Israel news feed for Thursday, January 9, 2025

• Back to Basics: Is the Israeli justice minister's new overhaul plan as dangerous as the original?
• Biden: We are making some real progress on Gaza deal
• Israel is living in a Tarantino film. We have become the Inglourious Basterds
• The hidden dangers for soldiers on the social media battlefield
• Israel sees wartime 'baby boom' with 10 percent rise in births in final months of 2024
• Israel's phrase of the year: Falling in line with evil
• Israel could conquer the entire Middle East but still wouldn't win this war
• More than any other nation, Jews should know the perils of dehumanization
• Haaretz Cartoon
• 'The hostage families need us. They are tired, exhausted, in pain'
• U.S. House votes to sanction ICC over alleged targeting of senior Israeli officials
• Report: Iran's top general in Syria said Assad repeatedly rejected requests to attack Israel after Oct. 7
• 'When I got the beret my IDF commander gave me a hug. That doesn't happen in any other army'
• Israeli crime boss responsible for bloody gang war found murdered in his car
• For these Israeli women, tiny Za'atar greenhouses offer great opportunity
• String of errors costs Israeli state-owned defense firm Rafael $60 million contract with Romania
• Checkout optimization start-up raises $25m Series A to help e-commerce brands compete with Amazon
• Explained: How the Hind Rajab Foundation is making Israeli soldiers fear arrest abroad
• Transportation Ministry fails to meet 2024 targets as road accident deaths reach new peaks
• The real reason behind Netanyahu's blitz against Israel's military leadership
• Poland's star is rising, and Israelis better take note
• Ben-Gvir instructs Israel Police to demolish illegal family homes in apparent bid to target Arab community
• Israel cyber firms raise $4b. in 2024 on surge of cloud, AI security needs
• Norwegian teen kicked out of convenience store 'for being a Jew'
• US analysts list Israeli giants Teva, Wix in 2025 top picks
• Handcuffing IDF soldiers: How the Gaza war took a new turn abroad
• Deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area as thousands evacuate
• Hitler's heirs: Austria's antisemitic, authoritarian far right is closing in on power
• I debated Jimmy Carter, and he changed my mind about peace in the Middle East
• 'Movements like these end wars': Israelis attend conference calling for IDF service refusal
• Architect of Israel's judicial coup announces plan to alter selection process for top court justices
• Allied Group to pay Amir Shaltiel NIS 200m for Metropolis stake
• The cost of turning Israel into a 21st-century Sparta
• Finance Minister Smotrich says Gaza aid will be reduced to minimum required by int'l law after Trump sworn in
• Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun elected as country's president after two-year deadlock
• Israeli teen mistakenly jailed for espionage recounts 'harshest of conditions'
• BDS claims victory: Months after Jordan, Carrefour closes down its stores in Oman
• Erdogan's aspiration: Empire
• Source: Secrecy around hostage talks reflects intention to reach a deal
• How an exhibition for a Gaza border community almost became an anxiety trigger
• 'Israelis who served in the IDF will need to think twice about where they travel'
• Relatives of deceased former Netanyahu aide questioned over failing to give phone to police
• Neolithic 'mountain cult' may have shaped the spirit of today's great religions
• The killing fields of Ponary: Lithuania's hidden Holocaust site
• Trump vows to 'unleash hell' if Hamas doesn't release the hostages. What would that look like?
• 'I destroy their narrative': Israel's renowned Arab advocate
• Historic first: Psychologist nun Simona Brambilla appointed as Vatican's first female prefect
• Pasadena synagogue burns down as fires rage across Southern California
• Israeli officials weigh conference to divide Syria into cantons
• Family of Israeli hostage in Iraq meets with international mediators
• Anti-tank missiles, armored vehicles: IDF seizes cache of Syrian Army weapons
• 'It's coming our way': Israeli actresses Gal Gadot, Moran Atias face deadly LA fires
• Meet Lebanon's new president
• Humanitarian absurdity: Hamas sells aid to Gazans, uses profits to pay operatives
• US students launch initiative to support wives of IDF reservists
• IDF intercepts three drones after sirens sound in southern Israel
• Israel turned a justified war of defense into an unjustifiable campaign of killing
• Is this how Israel ends? Not with a bang, but a whimper?
• Netanyahu wants the army chief's head, so his henchman has escalated the war against the IDF
• After Gaza, Israeli soldiers are allowed to do anything. Even hide in a Palestinian ambulance
• Does anyone in Israel care about the blood of Palestinian children?