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Israeli ministers tell U.S. to 'step down,' call sanctions against ultra-Orthodox IDF unit 'height of absurdity'

Haaretz - 13:50 Apr 21, 2024

In response to expected sanctions by the U.S. on the Netzah Yehuda Battalion – widely opposed by Israeli leaders – war cabinet minister Eisenkot called it 'proof of the importance of independent legal and law enforcement systems in Israel'

Tags: Israeli
'Jews were responsible for a tremendous part of Iraqi music'

Haaretz - 13:44 Apr 21, 2024

Yusuf Zaarur was one of the most prominent musicians in Iraq. His great-grandson tells about how his fame dimmed after he left for Israel and how friends of his from Arab countries are preserving his memory
AIPAC isn't targeting Squad member Summer Lee in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Here's why

Haaretz - 13:29 Apr 21, 2024

The pro-Israel lobby is looking to spend its hefty war chest in other primaries, leaving one GOP megadonor with an explicit interest in Israeli politics to bankroll efforts against the Pittsburgh progressive
Israel charges sister of Hamas' chief Haniyeh with incitement and sympathizing with terror group

Haaretz - 12:44 Apr 21, 2024

Sabah Haniyeh, a resident of a town in southern Israel, is accused of sharing a prayer following the October 7 attack that read, 'kill them and do not leave any one of them. O God, do in their slaughter and keep us away from their evil'

Tags: Israel
We fight to save our Gazan patients, even as they lie handcuffed and blindfolded

Haaretz - 12:17 Apr 21, 2024

Despite the claims made about the treatment of Gazans at the Sde Teiman military base, doctors there put their patients first
'Our future was here': Christians in Gaza are paying an unholy price for Israel-Hamas war

Haaretz - 12:04 Apr 21, 2024

Like all Palestinians in Gaza, hundreds of Christians living in the Strip found themselves with nowhere to hide once the war with Israel began after the October 7 Hamas attack. Though the disconnection from the wider Christian community - close and far - started long before

Tags: Gaza Christians
'Young U.S. Jews believe Judaism is about social justice. They ask, does Israel stand for that?'

Haaretz - 12:01 Apr 21, 2024
Two Palestinians shot dead after trying to wound Israeli soldiers in West Bank, IDF says

Haaretz - 11:59 Apr 21, 2024

One Israeli lightly wounded in separate incident when a planted explosive device was set off as he kicked down a Palestinian flag; Kibbutz Meirav, on the West Bank's northern border, was hit by gunfire from the direction of a nearby Palestinian village

Tags: West Bank
Before Judaism: The 8,000-year-old History of Pomegranate Reverence

Haaretz - 10:58 Apr 21, 2024

Why Persia's Xerxes armed his soldiers with images of fruit on their spears, rather than spikes, and other pomegranate facts
Israeli PM Netanyahu's son asks to be removed from Wikipedia in rare request

Haaretz - 10:32 Apr 21, 2024

The community of Hebrew Wikipedia editors is debating Avner Netanyahu's unusual request to be deleted from the site due to 'lack of public interest' – and stirring political tensions
Talks between Israel and Hamas are stuck, but continue to feed political interests throughout the region

Haaretz - 10:14 Apr 21, 2024

Qatar's mediation led to the release of four women hostages in October and the signing of the first hostage deal in November, and it provides an open channel between Hamas and the U.S. Receding from its role as mediator would deal a harsh blow to negotiations

Tags: Hamas
Israel's finance minister orders ministries to provide services, infrastructure to illegal West Bank outposts

Haaretz - 07:42 Apr 21, 2024

Bezalel Smotrich's effort to legalize the West Bank outposts comes after the government reached a 25-year high in the nationalization of West Bank lands during the first four months of 2024

Tags: West Bank
Gantz's party not likely to quit Netanyahu gov't following escalation with Iran, sources say

Haaretz - 06:04 Apr 21, 2024

'We're doing everything we can to act as a balancing factor within the government,' said a source in the Israeli war cabinet minister's circle. 'To have the greatest possible impact at the pivotal points. This won't change'
Before Genesis: The origin story of the apple

Haaretz - 05:54 Apr 21, 2024

What did the serpent tell Eve to eat, and where did she get the fruit? Enter the rose family and the mammoth
Hezbollah intercepts Israeli drone over Lebanon; Rockets fired at U.S. army base in Syria

Haaretz - 03:21 Apr 21, 2024

Gallant decries U.S. sanctions on IDF unit, pledges to respect to international law ■ Israeli soldier dies from wounds sustained in drone and missile attack on north ■ Israeli wounded by planted explosive device in West Bank ■ Palestinian woman killed in attempt to stab soldiers at West Bank checkpoint

Tags: Israeli
Despite Israel's limited response, the status quo with Iran has been breached

Haaretz - 03:03 Apr 21, 2024

The latest round of attacks between Israel and Iran serves to highlight Netanyahu's lack of a comprehensive strategy on the matter. While Israel is content with the outcome, the U.S. and gulf states fear a regional escalation

Tags: Iran
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Haaretz - 01:05 Apr 21, 2024
Hamas hardened its position. We should still say 'yes' to a deal

Haaretz - 00:55 Apr 21, 2024
Close Israel's 'Guantanamo Bay'

Haaretz - 00:27 Apr 21, 2024
Israel's right-wing can never seem to get enough death and destruction

Haaretz - 00:04 Apr 21, 2024

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