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Netanyahu's Shin Bet chief pick: Main Gaza war goal is to wipe out Hamas, bringing back hostages hinders that, report says

Haaretz - 17:59 May 26, 2025

'There has been an intelligence-based warning that bad Muslims intend to kill good Jews since Ishmael was born and until further notice,' David Zini told Gaza border residents, according to a recording published by Channel 12 News
'Save us from ourselves': Israeli expats to protest Gaza war in 13 European cities Tuesday

Haaretz - 17:34 May 26, 2025

The main protest will be held in Brussels, where demonstrators will present their demands to impose an arms embargo on Israel and immediately suspend all EU trade agreements over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Tags: Gaza
'Anti-terror service': New Palestinian militia operating in south Gaza, local sources say

Haaretz - 16:46 May 26, 2025

Recent footage shows armed Palestinians in uniform. Gaza sources say the group is linked to a prominent Rafah figure who claims to facilitate aid to displacement camps but has been accused of collaborating with Israel

Tags: Gaza
Germany's chancellor: Israel's Gaza offensive no longer justified as fight against Hamas

Haaretz - 15:23 May 26, 2025

Despite the chancellor's rare criticism of Israel, Germany's FM rejected a Spanish call for an arms embargo, urging talks instead. Meanwhile, Germany's antisemitism czar called for a more honest debate on the country's stance toward Israel

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Colleagues say Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli strike has kept working

Haaretz - 15:19 May 26, 2025

Dr. Alaa al-Najjar was at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis when an airstrike hit her home on Friday, reportedly killing nine of her 10 children. Acquaintances describe her as a devout Muslim and caring doctor, who could have left the Strip at the start of the war, but decided to stay and treat patients
Air France resumes Israel flights Tuesday as major European carriers extend cancellations

Haaretz - 15:01 May 26, 2025

The Lufthansa Group and Italy's ITA Airways will not resume flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport before June 15, while Spain's Iberia extends cancellations until June 7
Jewish secrets scratched in stone: 2,000-year-old cryptic text found in Jerusalem

Haaretz - 14:33 May 26, 2025

Excavating on Mount Zion, Shimon Gibson's team found a bewildering stone mug with a script type only seen in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Adonai is mentioned
Five days after building an outpost on the edge of a West Bank Palestinian village, Israeli settlers drove locals out

Haaretz - 13:48 May 26, 2025

Less than a week after an outpost was erected adjacent to a Bedouin village in the West Bank, its Palestinian residents were forced to flee. Six Palestinians, an Israeli activist and a settler were wounded in clashes. No arrests were made

Tags: Israeli
'Killing people needs to have some justification': Why IDF reservists are choosing jail over war

Haaretz - 13:37 May 26, 2025

Noa Levy, an attorney who has counseled more than 200 refusers during the Gaza war, believes Israel is going through the biggest wave of refusal in its history, as 'combat soldiers who served for many years lost faith in the system'
'Many powerful people were relieved by his death': The unanswered questions surrounding the suicide of Zaka's founder

Haaretz - 13:33 May 26, 2025

'Yehuda Meshi-Zahav knew who took money, who went to sex parties': With the airing of a new explosive documentary on the late founder and chairman of Zaka – who has been implicated in decades of sexual abuse of teenagers and children – producer Yoav Leshem confronts a culture of silence, systemic complicity, and a society that looked away
Netanyahu minister threatens U.K., France with West Bank annexation if Palestinian state recognized

Haaretz - 12:47 May 26, 2025

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Netanyahu's point man on Gaza talks, warned of unilateral Israeli actions in response to recognition of a Palestinian state, Haaretz has learned, following similar warnings reportedly issued by FM Sa'ar

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Israel's top Zionism scholar: 'Abandoning hostages brought Israel to its lowest point in history'

Haaretz - 11:59 May 26, 2025

Prof. Anita Shapira has been researching the history of the Jewish people for years. The discourse around the hostages severely damaged solidarity, she said, which was one of the most prominent elements of identity in Israeli society
EU-Israel tensions over Gaza endanger country's scientific research, Israeli academics warn

Haaretz - 11:51 May 26, 2025

Israeli science faces a potential crisis as EU member states consider suspending Israel from key research and development programs, including the prestigious Horizon Europe, due to the conflict in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Israeli
AG: Israel's system of government is 'rapidly changing,' significantly weakening democracy

Haaretz - 11:15 May 26, 2025

The AG said that she would not allow free media in Israel to be harmed, warning against harming the judicial system's independence. 'My job is to uphold the law, but the government is asking for obedience while distorting the concept of cooperation'
New film captures the cognitive dissonance defining Israeli identity since October 7

Haaretz - 10:50 May 26, 2025

A haunting illusion of normalcy, heartbreak with every phone alert, and the sense of being erased. At Cannes, Israeli director Nadav Lapid's new film 'Yes' offered a portrait of Israel's fractured soul

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'Cynical, dangerous, undemocratic': Top Jewish Diaspora donors slam Israeli government bill targeting human rights groups

Haaretz - 10:14 May 26, 2025

In a letter to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, more than 60 prominent Jewish philanthropists from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and South Africa attack what they term a 'reckless' amendment, set for a Knesset hearing this week, which would impose an 80 percent tax on foreign state funding of Israeli NGOs
Israeli MK calls for probe into selection process for Gaza aid distribution company

Haaretz - 10:09 May 26, 2025

Following a Haaretz investigation, a lawmaker has called for an investigation into whether there is suspicion of corruption, conflict of interest, violation of security and tender procedures and unauthorized transfer of public funds
Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter, medics say

Haaretz - 10:04 May 26, 2025

The IDF and Shin Bet security service said the strike in the Al-Daraj neighborhood was targeting an intelligence compound and that 'numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians'
U.S. arrests American for firebomb attempt on U.S. Embassy branch in Tel Aviv

Haaretz - 09:46 May 26, 2025

The dual U.S.-German citizen approached the embassy's branch office in Tel Aviv with Molotov cocktails in his backpack, the U.S. Justice Department said, after he had posed online: 'Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv'

Tags: Tel Aviv
Thought Israeli society was conservative already? Wait until you see these stats

Haaretz - 09:38 May 26, 2025

'Israel is one of the few countries in the West where young people are often more conservative than adults': A new survey conducted by the Jewish People Policy Institute examined when Israelis think is the ideal age to get married and have children. Only three percent of Israelis believe that it's better not to get married

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