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Israel supporting new Gaza militias fighting Hamas, Wall Street Journal reports

Haaretz - 08:31 Jan 25, 2026

Citing Israeli sources, the WSJ says Israel has been providing the militias with 'extensive' air support with drones, along with intelligence, weapons, food and cigarettes

Tags: Israel
Masked assailants torch Palestinian cars in West Bank, spraying graffiti of Star of David and 'Happy Ramadan'

Haaretz - 07:42 Jan 25, 2026

The attack occurred amid rising tensions over the newly established Tarfon Israeli settler outpost in Area B of the West Bank, territory where Palestinians hold civil authority and Israel has pledged not to build settlements

Tags: West Bank
Ben-Gvir seeks to install associate as top police lawyer overseeing indictments

Haaretz - 04:30 Jan 25, 2026

Ben-Gvir's nominee for Israel Police legal adviser, who is currently the legal advisor for the Israel Prison Service, advanced the minister's policy of slashing Palestinian detainees' food rations during the war to the point of starvation
Netanyahu: Israel to allow opening of Gaza's Rafah crossing after ending search for last hostage

Haaretz - 03:33 Jan 25, 2026
How a Likud lawmaker's courtroom marathon turned into a political manifesto

Haaretz - 02:59 Jan 25, 2026

Likud MK Tally Gotliv took to the stand to testify against an anti-government activist charged with threatening her, attacking the 'sick left' and the Shin Bet, refusing to answer to 'Ma'am' and demanding her full title: 'Member of Knesset Tally Gotliv'

Tags: Likud
Hundreds of artists demand legal review of 2026 culture award cuts

Haaretz - 01:27 Jan 25, 2026

The suspension includes 5 million shekels ($1.6 million) in cash grants which for some artists represent the only available channel for public funding. 'Harming Israeli culture is harming Israeli society and the spirit of the people,'
Witkoff, Kushner and Mladenov in Israel to make sure Rafah opens, more aid gets into Gaza

Haaretz - 01:25 Jan 25, 2026

The Rafah crossing is just a small detail in the bigger picture. Although readied for aid transit, only people will be allowed to cross, likely with severe restrictions in both directions: by Egypt on those wanting to leave Gaza, and by Israel on those wanting to enter

Tags: Gaza Israel
The cry from Sakhnin

Haaretz - 01:03 Jan 25, 2026
Israel's ideal Zionist is a stormtrooper. And its biggest threat is an Arab lawmaker

Haaretz - 00:45 Jan 25, 2026

Ben-Gvir will call the Joint List a 'Terror Representative Alliance,' even though Arab MKs condemn Palestinian terrorism far more than he will ever condemn Jewish terrorism. The right prefers a soldier who commits war crimes to an Arab MK, simply because he is Arab

Tags: Arab
The rabbis reveal: Ultra-Orthodox Jews despise Israel

Haaretz - 00:35 Jan 25, 2026

For two years, Haredi lawmakers have been smearing the other MKs with exaggerations and fabrications. One day they demand dialogue, the next day they claim that the IDF isn't ready, and a week later they shed crocodile tears over the starving yeshiva students
Gag order on Netanyahu aides' secret meeting centers on chief of staff obtaining intel on BibiLeaks probe

Haaretz - 20:54 Jan 24, 2026

A development in the police probe strengthens former spokesman Eli Feldstein's narrative that Tzachi Braverman, Netanyahu's office chief of staff, knew in advance about an investigation into BibiLeaks, where classified documents were leaked to Bild

Tags: BibiLeaks
Israel asked U.S. to deploy private security firms at Gaza-Egypt border crossing, sources say

Haaretz - 18:27 Jan 24, 2026

One source said that both countries are discussing deploying private security guards in place of Palestinian Authority forces. A diplomatic official confirmed that the idea had already been discussed in the past; however, it was eventually taken off the table, he said
Photos of the week by Haaretz photographers

Haaretz - 17:16 Jan 24, 2026
Nazareth resident shot dead as 2026 homicides in Israel's Arab society rise to 15

Haaretz - 15:56 Jan 24, 2026

Police have launched an investigation, yet no arrests have been made. On Thursday, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the Arab city of Sakhnin to protest soaring crime rates, the largest such protest since 2019

Tags: Arab
'A shared struggle': Arab Israelis call for Jews to join Tel Aviv protest against crime

Haaretz - 15:47 Jan 24, 2026

The planned protest follows Thursday's mass demonstration and aims to pressure authorities after what leaders describe as police inaction. Jewish-Arab faction Hadash called on the wider public to join the Tel Aviv rally, saying, 'This is a shared struggle for life, security and our future'

Tags: Tel Aviv
Netanyahu's 11 moves taking Israel from democracy toward authoritarian rule

Haaretz - 15:01 Jan 24, 2026

From curbs on freedom of speech to the effort to undermine the judiciary to the delegitimization of the opposition, the government is making Israel another Russia, Turkey or Hungary. Experts tell Haaretz how much

Tags: Israel
Iran will treat any attack as 'all-out war against us,' says senior Iran official

Haaretz - 14:36 Jan 24, 2026

Tehran's warning comes amid domestic unrest and international pressure, signaling both deterrence and internal posturing. 'If the Americans violate Iran's sovereignty … we will respond,' said a senior Iranian official, underscoring Iran's readiness to counter U.S. military movements in the Gulf
After Palestinian shepherd communities, forced displacement targets a new frontier

Haaretz - 14:02 Jan 24, 2026

Fifteen homes in one neighborhood of the village of Sinjil have already been abandoned due to settler violence, and those who remain have shut themselves behind fences and gates
U.S. Central Command head to coordinate with Israeli defense chiefs ahead of possible Iran strike

Haaretz - 11:43 Jan 24, 2026

U.S. media have reported in recent days on a buildup of American forces in the region, including the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, which is en route to the Persian Gulf, after Trump said Friday that a 'huge fleet' is heading toward Iran

Tags: Iran
A Jerusalem man made a mistake and landed in prison. What he saw there is haunting

Haaretz - 11:24 Jan 24, 2026

In his prison diary, Rafi Marciano, a 75-year-old educator, sheds light on the indignity of life behind bars in Israel

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