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Siberian ice mummies reveal the painful secrets of ancient tattooing

Haaretz - 10:13 Aug 03, 2025

People in the Pazyryk Valley in central Siberia were buried in land so cold that even their skin was preserved. Their ornate animal tattoos show that the ancient artisans used a range of tools to achieve artistic drama – and make their customers cry out in pain just like today
Why I, an Arab writer, hesitate to compare Gaza to the Holocaust

Haaretz - 10:05 Aug 03, 2025

Legendary Broadway actor Mandy Patinkin compared Gaza with the Holocaust. And yet, we must remember that the Holocaust was orders of magnitude more horrific than even this senseless slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians

Tags: Gaza Holocaust
Mixing Judaism with sexy attire, Israeli singer Odeya is 'the guru of this generation'

Haaretz - 09:44 Aug 03, 2025

She's the only Israeli woman who's both a superstar and a true singer-songwriter. She also remarkably mixes the traditional, religious Israel and the Israel of technology and sex

Tags: Israeli
Post-Soviet autocracy: The nightmare scenario for the day after Israel's AG's dismissal is already here

Haaretz - 09:40 Aug 03, 2025

With the expected dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Israel is poised to cross a red line: the collapse of legal and professional safeguards in favor of political loyalty to Prime Minister Netanyahu's government. From the justice system to the civil service and press, the warning signs of democratic backsliding are no longer theoretical – they're unfolding in real time
Ben-Gvir ascends Temple Mount praying loudly, in violation of status quo

Haaretz - 08:46 Aug 03, 2025

Flanked by police and over a thousand Jewish worshippers, National Security Minister Ben-Gvir entered the Temple Mount on Sunday and, between bouts of prayer, called for the reoccupation of Gaza

Tags: Temple Mount
Around 90,000 join pro-Palestinian march in Sydney, drawing ire from Israeli politicians

Haaretz - 08:35 Aug 03, 2025

After police initially blocked the mass protest, the state's Supreme Court ruled that the march be allowed to go ahead, citing 'the horror and urgency of the situation in Gaza.' Police later ordered the march to halt, citing fears of a crowd crush along the route
'Hamas dragged his body through the streets and main squares; We must get him back so we have a grave to visit'

Haaretz - 08:19 Aug 03, 2025

Salem al-Atrash, whose brother was killed and his body taken by Hamas on October 7, calls for retrieving all the bodies for burial, but says that the living hostages must come home first. 'The children still don't believe they don't have a father. He had a month-old girl when he was killed, and she won't know him'

Tags: Hamas
'A war of no choice': Hostages' families block Tel Aviv highway after Hamas issues Evyatar David footage

Haaretz - 06:40 Aug 03, 2025

Eli David, brother of hostage Evyatar, whose video was just published by Hamas, said the images of his emaciated brother 'broke' their father, comparing it to images from the Holocaust

Tags: Hamas
Settler who allegedly killed Palestinian released from house arrest

Haaretz - 06:14 Aug 03, 2025

Yinon Levi, who was detained after an incident in which he was seen firing several shots and Palestinian Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead, was released from house arrest on Friday after the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court found that he had acted in self defense, and that there was no causal connection between the shots he fired and the one that killed Hathaleen
No grounds for arrest: Court releases protesters who waved Palestinian flag in Haifa

Haaretz - 05:35 Aug 03, 2025

The protesters were arrested by Israeli police on suspicion of behavior that 'breaches public peace,' but the judge ruled that 'concern that the flag might hurt the feelings of those who see it is not enough to stop a protest'
In response to planned expansion of Gaza offensive, hostage's mother says Israeli gov't deciding to carry out 'final solution' on hostages

Haaretz - 03:20 Aug 03, 2025
Three parallel paths: Hostage diplomacy stalls as Hamas leadership fractures

Haaretz - 02:54 Aug 03, 2025

Efforts by Egypt, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to secure a hostage deal are faltering amid Hamas' internal divisions, conflicting demands, and Israeli rejection of a broader diplomatic initiative tied to Palestinian statehood
As long as Trump and Witkoff wait for Netanyahu nothing will change

Haaretz - 00:54 Aug 03, 2025
In today's Israel, a building hit by an Iranian missile is cause for celebration

Haaretz - 00:27 Aug 03, 2025

After an Iranian missile struck Holon in April, officials returned to the site not to mourn but to stage a ceremony. Like a wretched echo of fascist rituals, it framed destruction as healing and turned ruin into a spectacle of revival

Tags: Iranian
Recognizing Palestine won't stop the genocide in Gaza – sanctions on Israel will

Haaretz - 23:02 Aug 02, 2025

European recognition of Palestine is a hollow gesture that lets Israel off the hook. Without sanctions to stop the slaughter in Gaza, it's not diplomacy – it's complicity

Tags: Gaza Israel
As Netanyahu and Hamas bide time, Israeli hostages and Gaza's people are left to starve

Haaretz - 22:46 Aug 02, 2025

While Netanyahu signals openness to a comprehensive deal with Hamas – it's unclear he's willing to pay the price. Hamas seeks an end to the war – but on its own terms ■ IDF chief Zamir may step down if no cease-fire is reached

Tags: Hamas
Hamas is starving the hostages. Only a dramatic Trump intervention can save them

Haaretz - 20:30 Aug 02, 2025

Until U.S. President Donald Trump and his envoy Steven Witkoff decide they've had enough with Netanyahu's time-wasting maneuvers and goal-post-moving spins, the war in Gaza will not end
'Ambiguous loss': Hostage forum's rehabilitation chief highlights hostage families' plight

Haaretz - 19:41 Aug 02, 2025

Dr. Einat Yehene documents and researches the unique situation the families of Israeli hostages now find themselves in. 'The families of the hostages are showing a lot of resilience,' she says, 'but make no mistake – one leg fights and the other just drags along. Our role is to accompany them'
Palestinian man shot dead during settler attack in West Bank, Health Ministry says

Haaretz - 19:30 Aug 02, 2025

A local council head said that around 20 Israeli settlers arrived from the direction of a recently established outpost and attacked residents. The Red Crescent said seven Palestinians were also wounded by gunfire
Gaza officials say 39 Palestinians killed while trying to get aid, seven die of hunger in past day

Haaretz - 18:11 Aug 02, 2025

Major hospitals in Gaza warned that they are operating under extreme overcapacity, and the Health Ministry called for immediate international intervention to improve the healthcare system, quoting doctors who said that medical teams are being forced to lay out mattresses in hallways and hospital entrances to treat the wounded

Tags: Gaza

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