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After harrowing footage of starving hostages in Gaza, Netanyahu wallows in self-pity

Haaretz - 03:00 Aug 05, 2025

The prime minister and some cabinet members may wail over their bitter fate, but that hasn't stopped them from dismantling Israel's fragile democracy. They voted to fire the attorney general and purged one of their own from a key Knesset panel to keep the coalition alive another day
Defying Israeli army opposition, Netanyahu pushes to escalate an unwinnable war in Gaza

Haaretz - 03:00 Aug 05, 2025

The prime minister announced an expansion of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, despite opposition from the IDF General Staff, growing fatigue among soldiers, and a lack of public legitimacy. Those close to him have adopted an increasingly wild tone and are now even goading the IDF chief
IDF downs missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen at Israeli territory

Haaretz - 01:53 Aug 05, 2025
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Haaretz - 21:33 Aug 04, 2025
Why the Israeli right is wrong to blame the 2005 disengagement from Gaza for October 7

Haaretz - 21:28 Aug 04, 2025

It's more convenient for the right to stop the wheel of history at the disengagement and ignore the fact that the plan's opponents have been in power since 2009
If Netanyahu is so outraged by hostage videos, why doesn't he just bring them back?

Haaretz - 21:25 Aug 04, 2025
Israel puts down over 250 crocodiles at abandoned West Bank farm, didn't tell owner

Haaretz - 21:19 Aug 04, 2025

The farm, which had been operational for over two decades, closed to visitors during the Second Intifada, which ended in 2005, after a sharp decline in tourism. According to the owner of the farm, the IDF buried the crocodiles in an undisclosed location without notifying him
Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry reports 94 deaths in 24 hours amid worsening crisis

Haaretz - 21:13 Aug 04, 2025

Hunger-related deaths rise as aid shortages persist, with 29 killed seeking aid. A senior doctor warns, 'basic food has disappeared, access to clean water is extremely limited.' Local officials call for urgent international intervention as famine deepens and emergency services falter
Court clears settler of assaulting Bedouin women and a toddler in the West Bank

Haaretz - 21:11 Aug 04, 2025

In her verdict, the judge described the outcome as 'deeply troubling.' She cited evidentiary difficulties and criticized the police for not holding a lineup to properly identify David Chai Chasdai, an Israeli settler who was sanctioned by the Biden administration as one of the alleged leaders of violent riots in Huwara
This forgotten Jewish orphanage in the American south raised 'the most fortunate unfortunates'

Haaretz - 20:05 Aug 04, 2025

A new museum exhibit revisits the 90-year history of the Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans, once described as the 'pride of every Southern Israelite'
Two Arab-Israeli men were shot dead as the community's murder rate hits 150

Haaretz - 19:47 Aug 04, 2025

The deaths of two Arab men in northern Israel show rising violence in Arab communities, with 150 murders in 2025 – a sharp rise from past years. This surge follows Itamar Ben-Gvir's 2022 appointment as police minister, raising concerns over growing violence and weak police response
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian farmhouse, tag walls with 'revenge' and 'price tag'

Haaretz - 19:22 Aug 04, 2025

'We show the army and police where they come from — it doesn't help,' says Palestinian farm owner after settlers torch building and damage orchards. Settler violence has surged across the West Bank in recent weeks, with devastating consequences

Tags: Palestinian
'Tosca will not be going to Israel': The UK's Royal Opera pulls Tel Aviv production over Gaza

Haaretz - 18:59 Aug 04, 2025

'I am appalled by the crisis in Gaza and recognize the deep emotional impact this has had across our community and wider society,' said head of the Royal Ballet and Opera Alex Beard. The cancelation comes after almost 200 opera employees signed an open letter in favor of banning 'any current or future performances in Israel'

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Patriots or propagandists? Israel's stir over artists' petitions to end the Gaza war

Haaretz - 18:53 Aug 04, 2025

Some may shrug off the artists who signed, but they know condemning the atrocities unfolding isn't echoing Israel haters or 'inciting against' soldiers. It's a call to save them from a forever war with no end other than destruction
'A futile war': Former Israeli security chiefs warn current Gaza war has no strategy

Haaretz - 18:29 Aug 04, 2025

In a rare joint appeal, former Mossad, Shin Bet and IDF heads call for an immediate end to the Gaza war, warning it now serves 'messianic and extremist goals' and is leading to 'the loss of Israel's security and its freedom'; right-wing pundits slam video as propaganda

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Trump administration ties disaster funds for cities, states to rejection of Israel boycotts

Haaretz - 17:58 Aug 04, 2025

The requirement is largely symbolic, as at least 34 states already have anti-BDS laws or policies, according to a University of Pennsylvania law journal. It applies to at least $1.9 billion that states rely on to cover search and rescue equipment
U.S. house speaker says West Bank 'rightful property of the Jewish People' at settler conference

Haaretz - 17:19 Aug 04, 2025

Mike Johnson's visit to the West Bank marked his first visit to the Israeli-controlled territory since being confirmed as House Speaker. In June, he was meant to address the Knesset in Jerusalem, but his trip was cancelled due to the Israel-Iran war

Tags: West Bank
Netanyahu's Gaza gamble failed, pushing Israel toward economic catastrophe

Haaretz - 16:46 Aug 04, 2025

Operation Gideon's Chariots was meant to pressure Hamas and dull global focus – but it instead escalated humanitarian, diplomatic, and economic fallout. As Netanyahu flirts with a shift in strategy, Israel faces a costly reckoning over both its war aims and its long-term role in Gaza

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U.S. Jewish group donates $25k for Gaza church damaged in Israeli strike

Haaretz - 15:59 Aug 04, 2025

American Jewish Committee's donation to the New York Archdiocese aims to help repair Gaza's only Catholic church, damaged during a July military operation. The move comes amid growing scrutiny over civilian harm and interfaith solidarity efforts
Rural Jews, Palestine through 100 years of photography, and grotesque satire on Zionism

Haaretz - 15:58 Aug 04, 2025

Our August reading picks: Historian Shari Rabin traces rural Jewish life in the American South; Vivienne Silver-Brody honors her slain friend Vivian Silver in a photo book of Palestine–Eretz Israel; and Eli Valley elevates the grotesque by dragging it into the light

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