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Protests planned against Israeli gay singer Eden Hason's concerts for West Bank settlers

Haaretz - 18:13 Aug 24, 2025

'I won't take part in divisive discourse,' said singer Eden Hason, whose concert is scheduled for Tuesday for residents of West Bank settlements north of Jerusalem, after a group of rabbis in said his appearance at the event 'conflicts with family values'

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French park manager charged with discrimination for refusing entry to group of Israeli kids

Haaretz - 17:57 Aug 24, 2025

Police arrested the manager of a park in southern France on Thursday after he refused entry to the group of 150 Israelis between the ages of eight and 16 on holiday. He has since been released, but faces up to five years in prison if found guilty
The Bittersweet Taste of BDS: How Israeli Mango Became an Unlikely Symbol of War

Haaretz - 17:41 Aug 24, 2025

This summer's breakout star is definitely the mango — but for all the wrong reasons. Plus, Nadav Lapid's 'Yes' hits theaters in Israel, the U.S. and Europe, and Dana Ruttenberg choregraphs the whiplash of change
Some IDF tanks are out of commission, and Germany's weapons embargo could impair Israel's Gaza takeover plan

Haaretz - 17:28 Aug 24, 2025

A week after Hamas signaled readiness for a partial deal, Israel delays as conditions of the hostages worsen. Netanyahu, silent as Smotrich urges war crimes, drives toward a Gaza City assault that risks legal peril, IDF dissent, and deeper international isolation
As NYC mayoral race heats up, a Jewish school is now requiring parents to show proof of voter registration

Haaretz - 17:19 Aug 24, 2025

A Brooklyn Orthodox school now requires parents to prove voter registration, framing it as a civic duty to protect the community. Critics link it to opposition against mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Legal experts say private schools can set such rules if nonpartisan
A train ride shows how Israelis have normalized the unthinkable

Haaretz - 17:11 Aug 24, 2025

Amid major disruptions to Israel's train service, the transportation minister denied any chaos and left for vacation. This is an allegory for life in Israel lately: Everything has teetered on the edge of intolerable for so long that it's become normal
Ghislaine Maxwell told U.S. officials she didn't think Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent

Haaretz - 17:00 Aug 24, 2025

In newly released transcripts of conversations between Maxwell and U.S. Department of Justice officials, she also addresses Epstein's ties to former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, whose visits to Epstein's home have fueled long-running conspiracy theories
Trump envoy discusses with Netanyahu withdrawal from Lebanon and Syria buffer zone, source says

Haaretz - 16:24 Aug 24, 2025

A source from the Druze community in Israel estimated that one of the subjects on the table in the talks between Barrack and Netanyahu is a humanitarian corridor between the Israeli buffer zone in Syria and the province of Sweida

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Italian filmmakers ask Venice Film Festival to clearly condemn 'ongoing genocide in Gaza'

Haaretz - 16:01 Aug 24, 2025

The directors, including Matteo Garrone, Marco Bellocchio and Alice Rohrwacher called on the festival directors to 'be courageous and clearer in condemning the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza the Israeli government and army are carrying out in Palestine'
Bodies of two men found in burned car near Kafr Qassem; Police: They were shot before the arson

Haaretz - 15:44 Aug 24, 2025

According to a police source, the murders were suspected to be revenge for another murder in the city a few weeks ago. So far, homicides in Arab communities make up 80% of murders in Israel so far this year
'Historically underrepresented': One in 10 American Jews has Sephardic or Mizrahi roots, new study shows

Haaretz - 15:31 Aug 24, 2025

A study commissioned by an advocacy group for Jews with roots in Iberia, North Africa and the Middle East found that they tend to be more politically conservative, less likely to hold higher degrees and more economically vulnerable than their Ashkenazi counterparts
Israel strikes Houthi presidential complex after cluster missile fired from Yemen

Haaretz - 15:12 Aug 24, 2025

Israel launched airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa, hitting military and energy targets, after Houthis fired a missile carrying a cluster warhead toward central Israel – the first such attack from Yemen – leaving shrapnel in residential areas but no casualties

Tags: Israel Yemen
Earliest Homo coexisted with unknown australopithecine in Ethiopia 2.6 mllion years ago

Haaretz - 15:08 Aug 24, 2025

The earliest reported Homo lived in Ledi-Geraru around 2.6 million years ago. So did a species of australopithecine never seen before, archaeologists report
'Every day, we're forced to choose who gets treatment': Malnutrition cases outpace Gaza's health system

Haaretz - 14:57 Aug 24, 2025

Gaza's hospitals and health workers have been overwhelmed and unable to meet even the most basic medical needs in the past year. As malnutrition cases rise among children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, one hospital volunteer says: 'This is not medicine. This is survival'

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Haaretz correspondent Deiaa Haj Yahia detained near murder scene, after police allowed him in

Haaretz - 14:41 Aug 24, 2025

Haaretz and Ynet reporters were briefly detained near a Kafr Qassem forest where two bodies were found, on suspicion of 'obstructing a police officer.' They were searched, taken to the station, and released after their identities as journalists were confirmed

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A gay, black, Cochini, religiously observant Israeli man. And that's just a partial list

Haaretz - 14:00 Aug 24, 2025

Upon the publication of his new poetry collection "Homohomohomohom," Israeli poet Gil Elias reflects on his complex mix of identities and the month in India that made him feel at home. 'I wanted to be Ethiopian – Israeli society is more accepting of that'

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Widespread protests across Australia support Palestinians, oppose Israel's war in Gaza

Haaretz - 13:52 Aug 24, 2025

Amid Australia's strained relationship with the Netanyahu government, organizers say over 350,000 attended about 40 protests across Australia, calling on their government to sanction Israel

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In one night, settlers rampaged through three Palestinian communities – leaving one dead

Haaretz - 13:31 Aug 24, 2025

Masked settlers, armed with clubs, emerged in the dead of night, setting cars on fire by igniting their engines. Soldiers who arrived an hour later fired tear gas at the residents who were still struggling to put out the flames
Netanyahu's attack on the Gaza famine report aims to hide the truth from Israelis

Haaretz - 12:51 Aug 24, 2025

Israel rushed to discredit the report that determined Gaza is suffering from the highest level of famine. But lies and victim-playing do not change one basic fact: Israel starved Gazans until the world intervened

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Inflating antisemitism: Israel's 'Iron Dome' against all Gaza war criticism endangers Jews

Haaretz - 11:27 Aug 24, 2025

Damning every critic of Israel's actions in Gaza as a modern-day Nazi intent on another Holocaust is not only inaccurate and demagogic. It is dangerously counter-productive, not least for Diaspora Jews, while empowering antisemites themselves

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