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Herzog presents Presidential award to Miriam Adelson and pro-Israel German media mogul

Haaretz - 19:24 Oct 22, 2025

Israel's President Isaac Herzog awarded the Medal of Honor to Matthias Döpfner, CEO of a German media giant known for its staunchly pro-Israel editorial stance and the 'Bibileaks' scandal involving Bild, and to megadonor Miriam Adelson, who is said to have spearheaded pressure on Trump to secure the release of hostages from Gaza

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The Orient regress: A century ago, you could board a train in Beirut – and end up in Sinai

Haaretz - 19:23 Oct 22, 2025

Israel's train system may not take you far today, but it's still rich in Ottoman and British-era echoes
Politics, propaganda and pimples: Who benefits if Israel lowers the voting age?

Haaretz - 19:05 Oct 22, 2025

As more countries lower the voting age, which Israeli parties push a bill that could shift the political balance?
Guess who the Netanyahu government is blaming for October 7

Haaretz - 18:56 Oct 22, 2025

With a postponed state inquiry hanging over his head, Benjamin Netanyahu is already leading his ministers and media mouthpieces to proactively deflect any blame for October 7 and the two-year war onto the hostage families, pro-democracy protesters and the judicial system

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'Now, you can rest': Tal Haimi, killed on Oct. 7 and taken to Gaza, laid to rest in Israel

Haaretz - 18:41 Oct 22, 2025

Haimi, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, joined the battle over the kibbutz during the Hamas attack on the morning of October 7, 2023. His family was notified of his death two months later, and his body was returned to Israel overnight on Tuesday

Tags: Israel
After sacking his national security adviser, will Netanyahu be October 7's last man standing?

Haaretz - 17:35 Oct 22, 2025

Since October 7, Netanyahu's strategy has been to blame anyone but himself. Now that almost all the other responsible parties have gone, his refusal to accept blame is all the more conspicuous
Netanyahu coalition blocks Knesset proposal for October 7 state probe, outraging families

Haaretz - 17:17 Oct 22, 2025

No one from the Prime Minister's Office showed up as coalition lawmakers voted down the creation of a state commission to probe the October 7 failures. Bereaved families accused Netanyahu's coalition of 'fighting the truth' instead of seeking accountability

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'I'm not a secret Nazi': Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate under fire for SS-themed tattoo

Haaretz - 16:53 Oct 22, 2025

Graham Platner, who is running to be the Democratic candidate for senator from Maine, said he got the tattoo during a U.S. military deployment after seeing it on the wall of a tattoo parlor while inebriated. 'He's not an idiot, he's a military history buff,' his former political director said
ICJ rules Israel must allow UNRWA to deliver Gaza aid, cannot block its operations

Haaretz - 15:50 Oct 22, 2025

The court further found that Israel had not provided sufficient evidence to prove that the infiltration of Hamas operatives into the agency had compromised its neutrality. Israel's Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically rejects' the ruling, claiming UNRWA remains 'infested with terror activities'; the U.S. slammed the ruling as 'corrupt'

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International Olympic Committee sanctions Indonesia after it denied visas to Israeli gymnasts

Haaretz - 15:42 Oct 22, 2025

The Israeli Olympic Committee said it 'welcomes the move,' adding that its 'unequivocal statements about Indonesia's depraved conduct resonate well in the field of sports'
Knesset advances far-right West Bank annexation bill as JD Vance visits Israel

Haaretz - 14:33 Oct 22, 2025

The bill, proposed by a far-right opposition lawmaker, was supported by many coalition MKs, including a Likud lawmaker who defied party lines. A separate bill to expand the West Bank's Ma'aleh Adumim settlement also passed with support from Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid

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As the olive harvest begins in the West Bank, Israeli settlers attack Palestinians while the IDF watches

Haaretz - 12:31 Oct 22, 2025

Dozens of attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers have been documented in the West Bank since the olive harvest season began earlier this month – despite an order from the head of the Civil Administration obliging soldiers to protect Palestinian farmers. On the ground, settlers act freely

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Israeli government escalates boycott of Attorney General despite top court's ruling

Haaretz - 12:25 Oct 22, 2025

Justice Minister Yariv Levin has stopped meeting Gali Baharav-Miara, changed office locks and letters now omit her title entirely. Sources say the government is sidestepping her office and planning to split the Attorney General's powers ahead of elections, in apparent defiance of the High Court of Justice ruling

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Hundreds of prominent Jews and Israelis urge world powers to hold Israel accountable 'for Gaza atrocities'

Haaretz - 11:02 Oct 22, 2025

An open letter, signed by at least 460 Jewish and Israeli intellectuals, celebrities and political figures, calls on the UN and heads of state to address 'the underlying conditions of occupation, apartheid and the denial of Palestinian rights' that are absent from U.S. President Trump's Gaza cease-fire agreement

Tags: Gaza
Musicians' boycott against Israel only grows despite Gaza cease-fire

Haaretz - 10:18 Oct 22, 2025

Artists who have recently joined the No Music for Genocide movement – which encourages artists to block access to their music in Israel over the war in Gaza and violence in the West Bank – include Clairo, My Bloody Valentine, Hot Chip, Nightmare, On Wax, Orbital and boygenius member Lucy Dacus

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EuroLeague to resume basketball games in Israel in December following cease-fire with Hamas

Haaretz - 10:14 Oct 22, 2025

The EuroLeague decision, following a joint request by Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem, marks the return of Israeli basketball to home courts after more than two years of hosting games abroad amid the Gaza war
Assyrian cuneiform hinting at tax dodging found in First Temple Jerusalem

Haaretz - 09:56 Oct 22, 2025

Sealing fragment from Assyria found in Jerusalem for the first time. Assyriologists believe it's a complaint.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Haaretz - 09:12 Oct 22, 2025

Vance denied that the Trump administration was 'monitoring' Israel, while noting on the topic of Turkish involvement in Gaza, which Netanyahu said he had 'strong opinions' about, that the partnership with Israel 'doesn't mean we don't care or have interests here'

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With one eye on reconstruction, U.S. won't let fragile Gaza cease-fire go up in smoke

Haaretz - 03:00 Oct 22, 2025

The Americans see the Trump-brokered cease-fire as a great achievement and don't intend to let it disappear. But plans to begin rebuilding in areas still under Israeli control could complicate the issue
Behind Netanyahu's newfound quest for 'unity'

Haaretz - 03:00 Oct 22, 2025

Is the prime minister fearing the voters or the law? As election year hurdles loom, he must navigate a political minefield where even his allies may no longer lend a hand

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