Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 09:14 Apr 17, 2026
Channel 12 poll shows Likud steady at 25, Bennett down to 20 and Eisenkot up to 14; Jewish opposition would struggle to form a coalition without Arab parties -
Haaretz - 09:00 Apr 17, 2026
Akram Abu Assa, 29, died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition following the stabbing, with police linking the attack to a land dispute between neighbors. This is the fourth homicide in Israel this week -
Haaretz - 08:17 Apr 17, 2026
Roy Sharon, who grew up in a religious Zionist settlement in the West Bank, is perhaps the most vigilant Israeli reporter when it comes to exposing burgeoning settler violence. The farthest fringes of the hilltop youth now set the right's agenda, he says -
Haaretz - 07:22 Apr 17, 2026
As the Israel–Lebanon cease-fire took effect, celebrations broke out in Beirut with gunfire into the air. At the same time, displaced residents began returning to southern Lebanon, despite warnings from both the IDF and the Lebanese Army not to return yet -
Haaretz - 07:17 Apr 17, 2026
Some of them killed civilians in Gaza; others just looked on, or witnessed abuse and cover-ups in the name of revenge. Now they're trying to cope with something a bit different than PTSD -
Haaretz - 07:00 Apr 17, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has positioned himself as the most political pope in many years. The consequences are being felt in Israel and the territories as well -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 03:20 Apr 17, 2026
Penn has appealed the case and this week asked for a stay on the court order, which would otherwise require them to produce the list by May 1.
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Haaretz - 03:03 Apr 17, 2026
The Israeli prime minister told the security cabinet that the U.S.-facilitated cease-fire is an effort to align on the major issue – Iran. But Netanyahu can't convince the Israeli public that the war's goals were achieved, with Hezbollah not disarmed and the Iranian regime still largely intact -
Haaretz - 03:02 Apr 17, 2026
Naftali Bennett may be encouraged by the victory of a right-wing candidate in Hungary, but he has a problem with his opposition partners. Research is showing that Netanyahu's most loyal voters are leaving Likud. And, what's the hottest name to appear on a party slate for the next Knesset election -
Haaretz - 03:02 Apr 17, 2026
The cease-fire could bolster the authority of the Lebanese government, jumpstart diplomacy with Israel and strip Iran of a significant bargaining chip in negotiations with the U.S. But it's vital that Israeli recognize the limitations on Beirut's ability to disarm Hezbollah -
Haaretz - 01:54 Apr 17, 2026
At the start of the Arab Revolt, which began 90 years ago this week, the newspaper told its readers that 'the God of Israel wanted our sacrifices,' and promised that the Jewish community was here to stay -
Haaretz - 01:44 Apr 17, 2026
Analilia Mejía - the former national political director for Bernie Sanders - defeated Joe Hathaway to narrow the Republicans' House majority -
Haaretz - 21:55 Apr 16, 2026
Israel's culture minister said Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv 'expresses the path of religious Zionism, which combines values, faith and action.' The same Zarbiv who detailed and celebrated Gaza's destruction as 'tens of thousands of dead who were eaten by the dogs' -
Haaretz - 21:46 Apr 16, 2026
Whatever the justices decide on Itamar Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu's revolt against judicial limits guarantees the court will emerge weakened, deepening Israel's constitutional crisis -
Haaretz - 21:45 Apr 16, 2026
A tail named Sinwar tried to wag its owner, Iran, and a tail named Netanyahu tried to wag its owner, the U.S. But Sinwar was left alone to face Israel, while the Americans launched Operation Epic Fury. Neither tail has managed to topple the other dog's regime -
Haaretz - 21:17 Apr 16, 2026
Politicians and northern Israeli residents rejected the 10-day Israel-Lebanon cease-fire Trump announced on Thursday, with one council head saying, 'We oppose any cease-fire that doesn't include Hezbollah's complete disarmament' -
Haaretz - 21:04 Apr 16, 2026
Even as the Church persecuted them, the pope's head chef discovered that Jews ate better. From olive oil instead of lard to fondness of artichokes, the ghetto's 'medicinal cuisine' found its way to his influential book and eventually the pinnacle of Italian gastronomy