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Beware hubris: Netanyahu risks demanding more from Trump than he can pay back

Haaretz - 18:30 Dec 21, 2025

Netanyahu may raise the prospect of another strike on Iran at Mar-a-Lago, betting that Trump's appetite for U.S. power outweighs his isolationism. But at the start of a midterm election year, backing another attack would be toxic with an already hostile MAGA base

Tags: Netanyahu
Dinosaur with four wings really couldn't fly, new study shows

Haaretz - 18:25 Dec 21, 2025

The aviating abilities of Anchiornis huxleyi had been in doubt. Yosef Kiat et al have shown its molt was messy, inferring it stayed on the ground
Israel's wave of anti-Arab violence is a feature, not a bug

Haaretz - 18:16 Dec 21, 2025
IDF kills two Palestinians in northern West Bank, medics say

Haaretz - 17:21 Dec 21, 2025

The Israeli military claimed that one of the Palestinians 'hurled a block' and the other threw an explosive at their forces

Tags: Palestinians
President Herzog leads Jerusalem lighting of eighth Hanukkah candle in solidarity with Australia

Haaretz - 17:15 Dec 21, 2025

The ceremony was broadcast in Australia at the site of the Bondi Beach massacre last week and watched by thousands of members of Australia's Jewish community

Tags: Australia
'Shameful, political fraud': Families of October 7 victims urge public to oppose gov't-backed probe

Haaretz - 17:10 Dec 21, 2025

Ahead of the expected approval of a bill to establish a politicized commission influenced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the October Council called for a state commission of inquiry, telling lawmakers that voting in favor will 'prevent the truth from coming to light'
Netanyahu to meet Greece's Prime Minister Mitsotakis, Cypriot president in Jerusalem Monday, PM office says

Haaretz - 17:09 Dec 21, 2025

The last time Cyprus' president came for a diplomatic visit, Israel's Prime Minister used the occasion as an excuse to a cancel a hearing in his ongoing corruption trial
IDF chief Zamir announces Navy commander appointment despite Defense Minister Katz's objections

Haaretz - 16:59 Dec 21, 2025

Katz announced a freeze on IDF appointments last month pending his review of a report on the army's responsibility for the October 7 massacre, a decision which Zamir said would harm the IDF, and has disregarded

Tags: Zamir
IDF top lawyer to meet with family of soldier who was killed during controversial excursion to Lebanon

Haaretz - 16:52 Dec 21, 2025

New Military Advocate General Itay Offir, who decided last week to close an investigation into the death of soldier Gur Kehati while on an excursion in Lebanon, is to meet with his family this week

Tags: Lebanon
Brother of hostage Alon Shamriz, killed by IDF fire, joins call for state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7

Haaretz - 16:39 Dec 21, 2025

Yonatan Shamriz, founder of the Kumu NGO which looks to help families affected by the October 7 massacre, said the absence of a state commission of inquiry 'goes against the values we grew up with'
Israel's record homicide rate for 2025 proves: Ben-Gvir should be fired for incompetence

Haaretz - 16:35 Dec 21, 2025

The Attorney General will likely recommend National Security Minister Ben-Gvir's dismissal for his interference in police matters, but this year's record number of murders shows the need for his definitive ouster
Israel Police call memorial protest for six Gaza hostages murdered in Rafah 'political demonstration against government'

Haaretz - 16:34 Dec 21, 2025

The police have opened an investigation after a protester lit Hannukah candles near the home of the Israeli educaiton minister and read out the names of the six hostages who were killed in a tunnel in Gaza last year

Tags: Gaza
Reports: Israeli settlers clash with Palestinians in West Bank, several wounded by IDF fire

Haaretz - 16:14 Dec 21, 2025

According to Palestinian outlets, IDF soldiers then arrested several Palestinian residents of the Kafr Qaddum area. A 22-year-old Israeli citizen was wounded by rocks thrown at the site, and he was later evacuated to a hospital

Tags: Israeli
Australia's Albanese booed at vigil marking one week since Bondi Hanukkah massacre

Haaretz - 15:44 Dec 21, 2025

As many as 15,000 people attended the memorial ceremony at Bondi Beach in honor of the 15 people killed at the Chabad Hanukkah event in Sydney. The father of the youngest victim, 10-year-old Matilda, lit the final candle of the menorah
Hanukkah hate crimes: Police in Michigan, London probing incidents of antisemitic vandalism

Haaretz - 15:05 Dec 21, 2025

The Chabad Jewish center in Michigan was vandalized with a swastika and its window was shattered by rocks ■ In London, police are investigating reports of damage to two menorahs ■ Worldwide, police are heightening security following the deadly Bondi attack that killed 15 people in Sydney

Tags: London Michigan
Mother and son found dead in central Israel in suspected murder-suicide amid rise in femicides

Haaretz - 14:46 Dec 21, 2025

Police said the man who had jumped from his building was found in critical condition and later pronounced dead. The body of his mother was found upstairs – marking 48 femicides in 2025, compared to 38 at the same time last year, according to Haaretz's tally
Israel Police open second investigation into Hanukkah candle-blowing incident

Haaretz - 14:28 Dec 21, 2025

According to the police, they decided to open the investigation, allegedly involving a minor who blew out candles at the entrance to a yard in Ramle, after a video of the act circulated online
Why criticize Netanyahu when you can complain about the antisemitic Australians?

Haaretz - 13:44 Dec 21, 2025

The Israeli media's response to the terror in Australia last week set a new low
Israel legalizes 19 West Bank settler outposts, reversing disengagement policy

Haaretz - 13:00 Dec 21, 2025

The move effectively legalizes the repopulation of four northern West Bank settlements that Israel evacuated in 2005 under the Oslo Accords. Far-right Minister Smotrich, who spearheaded the initiative, said Israel has authorized 69 new outposts over the past three years

Tags: West Bank Israel
Two war poems on pilots: From WWII to the Gaza War

Haaretz - 11:27 Dec 21, 2025

Contemporary Israeli poet Eli Eliahu's 'PILOTS,' written in 2025, and the late renowned American poet Howard Nemerov's 'The War in the Air' look at the role of war pilots from different angles

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