Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 14:41 Feb 09, 2026
Bond prices and overseas reports suggest that French-Israeli magnate Patrick Drahi is near default, raising doubts about his ability to own Channel 13 – and about his growing dependence on Netanyahu -
Haaretz - 14:13 Feb 09, 2026
Netanyahu's office recruited intelligence officers to collect Oct. 7 protocols, bypassing IDF chiefs
At the height of the Gaza war in the summer of 2024, the military bureau in Netanyahu's office recruited soldiers who, for weeks, located and sorted protocols from October 7, 2023, and the events leading up to it, acting on orders from Netanyahu's top military aide. The soldiers were puzzled by the directive -
Haaretz - 14:07 Feb 09, 2026
Israel is destroying the Palestinian economy and striving to expel whole communities, as it aims to offload civil society organizations that bolster the occupied people's resilience -
Haaretz - 13:24 Feb 09, 2026
A French comics journalism book of interviews with Israelis and Palestinians on intimacy, compiled before October 7, is to be released in English. Meanwhile, singer and activist Achinoam Nini releases the hopeful first single from her new album and a Facebook spat between creatives highlights divides in Israeli society -
Haaretz - 13:20 Feb 09, 2026
The legendary spy who charmed Syria's elite still looms large in Israeli memory and imagination. At a modest Herzliya museum, his widow's lifelong effort to preserve his story continues -
Haaretz - 13:17 Feb 09, 2026
With the fighting largely over in Gaza, Israel's stellar Shikma Reservoir reopened two months ago -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 12:58 Feb 09, 2026
Herzog is visiting Australia this week following an invitation from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the aftermath of the December 14 shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach.
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Haaretz - 12:52 Feb 09, 2026
According to sources, Netanyahu initiated moving the meeting up to this week following the start of U.S.-Iran negotiations and it is also expected to address the Gaza Strip and the advancement of Trump's plan -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 12:48 Feb 09, 2026
West Midlands Police confirmed that they arrested two people in Birmingham, including a 35-year-old woman, on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.
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Haaretz - 12:40 Feb 09, 2026
Superintendent Rinat Saban petitioned the court after Ben-Gvir blocked her promotion, part of a pattern targeting officers linked to Netanyahu's cases. Law enforcement officials say the ruling could significantly affect the minister's control over Israel's police force -
Haaretz - 11:17 Feb 09, 2026
The Israeli military said it targeted a Hezbollah operative, while Lebanese media reported that the two killed were the son and grandson of the village mayor. Separately, the IDF arrested a militant and seized weapons at his hideout near the Lebanon-Syria border -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 08:35 Feb 09, 2026
The investigation found that fares rose by an average of 16%, with some routes recording sharper increases of 6% to 31%.
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Haaretz - 07:43 Feb 09, 2026
As President Herzog began a high-security visit in the wake of the Bondi massacre, protesters marched nationwide, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and accusing him of inciting war crimes in Gaza -
Haaretz - 05:52 Feb 09, 2026
Justice Ministry legal adviser Kotick concealed her brother's and husband's close ties to Justice Minister Levin from the vetting committee and secretly helped draft the complaint against Supreme Court President Amit, raising criticism and questions about conflicts of interest -
Haaretz - 04:16 Feb 09, 2026
Our parents and grandparents grew up under military law, confined within their Arab communities, encountering the 'Hebrew City' as providers of cheap labor. Today, racial segregation has not disappeared – rather become more sophisticated, with crime drawing a 'ring of death' around Palestinians in Israel -
Haaretz - 03:50 Feb 09, 2026
Trump appears dissatisfied with his options on Iran, while Netanyahu's circle is wary of the president's close envoys. A flurry of Israeli visits to Washington suggests close coordination, but the U.S. appears unwilling to strike Iran before exhausting diplomacy. How much sway, then, does Israel really have? -
Haaretz - 03:49 Feb 09, 2026
According to the officials, Israel's rhetoric of superiority and humiliation could erode regional peace agreements and normalization efforts, and empower neighboring countries to forge new alliances to prevent Israel from exerting unchecked power over the Middle East -
Haaretz - 23:21 Feb 08, 2026
Given the embarrassing position that the Arab parties occupy in the democratic game, my question is, why keep going through with all this? These parties strive for another Knesset term, but are left with crumbs at most: another classroom here, a soccer field there – the perpetual victims of the government's abuse