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Labor Party head Merav Michaeli announces she's leaving politics, cites Israel's 'grave crisis'

Haaretz - 10:42 Dec 07, 2023

Serving a blow to Israel's left, Michaeli insisted during last year's elections that her party should run separately from Meretz, which came short of crossing the electoral threshold. She said a new leadership contest will take place in four months, hoping 'the war will be over by then'

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If Netanyahu stays, Israel will be doomed

Haaretz - 06:33 Dec 07, 2023
U.S.: No deadline on IDF to end Gaza war; Israel to open Kerem Shalom crossing

Haaretz - 04:46 Dec 07, 2023

60-year-old civilian killed by anti-tank missile launched from Lebanon ■ Dozens of Hamas fighters surrender to Israeli forces in northern Gaza ■ Son of war cabinet minister and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot killed in Gaza fighting ■ U.S. targets 13 individuals, entities responsible for financing Yemen's Houthis ■ At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 138 hostages still held in Gaza ■ Hamas-run health ministry: 17,177 killed, 46,000 wounded

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Biden is keen to let Israel play out offensive against Hamas in Gaza, but sets a clear price

Haaretz - 04:28 Dec 07, 2023

American support for Israel's operations seems to be contingent upon supplying humanitarian aid ■ The hostages' families warn the fighting is risking their loved ones' lives as the IDF expands its offensive into the southern Gaza Strip
Don't count on an Israel-Lebanon buffer zone anytime soon

Haaretz - 04:27 Dec 07, 2023

As Israel pushes to distance Hezbollah from its northern border, Lebanon in its current political set up cannot make decisions in almost any matter, let alone cardinal affairs like protecting its borders
Israel must prevent perilously provocative Jewish march for Temple Mount/Al Aqsa compound

Haaretz - 03:11 Dec 07, 2023

We can't expect Ben-Gvir to show good judgment, nor can we expect this of Netanyahu. But the war cabinet also includes two people – Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot – who can be expected to understand the dangerous implications of this ultranationalist provocation
Yad Vashem 'appalled' by university presidents 'excusing' calls for genocide against Jews

Haaretz - 00:01 Dec 07, 2023

The Holocaust commemorations chairman characterized the testimonies given by presidents of elite U.S. colleges as 'a basic ignorance of history'
White House outraged after college presidents skirt questions on calls for genocide of Jews

Haaretz - 21:50 Dec 06, 2023

House Republicans' intent from the outset was to publicly ridicule the university presidents. Even considering this context, the presidents managed to underwhelm alienate and incense much of the U.S. Jewish community
Israel's updated budget passes in first vote as ministers criticize non-war expenses

Haaretz - 21:43 Dec 06, 2023

Without the support of Likud ministers Nir Barkat and Yoav Gallant, nor Minister Benny Gantz, the Knesset passed an updated version of the budget in the first of three required votes
That's life – and death: Arming Israeli civilians is a terrible security policy

Haaretz - 20:33 Dec 06, 2023

Israel has seen over 250,000 new firearm license applications since the October 7 attack, which is more than the last 20 years combined. The figures show that this will not make the country safer – to the contrary
Looking for a Congressional champion to fight antisemitism? Forget Stefanik

Haaretz - 18:07 Dec 06, 2023

Those concerned about antisemitism would be well-advised to remember their new leading advocate has platformed some of the most vile antisemitic conspiracy theories
The Hanukkah Menorah and its obscure origins and evolution

Haaretz - 18:00 Dec 06, 2023

Ancient Jews also marked Hanukkah with fire, but the menorahs we know today are a modern innovation.
Stuck between Hamas and Hezbollah, Netanyahu's failed government isn't going anywhere

Haaretz - 17:59 Dec 06, 2023

Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition is caught in a cycle, in which lawmakers voice their disapproval but subsequently vote with the PM ■ No one will cross the line until Gantz leaves the coalition, but he won't do so as long as hostages are being held in Gaza
Without equipment, staff, or electricity: Hospitals in southern Gaza Strip overwhelmed by scale of wounded and ill

Haaretz - 15:49 Dec 06, 2023

Doctors from hospitals in Khan Yunis and Rafah tell Haaretz of deteriorating conditions, lack of beds and supplies, and the potential for outbreak of diseases that could cause the death toll to skyrocket. If evacuation looms, doctors ask: 'Where would we go? Where can we evacuate the patients to?'
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip push Palestinians to Egyptian border

Haaretz - 14:45 Dec 06, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of refugees from northern Gaza are now taking shelter in the south ■ Despite Biden's warning Israel to make more of an effort not to harm civilians, there seems to be no significant changes in Israel's operation in Gaza, war experts claim
Massacre doesn't justify massacre: Israel, Gaza and war crimes

Haaretz - 14:16 Dec 06, 2023

The group of historians who attacked my New York Times op-ed offered an embarrassing apologia of Israeli policies - and no condemnation of the enormous Gaza civilian death toll

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'The assumption that conditions in Hamas captivity are reasonable no longer exists'

Haaretz - 13:38 Dec 06, 2023

Prof. Hagai Levine, who leads the medical team of the group representing families of Israelis abducted to Gaza on October 7, has serious concerns about the remaining hostages' condition. 'If Israel's war cabinet thinks hostages have time, it's wrong'
Israel's top satirical TV show mocks UN failure to condemn Hamas’ sexual crimes

Haaretz - 13:16 Dec 06, 2023

In a skit released following the UN’s first special session on the 'premeditated and planned' Hamas sexual violence, Israel’s equivalent of SNL presented two representatives of a UN Women com inquiry addressing an unknown interlocutor with assurances that they 'believe you'

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Israel's Arrow system intercepts fourth Iranian ballistic missile launched from Yemen

Haaretz - 13:06 Dec 06, 2023

Since Gaza war with Hamas began, the Iran-backed Houthis launched numerous missiles and drones at Israel, a distance of over 1,500 kilometers, and hit Israeli-owned vessels in the Red Sea
Biden still supports Israel's Gaza war, but limits its scope

Haaretz - 12:35 Dec 06, 2023

Israel's war cabinet has agreed to American requests, such as allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza, including fuel, and accepting certain restrictions on the scale of IDF actions in the south Gaza Strip. The major point of disagreement concerns the question of the Gaza 'day after' plans

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