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Jewish UCLA group condemns violence of pro-Israel 'fringe' protesters

Haaretz - 12:22 May 06, 2024

'The off-campus Jewish community storming the encampment endangered the Jewish students they were attempting to protect,' reads a letter by a Jewish Hillel leader. Other pro-Israel organizations have remained silent on the violence perpetrated against UCLA's pro-Palestinian demonstrators

Tags: Israel
Sinai hooktail dragonfly spotted in Israel for first time

Haaretz - 12:09 May 06, 2024

A flash nature survey noticed dragonflies from Arabia and North Africa in a kibbutz in Israel's Arava Desert. Could climate change be involved?
Drone explodes in Metula; IDF attacks Hezbollah's elite Radwan force targets in response

Haaretz - 11:05 May 06, 2024

Thrity rockets were launched toward the Golan Heights from Lebanon earlier on Monday, causing minor damage to homes. The Israeli army assesses the barrage is a response to an overnight IDF strike on a Hezbollah compound deep in Lebanon
Israeli Eurovision representative attends Holocaust memorial ceremony instead of opening event

Haaretz - 10:50 May 06, 2024

Citing security concerns, Golan and her team have previously said they will not be attending any Eurovision events other than rehearsals and her actual performances. On Sunday, the Israeli singer lit a candle at a small Holocaust Memorial ceremony with Malmo's Jewish community
Gaza medical sources say 26 killed in Rafah as Israel begins evacuation ahead of ground operation

Haaretz - 10:15 May 06, 2024

The IDF estimates there are about 100,000 residents in the southern Gaza neighborhoods ordered to evacuate, but sources in the army have said this is a limited operation, and not a complete evacuation of Rafah

Tags: Gaza Rafah
On Gaza's crowded battlefields, many Israeli soldiers are killed by friendly fire

Haaretz - 09:24 May 06, 2024

Last week, two reservists were killed in Gaza by Israeli tank fire after being misidentified as the enemy. A squadron commander on the incident: 'With the means available to us, it could happen again'

Tags: Israeli
A decade old Israeli law could hamper deescalation with Hezbollah in Lebanon

Haaretz - 09:01 May 06, 2024

A law passed by Netanyahu's 2014 government says that any ceding of Israeli territory must be approved by a referendum or by a large Knesset majority, and could affect the Prime Minister's ability to ensure calm on Israel's northern border with Lebanon

Tags: Lebanon Israeli
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with wreath laying, Yad Vashem ceremony

Haaretz - 06:24 May 06, 2024

Following the siren that brought the country to a standstill, ceremonies will be held across the country. At an event at Yad Vashem on Sunday night, Netanyahu said, 'Even if we have to stand alone, we will continue to fight against human evil'

Tags: Yad Vashem
With Hamas talks on the verge of collapse, Netanyahu puts up a rejectionist front

Haaretz - 03:02 May 06, 2024

The director of the CIA was dispatched to the middle east in an effort to save the hostage deal, and Netanyahu is considered to be the main obstacle. The intensity of U.S. pressure will determine whether he accedes to President Biden's demands

Tags: Netanyahu
Danish nun who saved two Jewish infants in the Holocaust recognized by Israel

Haaretz - 03:01 May 06, 2024

Ane-Lise Bylov Jespersen, a 103-year-old nun from Denmark, was officially thanked by Israel's ambassador to Denmark. When Bylov Jespersen was 22, she saved the lives of two Jewish babies during the Nazi occupation of Denmark and took care of them until the end of the war

Tags: Jewish
By shutting down Al Jazeera, Israel is shooting itself in the foot

Haaretz - 03:01 May 06, 2024

In shuttering the Qatari news network, Israel joins a distinguished club of Arab countries that have stopped Al Jazeera's operations. This move should worry Israeli media, which is prohibited from broadcasting independently from inside the Gaza Strip

Tags: Israel
Hamas accepts cease-fire deal, Israel 'examining' proposal; IDF enters Rafah

Haaretz - 02:30 May 06, 2024

Hamas says it has accepted cease-fire deal, Israel says it is still examining the proposal ■ IDF launches targeted strikes east of Rafah ■ Biden, Netanyahu discuss Rafah operation ■ White House: Deal best way to save lives of hostages, Netanyahu agrees to reopen Kerem Shalom crossing

Tags: Hamas Israel Rafah
The nice flight I didn't have as a Palestinian at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport

Haaretz - 22:12 May 05, 2024
Israel must not shut down Al-Jazeera

Haaretz - 22:09 May 05, 2024
Two men killed in overnight shootings in central and northern Israel

Haaretz - 21:51 May 05, 2024

Police suspect that at least one of the incidents was related to organized crime
Israel's government has abandoned its citizens. But the opposition offers little hope

Haaretz - 20:58 May 05, 2024

Every Israeli elected official that would rather be in a room with Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu than on the streets with those calling them out has chosen the wrong side
IDF names three soldiers killed in mortar barrage from Gaza

Haaretz - 20:56 May 05, 2024

The three soldiers, Tal Shavit, Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, Ido Testa, were guarding equipment the army has deployed ahead of its planned operation in Rafah. Nine more soldiers were wounded in the attack by Hamas
Gaza cease-fire talks reportedly in 'tough' spot, CIA chief heads to Israel to rescue deal

Haaretz - 20:23 May 05, 2024

'Israel refused to send a delegation to Egypt to discuss the deal even though Hamas replied in a positive spirit,' a source involved in the talks said. Hamas reiterated its position, demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza

Tags: Gaza Israel
One Holocaust survivor will mark her history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7

Haaretz - 18:55 May 05, 2024

Judith Tzamir, a Holocaust survivor from Germany who moved to Israel in 1964, will make the trip back to Auschwitz for the first time to participate in March of the Living, a 2-mile march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, joining October 7 survivors and released hostages
Die-hard Israeli fans hope to cheer on Eurovision in Malmo despite hostile vibes

Haaretz - 18:41 May 05, 2024

Fans who have decided to travel to Malmo, Sweden say they aren't worried about planned anti-Israel demonstrations, but outside the arena 'don't want to draw attention' or let others know they are Israelis

Tags: Malmo

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