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ICJ says it has jurisdiction in part of Ukraine's genocide case against Russia

Haaretz - 17:25 Feb 02, 2024

World Court judges threw out Ukraine's request to rule on whether the Russian invasion violated the 1948 Genocide Convention, saying that the court had jurisdiction to hear just a small part of the original case

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Running postwar Gaza will require many who worked for Hamas

Haaretz - 15:27 Feb 02, 2024

Unless Israel controls Gaza directly, it will have to allow the Palestinian Authority to hire tens of thousands of public servants who were employed by Hamas. A cease-fire could be an opportunity to give the PA the reins of power

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Hamas says it's studying Israel hostage deal proposal, committed to permanent cease-fire demand

Haaretz - 15:14 Feb 02, 2024

Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Beirut, said the group demands the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners, as well as a permanent cease-fire – a condition standing at odds with the multi-stage proposal put forth by officials from Egypt, Israel, Qatar and the U.S.

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Sources: Saudis open to Israel bypassing binding steps for Palestinian state in bid for U.S. defense pact

Haaretz - 15:09 Feb 02, 2024

After U.S.-led efforts at normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel stalled amid the Gaza war, officials say Riyadh won't insist Israel take concrete steps toward a Palestinian state – and will accept a political commitment to a two-state solution instead

Tags: Israel Palestinian
Would Frantz Fanon have supported the Oct. 7 massacre? His biographer isn't so sure

Haaretz - 13:55 Feb 02, 2024

How did a single chapter from a book written over six decades ago by a Black psychiatrist, who never discussed the Israel-Palestine issue, become widely cited in relation to Hamas' October 7 attack? Adam Shatz's new biography explores the life of Martinique-born philosopher Frantz Fanon, now renowned for his influential thoughts on anti-colonialism
Netanyahu's a rag? Absolutely. And in Israel, he's not alone

Haaretz - 13:07 Feb 02, 2024

To use the Hebrew synonym, who's a smartut? Ask 10 million Israelis and the short answer is 'everybody' – and surely the increasing number of morons in Israeli politics
Biden's executive order on violent Israeli settlers is a game-changer

Haaretz - 12:51 Feb 02, 2024

The order could irreversibly alter the West Bank settler enterprise and lays the groundwork for possibly sanctioning Israeli officials, though some critics see it as lip service to Democrats wary of Biden's Israel-Gaza policy

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Turkey detains seven people suspected of selling info to Israel's Mossad

Haaretz - 11:49 Feb 02, 2024

Turkey, which doesn't classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, previously warned Israel of 'serious consequences' if it tried to hunt down Hamas members living outside Palestinian territories – including in Turkey

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Israeli Arab student suspended after students protest against 'light' punishment for sharing Oct 7 video

Haaretz - 10:33 Feb 02, 2024

'It seems that people in the university wanted to placate the student's classmates' says Adalah center for Arab rights after the Israeli university's initial penalty of reprimand and community service was increased to a year-long suspension
U.S. Jewish reactions to Biden's landmark executive order against Israeli settlers divided along partisan lines

Haaretz - 09:37 Feb 02, 2024

As Biden's support of Israel in Gaza war hits him hard in the polls, Republican Jewish Coalition says executive order 'is about cold, calculated politics' while democratic counterparts laud him for sending clear message to West Bank extremists

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'When I bought my home in Sderot I didn't think about war. I wanted to be near the sea'

Haaretz - 04:58 Feb 02, 2024

This week at Ben-Gurion airport: An ex-nurse returns to Israel after a year of travelling, and an artist explains what it's like to perform in front an audience of war evacuees
Meet the Israelis who are trying to physically block the ethnic cleansing unfolding in the West Bank

Haaretz - 04:25 Feb 02, 2024

Under the cover of war, backed by Israel's army and police, settler violence targeting Palestinian shepherding communities is surging. These Israeli activists are putting themselves in harm's way to protect them
Netanyahu faces his sternest test ever – and he's fighting on more fronts than ever

Haaretz - 04:00 Feb 02, 2024

Any response the Israeli prime minister gives on any issue will get him a passing grade from one side but a big fat F from the other ■ If he passes the Ben-Gvir test, he'll fail the Gantz-Eisenkot test ■ What does Netanyahu think the Gotliv affair proved? ■ The PM also prepares his next scapegoats

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Israel inches toward a hostage deal, but domestic discord muddies the waters

Haaretz - 04:00 Feb 02, 2024

There has been some progress toward another hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, but plenty of stages must still be completed ■ The past week's fighting in northern Gaza is a promo of things to come ■ Iran violated the rules of the game with the U.S. ■ The reservists bear a burden

Tags: Israel
Biden: U.S. begins retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, Iraq

Haaretz - 02:48 Feb 02, 2024

U.S. begins retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, Iraq ■ Israel's Arrow defense system intercepts a Houthi missile shot from Yemen over the Red Sea, IDF says ■ Israel, Hamas examine proposed hostage deal ■ Israel's Defense chief hints of Gaza cease-fire, says strikes on Hezbollah will continue

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Israel resented him, but this Israeli-Filipino reservist dreamed of fighting for his country. In Gaza, he died for it

Haaretz - 22:41 Feb 01, 2024

As they grieved Cydrick Garin, members of the Filpino community in Israel also appreciated a rare occasion in which one of their own was being honored by a society they are invisible members of – and by a government that made them feel unwelcome

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Israel's road to recovery starts with relinquishing Netanyahu's lies

Haaretz - 21:56 Feb 01, 2024
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Haaretz - 21:44 Feb 01, 2024
Israeli jurists warn of more to come after California court ruling on 'plausible' Gaza genocide

Haaretz - 21:39 Feb 01, 2024

Federal judge in Oakland, California dismisses a lawsuit against President Biden, saying U.S. military support for Israel is outside the court's jurisdiction

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Israel's beef isn't with UNRWA. It's with Palestinian refugees' right of return

Haaretz - 21:23 Feb 01, 2024

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