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Thu, 13 May 2021 11:37:25 +03:00Army prepares to end Gaza fighting amid Jewish-Arab violence in Israeli cities
Defense officials say a growing threat of unrest across Israel might mean political leadership will soon order them to end confrontation with Hamas
Thu, 13 May 2021 11:31:20 +03:00Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi missile and drone attack
Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen says it had intercepted and destroyed eight drones and three ballistic missiles fired towards Saudi Arabia, without specifying where
Thu, 13 May 2021 11:14:28 +03:00Israel struck 600 Gaza targets, says Hamas rocket manufacturing facilities destroyed
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 67, including 17 minors, authorities say ■ Palestinian militant groups fire more than 1,000 rockets at Israel
Thu, 13 May 2021 10:39:02 +03:00Israel diverts incoming flights after overnight rocket barrage; Gaza death toll climbs to 83
Gaza authorities say 17 minors killed ■ Israeli ground troops on standby ■ Israeli tally puts total rockets since beginning of escalation at 1,160 ■ Seven dead in Israel, including a soldier, as well as father and daughter killed
Thu, 13 May 2021 10:01:18 +03:00Gantz orders 'massive' police reinforcement to quell unrest in Israeli cities amid Jewish-Arab clashes
Defense Minister Gantz said 10 more Border Police companies will move in to 'cool off' flash points across the country
Thu, 13 May 2021 09:08:13 +03:00Gaza death toll reportedly climbs to 67, including 17 minors
Three rocket salvos were fired toward central Israel in less than an hour overnight ■ Total rockets since beginning of escalation of 1,160 ■ Seven dead in Israel, including a soldier, as well as father and daughter killed in city of Lod, followin...
Thu, 13 May 2021 06:08:31 +03:00Court orders Netanyahu to accept Haaretz's demand for dates of his meetings with lawyers
Judge says providing the information is a clear public interest, as the amount of time Netanyahu devotes to his legal proceedings is in the public interest
Thu, 13 May 2021 06:05:51 +03:00COVID-19 and Israeli bombs leave Gaza’s hospitals badly struggling
Even before Israel’s airstrikes this week, hospitals in the Strip were at full occupancy due to the coronavirus. Now, with a shortage of equipment and frequent power outages, ‘it’s impossible to describe the horror’
Thu, 13 May 2021 06:01:44 +03:00Gaza rockets, soaring violence across Israel make new government trickier, but much more badly needed
A brazen Hamas, chaos in Arab cities and a harmful Israeli police minister are all products of the Netanyahu regime. Replacing the government won't be a walk in the part, but the anti-Netanyahu bloc certainly can do it
Thu, 13 May 2021 05:03:48 +03:0025 U.S. lawmakers sign letter urging Blinken to condemn Sheikh Jarrah evictions
Increasing number of signatories reflects the steadily growing disapproval with the displacement plans within the Democratic Party
Thu, 13 May 2021 04:50:14 +03:00‘We can’t remain silent any longer’
Nine Arab citizens of Israel tell Haaretz why they took to the streets even before the escalation
Thu, 13 May 2021 03:56:58 +03:00Those who thirst for blood
Thu, 13 May 2021 00:50:09 +03:00Human beings are able to talk, not only to carry a club
Thu, 13 May 2021 00:29:08 +03:00Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian after suspected West Bank attack
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Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:01 +03:00The minister of public incitement
Wed, 12 May 2021 23:05:02 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Wed, 12 May 2021 22:44:51 +03:0048 hours with no one at the wheel in Israel and Gaza
The events of the past two days have caught many so-called experts unaware, but the truth is no one knows what’s currently going on in the minds of Israel and Gaza’s leaders
Wed, 12 May 2021 20:02:35 +03:00Attempted lynching and smashed stores as Jewish-Arab clashes spread across Israel
At least 20 people arrested so far in Lod, and police have since begun clashing with far-right Jewish extremists in the city ■ Riots resume in Lod ■ Jews smash Arab-owned shops in Bat Yam
Wed, 12 May 2021 19:23:47 +03:00Sheikh Jarrah resident: 'We don't raise our children to hate. It's reality that promotes hatred'
Abd al-Fattah Iskafi has lived in the same home since he was 6, in 1956. The Supreme Court’s postponement of an eviction hearing brought scant relief to a man who has been to court over a dozen times in as many years
Wed, 12 May 2021 19:12:44 +03:00Biden says Israel has right to defend itself, sends U.S. official to meet Israeli, Palestinian leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asks Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Hady Amr, to go to the region 'immediately' to meet with Israeli, Palestinian leaders
Wed, 12 May 2021 18:41:31 +03:00Excavating Hippos and the last Roman theater in the world
The only Roman city-state on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee, Hippos has been revealing its treasures in recent decades, including a recently identified Roman theater. But many mysteries still remain unanswered about this magnificent site
Wed, 12 May 2021 18:15:56 +03:00Israel shuts down offshore gas rig to 'exercise caution' amid Gaza rocket fire
U.S. energy giant Chevron, which operates Tamar, said it was working to 'ensure that natural gas supplies continue' as cross-border fire persists
Wed, 12 May 2021 17:28:40 +03:00The six factors stoking the upheaval in Arab Israeli society
It's not just Sheikh Jarrah and Damascus Gate. For the young generation, equality isn't a dream to be fulfilled when the whole country is ready for change
Wed, 12 May 2021 17:12:10 +03:00Israelis have come to expect prosperity. Rocket war could change that
Israel’s economic boom of the last two decades could come to end if missile war is sustained over time
Wed, 12 May 2021 16:46:57 +03:00After Arab neighbor is killed, Jews in Israeli city cower as rioters attack their homes
'These are people I know, we share a neighborhood committee with them,' one resident of Lod says. 'And today they’re throwing rocks at my window'
Wed, 12 May 2021 16:40:30 +03:00U.S. flights to and from Israel face major disruption following missile attacks from Gaza
As U.S. carriers cancel most scheduled flights for this week, travel agent warns that religious travelers should expect to spend another week in Israel due to Shabbat, Shavuot holiday
Wed, 12 May 2021 16:01:29 +03:00Israel's coalition talks must resume once Gaza fighting stops, Islamist party leader says
Mansour Abbas says the United Arab List has an opportunity to have an important role in Israeli politics and has been negotiating 'with both sides'
Wed, 12 May 2021 15:44:44 +03:00Twice convicted of 13-year-old girl's killing, Israeli school worker gets retrial
Judge rules that some new evidence presented by Roman Zadorov's lawyers in the high-profile case 'has real potential to change the result'
Wed, 12 May 2021 15:44:08 +03:00Rivlin condemns 'pogrom' by Israeli Arabs as police announce curfew on Lod
Police announce 48-hour curfew after attacks and violent clashes in the central city of Lod and across Israel
Wed, 12 May 2021 15:38:08 +03:00Erdogan tells Putin that Israel needs a 'strong and deterrent lesson'
Turkish president suggests to Putin that an international protection force to shield the Palestinians should be considered, Presidential Communications Directorate says in statement
Wed, 12 May 2021 14:50:17 +03:00Netanyahu is leading Israel into civil war between Jews and Palestinians
For years, through illusions, incitement, a captive media, brutal policing and discriminatory laws, Netanyahu has repressed Israel’s Palestinian citizens, preparing the ground for violent conflict. And now it may be starting
Wed, 12 May 2021 14:44:38 +03:00Violence between Arabs and Jews inside Israel further inflame Gaza conflict
What started as local tensions in Jerusalem has quickly spread to predominantly Arab and mixed Arab-Jewish cities throughout Israel, all while missiles rain down from Gaza
Wed, 12 May 2021 14:19:44 +03:00'There's systematic expulsion of Arab society in Israel, and we've reached a boiling point'
To understand the rage in the mixed Jewish-Arab cities, one has to look at social media
Wed, 12 May 2021 13:51:58 +03:00Co-existence in Jaffa could cost Arab residents their homes
At the heart of the tensions in Jaffa, the mixed Arab-Jewish part of Tel Aviv, is also a move to push its inhabitants out of their homes. Here are the stories of three of them
Wed, 12 May 2021 13:51:25 +03:00Israel's unwanted war: LISTEN to Anshel Pfeffer
Wed, 12 May 2021 13:35:12 +03:00Cease-fire efforts on hold after Israel targeted Islamic Jihad commanders, sources say
Diplomatic sources said Israel rejected a request by Hamas, which was passed on by international mediators, to discuss a truce
Wed, 12 May 2021 13:18:58 +03:00‘Why should we ask Israel permission to film its illegal activity?’
Oscar nominated British-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi's acclaimed short film 'The Present' exposes Palestinian life under occupation. In an interview with Haaretz she explains how she got a deal with Netflix and what drives her to tell the stori...
Wed, 12 May 2021 12:57:31 +03:00Neither Israel nor Hamas will back down
Under different circumstances, it would have been possible for both Israel and Hamas to present a picture of victory by now
Wed, 12 May 2021 12:36:51 +03:00Israel’s hubris scored its own goal in Jerusalem
Wed, 12 May 2021 12:28:13 +03:00Bennett-Lapid coalition negotiations suspended amid Gaza flare-up
Yamina seems disinclined to sign any coalition agreements until the intentions of United Arab List Chairman Mansour Abbas become clear
Wed, 12 May 2021 12:08:15 +03:00Iran’s state news agency mimics Al Jazeera with new social media channel. All it needs now is followers
Press Plus (aka PRESS+) is a new platform featuring short propaganda videos and content featuring anti-Zionist Jewish cults and failed British politicians united in their anti-Zionist messaging
Wed, 12 May 2021 11:37:59 +03:00Israel set to impose curfew in mixed Jewish-Arab town over rioting
Police send reinforcements after clashes wound 12 ■ In Lod, a synagogue and 30 cars were set on fire ■ In nearby Ramle, a number of synagogues were vandalized by rioters, a Muslim cemetery was set on fire
Wed, 12 May 2021 11:08:47 +03:00On the brink of war: Hamas surprised Israel and will probably pay the price
By firing rockets on Jerusalem, Hamas broke the unwritten rules, and the barrages on central Israel added fuel to the fires
Wed, 12 May 2021 10:43:30 +03:00Seven killed in Israel, including soldier, father and daughter, as Gaza rocket barrages persist
Two women were killed in Ashkelon, one in Rishon Letzion and a father and daughter in an unrecognized village near Lod
Wed, 12 May 2021 10:07:49 +03:00Israel-Gaza conflict: How this escalation compares with previous rounds
Operation Protective Edge was the past decade's major round of hostilities, in which the Israeli army launched a ground operation in the Gaza Strip in 2014 to put an end to rocket fire into Israel, but the quiet that followed didn't hold
Wed, 12 May 2021 07:49:21 +03:00The myth of Netanyahu, the man of peace
Wed, 12 May 2021 01:04:57 +03:00Of the 13 minors killed by Israeli military in Gaza, six died in single airstrike
Eighteen other residents were wounded in Gaza, among them a woman and 10 children
Wed, 12 May 2021 00:01:35 +03:00Israel believed Hamas didn’t want escalation. And then it happened
At a meeting Sunday, IDF General Staff were confident about Hamas’ intentions. Shin Bet and Military Intelligence were not
Tue, 11 May 2021 23:46:53 +03:00Defense tries to show Walla didn’t give Netanyahu such special favors
Elovitch, the controlling shareholder of media giant Bezeq, which owns Walla, is charged with bribery, obstruction of justice and obstruction of the investigation in the case against Netanyahu
Tue, 11 May 2021 23:18:15 +03:00Replacing Netanyahu is more urgent than ever
Tue, 11 May 2021 22:44:39 +03:00Senior U.S. officials speak with Israeli, Palestinian counterparts in Gaza deescalation bid
'We are deeply concerned about the escalation between Israel and those launching rockets from Gaza, and we call for restraint and for calm,' State Department spokesperson Ned Price said
Tue, 11 May 2021 20:01:31 +03:00Netanyahu visits Jewish-Arab town in central Israel after declaring state of emergency over riots
12 people injured in series of mob attacks, targeting both Jews and Arabs ■ Synagogue, Muslim cemetery and dozens of cars set ablaze amid growing Jerusalem, Gaza tensions
Tue, 11 May 2021 19:44:30 +03:00Gaza flare-up: Thirty-five killed in Gaza, five in Israel as violence escalates
Israel says it assassinated senior Islamic Jihad, Hamas operatives ■ 35 Gazans, including 12 children, reported killed ■ Direct hit to Israeli houses, dozens wounded, as Iron Dome battery malfunctions
Tue, 11 May 2021 19:01:04 +03:0010 surprising facts about Jewish Americans to emerge from the latest Pew Report
What do American Jews value more – prayer or a game of fetch with Spot? Is eschewing pork or performing stand-up more integral to Jewish identity? Pew’s latest Jewish community survey offers some unexpected insights
Tue, 11 May 2021 19:00:19 +03:00Almost half of young U.S. Jews feel no connection to religion, new Pew survey shows
More than 40 percent of Jewish Americans are intermarried, nearly a quarter earn over $200,000 a year, more than half seldom or never attend synagogue and only a quarter believe in God, ‘Jewish Americans in 2020’ survey by Pew Research Center fin...
Tue, 11 May 2021 18:50:57 +03:00The violence in Jerusalem started with children. Then the sirens began to wail
At some points during the long and tense Jerusalem Day on Monday, it seemed that the Israel-Palestine conflict is now being fought by teenagers, on both sides of the divided city
Tue, 11 May 2021 18:40:57 +03:00Muslim leaders condemn Israel for 'barbaric attacks' against Al-Aqsa worshippers
An emergency meeting of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation calls on the international community to hold Israel liable for the latest escalation in Jerusalem ■ Iran's Khamenei called on Palestinians to build up their fighting power
Tue, 11 May 2021 18:20:50 +03:00Turkish firm tells Lebanon to fix debts, end legal action or face power cut
The firm said it had not been paid for 18 months, a period coinciding with Lebanon's financial crunch
Tue, 11 May 2021 17:45:53 +03:00The Weeknd shares Instagram posts protesting Sheikh Jarrah eviction
Palestinian-American supermodel Bella Hadid and British singer Dua Lipa also share posts in solidarity with East Jerusalem Palestinians facing eviction from lands claimed by Jewish settlers
Tue, 11 May 2021 17:39:07 +03:00Frustration grows in D.C. over Biden’s hands-off approach on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Experts tell Haaretz that the White House’s deliberate strategy of downgrading the conflict’s centrality to U.S. policy will backfire
Tue, 11 May 2021 14:56:18 +03:00Israeli politicians aren’t managing the Jerusalem crisis and Hamas wins big
Hamas emerges as the winner of the day’s events, while Israeli police were left to handling the most complex security event in years | Five comments
Tue, 11 May 2021 14:42:16 +03:00Letters to the editor: A particular kind of genocide
Tue, 11 May 2021 12:18:50 +03:00Netanyahu trial: cross-examination of ex-news site CEO resumes
The former Walla CEO, Ilan Yeshua, is in the dock over accusations that the controlling shareholder of the news site promoted biased coverage of the Netanyahu family
Tue, 11 May 2021 11:45:41 +03:00Seven killed in Russian school shooting, one gunman arrested, state media says
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Tue, 11 May 2021 11:42:40 +03:00They tried to make Aliyah, but never survived the journey
To mark today's memorial day for Ethiopians who didn't survive the journey to Israel, the state's archives released formerly inaccessible testimonies from bereaved families
Tue, 11 May 2021 11:20:10 +03:00Israel prepares to vaccinate children ages 12 to 15 after FDA approval
Israel's declining COVID morbidity rate may cause many parents to hesitate to or opt not to vaccinate their kids
Tue, 11 May 2021 10:30:44 +03:00How comedian David Baddiel became an unlikely voice for Britain’s Jews
David Baddiel has attracted widespread praise for his book ‘Jews Don’t Count’ and his online condemnations of antisemitism. But how did a ‘fundamental atheist’ best-known for his sweary stand-up end up a pillar of the community?
Tue, 11 May 2021 09:54:27 +03:00Israeli Arab shot dead as Jerusalem riots spillover; Two Jewish suspects arrested
Police arrest two Jewish suspects on suspicion of involvement in the shooting of Moussa Hassouna after masked protesters threw stones at Jewish homes
Tue, 11 May 2021 09:17:02 +03:00Two killed in Israel, dozens injured as Gaza rockets hit buildings in southern Israel
Over 250 rockets fired toward Israel as Israeli army strikes 140 targets in Gaza
Tue, 11 May 2021 06:53:29 +03:00Rivals’ coalition talks mean Netanyahu's in no rush to de-escalate Gaza tensions
United Arab List Chairman Mansour Abbas suspends talks with Lapid amid violence in Jerusalem and Gaza, giving Netanyahu an incentive to keep tensions high
Tue, 11 May 2021 06:07:47 +03:00And then Hamas did two unexpected things
After Hamas gave Israel an ultimatum and fired at Jerusalem, the security cabinet approved a broad strike on Hamas targets
Tue, 11 May 2021 02:24:02 +03:00Israelis don’t need more lethal muscle-flexing
Tue, 11 May 2021 01:45:31 +03:00UN Security Council meets on Jerusalem violence, considers statement
Statement would call on Israel to halt Palestinian evictions ■ U.S. says it wants to ensure any statement does not further escalate the violence
Tue, 11 May 2021 00:29:55 +03:00Haaretz cartoon
Mon, 10 May 2021 23:40:24 +03:00What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine too
Mon, 10 May 2021 23:34:31 +03:00Israel coalition talks: Islamist party freezes negotiations in wake of Jerusalem, Gaza flare-up
Yair Lapid says that not all potential coalition partners will get what they want, but argues everyone understands Israel 'needs to change direction'
Mon, 10 May 2021 23:22:13 +03:00U.S. military ship fires 30 warning shots after encounter with Iranian vessels
The Pentagon said the warning shots were fired after the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards of six U.S. military vessels
Mon, 10 May 2021 23:16:54 +03:00Israel's presidential election slated for June 2, nominations to be submitted by next week
Isaac Herzog is seen as the likely front-runner, but has yet to officially declare his candidacy
Mon, 10 May 2021 22:26:37 +03:00U.S. condemns 'unacceptable' Gaza rocket fire, urges steps to 'promote calm in Jerusalem'
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the U.S. recognized Israel's right to defend itself, adding that the U.S. is deeply concerned about the situation on a broader level
Mon, 10 May 2021 22:16:02 +03:00Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts about Sheikh Jarrah evictions
Instagram and Twitter said the accounts were 'suspended in error by our automated systems' and the issue had been resolved and content reinstated
Mon, 10 May 2021 22:05:00 +03:00Israel Police, take note: Ramadan is not the time for a show of strength
In many cases, it's police judgement that could decide whether Jerusalem descends into violence
Mon, 10 May 2021 21:47:51 +03:00Ukrainian President to attend formal opening of Babi Yar synagogue
The synagogue is part of a larger complex being built by the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, which is slated to include a research center and museum
Mon, 10 May 2021 21:29:22 +03:00Mount Meron disaster: Israel arrests safety engineer who okayed celebration where 45 died
Investigators say top brass at the police's Northern District should be questioned as suspects
Mon, 10 May 2021 21:27:25 +03:00Netanyahu trial: News site ex-CEO didn't view biased coverage as criminal – at first
Ilan Yeshua testified that 'I wouldn’t have gone near anything criminal. I wouldn’t have done it for fear of punishment, period'
Mon, 10 May 2021 21:23:04 +03:00Turkey's top diplomat in Saudi Arabia for talks on renewing ties, Jerusalem violence also on the agenda
Mevlut Cavusoglu was due to hold talks in the kingdom after years of tensions between the two regional powers, exacerbated by the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul
Mon, 10 May 2021 21:13:50 +03:00Protests spread to major Israeli Arab cities amid Jerusalem tensions, violence
Red Crescent reports 520 Palestinians injured in Jerusalem clashes on Monday
Mon, 10 May 2021 20:57:51 +03:00Tensions over Jerusalem Day march, Temple Mount clashes culminate in rocket fire from Gaza
After hundreds of Palestinian casualties in clashes with Israeli forces, police commissioner says they 'showed too much restraint'
Mon, 10 May 2021 20:04:49 +03:00Palestinian activist plans to sue Jerusalem deputy mayor over violent threat
'How is your ass? The bullet is still there, that’s why he’s limping,' Deputy Mayor Arieh King screamed, referring to a gunshot wound the Palestinian activist had previously suffered
Mon, 10 May 2021 19:22:42 +03:00Spermaggedon in the West? Relax, Harvard has good news for you
The 60 percent decline in sperm count from the 1970s, reported in 2017 by Hagai Levine, is based on studies with problematic assumptions and could be based on normal variability, critique suggests
Mon, 10 May 2021 18:23:57 +03:00An Israeli author just won France's most prestigious literary prize
Author Shmuel T. Meyer was informed that he won the Spring Goncourt Prize during a family visit to Israel. 'My culture is French, my heart is in Switzerland, but my soul is in Israel,' he tells Haaretz
Mon, 10 May 2021 18:01:58 +03:00Evidence of genocide against Yazidis in Iraq, UN investigator says
The intent of Islamic State 'to destroy the Yazidi, physically and biologically, was manifest in the ultimatum that was repeated in so many different villages in Iraq,' head of investigating team says
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:57:13 +03:00‘Keep trying’: U.S. Embassy’s message to Americans trying to obtain U.S. passports in Israel
Consul General Andrew Miller is aware he may be the most unpopular American in Israel right now, as his embassy struggles with a massive backlog of passport and visa applications caused by COVID-19. ‘This sucks for us too,’ he tells Haaretz
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:38:32 +03:00From Nazis to Assad: Denmark is deporting innocent people to be killed by a barbaric regime. Again
The Danish resistance saved Jews, but Denmark's wartime authorities collaborated with the Nazis to send them to their deaths. Now, its government is condemning Syrian refugees to the same fate
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:20:13 +03:00Jerusalem flare-up leads to 200 Gaza rockets; 24 reported dead in Israeli strikes
Hamas said it fired rockets 'in response to the enemy's aggression in the holy city' ■ Nine Palestinian children reported killed ■ Barrage on Ashkelon wounds six
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:06:18 +03:00The world is desperate for COVID vaccines, and Israel wants to sell them to a luxury cruise line
As millions around the globe desperately seek coronavirus vaccines, Israel's transportation and tourism ministries are hoping to find ways to open the economy and the tourism industry
Mon, 10 May 2021 16:55:39 +03:00Israel indicts officials in multimillion dollar submarine deal, drops case against Netanyahu associates
ThyssenKrupp representative charged with bribery and money laundering, while former treasury and National Security Council executives indicted for accepting bribes
Mon, 10 May 2021 16:37:51 +03:00Syria reports one civilian wounded in Israeli helicopter strike
Reported Golan Heights attack came days after a similar attack by an Israeli helicopter on Quneitra that did not inflict casualties, according to Syrian state media
Mon, 10 May 2021 16:07:56 +03:00Over 330 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian protesters threw rocks and Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets as Israel marked the anniversary of its capture of parts of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day war
Mon, 10 May 2021 14:47:04 +03:00Can tech solve Israel’s ‘biologist problem’?
Israel is banking on ‘bioconvergence’ and wants to more scientists working in bio and health tech
Mon, 10 May 2021 14:33:56 +03:00Jerusalem Clashes: The Arab world stays mum, except for one powerful billionaire