Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 18:29 Dec 31, 2025
With Gaza's wastewater plants still crippled, restored water flow and winter rains are sending raw sewage into the Mediterranean. 'Pollution has no geographical boundaries,' warned one expert, as Israel fears damage to desalination plants, drinking water security and epidemic outbreaks -
Haaretz - 18:02 Dec 31, 2025
Roughly 1.3 million tourists visited Israel in 2025. Americans made up the largest share, followed by France and the U.K., while most visitors came to see family or for business rather than leisure. Israel's tourism minister predicts 2026 could bring a full rebound -
Haaretz - 17:32 Dec 31, 2025
A protester summoned for questioning at a police station was interrogated by Shin Bet operatives, in violation of a court order, Haaretz learned. In another case, an operative told an activist that a police car would pick him up. Around 20 protesters were contacted in the past two years, a rights group says -
Haaretz - 17:26 Dec 31, 2025
Republican Party hawks currently attacking Somalis in the U.S. have themselves advocated for Somaliland -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 17:09 Dec 31, 2025
New Year’s Eve celebrations were canceled or restricted in several major cities amid terror threats, with authorities citing crowd risks and recent attack warnings.
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Haaretz - 17:03 Dec 31, 2025
Nearly 60 percent of Tarabin's residents voted for Likud in the last election. Four years after Netanyahu sat here and had coffee with locals, his coalition returned with tear gas and concrete barriers in a massive police crackdown. 'He drank coffee as a friend, now he sends us Ben-Gvir,' a resident told Haaretz -
Haaretz - 16:32 Dec 31, 2025
The Coalition for Talmud Torah and Security declared they will only donate to Israeli Torah institutions that do not denounce the IDF, 'while they bear the burden of defending Jewish lives,' as U.S. ultra-Orthodox Jews have sent over $150 million in donations in the last two years -
Haaretz - 16:12 Dec 31, 2025
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet encouraged the people of Iran to 'rise up!' in a video posted to X, as one sitting minister posted a message in Persian and another posted a selfie wearing a hat that read 'Make Iran Great Again' -
Haaretz - 15:43 Dec 31, 2025
A study by the Maccabi health maintenance organization found that 26 percent of all soldiers had symptoms of depression, and every third Israeli felt that they needed psychological support. The Central Bureau of Statistics found life expectancy dropped for the first time since 2020 -
Haaretz - 15:43 Dec 31, 2025
Khaled Daoud, a highly esteemed, chronically ill educator from a refugee camp near Bethlehem, is wasting away in an Israeli prison. His story exemplifies all that is wrong with Israel's widespread policy of administrative detention -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 15:26 Dec 31, 2025
Sydney welcomed 2026 with fireworks under heightened security, honoring victims of a deadly antisemitic attack as police deployed in force across the city.
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Haaretz - 15:21 Dec 31, 2025
Trump's transactional politics, based on money, power and corruption, brought the Israeli hostages home from Gaza – and now he wants to secure a pardon for Netanyahu. How do we navigate our conscience in times like these? How do we stay sane inside a deluge of manipulations and lies? -
Haaretz - 15:16 Dec 31, 2025
Leaders called on people in both Somalia and Somaliland to oppose the recognition. In Istanbul, Somali President Mohamud joined Turkish President Erdogan and said the recognition creates 'conditions that embolden violent extremist groups,' causing 'cascading insecurity for Somalia and the wider region of the Horn of Africa' -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 14:31 Dec 31, 2025
The decision sparked outrage and has been the subject of extensive investigation in the weeks since, especially after it transpired that some of the intelligence in the police’s report was bogus.
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Haaretz - 13:33 Dec 31, 2025
A menorah was projected on the pylons of Harbor Bridge, as the annual Sydney fireworks display was held with enhanced police presence, weeks after gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish event in the city. Several New Year events planned in Bondi were cancelled -
JPost.com - Tech & Start Ups - 13:32 Dec 31, 2025
The Israeli company says it can map malware that bypassed other tools and stop attacks from spreading to industrial controllers, without agents or connectivity.
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 13:32 Dec 31, 2025
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Haaretz - 12:47 Dec 31, 2025
Eagle-eyed users were quick to point out that the image Trump posted on Truth Social, featured in Haaretz in 2017, was taken in Israel. 'Is he the eagle and Bibi the windmill?' one user wondered. 'Our own fucking president can't tell a falcon and bald eagle apart,' another said -
Haaretz - 12:20 Dec 31, 2025
Education Minister Yoav Kisch arrived at a high school in Ramat Gan without prior approval from parents, who said that Kisch's visit has political implications, particularly since he has barred various organizations from operating in schools -
Haaretz - 11:57 Dec 31, 2025
The estimated 0.9 percent growth rate is 'an unprecedented decline' as Israeli mortality, fertility and migration have changed significantly in recent years, according to a paper by an Israeli think tank. Israel will need to attract large numbers of immigrants even to maintain low growth rates