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First Amnesty International report on October 7 attack accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity

Haaretz - 17:20 Dec 11, 2025

The report notes 'documented evidence that Palestinian assailants committed sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence' both on October 7 and against hostages they held in Gaza. Former members of Amnesty's Israeli chapter claim the report on Israel was withheld over concerns about its 'perception'

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The Israeli determined to show what the government and mainstream media are trying to hide

Haaretz - 17:05 Dec 11, 2025

Israel's Culture Minister Miki Zohar's threats don't scare Danny Wilensky, the head of an Israeli human rights film festival where Israeli violence in the West Bank and Gaza are in full display
Amid tensions, Oscar-nominated Israeli animation sparks dialogue between Jews and Muslims in Sweden

Haaretz - 16:19 Dec 11, 2025

Israeli filmmaker Tal Kantor's animated short film 'Letter to a Pig,' exploring intergenerational trauma and its potential to lead to empathy, has received numerous accolades. Now, a rabbi in Sweden has shown the film to Jewish-Muslim audiences to encourage dialogue post October 7 and the Israel-Gaza war

Tags: Sweden
Israel's Education Ministry to ban smartphone use in elementary schools

Haaretz - 16:06 Dec 11, 2025

Israeli Education Ministry officials said that the policy aims to reduce distractions, to strengthen social ties in school, and to provide the best possible setting for learning. According to ministry data, 60 percent of the country's youth are addicted to social media
Winter storm Byron wreaks havoc across Israel, Gaza Strip

Haaretz - 15:42 Dec 11, 2025

Kibbutz Ein Carmel, near Haifa, recorded more than seven inches of rainfall since the powerful storm reached the region
Knesset advances bill allowing Ben-Gvir to classify crime groups as terrorist organizations

Haaretz - 15:18 Dec 11, 2025

According to the bill, passed in a preliminary vote with 54 lawmakers in favor and 41 against, if a group is designated a terrorist organization, the Shin Bet would have the authority to use means against them that it would ordinarily employ against threats to state security
Health of eight detained U.K. Palestine Action activists reportedly 'deteriorating rapidly' amid hunger strike, lawyers say

Haaretz - 15:13 Dec 11, 2025

British media outlets said that two of the detainees have lost at least 10 kilograms and have been on hunger strike for over a month, adding that there is a 'real and increasingly likely potential that young British citizens will die in prison, having never been convicted of an offense'
From NYC to Jerusalem, this radical artist asks: 'After the revolution, who's going to pick up the garbage?'

Haaretz - 14:50 Dec 11, 2025

'Maintenance Artist' chronicles Mierle Laderman Ukeles's 46-year reign as artist-in-residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation. Before the movie's screening at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, she tells Haaretz how her feminism and Orthodox Jewish upbringing shaped her artistic path
Israel blocks cancer treatment for five-year-old Palestinian boy in West Bank over Gaza-registered address

Haaretz - 14:41 Dec 11, 2025

Court filings say officials insist the boy, who lives in the West Bank, 'can go to Jordan instead,' even though local specialists stand ready to treat him. His mother warns he can no longer walk and is 'deteriorating every day,' after his father died of the same illness

Tags: West Bank
The death of Israeli Hamas hostage Oded Lifshitz is a tragedy not because he was wrong, but because he was right

Haaretz - 14:18 Dec 11, 2025

A new collection of essays by Oded Lifshitz – abducted on October 7 and murdered in captivity – revives a leftist political voice that has all but disappeared: confident, critical, generous, unafraid

Tags: Oded Lifshitz
The Gaza war is over, but not for the world's artists and academics

Haaretz - 14:06 Dec 11, 2025

To the extent that Israeli business faced a boycott, it's over. Not so at the universities and in the arts, and soft power is too important for Israel to ignore
Justice Ministry to likely block Netanyahu's bid for presidential pardon, sources say

Haaretz - 13:50 Dec 11, 2025

The Justice Ministry's Pardons Department is unlikely to recommend that President Herzog approve Netanyahu's pardon request without modifications or conditions. Although the president can grant a pardon against the department's advice, the High Court of Justice could still overturn it

Tags: Netanyahu's
The new life of convicted Palestinian terrorist Basem Khandakji as a celebrated novelist

Haaretz - 13:31 Dec 11, 2025

Hailed across the Arab world and condemned in Israel, novelist Basem Khandakji - who was convicted in the 2004 Carmel Market bombing in Tel Aviv - enjoys a new chapter in Egypt and vows 'to expose the true face of Zionist literature'

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Unknown alphabet in Dead Sea Scrolls has been cracked, scholar says

Haaretz - 13:27 Dec 11, 2025

Cryptic B was considered impenetrable because there's so little material. Then, Emmanuel Oliveiro, a scholar in the Netherlands, noticed what looked like the word 'Yisrael'
AG likely to back Ben-Gvir dismissal after Netanyahu refuses to act on 'political' police control

Haaretz - 13:13 Dec 11, 2025

The attorney general will respond to the High Court next week on petitions seeking the far-right minister's dismissal. Netanyahu rejected her request to stop Ben-Gvir from controlling the police, while petitioners say his removal is needed over ongoing violations of police independence and politicization

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Talia Sommer becomes first Israeli in top U.S. women's soccer league

Haaretz - 13:00 Dec 11, 2025

The Israeli national team star signed with the NWSL's Gotham FC and will become the first Israeli in the league when play restarts next year

Tags: Israeli
Under Israeli pressure, U.S. bars foreign envoys to Palestinian Authority from Gaza coordination center

Haaretz - 11:31 Dec 11, 2025

In recent weeks, senior European representatives were denied entry to the coordination center in southern Israel. A European source said the Americans were displeased and noted the move was Israel's request, reflecting its long-standing policy against unifying the West Bank and Gaza under one authority

Tags: Gaza
Hanukkah recipes | When Churro meets Sufganiya: A spicy holiday twist on two classics

Haaretz - 10:47 Dec 11, 2025

This fried pastry is a cross between a Hanukkah doughnut – sufganiya in Hebrew – and a Spanish-style churro, with spices that impart a surprising aroma and flavor with every bite. It's perfect with special dips or sprinkled with powdered sugar

Tags: Hanukkah
'Not a natural disaster': Storm Byron floods Gaza, heightening fears of disease and death

Haaretz - 10:33 Dec 11, 2025

Despite the Israel-Hamas cease-fire taking effect in October, thousands in Gaza still live in makeshift tents with little protection from the rain. Displaced persons' camps are flooded with garbage and sewage, increasing the risk of infectious diseases

Tags: Gaza
Israel and Bolivia restore diplomatic relations cut off after Gaza war

Haaretz - 09:28 Dec 11, 2025

The South American nation restored ties after a new center-right government replaced socialist and Israel critic Evo Morales. Netanyahu invited right-wing President Rodrigo Paz to visit Israel, with an Israeli diplomat noting, '2026 will likely be a year of opportunity for Israel' in the region

Tags: Israel

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