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Hostage's father says minister told American-Israelis 'better chance going through the U.S.'

Haaretz - 11:23 May 12, 2025

'A minister in Israel's government tells me to go to America because I have a better chance there. Don't confuse us,' said Ruby Chen, father of hostage Itay Chen. Another father wondered, 'If you're making a deal now for one American – what will those without foreign citizenship say?'
40% of Israelis say they consider leaving the country. This is what keeps them here

Haaretz - 10:58 May 12, 2025

Barak says that he prefers 'to fight fascists,' Riky is worried about life without Hebrew, and Meital fears loneliness abroad. Israelis share what's keeping them in Israel – for now

Tags: Israelis
Former Ambassador to Egypt: Cairo will not send new ambassador before Gaza war ends

Haaretz - 10:47 May 12, 2025

Israel's former ambassador confirmed reporting that Egypt would withhold diplomatic presence in Tel Aviv, in what she termed a symbolic move

Tags: Egypt
A new literary magazine offers safe space for ostracized Jewish writers

Haaretz - 10:43 May 12, 2025

Balagan, a quarterly published in Israel, is the brainchild of a religious U.S.-born professor of English literature and a secular Israeli-born writer
Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, disarm as part of peace initiative with Turkey

Haaretz - 09:01 May 12, 2025

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers' Party promises to put an end to one of the most prolonged insurgencies in the Middle East and could have a significant impact in Turkey, Syria and Iraq

Tags: Turkey
No, Netanyahu, Gaza isn't a war for Israel's survival

Haaretz - 08:41 May 12, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war after October 7 in the name of national survival and correcting national humiliation. That's what's keeping us entrenched in never-ending escalation
Trump is finally calling to end the Gaza war. Will Netanyahu listen?

Haaretz - 07:33 May 12, 2025

For the first time, announcing the expected release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, Donald Trump explicitly connected a deal to end what he called 'this brutal war' - and the release of all the hostages. To achieve that, the U.S. president will have to play hardball with Israel's recalcitrant prime minister
Netanyahu, Witkoff meet in Jerusalem; Over 29 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, health ministry says

Haaretz - 02:57 May 12, 2025

GAZA: Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released from Hamas captivity; Israeli strikes kill 29 people in Gaza, wound 94 ■ CEASE-FIRE: U.S. hopes Alexander's release 'marks the beginning of the end' of the war; Israeli delegation will arrive in Doha for negotiations ■ IRAN: "Very good things" are happening in talks regarding Iran's nuclear program, Trump said

Tags: Gaza Israeli
Fear, censorship and repression are keeping Israelis in the dark about Gaza

Haaretz - 01:56 May 12, 2025
For many, the democracy Israelis fear losing never existed in the first place

Haaretz - 01:49 May 12, 2025
250 years after its first Revolutionary War, America is gaining independence from Israel

Haaretz - 01:39 May 12, 2025
The Haredi are holding an unloaded gun, but Netanyahu is too scared to call their bluff

Haaretz - 01:22 May 12, 2025
Relations between Ben-Gvir and the chief of police hit crisis level

Haaretz - 01:10 May 12, 2025

Sources said the National Security Minister is disappointed with the conduct of the police and with some of Levy vocal support for a hostage deal, while Levy is mad at Ben-Gvir for presenting himself as the one who approves promotions

Tags: Ben-Gvir
MKs confront senior officer, swear at detainees during visit to detention center

Haaretz - 23:39 May 11, 2025

During a 'field trip' to Sde Teiman, a detention center for Hamas members and Palestinian civilians from Gaza, a few MKs were barred from the area where Gazans are held because they refused to wear body armor
Knesset committee backs bill to rein in High Court president, automatize justice panel selection

Haaretz - 22:46 May 11, 2025

The draft law specifies that panels be determined by computer. Officials in the Courts Administration warned that the change could slow the court's workflow
Qatar paid Netanyahu's aides for World Cup campaign via U.K. firm

Haaretz - 22:04 May 11, 2025

The contract signed by Einhorn's Perception in 2021 was with a company owned by a former senior IDF officer and a former Mossad officer. Perception couldn't contract with Qatar directly, so it worked through a British subsidiary

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Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza captivity

Haaretz - 19:37 May 11, 2025

Hours after reports of direct U.S. talks, Hamas said it plans to release Alexander to signal its willingness to end the war. The White House said it requested the return of the bodies of four other American-Israeli hostages still in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Hamas
'My films are a love letter to the Israel that I believe in, the Israel I want to see'

Haaretz - 18:50 May 11, 2025

As streaming platform Izzy showcases Dani Menkin's 10 films through mid-June, the Israeli filmmaker steps back to ruminate on pivoting between genres, the universal appeal of sports stories and why he's not making an October 7 film any time soon
At the 'apolitical' Lehi Museum, Israel's most controversial pre-state militia lives on

Haaretz - 18:19 May 11, 2025

In most parts of Israel, Lehi is remembered for championing violence and assassinating British authorities. The two-story Lehi Museum in Tel Aviv memorializes the militia and recounts its thorny history from the perspective of its former fighters

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Hamas in talks with U.S. over Gaza cease-fire and entry of aid, Palestinian official says

Haaretz - 18:09 May 11, 2025

'If an agreement is reached on current proposals, it is likely to be announced within 48 hours,' a Hamas official told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper

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