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• Israel and antisemitism take center stage in New York's mayoral race

  Haaretz - 19:27 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Jews account for 16 percent of voters in N.Y.C, making Israel is a wedge issue in the Democratic mayoral primary set for June 24. Socialist Zorhan Mamdani, a critic of the Gaza war, is for the first time leading over former governor Andrew Cuomo, who has secured Hasidic endorsements - and been cursed in Yiddish by a rival

  Tags: Israel

• Yair Yaakov's family begins painful farewell after body returned from Gaza

  Haaretz - 19:02 Jun 12, 2025
  

  After Israeli forces recovered his body from Gaza, Yair Yaakov's loved ones mourned his death and called for the swift return of the remaining hostages still held since the October 7 attack

  Tags: Yair Yaakov Gaza

• U.S. authorities detain two Palestinians invited to speak with Jewish groups in California

  Haaretz - 18:57 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Two activists from the West Bank's Masafer Yatta, whose visas were sponsored by a synagogue near San Francisco, are detained without being allowed to communicate, an organizer says. 'Their visas were very valid – they will be deported today back to Qatar'

• Ryanair extends suspension of Israel flights through August

  Haaretz - 18:37 Jun 12, 2025
  

  The Ireland-based airline announced that it would not return to Tel Aviv until at least September 2025

• Israeli army probe: Shlomit's civil defense squad saved the neighboring community of Pri Gan on Oct. 7

  Haaretz - 18:30 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Pri Gan's security squad was understaffed and untrained and the soldiers, who were late in arriving, failed to engage the terrorists, the investigation found

• Peter Beinart's profound indictment of Israel: A wake-up call, or a populist manifesto?

  Haaretz - 18:20 Jun 12, 2025
  

  A discussion about Gaza, antisemitism and apartheid after reading 'Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza' by Peter Beinart, one of the prominent voices on the American Jewish left

  Tags: Peter Beinart

• From impunity to isolation: What could shock Israel into ending the Gaza war and the occupation?

  Haaretz - 18:13 Jun 12, 2025
  

  A psychological barrier has been broken: Sanctions on two far-right ministers in the Netanyahu government show that even Western allies have had enough. But what happens next depends on Israel

  Tags: Israel

• Is Israel about to strike Iran, or is Trump playing high-stakes chicken with Tehran?

  Haaretz - 18:04 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Are the words and actions of the past 24 hours a precursor to military escalation, or is it a last-ditch leverage ploy from a president who has long viewed himself as the world's most skilled negotiator?

• Palestinians see ISIS-linked Gaza militia as an Israeli tool to 'destabilize from within'

  Haaretz - 17:24 Jun 12, 2025
  

  'If they're allowed to keep growing, Gaza won't just suffer. It will collapse,' said one resident, who warned that the militia's formation raises the specter of civil war in Gaza

• 'Hundreds could die': Gaza's second-largest hospital is at risk of being forced to close

  Haaretz - 17:17 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Israel Defense Forces activity around Nasser Hospital, which serves a million people, has resulted in the evacuation of most departments and the situation is becoming more dangerous with every day that passes, a medical staffer affiliated with Doctors Without Borders said

• 'Capitalist pig, murderer': Protesters berate Argentine President Milei at Hebrew University visit

  Haaretz - 16:56 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Ahead of a scheduled speech, demonstrators condemned the war in Gaza as the South American leader arrived. Protesters said the commotion forced him to take an alternate route

  Tags: Protesters

• Netanyahu names interim Shin Bet chief with AG's approval, despite conflict of interest

  Haaretz - 16:15 Jun 12, 2025
  

  The attorney general allowed the one-month appointment of the agency's deputy chief, 'S.,' citing national security, but reiterated that Netanyahu acted improperly by bypassing her and failing to transfer his authority to another minister

  Tags: Netanyahu

• 'Netanyahu can still receive 53 thank-yous – he just has to do what's right'

  Haaretz - 16:09 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Doron Zexer, whose family hosted Edan Alexander while he was a lone soldier, now has a cheerful Whatsapp profile picture – a family portrait with Edan. Everything seems peaceful – almost. 'What about Alon, Nimrod, Matan?'

• Israeli spyware scandal: Findings confirm second Italian journalist targeted by Paragon spyware

  Haaretz - 15:43 Jun 12, 2025
  

  The confirmation of a second journalist from the same news outlet being targeted by the spyware reinforces concerns that Italian intelligence hacked the phones of journalists critical of the Italian government

  Tags: Italian

• Former PM Bennett continues to lead as Netanyahu fails to gain majority, new polls show

  Haaretz - 15:25 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Continuing last week's trend, a party led by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett would win 27 seats, as Netanyahu's Likud party received only 24, according to a new poll. 58 percent of Israelis want elections to be held now

• The top restaurateur whitewashing Israel's crimes in Gaza brighter than his cauliflowers

  Haaretz - 15:22 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Proud 'leftist' Shahar Segal, the business partner of renowned Israeli chef Eyal Shani, is now the face of the GHF, the dubious aid foundation for Gaza. Is anyone really surprised?

  Tags: Gaza

• A bootiful friendship: Morocco buys arms from Israel and hosts joint drills

  Haaretz - 15:05 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Israel hopes other Arab countries will get on board as it provides a path for cooperation that has even helped Morocco send aid into Gaza, but the resumption of the war has slowed progress

  Tags: Morocco Israel

• Egypt detains hundreds of activists planning to join Global March to Gaza

  Haaretz - 14:53 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Participants from multiple nationalities have been detained at Cairo hotels and denied entry at Cairo airport. Set to arrive at the Rafah crossing on Sunday, organizers hope to break the blockade

• 'A community of countless stories': Latin Jews gather for a first-of-its-kind L.A. film festival

  Haaretz - 14:32 Jun 12, 2025
  

  The inaugural Latin-Jewish Film Festival brought together Jews with roots from across Latin America. 'We would dance the hora and then do a conga line'

• Housing Minister Goldknopf resigns over failure to formalize Haredi exemption from army service

  Haaretz - 14:30 Jun 12, 2025
  

  Goldknopf will return to the Knesset as a lawmaker, sparking a domino effect of ultra-Orthodox MK resignations to maintain a balance of factions within United Torah Judaism

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