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'A new UN': Trump eyes unprecedented global powers for his proposed Board of Peace

Haaretz - 11:59 Jan 13, 2026

A Western diplomat told Haaretz that his country fears the move would create a UN-like mechanism lacking international legal backing, while Arab states prefer the Board of Peace to focus on Gaza, as initially agreed at the end of the Israel-Hamas war

Tags: Board Peace
Bomb shelter billionaire: Israel's rich indulge in a new luxury ahead of the next war

Haaretz - 11:45 Jan 13, 2026

Whether the next war is with Iran or Hamas or someone else, Israel's top one-thousandth are building spacious safe rooms, with super-thick walls and everything needed for long-term stays, from designer showers to home cinemas

Tags: Israel's
Knesset's 'death penalty for terrorists' bill mandates execution by hanging

Haaretz - 11:34 Jan 13, 2026

The proposed law sets strict execution rules, including isolation for prisoners, meetings with lawyers only via video conferencing calls, and immunity for officers. It allows death sentences without a prosecutor's request and mandates completion within 90 days under military court oversight
Top Australian writers' festival cancelled after Palestinian author barred

Haaretz - 11:04 Jan 13, 2026

180 authors boycotted the event, and its director resigned, saying she could not be party to silencing a Palestinian author and warned that moves to ban protests and slogans after the Bondi Beach mass shooting threatened free speech

Tags: Palestinian
Diplomacy or downfall: Will Iran's regime pay Trump's price – and live another day?

Haaretz - 10:47 Jan 13, 2026

While both the Iranian army and the Revolutionary Guards declared days ago that 'harming security is a red line,' they are watching developments with apprehension. Both need to protect their status, future and assets, which could be threatened by a U.S. attack
Iran protests, explained: How real is the danger to the regime, and how might Trump intervene?

Haaretz - 10:24 Jan 13, 2026

The protests sweeping Iran are among the largest uprisings against the ayatollahs' regime in years. This time, however, another factor is hovering over events and adding a layer of uncertainty: Donald Trump. Who might try to seize power if the Islamic Republic falls, and why does the moment feel more precarious than ever before? Haaretz explains

Tags: Iran
Iran protests, explained: How real is the danger to the regime, and how might Trump intervene?

Haaretz - 10:24 Jan 13, 2026

The protests sweeping Iran are among the largest uprisings against the ayatollahs' regime in years. This time, however, another factor is hovering over events and adding a layer of uncertainty: Donald Trump. Who might try to seize power if the Islamic Republic falls, and why does the moment feel more precarious than ever before? Haaretz explains

Tags: Iran
Far-right European leaders to headline Israeli government-sponsored antisemitism conference

Haaretz - 10:19 Jan 13, 2026

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli will host the controversial conference for a second consecutive year. Notably absent from the list are mainstream organizations engaged in the international fight against Jew hatred, while European leaders from parties with neo-Nazi and antisemitic roots are included
'This is another Nakba': How over 100 West Bank Palestinians had to leave their homes in just one day

Haaretz - 09:32 Jan 13, 2026

Villagers dismantle houses and sell flocks under constant harassment, while volunteers stage 'protective shifts' to keep settlers' sheep away. 'Men in peak fitness need 60-year-old activists or 20-year-old children to protect them,' says observer Amir Pansky, calling it the most revolting ethnic cleansing possible'
Report: Trump weighing strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, U.S. officials say

Haaretz - 06:55 Jan 13, 2026

The Pentagon is reportedly presenting a wider range of strike options to Trump than before. The report comes after the U.S. president announced a 25 percent tariff rate on any country doing business with Tehran

Tags: Trump
Report: Trump administration warned Saudis, Gulf countries to prepare for U.S. strike on Iran

Haaretz - 03:16 Jan 13, 2026
Coalition lawmakers again promise to resettle Gaza but avoid saying how or when

Haaretz - 00:42 Jan 13, 2026

Knesset conference on the future of Gaza took place amid an election atmosphere, including mutual accusations by MKs and slamming of High Court rulings and threats against its president. Despite a moderator's efforts, no one would predict when the resettlement dream would be realized

Tags: Gaza
Haredi faction says it will withhold support for Israel's state budget over IDF exemption bill

Haaretz - 23:34 Jan 12, 2026

Degel Hatorah's chair, Moshe Gafni, said he told Netanyahu that if a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service failed to pass, his faction would not support the 2026 state budget. Agudat Yisrael party sources told Haaretz that penalties for draft dodgers would block the bill
Legalizing corruption to save Netanyahu: Israeli Knesset marks a new low for brazenness

Haaretz - 23:33 Jan 12, 2026
The war in Gaza was just. Hamas made it so

Haaretz - 23:23 Jan 12, 2026

When a moral judgment, such as 'the war became unjust,' rests on a factual claim such as 'Hamas could have been defeated by diplomatic means,' the latter should be grounded in something firmer than wishful thinking

Tags: Hamas
Freed hostage David Cunio: In captivity, you could hear people's stomachs rumbling. I thought about harming myself

Haaretz - 22:32 Jan 12, 2026

In an interview with Channel 12 News, Cunio testified that his captors gave him a cup of water and half a pita per day, noting former Hamas chief Yayha Sinwar had visited the tunnel. 'There were terrible moments of crisis, but luckily I was with good people who constantly lifted me up,' he said
Israeli government accuses Haaretz of 'supporting enemy in wartime,' citing Gaza reporting

Haaretz - 22:03 Jan 12, 2026

The state submitted an affidavit to the High Court of Justice in response to petitions against the decision to terminate its ties with the newspaper. It also accused Haaretz of 'defaming the state ... and the Zionist enterprise as a whole'

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Trump boasts he is 'least antisemitic person in history' and best U.S. president ever for Israel

Haaretz - 21:44 Jan 12, 2026

In an interview with The New York Times, Trump said that the 'shocking' antisemitism in the U.S. started with Obama, called himself the greatest president and initially said he did not know Nick Fuentes, the far-right conspiracy theorist who had dined at Mar-a-Lago

Tags: Trump
How can Jerusalem's mayor sleep while 2,000 Palestinians face homelessness

Haaretz - 21:35 Jan 12, 2026

Just a few kilometers from the mayor's office at Jerusalem's city hall, more than 2,000 residents of Silwan are about to lose their homes due to a campaign of destruction and expulsion. Mayor Moshe Leon: Your duty is to protect them

Tags: Jerusalem's
After Haaretz report, Israeli immigration authority reverses ban on French historian

Haaretz - 21:24 Jan 12, 2026

Israel reversed its decision and will allow Prof. Vincent Lemire into the country after Haaretz reported on canceled visa. Lemire was told by French government officials that the decision to deny him entry was due to his anti-Zionist views

Tags: French

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