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How the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul could end the Israeli occupation

Haaretz - 23:54 Jan 08, 2026
'I've never been to Israel, but I'm ready to move here and start from scratch – for love'

Haaretz - 23:02 Jan 08, 2026

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: a Russian expat willing to give up the life she built in Italy for an Israeli happy ending, and a couple who bonded in high school over their shared love of navigating the wilderness with nothing but a map
'No good Arabs': Palestinian citizens of Israel are being driven out by despair

Haaretz - 22:15 Jan 08, 2026
Israel is on the brink of civil war, says the New Israel Fund chief. Here's what it will look like

Haaretz - 22:06 Jan 08, 2026

The Israeli left has gotten used to fighting small, isolated battles. Mickey Gitzin, head of the New Israel Fund, thinks on a completely different scale – and says leftists can't leave now

Tags: New Israel Fund
A government striving to keep the law away from the ultra-Orthodox education system

Haaretz - 22:04 Jan 08, 2026

This week, the Supreme Court held two jaw-dropping hearings clarifying that the ultra-Orthodox live in their own world gets state funding despite violating its legal obligation to teach Israel's mandatory core curriculum

Tags: Orthodox
Israeli defense minister can't ban senior officers from briefing Haaretz reporters, AG says

Haaretz - 21:55 Jan 08, 2026

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said that Defense Minister Israel Katz's decision violates a High Court ruling forbidding the military from discriminating between newspapers - adding that his order to end the IDF Spokesperson's Unit subscriptions to Haaretz is also illegal

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Feud-linked murder in northern Israel captured on video, shared on social media

Haaretz - 21:36 Jan 08, 2026

Karam Sawad is believed to have been murdered in revenge for a triple homicide on Wednesday, amid a long-running feud his family has had with the Khawaled family
International children's book fair rejects Israeli literary institute on political grounds

Haaretz - 21:28 Jan 08, 2026

The Bologna Children's Book Fair, the world's largest and longest-running fair devoted exclusively to children's books, barred the Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature from this year's event, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of visitors
Haaretz Cartoon

Haaretz - 21:17 Jan 08, 2026
'It's not bearable anymore': How war with Israel, eggs and economic collapse drive protests in Iran

Haaretz - 20:57 Jan 08, 2026

Desperation is driving Iranians into the streets, where they're shouting 'Death to Khamenei.' The roots of these intensifying protests lie both in decades of deficits and sanctions to the panic that hit markets after last year's 12 day war with Israel

Tags: Israel
Israeli-owned Lisbon resturant says it will close over anti-Israel, antisemitic campaigns

Haaretz - 20:45 Jan 08, 2026

The restaurant, opened by an Israeli couple and rated among Lisbon's top 10, will close after nearly a decade. 'It started with online messages, later it was a protest outside of the restaurant, graffiti on the walls,' the owners said
Israeli goalkeeper Daniel Peretz to join Southampton football club on loan from Hamburg

Haaretz - 20:43 Jan 08, 2026

The 25-year-old Daniel Peretz – husband to Israeli pop star Noa Kirel – is set to join the second-tier English team until the end of the season. 'I want to help the team to get back in the Premier League. Although it's a tough goal, I think it's realistic' he said

Tags: Israeli Daniel Peretz
Another war might not save Netanyahu, but that doesn't mean he won't try

Haaretz - 20:36 Jan 08, 2026

This prime minister is the fulcrum for many of the country's divisions. Now he's stuck in the polls, it would make sense for him to tap into a source of national unity: a regional conflict
Google's $32 billion deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz awaits EU antitrust verdict in February

Haaretz - 20:08 Jan 08, 2026

The acquisition secured the U.S. green light in November last year, bringing Google and Wiz one step closer to securing the record-breaking deal which was announced last March
Trump threatens U.S. intervention in Iran as protest death toll reportedly hits 45

Haaretz - 19:59 Jan 08, 2026

According to reports, Iranians nationwide took to the streets after country's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi called for a mass demonstration on Thursday and Friday
Today marks the end of an era for pro-Israel Democrats – and for AIPAC

Haaretz - 19:54 Jan 08, 2026

The retirement of longtime AIPAC champion Steny Hoyer is perhaps the most emblematic loss for Israel's congressional allies in recent memory, and a blow to the status quo

Tags: AIPAC
Staff at Israeli-owned New York bakery unionize over company's 'support of genocide in Palestine'

Haaretz - 19:30 Jan 08, 2026

Over 30 percent of Breads Bakery workers tied their bid for 'fair pay' to worldwide 'struggles against genocide,' saying they could not abide by the bakery's support for Israel and slamming the company's 'Zionist projects'
Israel bars some foreign aid workers from Gaza as NGOs face suspension

Haaretz - 19:12 Jan 08, 2026

Three prominent global NGOs, including Medecins Sans Frontieres, said their international staff were refused entry to Gaza this week. The refusals come after Israel announced last month that it was preventing 37 international aid organizations from continuing their work in Gaza

Tags: Gaza NGOs Israel
Key Haredi faction's rabbinical council greenlights IDF draft exemption bill for ultra-Orthodox

Haaretz - 18:48 Jan 08, 2026

Agudat Yisrael sources said the ultra-Orthodox faction will oppose any version that includes sanctions against draft dodgers – including the one promoted by Netanyahu's coalition

Tags: Orthodox
Palestinians slam Israel-Syria security agreement as an attempt to rebrand 'normalization'

Haaretz - 18:19 Jan 08, 2026

A new U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Syrian security deal has sparked strong online backlash from Palestinian commentators. Some say it undermines Syrian sovereignty and ignores issues like the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights

How the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul could end the Israeli occupation

'I've never been to Israel, but I'm ready to move here and start from scratch – for love'

'No good Arabs': Palestinian citizens of Israel are being driven out by despair

Israel is on the brink of civil war, says the New Israel Fund chief. Here's what it will look like

A government striving to keep the law away from the ultra-Orthodox education system

Israeli defense minister can't ban senior officers from briefing Haaretz reporters, AG says

Feud-linked murder in northern Israel captured on video, shared on social media

International children's book fair rejects Israeli literary institute on political grounds

Haaretz Cartoon

'It's not bearable anymore': How war with Israel, eggs and economic collapse drive protests in Iran

Israeli-owned Lisbon resturant says it will close over anti-Israel, antisemitic campaigns

Israeli goalkeeper Daniel Peretz to join Southampton football club on loan from Hamburg

Another war might not save Netanyahu, but that doesn't mean he won't try

Google's $32 billion deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz awaits EU antitrust verdict in February

Trump threatens U.S. intervention in Iran as protest death toll reportedly hits 45

Today marks the end of an era for pro-Israel Democrats – and for AIPAC

Staff at Israeli-owned New York bakery unionize over company's 'support of genocide in Palestine'

Israel bars some foreign aid workers from Gaza as NGOs face suspension

Key Haredi faction's rabbinical council greenlights IDF draft exemption bill for ultra-Orthodox

Palestinians slam Israel-Syria security agreement as an attempt to rebrand 'normalization'

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