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• IDF warns that Trump plan will strengthen Hamas, fails to answer Israel's security needs

  Haaretz - 23:21 Jan 18, 2026
  

  As Hamas resumes fundraising and attempts to revive weapons production, Israeli defense officials worry the plan being implemented is different from the one discussed. 'They plan on building towers in Gaza from which IDF installations can be observed- it's unthinkable' a source says

  Tags: Hamas

• Trump's Board of Peace finds few enthusiasts among Palestinians in Gaza

  Haaretz - 20:31 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Pitched as a temporary solution to replace Hamas in Gaza, the members of Donald Trump's Board of Peace are being announced this week. But the Palestinians who would actually live under its governance in Gaza dismiss the initiative as a U.S.-led effort to control Gaza from outside

  Tags: Palestinians Gaza Board Peace

• Analysis | Beneath the bombast, Trump's cease-fire plan in Gaza is on the rocks

  Haaretz - 20:16 Jan 18, 2026
  

  If neither Hamas nor Netanyahu want the Gaza cease-fire, why would grand announcements and vague plans, against the backdrop of the immense geopolitical chaos wrought by Trump, change anything on the ground?

  Tags: Gaza

• Explained: The history and (fragile) future of U.S. military aid to Israel

  Haaretz - 20:03 Jan 18, 2026
  

  A closer look at the history of U.S. aid to Israel and Netanyahu's proposal to phase it out reveals less a rupture with Washington than a strategic recalibration shaped by Trump-era isolationism, domestic U.S. politics, and Israel's enduring dependence on American power

  Tags: Israel

• Why Charlie Kirk, fan of antisemitic conspiracy theories, is loved by Israel's government

  Haaretz - 19:50 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Charlie Kirk railed against the 'right' people and things: Islam, Palestinians and the protesters who support them, liberal values, the general concept of 'wokeness' and progressivism. For this Israeli government, that alone grants him a place of honor

• EV charging from streetlights and power from waves: Israel backs 18 energy projects

  Haaretz - 19:19 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Notable recipients include eStreet Energy, which plans to convert streetlights into EV chargers, and SolarWin, aiming to pair solar panels with agriculture. The funding supports diverse initiatives, from wave-generated electricity to educational programs for disadvantaged youth

• Gavin Newsom says Israel's war in Gaza was not genocide, but 'destruction broke my heart'

  Haaretz - 18:26 Jan 18, 2026
  

  In a conversation with Ben Shapiro, the presumed 2028 Democratic frontrunner affirmed Hamas as a terrorist group, but said attacks on civilians in Gaza 'weren't just collateral,' and revealed that in a conversation with Netanyahu after October 7, 'I kept talking about Hamas, he kept talking about Palestinians'

  Tags: Gaza

• Israelis should expect the Supreme Court to do away with Ben-Gvir at their own risk

  Haaretz - 18:15 Jan 18, 2026
  

  If Israelis continue to vote for Ben-Gvir, who is turning the Israel Police into a political militia that prefers fighting Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer fans to fighting a settlers carrying out pogroms against Palestinians – the courts cannot save us

  Tags: Israelis Ben-Gvir

• U.S. firm seeks control over Iron Dome 'brain' maker at $200m valuation

  Haaretz - 17:05 Jan 18, 2026
  

  The proposed acquisition would hand Ondas a majority stake in mPrest, whose technology is critical to Iron Dome's operation and subject to Israeli defense approval

  Tags: Iron Dome

• Trump is being played. He needs to prepare for the day after Netanyahu

  Haaretz - 16:47 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Netanyahu has perfected his manipulations of U.S. presidents over decades, and he is using it on this president, too. If Trump seeks an Israeli partner aligned more closely with his positions on Gaza and the West Bank, then he should invest in Israel's opposition, not its extremists

  Tags: Trump Netanyahu

• An opera on blindness is the bravest production in Israel right now

  Haaretz - 16:33 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Tchaikovsky's 'Iolanta' debuts in Israel for the first time. Plus, contemporary pop stars keep cranking out duets with Israel's older stars, and a biography on a pioneering Israeli feminist hits the shelves

  Tags: Israel

• Iran's president warns any U.S. attack on Supreme Leader Khamenei would mean 'all-out war'

  Haaretz - 16:10 Jan 18, 2026
  

  President Pezeshkian's threat comes after Trump hinted at regime change in an interview with Politico, calling for 'new leadership in Iran'

• I did a seven-hour round trip to see this film and it was worth it

  Haaretz - 16:08 Jan 18, 2026
  

  'A Private Life,' starring Jodie Foster as an American-French psychiatrist, shows French films are still smart and funny, though a showing with English subtitles might be hard to come by. Meanwhile, the musical U.S. comedy-drama 'Song Sung Blue' is a touching recreation of a barely believable tale

• Syrian government announces cease-fire agreement with Kurdish-led forces

  Haaretz - 15:26 Jan 18, 2026
  

  After several days of violent clashes between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian state media announced a comprehensive cease-fire agreement that included the takeover of oil fields by the Syrian government and the merging of SDF forces into government agencies

  Tags: Syrian

• After facing hate messages and boycott, Antwerp-based Israeli food chain Boker Tov closes

  Haaretz - 14:49 Jan 18, 2026
  

  At its height, the small chain included four restaurants across Belgium and even produced a popular cookbook. Once the association with Tel Aviv became 'too controversial', the owners even contemplated changing the interior and the name

• Iran's regime crushed the protests. Will Trump try to hasten the ayatollah's fall?

  Haaretz - 14:37 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Despite the U.S. walking back this week from striking Iran, the Trump administration is still weighing military options – even as many countries, including Israel, doubt such a move could topple the Islamic regime ■ Trump's Board of Peace falls well short of Netanyahu's promised total victory in Gaza

• At least 5,000 Iranians killed in protests, Iranian official says

  Haaretz - 11:12 Jan 18, 2026
  

  The official blamed 'terrorists and armed rioters' for killing 'innocent Iranians,' and told Reuters that some of the heaviest clashes and the highest number of deaths were in the Iranian Kurdish areas in northwest Iran, where separatist have been active

  Tags: Iranians

• Israel Police say texts by Netanyahu's aides indicate key suspect lied in BibiLeaks interrogation

  Haaretz - 10:41 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Police said that text messages exchanged between Yonatan Urich and Netanyahu's former spokesperson Eli Feldstein demonstrate Urich's awareness of a document leaked to German newspaper Bild, contrary to his claim that he had never seen or heard of it

  Tags: Netanyahu's

• Israeli opposition says they won't participate in sessions on forming politicized Oct. 7 probe

  Haaretz - 09:54 Jan 18, 2026
  

  'We will not cooperate with a cynical attempt to establish a political committee whose sole purpose is to evade responsibility for October 7 and to absolve Netanyahu of his personal failure,' the Israeli opposition leaders said in a joint statement

  Tags: Israeli

• Report: Iran's FM told Trump via Witkoff that Tehran canceled 800 executions to avert U.S. strike

  Haaretz - 09:14 Jan 18, 2026
  

  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi notified Washington that it had canceled hundreds of executions amid nationwide protests against the regime, The Washington Post reported. The Pentagon was also concerned U.S. forces in the region couldn't withstand an Iranian counterattack

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