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Police extend morning visiting hours for non-Muslims on Al Aqsa compound/Temple Mount during Ramadan, violating status quo

Haaretz - 21:04 Feb 18, 2026

Jewish activists have demanded for years that they receive some compensation for the closing of the Temple Mount during the Muslim holy month, with police now acceding. The Palestinian Authority has expressed concern that the change would become permanent after Ramadan

Tags: Ramadan Temple Mount
Arab Israelis hope that Ramadan can stop the wave of homicides

Haaretz - 20:55 Feb 18, 2026

Homicide rates doubled a year after far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir became national security minister. Reconciliation groups and local activists see Ramadan, which began on Wednesday, as an opportunity for social pressure that might bring a respite and hope for a long-term solution

Tags: Ramadan
Israel denies detaining Tucker Carlson after whistle-stop interview with Ambassador Huckabee

Haaretz - 20:19 Feb 18, 2026

The trip follows a public clash between the two, after Carlson suggested on his show that Huckabee had not done enough to confront what he described as Israel's 'shocking' treatment of Christians. The pundit claimed he was detained by airport security before leaving the country
'Visit the mohels of Antwerp': Belgian circumcision probe sparks diplomatic row with Israel

Haaretz - 19:30 Feb 18, 2026

The U.S. ambassador accused Belgium of 'harassment of the Jewish community' over a year-old investigation into suspected illegal circumcisions. Belgium rejected antisemitism accusations, with its foreign minister saying Jewish Belgians 'do not deserve to be used as leverage'
White House: Some progress made in talks, but 'many arguments for Iran strike'

Haaretz - 19:27 Feb 18, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has been 'very clear with respect to Iran, or any country, that diplomacy is always his first option,' Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, adding that 'Iran would be very wise to make a deal with this administration'

Tags: Iran
Redated skulls in China suggest Homo erectus spread faster or earlier than thought

Haaretz - 19:00 Feb 18, 2026

Crania found in Yuxian, thought to be at most a million years old, are redated to 1.77 million years, throwing back the occupation of Asia by Homo erectus

Tags: Homo
15 Democrats urge Rubio to hold Israel accountable for Palestinian-American minor's 9-month detention

Haaretz - 18:16 Feb 18, 2026

The lawmakers accused Israeli soldiers of conducting physical and psychological abuse against the 15-year-old Palestinian-American Mohammed Ibrahim. 'this type of abuse, which has become commonplace in the West Bank and Israeli prison facilities, must stop,' the congressional democrats wrote
Israeli labor federation declares labor dispute over government plan to approve Wizz Air hub in Tel Aviv

Haaretz - 17:53 Feb 18, 2026

The Histadrut labor federation said the government's plan to to allow Wizz Air to open a hub in Ben-Gurion airport was done without direct consultation with workers and 'directly harms their employment security and the stability of the entire aviation sector'

Tags: Wizz
The least Jewish thing about the Western Wall is how Israel's government treats women

Haaretz - 17:52 Feb 18, 2026

The arrest of two leaders of the Women of the Wall feminist prayer group at the Kotel plaza while reading the Torah is nothing short of desecration
Former hostage's sister slams bid to drop word 'massacre' from October 7 bill as 'embarrassing and shameful'

Haaretz - 17:34 Feb 18, 2026

Ofri Bibas, whose brother was released from Hamas captivity last year, said the proposed change 'distorts reality' and deepens the pain of hostage families and survivors amid the 'battle for the narrative' over how October 7 is remembered and framed

Tags: October
While Bennett still treads carefully with Netanyahu, Eisenkot moves to lead the bloc seeking to replace him

Haaretz - 17:32 Feb 18, 2026

Until now, many believed Gadi Eisenkot was deliberating between Yair Lapid and Nafatli Bennett, but now it appears he is determined to lead a union that would include both. But whom will he lead when opposition parties are mired in conflicts instead of striving for unity?
Optics and fealty: Trump's Board of Peace participants want proximity to Washington's power

Haaretz - 17:22 Feb 18, 2026

The list of countries attending Thursday's inaugural meeting 'says less about confidence in the board itself and more about concern over where U.S. policy may go next,' one security expert says
Haaretz petitions AG to undo police order to cancel subscriptions

Haaretz - 17:10 Feb 18, 2026

The newspaper's attorneys noted that, in recent years, the minister in charge of the police, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has repeatedly said that anyone receiving bad press in Haaretz would be considered for promotion, as well as the lawsuits he filed to silence the newspaper

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Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid U.S. tensions

Haaretz - 16:29 Feb 18, 2026

Satellite images reveal Iran is shielding a site hit by Israel and burying nuclear tunnel entrances bombed by the U.S. last year. The fortification of missile bases comes as Tehran and Washington remain deadlocked over a new nuclear deal.

Tags: Iran Satellite
Parents of Israeli soldier killed in Gaza say they are angry at the state

Haaretz - 15:38 Feb 18, 2026

According to an initial investigation, Yafe was mistakenly identified as a terrorist and killed by Israeli fire during an IDF search of a suspicious building in the southern Gaza Strip

Tags: Israeli
After months of delays, Israeli experts to decide 2026 healthcare subsidies

Haaretz - 13:53 Feb 18, 2026

The committee discussions began over a month late, after Israel's health minister resigned in July in protest over the failure to pass a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox men from the IDF. The delay in appointments has harmed many individuals dependent on public funding for necessary treatment
In a former cowshed in central Israel, a picturesque therapeutic space for both goats and humans

Haaretz - 13:52 Feb 18, 2026

The Shevach couple has created a thriving therapeutic goat farm and boutique dairy. Ile Shevach utilizes goat therapy to aid at-risk youth and individuals with PTSD and autism, while her partner Tzahi crafts artisanal cheeses
'We will not give up': Leaders of Women of the Wall detained at Western Wall for Torah reading

Haaretz - 12:42 Feb 18, 2026

The incident comes a day after the High Court of Justice heard a petition against the government for not delivering on its promise to renovate the plaza at the Jewish holy site designated for egalitarian prayer
FDA approves pancreatic cancer device that extends survival from Israeli-founded Novocure

Haaretz - 12:35 Feb 18, 2026

Study shows statistically significant survival gain – 16.2 months versus 14.16 – in what Novocure says is the first new treatment in decades for locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Eli Sharabi's 'Hostage' memoir wins Jewish book of the year award

Haaretz - 12:29 Feb 18, 2026

Sharabi's memoir, which details his abduction from Kibbutz Be'eri and 491 days spent in captivity, became a bestseller in Israel and was later released in English in the United States. '"Hostage" is my testimony, a story of my survival, written so others could bear witness,' Sharabi said

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