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Arab states working to grant Israel normalization if ceasefire, 'irreversible' steps to Palestinian statehood are agreed upon ■ Netanyahu: A cease-fire will send a message of weakness and harm Israel's security for generations ■ Houthi leader: The American and British attacks will not scare us ■ Hamas-run Gaza health ministry: 24,620 killed, 61,830 wounded ■ Medicine for hostages enters Gaza after Israeli inspection, Qatar says it 'likely' reached the hostages, but not confirmed

Asa Kasher, the philosopher who wrote the IDF's Code of Conduct, tells Haaretz that incidents in which the infamous operational order may have been used on October 7 must be investigated immediately: 'There is absolutely nothing [in the code] to allow someone to kill an Israeli citizen, in uniform or not'

Israeli officials believe the medicine will be transferred to the Israeli hostages on Thursday, pending any further delays

After extinguishing the candles in the parliament on December 12, Braun took to the podium where he described Hanukkah as "satanic" and said he was restoring "normality."

The vote to strip Grzegorz Braun of his parliamentary immunity means that he can face criminal charges ■ The pro-Russia lawmaker has a long history of engaging in antisemitic conspiracy theories

We invited our subscribers to send in questions about the Gaza war for Haaretz journalists and analysts. On this week's Haaretz podcast, you can listen to their answers

The Israeli army repatriated in December the bodies of three hostages - a civilian and two soldiers - who were killed in Gaza, and questions on the circumstances of their deaths still remain open

The documentary 'Looking for Chloé' shines a belated, welcome spotlight on Egyptian-born Gaby Aghion, the bourgeois communist who dressed the likes of Maria Callas and Madonna

The designation comes after American and British warplanes, ships and submarines last week launched dozens of air strikes against the Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen. A U.S. official said the U.S. would consider lifting the designation if the attacks on shipping cease

MK Ofer Cassif was filmed in 2022 hitting a police officer in the head while on his way to a demonstration in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta, in protest over a Supreme Court ruling ordering the eviction of Palestinian families. Cassif says the indictment is political persecution

  This week's politically and antisemitically motivated arrest of Israeli soccer player Sagiv Yehezkel in Turkey has reignited a fundamental question concerning Israel's foreign relations with its neighbors: How many more diplomatic slaps in the face will Jerusalem have to endure until the message that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not see Israel as […]

In response to a letter by 50 Holocaust academics, Dani Dayan said the academics failed to address the larger context of the matter and that most Israelis, and the Israeli army, do not support such calls

'It is not a simple matter to impose a heavy administrative penalty on someone's thinking' ■ Justice Ministry officials seek to limit the power of Israeli authorities to dismiss teachers; far-right sponsor opposes any changes

Just a few days after October 7, Maya Arad Yasur wrote 'How to Remain Humanistic after a Massacre in 17 Steps,' being performed at the Jaffa Theater. 'I think that at the moment, it's even difficult for humanists to remain humanists,' she says