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U.S. reportedly denies Hamas agrees to Witkoff Gaza cease-fire, hostage deal

Haaretz - 09:14 May 26, 2025

Hamas agreed to an American cease-fire plan that outlined a 70-day truce with ten hostages being released in two stages, a Palestinian official told Reuters; Israel reportedly rejected a Hamas proposal, deying it matched the U.S. plan

Tags: Hamas
Will Trump dump Netanyahu? Here's when Israel will find out

Haaretz - 08:10 May 26, 2025

Neither Iran nor Gaza, neither Syria nor the Houthis were the real test of the Trump Administration's support for Israel. Here's how we'll know whether U.S. President Donald Trump has soured on the Jewish State

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CEO of Gaza aid fund quits over 'impossible' conditions, warns plan violates humanitarian principles

Haaretz - 06:32 May 26, 2025

The fund's board implicitly criticized the UN, saying those invested in the status quo have tried to undermine the initiative out of fear that 'new, creative solutions to intractable problems might actually succeed'
No nation-building: From Syria to Lebanon, Trump leaves the Mideast to face chaos alone

Haaretz - 03:20 May 26, 2025

In an attempt to free the U.S. from costly Mideast entanglements, Trump is leveraging regional partners to impose and back the peace in Syria, while Lebanon struggles to find foreign guarantors as both face uncertainty in their post-war rebuilding

Tags: Lebanon Mideast Trump
Thousands to take part in far-right, state-funded Jerusalem Day march through Muslim Quarter

Haaretz - 03:05 May 26, 2025

Ministers, MKs, and youths will march in this year's Religious Zionism Flag Dance for Jerusalem Day. Following last year's anti-Arab violence and racist chants, some groups call for change, while police urge participants to avoid all violence

Tags: Jerusalem
British minister: 'Thousands of children are on the verge of starvation. Israel has a choice'

Haaretz - 03:05 May 26, 2025

Jenny Chapman, Britain's minister for international development, tells Haaretz during a visit to Israel that the U.K. fears that Israel's Gaza aid plan is unlikely to meet the needs of Palestinians, and is designed to move them around

Tags: Israel
U.S. says still no answer from Hamas on truce deal; aid group begins Gaza food distribution

Haaretz - 02:19 May 26, 2025

GAZA: Israel rejects Gaza latest cease-fire proposal; Israeli strike on Gaza school housing displaced persons kills dozens, authorities say ■ ISRAEL: 'No victory without Nakba', say far-right Israelis in Jerusalem Day march ■ IRAN: Iran will not accept suspending uranium enrichment, Foreign Ministry says; President Pezeshkian says Iran will survive sanctions, no talks with U.S.

Tags: Gaza
Why Israel's Gaza campaign has made the war unjustifiable

Haaretz - 01:53 May 26, 2025
The real reason behind Zini's appointment as Shin Bet chief

Haaretz - 22:24 May 25, 2025
Legal experts: PM's Shin Bet chief pick invalid

Haaretz - 21:44 May 25, 2025

Despite Netanyahu's longstanding history of ignoring the AG, the move surprised the Justice Ministry. Sources close to the AG say she does not intend to give in on this issue
Netanyahu could drag Israel into tyranny if we don't stop him now

Haaretz - 21:10 May 25, 2025
Israeli Police commander charged with assaulting anti-Netanyahu protester, obstruction of justice

Haaretz - 20:56 May 25, 2025

The State Prosecutor's Office says Chief Superintendent Amit Pollak acted illegally by strangling a protester and ordering his arrest. His wife is also charged after throwing his phone into the sea to prevent its seizure by the Internal Police Investigations Department
Freed hostage Omer Wenkert says captors starved him when IDF invaded Rafah

Haaretz - 20:41 May 25, 2025

Wenkert said he spent six and a half months alone in captivity, and that his captors purposely distorted his sense of time. After the army entered Rafah, they 'risked my life for fun,' he said

Tags: Rafah
Defense Minister orders IDF's top lawyer not to speak at Israeli Bar Association conference

Haaretz - 20:17 May 25, 2025

Israel's Defense Minister barred the Military Advocate General from speaking at conferences with a 'political or polemical character' during wartime. The IDF chief of staff later approved her appearance, citing the 'supreme importance' of addressing allegations against IDF soldiers

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Sara Netanyahu reportedly interviewed husband's top military aide before his appointment

Haaretz - 19:18 May 25, 2025

Officials in the prime minister's office told Channel 13 that Sara Netanyahu interviewed the senior IDF officer in her husband's office, while his chief of staff stood outside to prevent anyone from entering

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Likud MK's repeated call to 'burn Gaza' doesn't violate standards, Knesset ethics panel says

Haaretz - 19:11 May 25, 2025

The Knesset's Ethics Committee ruled that the Deputy Knesset Speaker's statement was a 'political expression clearly reflecting the MK's ideology,' while noting that his comments 'do not bring honor to the Knesset as an institution'

Tags: Knesset MK's
Far-right finance minister's party paid influencers for praise without disclosing sponsorship

Haaretz - 18:58 May 25, 2025

Israel's public broadcaster revealed that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist party used public funds to pay for a campaign of social media influencers asked to 'explicitly thank the minister for his personal commitment to the IDF reservists'
Israel's new Gaza offensive targets hospitals and clinics, with over 10 hit in past week

Haaretz - 18:42 May 25, 2025

The IDF's renewed offensive has brought a wave of intense strikes targeting Gaza's hospitals, leaving many heavily damaged. According to Gaza's Health Ministry, 400,000 people now lack access to functioning medical care, and the remaining hospitals are overwhelmed
IDF: 75% of Gaza to be occupied in two months; 2 million civilians to be concentrated in three zones

Haaretz - 17:47 May 25, 2025

The IDF believes the evacuation will push Hamas into collapse and a governance crisis, forcing it back to hostage talks on Israel's terms. Despite heavy losses, Hamas's military wing is still seen as operational, with around 40,000 fighters – similar to pre-October 7 levels – and thousands of rockets
Marking International Children's Day in Tel Aviv while Israel is killing children in Gaza

Haaretz - 17:01 May 25, 2025

Say Their Names, an event at Tel Aviv's Radical Idea House, spotlights the nexus between children and wartime language, testimonies and international law. Plus, Jacques Lacan is having a moment in Israel – and in Hebrew

Tags: Tel Aviv Israel

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