions, but must simultaneously bear the opposite pull of Mansour Abbas' coalition boycott over Temple Mount
Sun, 8 May 2022 16:09:09 +03:00Generation XXX: Israeli teens open up about virginity, sadism and porn
They talk about 'saving' themselves for a person they love, but like to be spanked. They believe in 'consensual' relations, but are influenced by their extreme porn consumption. Israel's young generation may be into eroticism, but they lack understa...
Sun, 8 May 2022 15:05:50 +03:00Hamas takes Israeli threats against Gaza leader Sinwar seriously
Hamas believes Israel does not plan on assassinating the Palestinian leader ahead of Biden’s visit, but fears Bennett could cave to pressure from the right
Sun, 8 May 2022 14:08:50 +03:00In Masafer Yatta, Palestinians brace for a second expulsion
In 1999, Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta were evicted from their homes, allowed only to return as they waited for a final court ruling. Now, Israel has decided once again to expel the residents, reviving old traumas
Sun, 8 May 2022 13:29:29 +03:00'Capturing terrorists is not enough': Bennett pushes for civilian national guard
'We are in a new phase in the war on terror,' the prime minister said, after Israel captured the Palestinians who murdered three Israelis in the ultra-Orthodox city of Elad
Sun, 8 May 2022 12:48:24 +03:00Israeli thriller ‘Tehran’ returns, tenser than ever – just like real life
The Israeli-Apple TV+ series ‘Tehran’ aims to go one better than ‘24,’ and succeeds for the most part. Plus, the powerful Netflix documentary ‘Meltdown: Three Mile Island’
Sun, 8 May 2022 12:21:31 +03:00Israel to nix COVID testing at airport on May 20
Travelers who arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport after May 20 will no longer have to take a PCR test
Sun, 8 May 2022 11:40:05 +03:00The existential loneliness of the chicken
Animals can count, add and subtract, it has been shown. Now groundbreaking research shows that chickens react to the void. The ladies, at least
Sun, 8 May 2022 11:00:16 +03:00Israel nabs Palestinians who murdered three Israelis
The two Palestinians carried out an attack in ultra-Orthodox city of Elad that killed three Israelis and wounded four
Sun, 8 May 2022 09:56:36 +03:0060 feared dead in Russian bombing of Ukraine school, says governor
Two confirmed dead after Russia dropped a bomb on a school in Ukraine's Luhansk region where about 90 people were sheltering, governor says
Sun, 8 May 2022 08:05:00 +03:00How the Israeli army perceives the Russian-Ukraine war, 70 days in
Israel has been drawing its own conclusions from Putin's failure in Ukraine: From the resurgence of large-scale wars to the drawbacks of urban fighting
Sun, 8 May 2022 06:08:02 +03:00Joint List leader may have one more reason to topple the Israeli government
The bylaws of Joint List leader Ayman Odeh’s Hadash faction reveal one factor that Odeh may consider in his calculations to stand with or vote against Bennett's fragile government
Sun, 8 May 2022 01:39:00 +03:00Israel's High Court of Justice, the occupation's rubber stamp
Sun, 8 May 2022 01:17:52 +03:00Haaretz Cartoon