Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 17:34 Oct 18, 2025
Netanyahu's announcement followed statements from the WHO and the Palestinian Authority that the crossing would open on Monday for patients and the injured. Israeli hostage families welcomed the move, saying, 'The government must not continue the agreement until all fallen hostages are returned' -
Haaretz - 17:06 Oct 18, 2025
It turns out that Israel itself belongs to America. The idea that sovereignty entails total responsibility is too lofty for contemporary Israelis. We all belong to Trump now – and what a collective pleasure that is! -
Haaretz - 17:01 Oct 18, 2025
With the Gaza war over, the demand for soldiers has plummeted, and promises of Haredi draft exemptions could be used to bring ultra-Orthodox parties back into the Prime Minister's coalition. Meanwhile, far-right ministers continue their push to annex the West Bank, undermine judicial independence and expand Ben-Gvir's powers -
Haaretz - 16:21 Oct 18, 2025
This week marks the first protest since the war ended and all living hostages were released from Gaza. 'The government and its leaders are responsible for all the murdered hostages,' said Einav Zangauker, mother of Matan, freed this week from Gaza, adding: 'Our fight won't end until they are all returned' -
Haaretz - 12:26 Oct 18, 2025
Israeli society is prepared to process the failures of Oct. 7 in technical terms – military intel, army, logistics – but refuses to confront its own moral blindness. This is where the 'other Israel' must step in -
Haaretz - 12:11 Oct 18, 2025
'Al-Muhtadi provided false information in his U.S. visa application relating to his involvement with a paramilitary organization, connection to Hamas, participation in a terrorist attack and military training,' the indictment read -
Haaretz - 10:52 Oct 18, 2025
A from September signed by 4,000 film workers calls on film professionals to boycott Israeli institutions – including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters, and production companies. Last, month, Paramount opposed the letter, saying that silencing artists doesn't promote peace -
Haaretz - 07:46 Oct 18, 2025
Israel struck Hamas leadership in Qatar in September, in the midst of discussions to secure a hostage release and cease-fire deal. 'We had lost the confidence of the Qataris, so Hamas went underground,' Witkoff said -
Haaretz - 07:30 Oct 18, 2025
The father of the slain hostage, Itay Chen, urges the public and decision-makers not to forget the fallen hostages still held in Gaza. 'It is the government's responsibility to bring back the remaining fallen within a reasonable timeframe,' he says -
Haaretz - 07:18 Oct 18, 2025
'Leaving Gaza was like the withdrawal from Lebanon. They told us to be out within half an hour': Bulldozer operators were ordered to pack up instantly, truck drivers who transported aid are in limbo – while some kibbutzniks are refusing to sell produce to the Strip -
Haaretz - 06:57 Oct 18, 2025
As a young girl, Professor Shulamit Magnus watched her mother suffer in a marriage to a mentally ill man who refused to give her a 'get' – a Jewish divorce – an imperative to annul the marriage according to rabbinical law. In 'Jewish Marital Captivity,' she offers some solutions to the age-old problem of iggun -
Haaretz - 06:41 Oct 18, 2025
Shaphan the scribe, a marginal figure in the Bible, was the ghostwriter who shaped the Jewish faith – and history – that we know today -
Haaretz - 05:22 Oct 18, 2025
Margalit's body was transferred by the Red Cross to Israeli forces stationed inside the Gaza Strip after receiving the coffin at 11:30 P.M. on Friday. Hamas did not disclose the identity of the body. There are now 18 deceased hostages being held in Gaza -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 00:56 Oct 18, 2025
The features will be built on protections already applied to teen accounts and will be guided by the PG-13 movie rating system.
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Haaretz - 00:09 Oct 18, 2025
May Golan is trying to secure 2.5 billion shekels for ally Itamar Ben-Gvir's National Security Ministry to fight crime in the Arab community, with an administration headed by the two set to oversee it. Law enforcement officials question the optics, as Golan continues to avoid questioning -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 21:11 Oct 17, 2025
The Shofar Report, released this week by the liberal-leaning Jewish group Nexus Project, is a new guide to fighting antisemitism that curb the strategies of the Trump administration.
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Haaretz - 18:11 Oct 17, 2025
Sources in the Justice Ministry say the bill is part of a broader campaign by Netanyahu's coalition to exempt him from the rule of law, and pave the way for President Isaac Herzog to pardon him -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 17:50 Oct 17, 2025
In Israel, the ultimate definition of procrastination is the concept of “after the chagim,” where no one can focus or make a decision on anything until after the High Holy Days season is over.
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 17:46 Oct 17, 2025
“New residents” and “senior returning residents” who lived abroad 10 years are entitled to a package of income-tax benefits.