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Polio detected in sewage samples from Jerusalem and central Israel, Health Ministry says

Haaretz - 10:58 Aug 08, 2025

The presence of the virus in sewage samples indicates ongoing transmission, but so far no patients with the disease have been reported. The Health Ministry has called on those who are not vaccinated to do so urgently
Lebanon nears Hezbollah confrontation over disarmament as political or military clash looms

Haaretz - 10:42 Aug 08, 2025

While the U.S. and Israel press for Hezbollah to disarm, the the group's Secretary-General Naim Qassem justifies his opposition by saying that the move would harm Lebanon's honor. In the meantime, Qassem's people are absent from government meetings and keeping their options open

Tags: Hezbollah
Which state was ranked by the ADL as most vigilant in fighting antisemitism?

Haaretz - 10:00 Aug 08, 2025

A new index, launched by the Anti-Defamation League, grades each of the 50 states on how they are responding to antisemitism through legislation, education and public policy
Mother of freed hostage Mia Schem says ongoing plight of Gaza hostages hampers recovery

Haaretz - 09:53 Aug 08, 2025

Even a year and ten months after her daughter was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, Keren Schem struggles to fall asleep at night, and says that 'as time goes by, it gets harder.' Until all the hostages have returned, she says, 'one cannot begin to recover'
Life after Vesuvius: Archaeologists uncover post-eruption return to Pompeii

Haaretz - 09:29 Aug 08, 2025

The ancient Romans attempted to rebuild after the disaster of 79 C.E., and continued to eke out a post-apocalyptic living among the ruins of Pompeii for centuries, archaeological finds show

Tags: Pompeii
'A death sentence': Hostage families, Israeli opposition leaders slam Gaza takeover plan

Haaretz - 09:03 Aug 08, 2025

Hostage relatives and Israeli opposition leaders condemned the security cabinet's decision to expand the Gaza offensive. 'This is exactly what Hamas wanted: Israel trapped in territory without a purpose, in a useless occupation,' opposition leader Yair Lapid said

Tags: Gaza Israeli Hostage
What the next Israel-Iran missile war will look like

Haaretz - 08:46 Aug 08, 2025

As Iran rebuilds its ballistic arsenal and Israel develops cutting-edge missile defenses, both sides are locked in a strategic arms race. The outcome may determine the shape – and cost – of the next major conflict
Israeli courts ban anti-Gaza war protester from participating in demonstrations, question use of Arabic banners

Haaretz - 08:39 Aug 08, 2025

In two separate incidents on Thursday, a judge in Ashkelon ordered an anti-war protester to stay away from demonstrations for 30 days after throwing flour at police, and a judge in Haifa asked demonstrators why their signs were written in Arabic

Tags: Arabic
Report: Trump yelled at Netanyahu in call on Gaza aid, said advisers showed him proof of hunger

Haaretz - 08:20 Aug 08, 2025

During the call, which a former U.S. official reportedly described as 'a direct, mostly one-way conversation about the status of humanitarian aid,' Netanyahu told Trump that reports of famine in Gaza were false. Netanyahu's office described the report as 'complete fake news'

Tags: Gaza Trump Netanyahu
Supreme Court justice rebuked for attending event honoring Israeli academic critical of Gaza war

Haaretz - 07:58 Aug 08, 2025

Judicial Complaints Commissioner Asher Kula, known for his ties to Justice Minister Yariv Levin and his criticisms of the Israeli justice system, chastised Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ronen for her participation in an academic event honoring a Hebrew University philosophy professor who has been critical of civilian casualties in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Israeli
We cannot choose between the fight against antisemitism and condemning Israel for Gaza

Haaretz - 06:06 Aug 08, 2025

Friends of Israel must not avert their eyes from the nature of the Netanyahu government, its misbegotten priorities, its incompetence and its no longer justifiable Gaza war. We must always remain vigilant to the unique history of this conflict while also carefully scrutinizing the set of words used to make sense of it

Tags: Gaza Israel
Israel signs record $35 billion gas deal with Egypt

Haaretz - 05:30 Aug 08, 2025

Chevron, Ratio and NewMed Energy expanded an existing deal with an energy supplier to Egypt. By 2024, Israel's Leviathan will have delivered around 130 billion cubic meters of natural gas, more than doubling the original output. The deal could lead to Israel's natural gas reserves being depleted within approximately 20 years, an interministerial committee found

Tags: Egypt
Netanyahu's Gaza takeover plan puts Israel firmly on the road to perpetual war

Haaretz - 03:03 Aug 08, 2025

Expanding the fighting in Gaza has only worsened Israel's situation - and the prime minister's only solution is to go even deeper into the quagmire ■ Meanwhile, his ministers are already trying to normalize the inevitable military fatalities and the imminent deaths of the hostages

Tags: Gaza
In bid to control all of Gaza, Netanyahu makes 'strategic trap' warnings come true

Haaretz - 03:01 Aug 08, 2025

Conquering Gaza means giving up on the hostages, the economy, international legitimacy and Israel's future ■ Signs are cropping up that the next election will be postponed ■ Netanyahu's trolling Defense Minister Israel Katz and sober army chief Eyal Zamir have one thing in common
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting Saturday on Israel's plan to seize Gaza City

Haaretz - 02:13 Aug 08, 2025
Silence is surrender

Haaretz - 22:24 Aug 07, 2025
'I told her: I want you. It was like a match made by the universe'

Haaretz - 21:55 Aug 07, 2025

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A couple bound for a string of European festivals – 'wherever the spirit takes us'; and an entrepreneurship expert whose job 'doesn't really feel like work'
Branding Israel as 'defender of the free world' evokes a dangerous antisemitic myth

Haaretz - 21:03 Aug 07, 2025

Some PR activists embrace Israel's image as the West's subcontractor in the fight against radical Islam. But at its core, this is a myth that resurrects age-old antisemitic tropes
To Netanyahu, anyone doubting his Gaza plan – even the IDF – is just a leftist

Haaretz - 20:32 Aug 07, 2025

Netanyahu assigns roles: The nation is a roaring lion, and the ones putting on the brakes are emasculators. Anyone expressing reservations is a leftist. Anyone who hesitates is a traitor

Tags: Netanyahu
Israeli leftists say they lost compassion for Palestinians. But did it ever exist?

Haaretz - 20:24 Aug 07, 2025

The refusal to see Palestinians as human beings isn't a side effect of October 7. This phenomenon predates the latest war, the operations in Gaza, the terror attacks and the rockets. It's a fundamental element of Israel's national consciousness

Tags: Palestinians

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