Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 17:18 Nov 17, 2025
Top IDF officers say defense minister's order targeting Egypt border smugglers risks civilian safety
Israeli defense officials estimate that between 100 and 300 Israeli smugglers operate along the Egyptian border. The IDF said it has thwarted roughly 130 drone-smuggling attempts and seized about 85 weapons in November, including two machine guns, 16 long-barreled weapons and 66 handguns -
Haaretz - 15:43 Nov 17, 2025
Sheinbaum, elected last year, is Mexico's first Jewish president. Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, denounced the graffiti: 'Israel strongly condemns the antisemitic and sexist slurs directed at Mexico's President,' he wrote on X -
Haaretz - 15:41 Nov 17, 2025
The Attorney General's Office warns that splitting the role, which currently involves being legal adviser to the cabinet and chief prosecutor, could lead elected officials suspected of crimes to be involved in the appointment of the prosecutors in their cases -
Haaretz - 15:25 Nov 17, 2025
Israeli researchers have pioneered a coral reef restoration project in Fiji, melding ancient pottery techniques with cutting-edge 3D printing technology. This is how they enlisted nine local chiefs – and how living in a village without electricity helped them succeed -
Haaretz - 15:17 Nov 17, 2025
Godard was laid to rest at Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border, where he had been killed along with his wife, Ayelet, and kidnapped to Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad -
Haaretz - 14:18 Nov 17, 2025
Once fueled by euphoria and a pioneering spirit, Israel's settlement enterprise is now marked by decline -
Haaretz - 13:03 Nov 17, 2025
In the shadow of the Epstein files, U.S. President Donald Trump will host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in Washington on Tuesday to discuss a potential U.S.-Saudi defense pact and a weapons sale that Israel opposes -
Haaretz - 12:57 Nov 17, 2025
The footage, which shows the civilian entering Lebanon in a military vehicle and wearing protective gear, was later promoted by Uri Tzafon, a movement that advocates Israeli settlement in Lebanon -
Haaretz - 12:14 Nov 17, 2025
Despite the IDF claiming the move was motivated by security reasons, far-right Finance Minister Smotrich said the demolition would make space for thousands of new housing units for settlers. MK Limor Son Har-Melech and settler leader Daniella Weiss called to halt the demolitions -
Haaretz - 12:04 Nov 17, 2025
The High Court requires the appointee to be a civil servant and a highly qualified jurist, but conflicts of interest, political considerations and candidates' views narrow Levin's options. A retired judge may emerge as the compromise, though that path is also uncertain -
Haaretz - 11:22 Nov 17, 2025
In early August, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suspended arms exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza, hours after the Israeli government decided to expand its military offensive in the enclave. Germany is said to provide roughly 33 percent of Israel's arms imports -
Haaretz - 10:19 Nov 17, 2025
Carlson has 'said good things about me over the years,' the president said, claiming not to know much about Fuentes, despite hosting him at Mar-a-Lago three years ago -
JPost.com - Tech & Start Ups - 09:55 Nov 17, 2025
"These seventy-kilogram quadruped robots absorb the first wave of enemy fire to clear a safe corridor for infantry," said marine brigade commander W. Rui on cctv-7.
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 09:55 Nov 17, 2025
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Haaretz - 09:24 Nov 17, 2025
Israel's gravest political and strategic threat now comes from Riyadh – not Tehran or Gaza. Normalization holds little strategic value for Saudi Arabia, and Israel views it similarly if it means recognizing Palestinian statehood – yet Trump wants it more than anyone -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 08:01 Nov 17, 2025
Chinese companies have found a back door to enter otherwise blocked investments in critical facilities by signing agreements with private companies
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Haaretz - 07:34 Nov 17, 2025
Israeli officials were ignoring his pleas for help, Braslavski said, while Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had not contacted him since his release. The released hostage has described the torture he faced in Gaza, and called his current situation 'way worse than PTSD' -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 05:13 Nov 17, 2025
Mexico's Jewish community condemned the antisemitic graffiti targeting President Sheinbaum during an anti-government protest, calling for a rejection of discrimination.
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Haaretz - 04:10 Nov 17, 2025
At the end of his first term, Trump intended to link the Abraham Accords to a deal to sell F-35s to the UAE. But now, the president views the sale as a key element of U.S. foreign policy, contradicting the longstanding U.S. policy of preserving Israel's qualitative military edge in the Middle East