Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 20:49 Apr 28, 2025
The Standing Together organization claims that the university has repeatedly succumbed to pressure from extreme right-wing activists. 'The university uses bureaucracy as a tool for silencing only on our side. Right-wing activities and initiatives are always approved,' group member says -
Haaretz - 20:45 Apr 28, 2025
In July 2023, Netanyahu was warned by Israel's top defense and intelligence chiefs that war was at the gates. And just like Golda Meir, in April 1973, he brushed aside the warnings and chose to risk war -
Haaretz - 20:41 Apr 28, 2025
With six arrests and several wounded, some Chabad members and politicians were quick to call demonstrators against the visit of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right Israeli minister, antisemitic. But many of the protesters, including those who fell victim to harassment, are Jewish, Israeli or both -
Haaretz - 19:37 Apr 28, 2025
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar reiterated his claims that he was called upon to use Shin Bet powers against protest leaders and that Netanyahu demanded he stays obedient in the case of a constitutional crisis -
Haaretz - 18:59 Apr 28, 2025
Bar said he accepts responsibility for the agency's failure to warn of Hamas' attack but rejected claims of complacency. He called for a state commission of inquiry to fully investigate the failures that led to the October 7 attack -
Haaretz - 17:12 Apr 28, 2025
A special edition of Channel 13's 'Hamakor' news program provides a cautionary tale for Donald Trump's administration on how Netanyahu will put his own political survival ahead of any and all interests -
Haaretz - 16:33 Apr 28, 2025
The parents of Alon Ohel, reportedly suffering a critical head injury and vision loss, proposed transferring wounded hostages to neutral countries as a first stage of a deal. 'The humanitarian issue can be turned into a political opportunity,' they say -
Haaretz - 15:48 Apr 28, 2025
The letter, published by the Israel lobby J Street and rabbinic group T'ruah, says that the Trump administration is not combating antisemitism to protect Jews as it claims, but rather seeks to 'divide Americans, undermine democracy and harm other vulnerable communities' -
Haaretz - 15:35 Apr 28, 2025
A fourth teen, who was accused of actually carrying out the attack in October, was 13 at the time – too young for him to stand trial under Swedish law -
JPost.com - Arab Israeli Conflict - 15:28 Apr 28, 2025
Around 23% said that friends or family members tried to convince them to cease their peace work, and 22% cited military restrictions as a major hindrance.
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Haaretz - 15:15 Apr 28, 2025
'Mr. President, you achieved what many thought was impossible,' ex-captive IDF spotter Naama Levy said, 'but the work is not yet done.' Released hostage Doron Steinbrecher urged the president: 'Continue to fight for them, just as you fought for me' -
Haaretz - 15:06 Apr 28, 2025
Crime and homicide rates continue to soar in Israel's Palestinian communities, with trust in the police at an all-time low. 'People feel like there's no one to turn to – and worse, that the very institution meant to protect them is a source of fear,' says one activist -
Haaretz - 14:52 Apr 28, 2025
As Trump indicates he is headed toward a deal with Iran, Israel is paralyzed by its diplomatic failures, political infighting, and a government increasingly indifferent to the fate of hostages in Gaza -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 13:39 Apr 28, 2025
"To chant ‘never again, until next year’ is exactly what Hamas promised: to repeat October 7 over and over again,” retired British judge Nigel Litman said.
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Haaretz - 13:20 Apr 28, 2025
Rabbi Donniel Hartman still believes in peace. The president of the Hartman Institute thinks that nationalism is an evil inclination, that we should integrate transgender people into Judaism and that the Palestinians are part of us -
Haaretz - 12:56 Apr 28, 2025
Ran Gvili was declared dead, his body held by Hamas in Gaza, his sister says the family 'lives in hope that he is alive' -
Haaretz - 12:45 Apr 28, 2025
Herzog believes a plea deal in Netanyahu's trial should be considered, and also added: 'There is no deep state,' and that democracy is 'under threat.' The full interview will be published in Haaretz on Wednesday, the eve of Israel's Independence Day -
Haaretz - 12:11 Apr 28, 2025
Reports stated that chants of 'death to Arabs' were heard, and in one incident, hundreds of pro-Israel men and boys surrounded a woman, shouting racist and sexist slurs