Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 23:35 Aug 17, 2025
The attorney general responded to a petition filed against Justice Minister Levin after he locked her out of the ministry's office. Levin earlier asked the court to dismiss the claims, insisting the locked room is his personal office -
Haaretz - 20:35 Aug 17, 2025
The IDF chief is expected to present the plans to Defense Minister Israel Katz for approval on Tuesday or Wednesday, after which they will go to the security cabinet; The Gaza health ministry reported that seven people died from hunger and hunger-related causes -
Haaretz - 20:16 Aug 17, 2025
Egypt is hoping to mobilize international support for its postwar proposal for Gaza and force Israel to accept it. A PLO source, however, isn't hopeful: 'Success depends on whether the U.S. will adopt and impose it on Netanyahu' -
Haaretz - 20:08 Aug 17, 2025
As protesters took to the streets, the memory of the six hostages killed by Hamas during last year's Rafah operation was on everyone's minds. With the Netanyahu government now poised to expand the war, Sunday's massive turnout felt like a warning sign -
Haaretz - 19:29 Aug 17, 2025
A mass rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages' Square capped a day of protests and strikes led by freed hostages and families of those still in captivity. Ruby Chen, whose son Itay's body is held by Hamas, addressed Netanyahu: 'After the October 7 failure, you have the nerve to say the price is too high to bring them back. Where is your shame?' -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 18:26 Aug 17, 2025
More than 700 people have been arrested in relation to Palestine Action since it was proscribed on July 5.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 18:23 Aug 17, 2025
Timur Mamatov, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting two Jewish OSU students in a hate crime that left both hospitalized with serious injuries, the DOJ said Friday.
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Haaretz - 17:57 Aug 17, 2025
After a video showed the far-right minister visiting Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's cell over the weekend, the Prime Minister's hostage coordinator spoke with Ben-Gvir. Freed hostages say his past calls to tighten Palestinian prison conditions worsened their treatment in captivity -
Haaretz - 17:12 Aug 17, 2025
In the video, Matan appears with a shaved head and addresses his sisters and his partner, who was kidnapped with him and released after 50 days -
Haaretz - 16:31 Aug 17, 2025
As Idan Amedi slings his guitar like a rifle and readies a mega-concert in Tel Aviv, Shye Ben Tzur's mystical hymn finds new life on Tyler, the Creator's Billboard-topping album. Asked how Tyler discovered him, he said: 'Music has its own life, it travels in unexpected ways' -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 16:09 Aug 17, 2025
The prevailing narrative says Bitcoin responds to inflation, currency devaluation, and declining public trust in central banks.
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Haaretz - 16:06 Aug 17, 2025
Yonatan Urich, Prime Minister Netanyahu's close adviser, acted against his employer and endangered 'Israel's security and financial gain,' the Israel Police wrote in a court appeal. Evidence was gathered from phones and a key suspect's testimony -
Haaretz - 16:03 Aug 17, 2025
Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska ended much like Netanyahu's three White House visits this year: without a cease-fire deal. But the U.S. president has the leverage to end Netanyahu's 'forever war' in Gaza – he just needs to decide to use it -
Haaretz - 15:22 Aug 17, 2025
Trailers were set up in Hebron's Tel Rumeida on land designated initially as Palestinian under the Hebron agreement. A later map places it under Israeli control, though the IDF has not explained the change. Israel's Civil Administration said the caravans were unauthorized, and enforcement will follow government instructions -
Haaretz - 14:38 Aug 17, 2025
Both 'Weapons' and 'Together' prove that intelligent horror isn't an oxymoron, but don't bother seeing 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' unless you enjoy regurgitated slashers. Your guide to this summer's long list of horror films -
Haaretz - 13:49 Aug 17, 2025
Last week, 12-year-old Milana Bobkova and a friend jumped from the roof of an old winery building in central Israel. Relatives remember a smart, creative, loving child whose struggles to adapt, like so many young immigrants, ultimately overcame her -
Haaretz - 13:46 Aug 17, 2025
Despite IDF 'examinations,' there is not enough food in the Gaza Strip. The chaos, hunger, shortage and uncertainty that we created in Gaza, are all contributing factors to the fact that aid does not reach the weakest members of society, including those with preexisting conditions -
Haaretz - 13:44 Aug 17, 2025
Hominins in Kenya were sourcing quality stone for their tools from as far as 13km away, revealing standards - and 'resource redistribution' hundreds of thousands of years earlier than thought