Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 18:00 Dec 28, 2023
The original judicial overhaul plans may be on hold, but the government has even more dangerous room to extend its powers unchecked and unnoticed. The public is distracted, busy panicking or rallying round the flag -
Haaretz - 17:54 Dec 28, 2023
Fears that Israeli soldiers might catch resistant diseases in Gaza and spread them among the general Israeli population are largely unfounded, especially when considering the larger concern – that resistant infections have been on the rise worldwide, irrespective of Gaza -
Haaretz - 16:44 Dec 28, 2023
A year of horrific events – the messianic government, the judicial coup and the Hamas massacre – made this 'the Year of Netanyahu.' Yet as bad as it was, there is still time for Israel to change course in 2024 -
Haaretz - 16:40 Dec 28, 2023
Hezbollah is just as dedicated to Israel's destruction and to October 7-style atrocities as Hamas, but more lethal. Its increasing missile and drone attacks, and Lebanon's passivity, justify broad retaliation by Israel in self-defense -
Haaretz - 16:38 Dec 28, 2023
It is unclear whether National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has the authority to appoint Maj. Gen. Koby Yaakobi, who currently serves as his security adviser, or if a government decision is required -
Haaretz - 16:20 Dec 28, 2023
Israeli-American Judi Weinstein Haggai, believed to be kidnapped by Hamas, was murdered on October 7
Judi and her husband, Gadi, disappeared on the morning of October 7 while on a walk in Kibbutz Nir Oz. A week ago, the family was informed that Gadi was murdered on the day of the attack -
Haaretz - 15:54 Dec 28, 2023
'Just write the address of the country,' Eli Cohen says on TV, adding that states who took in Syrian and Ukrainian refugees are welcome to take in Gazans as well -
Haaretz - 15:42 Dec 28, 2023
A new organization called 'Doctors Against Genocide' cancelled the protest following a statement by the museum, claiming it is 'deeply offensive to survivors and the memory of the victims to exploit Holocaust history' -
Haaretz - 15:37 Dec 28, 2023
The National Insurance Institute report shows poverty increased across all population sectors in 2022 and that a third of Israeli households live in food insecurity – with highest rates in Israeli Arab society -
Haaretz - 15:20 Dec 28, 2023
The principal has been summoned to a hearing for posting an article by Haaretz on her Facebook page, criticizing the lack of Israeli media coverage on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza -
Haaretz - 14:57 Dec 28, 2023
The High Court of Justice ruled that heterosexual should not be prioritized over same-sex couples in the process of adopting children -
Haaretz - 14:56 Dec 28, 2023
Does the work by a pioneering French-Jewish artist, looted by the Nazis 80 years ago, belong to a Jewish woman from London or the artist's granddaughter? And what does the affair have to do with the events of October 7? -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 14:43 Dec 28, 2023
YU is the convenor of a historic coalition of more than 100 colleges and universities, United Against Terrorism, and was the first of its kind to put a spotlight on campuses in the aftermath of Oct 7
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Haaretz - 13:30 Dec 28, 2023
According to the report, about 300 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with the Israeli army or extremist settlers since the October 7 Hamas attack. UN commissioner calls on Israel to ensure the 'effective protection of Palestinian communities' -
Haaretz - 12:53 Dec 28, 2023
'On the day when our lives were broken' and 'the state abandoned us, good people were there in its place' ■ After finding sanctuary at the hotel, survivors developed a strange new normal in which days passed with no schedule or routine – a 'long shiva' for all they had lost -
Haaretz - 12:52 Dec 28, 2023
For long weeks following the massacre, the parents of the murdered stayed silent, paralyzed with grief. Now 140 families have come together to demand answers from the Israeli leadership. 'No one has the energy to fight, but we don't have a choice. We have been abandoned,' one parent says -
Haaretz - 12:20 Dec 28, 2023
Just like the leak from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding its abortion ruling, the leaked stance of Israeli judges on Netanyahu's key judicial coup bill warrants an investigation -
Haaretz - 12:04 Dec 28, 2023
Welcome to BDS 2.0: If you can't boycott an Israeli company, find something else to boycott for the flimsiest of reasons -
Haaretz - 11:33 Dec 28, 2023
Israeli forces raided nine money exchange branches in the West Bank, arrested 21 Palestinians suspected of transferring money to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Palestinians report of one killed, several wounded in clashes during the raid -
Haaretz - 11:09 Dec 28, 2023
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei led prayers at the funeral of Sayyed Razi Mousavi who was killed in an air strike in Syria. The Israeli army declined to comment about Mousavi's death, but said it took whatever action was necessary to defend the country