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A cease-fire deal would be a huge victory for Hamas, but Israel has no choice

Haaretz - 14:59 Feb 07, 2024

The 2011 Hamas-Israel hostage deal, which I helped negotiate, set a price of over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one Israeli soldier. It should have been the very last time Israel had to ransom its citizens, but today, Hamas has the upper hand

Tags: Hamas Israel
Israeli hostages and their families pay the price for Netanyahu and Gallant's boasting

Haaretz - 14:56 Feb 07, 2024

Even if the prime minister and defense minister aim to weaken Hamas' standing in the negotiation, their endless talk about Hamas leaders' assassination seems to have replaced actions
IDF reservist dies of fungal infection weeks after suffering wounds in Gaza fighting

Haaretz - 14:50 Feb 07, 2024

After various treatments failed to cure the infection, the 26-year-old was given an experimental drug approved for special use by the health ministry
Israel selects Eurovision contestant amid calls to ban participation over Gaza war

Haaretz - 14:45 Feb 07, 2024

Eden Golan, 20, who was nominated after winning Israel's singing TV show HaKokhav Haba, will face the controversy that is already swirling around Israel's participation in the international singing contest
'Victory is a matter of framing': The daring Israeli musical set during the Six-Day War

Haaretz - 14:30 Feb 07, 2024

A chance comment from an Israeli veteran with PTSD set writer-director Eliran Peled off on a seven-year odyssey. The end result is his 1967-set 'Victory,' a colorful yet surprisingly complex musical that is all too relevant to today's Israel

Tags: Israeli Victory
Explainer: Who are the Israeli settlers sanctioned by the U.S. and what does their targeting mean?

Haaretz - 13:49 Feb 07, 2024

Israeli banks began blocking accounts of Jewish settlers in compliance with the Biden administration's sanctions on four Israeli settlers due to attacks on Palestinians. Who are they and what are the possible ramifications for the future?

Tags: Israeli
Hostages remain Sinwar's most effective lever and his only bargaining chip in talks

Haaretz - 13:07 Feb 07, 2024

Hamas leadership in Gaza and abroad understands full well that it is only the hostage issue that can make tens of thousands of Israelis take to the streets and it is only this struggle that forces Netanyahu to deal with difficult questions
The Israeli psychologists stopping the next Mossad traitor

Haaretz - 12:58 Feb 07, 2024

The Israeli intelligence community uses psychological analysis not only to analyze the enemy, but also to screen and treat its personnel who go out for operational activities in hostile territory, knowing they are risking their lives

Tags: The Israeli
Rainstorm in Israel reveals ancient Assyrian scarab

Haaretz - 12:02 Feb 07, 2024

The scarab seal was carved out of the semi-precious stone carnelian and on one side seems to show a griffin, or maybe a winged quadruped. Dating the scarab is challenging, but it looks most like ones from the eighth century B.C.E.
'He's Jewish? No, he just loves Israel': Argentine president gets hero's welcome at Western Wall

Haaretz - 10:54 Feb 07, 2024

Far-right Argentine leader Javier Milei, aka 'the guy with the massive hair,' drew a boisterous crowd Tuesday on the first stop of his three-day visit to Israel. 'We need more people like him – the whole world is against us,' explained one Israeli
'Intolerable overcrowding': Prisoners held in packed cells in Israeli facilities amid Hamas war

Haaretz - 10:38 Feb 07, 2024

According to a report by the Public Defender's Office, prisoners suffer from 'poor sanitary conditions, hygiene problems and infestations,' with about 3,400 prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floor
Hamas proposes 135-day cease-fire, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, talks to end war

Haaretz - 10:06 Feb 07, 2024

According to the three-phased cease-fire draft, hostages would be exchanged for 1,500 Palestinian prisoners, the remains of killed hostages would be handed over and Israeli forces would withdraw completely

Tags: Israeli
Saudi Arabia rules out Israel ties without Palestinian state, end to Gaza 'aggression'

Haaretz - 09:37 Feb 07, 2024

A day after U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the issues of hostage release and Israel-Saudi normalization were 'separate track[s],' Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said there would be no relations absent a Palestinian state

Tags: Saudi Arabia Palestinian
Bronze jewels found in prehistoric Poland may have been ritual sacrifices

Haaretz - 07:27 Feb 07, 2024

The Bronze Age Chełmno culture in Europe had been thought not to use metal. But the bronze jewelry in an ancient lake bed may have been offered in the stead of humans, new study posits
Man shot dead in his home in central Israeli city of Kafr Qasem

Haaretz - 07:17 Feb 07, 2024

The murder of the 48-year-old man in his home comes amid a steep rise in the homicide rate in Israel's Arab community
Netanyahu sacrificed the Israeli hostages in Gaza for empty slogans and political gain

Haaretz - 04:02 Feb 07, 2024

The New York Times report about the fate of the Israelis still being held captive by Hamas came as no surprise to anyone in political or military circles. The families' claim that 'Time is running out' sounds very different today
Hostages' families to intensify their campaign as Netanyahu rebuffs mediation efforts

Haaretz - 04:01 Feb 07, 2024

Hamas is again demanding an end to the war as a condition for any agreement and Netanyahu is objecting partly for political reasons. Even an interim deal seems a long way off ■ Amid reports that the number of hostages who died in captivity is higher than Israel has admitted, it seems the government is losing interest in the war

Tags: Netanyahu
In Israel, Blinken says Hamas response creates space for agreement as Netanyahu slams 'delusional' demands

Haaretz - 03:34 Feb 07, 2024

Gallant to Blinken: Hamas response formulated to ensure Israel's rejection, their position will prolong the war ■ UN chief 'alarmed' of IDF's expected advance to Rafah, Blinken warns Netanyahu and Gallant on the matter ■ Hamas seeks prisoner, hostage exchange and withdrawal of Israeli forces in 135-day cease-fire proposal

Tags: Hamas Blinken Netanyahu
U.S. House fails to pass GOP effort to provide Israel with $17b in standalone aid

Haaretz - 23:58 Feb 06, 2024

Bill would have had zero chance of advancing given Senate Democrats' insistence that Israel aid be included in President Biden's national security supplemental aid package, which includes over $14 billion in Israel aid

Tags: Israel
IDF cancels women's performance for fear of offending religious reservists

Haaretz - 23:23 Feb 06, 2024

Soldiers from the battalion, which is stationed in the north, sought permission for an end-of-service party that was to include a performance by the Love Brigade - but ended up with a series of lectures from right-wing speakers and a homophobic rabbi

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