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Israeli human rights group urges IDF chief to release 14 detained Gaza doctors

Haaretz - 14:18 Apr 30, 2026

Physicians for Human Rights – Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice in a bid to force Israel to release the 14 doctors, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held since late 2024
'No longer safe to be visibly Jewish': After stabbing spree, some British Jews say it's a matter of when they leave, not if

Haaretz - 13:41 Apr 30, 2026

The attack that injured two Jewish men in London is the third to target Golders Green, the center of Jewish life in London, in less than six weeks. A crowd gathered at the scene accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the U.K. government of inaction
As war in the north persists, so does the gap between Arab and Jewish communities' access to bomb shelters

Haaretz - 12:27 Apr 30, 2026

A community leader describes a gap between the Bedouin village and neighboring Jewish communities, where 'everyone is eligible [for a safe room] and construction is moving ahead quickly, while here only eight safe rooms are currently under construction'

Tags: Jewish
Israeli importer drops shipment of allegedly Russian-stolen Ukrainian grain

Haaretz - 12:02 Apr 30, 2026

The announcement follows a Haaretz exposé released Sunday, revealing how grain stolen by Russia from the territories it occupies in Ukraine is being smuggled into Israel. Zenziper, a key supplier of Israel's wheat, was set to receive a shipment of what Ukraine says is stolen grain
Shin Bet chief presses for names of ex-officials behind petition against his appointment

Haaretz - 11:04 Apr 30, 2026

More than 180 former Shin Bet officials joined an anonymous petition against David Zini's appointment; Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg ruled Zini may review their names, but urged him to consider dropping the demand to 'smooth relations'

Tags: Shin
The UAE prepares itself for a post-Iran-war Gulf, where it will stand alone

Haaretz - 10:12 Apr 30, 2026

It once seemed that the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz crisis and the U.S. blockade would unite the Gulf into a military coalition, or at least create a political cooperation framework, but now it appears that the new strategy is each state taking independent action
With election looming, Netanyahu moves to fill key civil service positions

Haaretz - 09:02 Apr 30, 2026

The Israeli prime minister has ratcheted up efforts to place allies in key positions, despite an Attorney General's Office guideline to avoid making appointments during an election season
How an Israeli court ruling pushed the Haredi draft standoff to an historic boiling point

Haaretz - 08:13 Apr 30, 2026

The court ruled that the state must take away subsidies for draft-dodging students, including housing, property taxes, day care costs and public transportation – thousands of shekels a month, without which an average Haredi family will find it hard to survive

Tags: Haredi
Israel's justice minister met with the wives of two senior police officials suspected of bribery and the assault of protester

Haaretz - 07:19 Apr 30, 2026

The meeting was held at the request of the wife of Avishai Mualem, who was accused of ignoring West Bank settler violence to gain favor with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and secure a promotion, and Amit Pollak, who was charged with assaulting a protester
U.S. defense secretary faces withering questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since start of war

Haaretz - 06:01 Apr 30, 2026

The war has cost $25 billion so far, according to Pentagon estimates during their military budget proposal brief, which would boost defense spending to a historic $1.5 trillion
Gaza aid flotilla activists transferred to Greece after IDF seizure

Haaretz - 04:07 Apr 30, 2026
Trump's procrastination in Iran keeps Israel stuck between Lebanon and Tehran

Haaretz - 04:02 Apr 30, 2026

As Trump delays choosing between escalation and diplomacy, Washington sustains a costly blockade, leaving Israel overstretched, facing a persistent Iran threat and a grinding war with Hezbollah in the north

Tags: Iran Israel
The IDF's discipline crisis needs more than Zamir's words

Haaretz - 01:37 Apr 30, 2026
Buying stolen Ukrainian wheat, Israel continues a legacy of exceptionalism

Haaretz - 01:14 Apr 30, 2026
Israel's exhausted military is again mired in Lebanon without purpose or end

Haaretz - 00:42 Apr 30, 2026
How Israelis dying in captivity would have served Ben-Gvir's Kahanist realism

Haaretz - 23:09 Apr 29, 2026

In Itamar Ben-Gvir's 'Kahanist realist' worldview, hostage deals that end or temper the Gaza war obstruct a desired cycle of escalation and revenge that advances his long-term vision of population transfer

Tags: Kahanist
Under a veneer of coexistence, Israeli health care is rife with anti-Arab bias

Haaretz - 22:50 Apr 29, 2026
The ghosting protocols: Cancel culture in ancient Egypt and Rome

Haaretz - 21:46 Apr 29, 2026

Cancel culture isn't a modern invention. Long before viral outrage, the ancient Egyptians were erasing names from monuments, while the Romans elevated the practice into a formal state protocol

Tags: Cancel
Israel advances resettlement of northern West Bank with construction approval of 126 homes

Haaretz - 20:10 Apr 29, 2026

The plan was approved retroactively after 16 families had already moved in, marking another step toward reversing the 2005 disengagement in the northern West Bank

Tags: West Bank
Not cool: Strokes' singer's remarks on Zionism signal Israel's fall from relevance

Haaretz - 19:39 Apr 29, 2026

The Strokes, the rock 'n' roll band that defined 'cool,' recently made clear that there are Zionists – and then there are 'good people.' Even on sites like Grindr, Israeli men have lost their sex appeal

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