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Haaretz - 03:04 May 12, 2024
Israel conveyed its reservations to Hamas' proposal in talks with the Qatari and Egyptian mediators last week -
Haaretz - 17:20 May 11, 2024
'Netanyahu is leading the State of Israel to complete failure. Stop cooperating, overthrow the government and save the hostages and the country,' Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held captive in Gaza, called on Israel's ministers -
Haaretz - 17:19 May 11, 2024
IDF: 300,000 evacuated from Gaza's Rafah ■ Biden administration: 'Reasonable to assess' Israel used U.S.-supplied weapons in instances 'inconsistent' with international humanitarian law, but stop short of conclusive statement, cite a lack of info in verifying incidents ■ Hamas airs video of Israeli hostage ■ South Africa asks ICJ to order Israeli withdrawal from Rafah ■ Here's what you need to know 218 days into the war -
Haaretz - 12:48 May 11, 2024
Watching protesters around the world call for a cease-fire in Gaza, some Gazans are asking Palestinians in Israel to join the protests to end to the war. 'Seven months of silence is enough,' says one of them -
Haaretz - 02:42 May 11, 2024
Germany's Scholz warns ground attack on Rafah would be irresponsible ■ Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid from Rafah crossing, Alqahera News reports ■ Hamas published video of Israeli hostage Nadav Poplewell ■ IDF deploys forces to Jabaliya in northern Gaza, saying Hamas has reorganized in the area ■ IDF says 300,000 Gazans have evacuated Rafah -
Haaretz - 21:24 May 10, 2024
The admistration's assertion that Israel is not obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid – even qualified as an 'ongoing assessment' – will likely be the most contentious element of a report that will assuredly gain significant criticism from across the political spectrum -
Haaretz - 16:43 May 10, 2024
WH: Biden administration hasn't made final decision on delivering arms shipment to Israel ■ Hamas demanded 12-week cease-fire instead of the six weeks Israel agreed to, CNN reports ■ Israeli tanks capture the main road dividing eastern and western Rafah ■ Netanyahu says 'government's first responsibility is to protect the people … and the people weren't protected' on October 7 ■ Here's what you need to know 217 days into the war -
Israel Hayom - 15:10 May 10, 2024
Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham, who has worked extensively over the past year to promote a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, says that President Biden's decision to halt certain arms shipments to Israel will cause Riyadh to rethink whether it can rely on the US. In a phone interview with Israel Hayom Graham […] -
Haaretz - 14:24 May 10, 2024
The U.S. president is trying to prevent Israel from becoming a pariah state, seeing himself as having an obligation to maintain the historical alliance between the two countries. A mission Israel's leaders seem to be completely blind to -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 09:11 May 10, 2024
While normally a global leader in innovation, Israel appears to be lacking in the field of AI. The Institute initiative is meant to help Israel catch up, and even be ahead of the game.
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Armenian News - Tert.am - 08:22 May 10, 2024
Israeli officials have struck a defiant tone after US President Joe Biden warned that the United States would not provide weapons for a full-scale ground assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are hemmed in with no safe way to leave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in televised remarks on Thursday that Israel, which is heavily reliant on US weapons shipments, would “fight with our fingernails” if necessary.“Hamas [hearts] Biden,” Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right security minister, wrote in a social media post. The US has consistently provided Israel with military support throughout the campaign in the Gaza Strip, defying growing international and domestic pressure and sidelining concerns over alleged violations of international law by Israeli forces. Biden, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, said the US was still committed to Israel’s defence and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms but, if Israeli ... -
Haaretz - 03:00 May 10, 2024
'If we don't defend ourselves, nobody will. And if we must stand alone, we'll stand alone,' the prime minister said this week. The arrogance of these remarks, as if Israel could 'stand alone,' is comparable only to his inherent ungratefulness to America -
Haaretz - 03:00 May 10, 2024
The U.S. president's threat to halt shipments of offensive arms to Israel may erode the army's prowess in the north ■ The gaps in the talks on a hostage deal aren't immense but largely depend on political considerations ■ Netanyahu is playing into Sinwar's hands, and Hamas is regaining control of the Strip -
Haaretz - 02:17 May 10, 2024
U.S. says it's 'reasonable to assess' Israel has violated Intel' law in Gaza, but won't suspend arms aid ■ France demands Israel to immediately halt assault on Rafah ■ Large blazes broke out in northern Israel following over 30 rockets launched from Lebanon ■ White House: U.S. watching Israel's Rafah operation with concern ■ Senior Hamas official says Netanyahu wants the far to continue ■ IDF names four soldiers killed in Gaza combat -
Haaretz - 20:53 May 09, 2024
Letters written in Hebrew in the 1930s by Jewish-Polish schoolchildren to their beloved teacher, who had left for Palestine, were discovered decades later and are featured in a new book. The youngsters had their heart set on joining the teacher in the Land of Israel – but most were murdered in the Holocaust -
Haaretz - 17:02 May 09, 2024
Their previous documentaries warned of the disaster that has befallen Israel, but these directors worry about whether their films will even have enough of an audience to get made -
Haaretz - 16:02 May 09, 2024
Turkish businessmen, risking financial damage as a result of the boycott, put pressure on Erdogan to reconsider. But the head of the Manufacturers Association in Israel thinks the easing of the restrictions is just 'an illusion' -
Haaretz - 15:50 May 09, 2024
CIA chief heads back to U.S. after meetings with Netanyahu and Mossad head and stop in Cairo ■ Hamas' delegation for negotiations leaves for Doha, blames Israel of trying to scuttle truce talks by entering Rafah ■ WHO says it has only three days of fuel left for medical operations in southern Gaza ■ Over 150 Israelis blocked a Jordanian aid convoy heading to Gaza ■ Here's what you need to know 216 days into the war -
Haaretz - 13:45 May 09, 2024
Israel is under threat, but not from U.S. campuses. Without a vision that ensures equality and dignity for all the people of the region, what's left for protesters to propose but a one-state solution? -
Haaretz - 12:00 May 09, 2024
It was news that Turkey severed trade relations with Israel, but not news that 120 other countries didn't. The hard facts are still waiting to emerge, but Israel shouldn't be complacent