Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 23:16 Jan 05, 2026
Mohammed Hussein Tarabin al-Sana was killed on Saturday night by a policeman who had come to arrest him as part of a police operation in the village -
Haaretz - 22:44 Jan 05, 2026
A petition filed by Movement for Quality Government argued the government should be held in contempt of court, after authorities missed a 45-day court deadline to formulate a policy forcing draft-age ultra-Orthodox men to enlist. The state was given less than a week to respond -
Haaretz - 22:38 Jan 05, 2026
Netanyahu isn't being shaken down by far-right ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir; in fact, the opposite is true: he's is using them as part of his strategy to extend his time in power. This strategy has brought about the unnecessary extending of the war -
Haaretz - 20:50 Jan 05, 2026
This financial review will affect every Israeli across the country – and Israel is headed to fail it
If it winds up on the international money laundering 'gray list,' Israel could see a drop in investments and more expensive bank transactions. If you think that banks charge excessive fees now, be prepared for a big increase – and this time, the banks won't be to blame -
Haaretz - 20:37 Jan 05, 2026
This was the second consecutive reduction of this key interest rate in two months. In an earlier survey, a decisive majority of analysts estimated that the bank would not reduce the key interest – 'It's difficult to explain the bank's change of direction' -
Haaretz - 20:28 Jan 05, 2026
Bennett has become the darling of the liberal camp, but let there be no mistake: When he speaks of a 'Zionist coalition' without Arabs or ultra-Orthodox parties, numbering 90 members, it implicitly includes Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit and Smotrich's Religious Zionism -
Haaretz - 20:14 Jan 05, 2026
In a TV interview with Channel 13 journalist Lucy Aharish, Tibi called Israel Police a "mob," condemning its killing of an Arab-Israeli man in the Bedouin village Tarabin overnight into Sunday -
Haaretz - 20:00 Jan 05, 2026
Both Israel and America have always forcefully rejected the accusation that they are motivated by a colonial impulse. But both Trump and Netanyahu now embrace the belief that power grants them the right to rule others without their consent -
Haaretz - 19:48 Jan 05, 2026
This government's hunger for control over the narrative will not end with international NGOs and foreign media, who dare cross the arbitrary line drawn by Israel's far-right leadership -
Haaretz - 19:32 Jan 05, 2026
After revoking the medical charity's license, Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs published a 25-page report accusing it of employing Hamas militants in Gaza and scrutinizing its social media posts. Doctors Without Borders says it supports one in five of Gaza's hospital beds -
Haaretz - 18:57 Jan 05, 2026
Schloss, who endured Auschwitz and lifelong trauma, devoted decades to Holocaust education. Chief executive director of the Anne Frank Trust U.K, which she co-founded, said 'her legacy will continue to guide and empower young people to build a world free from hatred and discrimination' -
Haaretz - 18:35 Jan 05, 2026
The negotiations, centered on land occupied by Israel after the fall of the Assad regime, will take place in Paris on Tuesday, the source told Haaretz. The French foreign minister is expected to meet with his Syrian counterpart in Paris earlier -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 18:24 Jan 05, 2026
The cello had belonged to her late friend, the theatre producer Martin Landau, and had been broken by Nazi guards when he fled to Britain on the Kindertransport aged 14.
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Haaretz - 18:23 Jan 05, 2026
The soldier had violated protocol, the IDF said, noting it had opened an investigation. In the video, the unidentified soldier can be seen firing an IWI Negev machine gun across a barbed wire fence -
Haaretz - 18:06 Jan 05, 2026
Speaking at the Knesset, the prime minister said 'the consequences will be very severe' if Iran were to attack Israel -
Haaretz - 17:39 Jan 05, 2026
The 26-year-old helped the club score its second win of the season, as Fiorentina reached a critical crossroad in Italy's top league. A local politician criticized the group's signing of an Israeli player, but Solomon – dogged by controversy over his nationality in the past – did not respond -
Haaretz - 16:54 Jan 05, 2026
Investigators are reviewing correspondence between Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi and her attorneys, despite attorney-client privilege, as part of a probe tied to a leaked detainee-abuse video. Police Commissioner Danny Levy blocked public disclosure and postponed closing the investigation -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 16:39 Jan 05, 2026
Following the end of the war in 1945, Veselsky became the secretary to a minister in the Czech government, but fled the country in 1948 amidst the communist takeover.