Ten officers and soldiers have died by suicide since the beginning of the war, some while battles along Israel's border with Gaza were still raging. Conversations with relatives and professionals suggest that what they saw at the massacre sites destroyed their souls
1. The poet Abba Kovner remarking on the difference between Jewish existence at the time of the Holocaust and at the time when the State of Israel was fighting for its independence observed disintegration versus crystallization. The blows systematically rained down on Jewish communities in the Holocaust caused what he labeled "atomization of the […]
Throughout all its stages, the Eurovision Song Contest has put the Israeli delegation through many hardships. Hostile looks, public shunning, massive anti-Israel protests, and even deliberate slumbering as a form of opposition and boycotts reminiscent of the American high school movie "Mean Girls" – these were just some of the challenges Eden Golan, the […]
Israel's military commanders should have confronted Benjamin Netanyahu about the lack of a strategy for the day after Hamas before embarking on a ground maneuver in Gaza in October. Now, they may be right to blame him for squandering their tactical gains, but they must also shoulder some of the blame
Months after the IDF declared that they had defeated Hamas' capabilities in the area, the army said that Hamas had returned to Jabalya, and called on residents to evacuate to Gaza City in advance of renewed combat
A number of bereaved Israelis and Palestinians have chosen to join the Parents Circle-Families Forum since October 7. Six of them tell Haaretz about their choice to stand together, with very little support from their society around them
The house's walls were covered with the slogan of 'Tag mehir ["Price Tag"] – 30 days since Binyamin died,' marking 30 days since the murder of 14-year-old Israeli boy Binyamin Ahimeir who lived in a nearby settlement
The Netanyahu government has, almost from the very beginning of the Gaza war, pitted itself not just against Hamas but against the U.S. president. Pushing Biden to breaking point may trigger irreparable damage to the already deeply-strained U.S.- Israel relationship
Since Israelis' lives were engulfed in horror on October 7, a catastrophe that has yet to end for Palestinians in Gaza, we bereaved families from both sides of the conflict are coming together to remember the innocent children whose only crime was being Palestinian or Israeli
Author Adam Raz explains how an argument with his mom led him to write 'The Road to October 7.' Plus, the bittersweet opening of Kibbutz Be'eri's art gallery in its temporary home in Tel Aviv, and what to do at Haifa's Queer History Festival
"We have two living mementos before our eyes, so it's hard not to think of Hadar and Itay. You bathe their twins and think to yourself - how are they not here? Parenthood was their dream; unfortunately, they won't be able to truly realize it." These thoughts go through the mind of Inbar Rosenfeld […]
While some ceremony attendants felt like the protesters were 'ruining it for those who paid for tickets and came to show pride for [the] graduates,' others were less rattled by the protesters. 'I figured this was going to happen. It's Berkeley,' said a graduate
Israel is under the spotlight, yet its government has failed to respond with an effective public diplomacy campaign, says British journalist and analyst Tom Gross
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