Israel news feed
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 08:20 Feb 02, 2026
The value of your money is slowly being eroded, perhaps without you even knowing
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Haaretz - 07:16 Feb 02, 2026
Police say tens of millions of shekels meant for city welfare were diverted to private businesses, with officials allegedly pocketing cash or perks. The investigation, now public after months of covert work, included raids on homes and municipal offices -
Haaretz - 04:45 Feb 02, 2026
Beyond any real security need, the demand to inflate the defense budget serves political interests by avoiding diplomatic options. A budget hike functions less as a response to threats and more as a tool to preserve power and entrench a failed strategic status quo -
Haaretz - 04:33 Feb 02, 2026
The reestablishment of the Joint List is the best possible news for Israel's democracy supporters. Without Arab MKs, it'll be impossible to effect political change -
Haaretz - 04:24 Feb 02, 2026
The two narratives – of the governing coalition, its supporters in the media and hard-core Bibi-ists, and that of their opponents – will compete in the coming months in a life-and-death struggle. An old myth is being rewritten: Who is the David and who the Goliath? -
Haaretz - 04:17 Feb 02, 2026
Turning the yellow hostage pin into a partisan issue risks desecrating a campaign that struggled to stay above politics. A state commission of inquiry is a just cause that should stand on its own – without retroactively politicizing a symbol that once united a fractured public -
Haaretz - 04:06 Feb 02, 2026
Netanyahu's request to formalize Drorit Steinmetz as director general of the Prime Minister's Office, even though she is a suspect in an active criminal investigation, adds to a growing list of investigations involving close associates of the prime minister -
Haaretz - 04:00 Feb 02, 2026
Gal Hirsch's appointment as hostage coordinator was meant to shield Netanyahu from criticism and suggest to hostage families that their loved ones' fate depended on their compliance. The families are justified in demanding his resignation -
Haaretz - 02:05 Feb 02, 2026
Bedouin residents of Mukhmas arrived Sunday to rebuild homes torched by settlers but were stopped by Israeli soldiers, who said the area was a closed military zone. When asked about an Israeli man who photographed the houses, a soldier responded, 'He can do whatever he wants' -
Haaretz - 00:39 Feb 02, 2026
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana's decision to exclude Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, leading the National Unity Party, the Democrats party and Yisrael Beiteinu to pull out from the event, comes amid a coalition boycott of the president since his appointment -
Haaretz - 23:24 Feb 01, 2026
The Portland Trail Blazers forward, enjoying the best season of his career, was not named to the All-Star starting lineup despite finishing with 2,202,605 votes – ahead of players including LeBron James and Kevin Durant – but was chosen as a reserve by the league's coaches -
Haaretz - 22:30 Feb 01, 2026
Mordechai David claimed 'left-wing leaders' had pressured the police commissioner to have David arrested, saying that the questioning was 'selective enforcement.' Last week, David blocked former court chief Aharon Barak's car, filming himself calling Barack 'Israel's Khameini' -
Haaretz - 21:17 Feb 01, 2026
'Hopefully we'll make a deal. If we don't make a deal, then we'll find whether or not he was right,' Trump added.. Behind the scenes, senior U.S. and Israeli military officials have held talks and regional mediators stepped up efforts to prevent the crisis from escalating into war -
Haaretz - 20:44 Feb 01, 2026
Gal Hirsch says the protests demanding the hostages' immediate return caused damage – but if it weren't for them, the families might still be pleading for their loved ones -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 20:28 Feb 01, 2026
"The whole article is about my client who wasn't even there," the defendant's lawyer Steinhoefel added.
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Haaretz - 20:20 Feb 01, 2026
Aryeh Tuchman will direct the new Nexus Center for Antisemitism Research. The organization says its work focuses on improving the quality, rigor and nuance of research used by policymakers, Jewish institutions and the public -
Haaretz - 20:08 Feb 01, 2026
Peter Tatchell's foundation released a statement calling the arrest of Tatchell 'an attack of free speech,' while rejecting the police ban on the use of 'intifada.' He accused Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest stewards of colluding with police to have him arrested -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 19:00 Feb 01, 2026
Participants described their immediate reactions in one of four ways: outward inaction, seeking some form of recourse, verbally confronting the perpetrator, or retaliating with violence.
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Haaretz - 18:53 Feb 01, 2026
In view of the police decision, no criminal sanctions will be taken against ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers. Senior police officers cited manpower shortages and concern over riots. Israel's Attorney General said the decision leads to selective enforcement