Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 16:16 Oct 05, 2025
In the Netherlands, an estimated 250,000 people, most dressed in red, gathered in Amsterdam to press the government to take tougher action against Israel. In Spain, a group of women marched carrying white bundles symbolizing the bodies of children killed in Gaza -
Haaretz - 15:31 Oct 05, 2025
While girls their age across the world post videos of themselves opening gifts, girls in Gaza document a different reality – which includes hunger, loss and shortages. This documentation, beyond being a tool for collecting donations, also has a therapeutic effect -
Haaretz - 15:31 Oct 05, 2025
Arguably the most obscure of Jewish customs, during Sukkot, Jews shake a closed date frond, some myrtle boughs, a few willow twigs and a citron fruit as part of the daily prayer service – but why and where did this begin? -
Haaretz - 15:28 Oct 05, 2025
Famed stand-up comic Chappelle used his set at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival as a critique of U.S. free speech limits, including on Israel and Charlie Kirk. He jokingly promised to use a code phrase to signal censorship: 'It's got to be something I would never say in practice' -
Haaretz - 15:24 Oct 05, 2025
Scholars have come up with various alternatives to the religious theory for the origin of the huts, from families moving into the fields during harvest season and living in the huts to them once serving as housing for pilgrims coming to Jerusalem for the harvest festival -
Haaretz - 15:22 Oct 05, 2025
The first weeks of Israel's war in Gaza were the most critical of the prime minister's career. Sources close to him tell Haaretz how he reached across the political divide to save his political life -
Haaretz - 15:19 Oct 05, 2025
During the time of the First Temple, Sukkot was considered the most important holiday – with the Torah referring to it simply as 'the holiday' and historian Josephus describing it as the 'most holy and important feast' -
Haaretz - 14:54 Oct 05, 2025
The state expects survivors of the Nova festival to recover, but with hostages still in Gaza and the war dragging on, the personal tragedy persists. 'I knew we had an army, we hade a police force; I believed in them, and this is the main thing that has been screwed up with me. We're living it now' -
Haaretz - 14:52 Oct 05, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's 'day after' plan for Gaza, if effectively executed, could offer stability and security to the Middle East. But the deal's ability to survive rests on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas move on what previously were hardline demands -
Haaretz - 14:39 Oct 05, 2025
Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart and others are taking the stage in Riyadh's 'world's biggest comedy festival,' which human rights groups call a whitewashing of repression -
Haaretz - 14:37 Oct 05, 2025
Israel's three largest airlines – El Al, Israir and Arkia – nearly doubled their market share since the war in Gaza began. Smaller airlines have replaced the foreign legacy carriers and low-cost giants have disappeared, and Ben-Gurion Airport expects to see 2.1 million passengers over the holidays -
Haaretz - 13:47 Oct 05, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan is not a path to peace. It is a mechanism for cementing fragmentation and denying the Palestinians a prosperous future -
Haaretz - 13:45 Oct 05, 2025
Gaza, Ramallah and Washington all say that a cease-fire, the release of the hostages and a new governing body in Gaza are forthcoming, but all sides are declining to make clear statements. This is Trump's moment of truth: will he be able to enforce Israel's promises if Netanyahu tries to call it quits again? -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 13:08 Oct 05, 2025
Eight arrested and 20 officers injured as pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police in Barcelona over Israel’s seizure of aid flotilla.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 12:53 Oct 05, 2025
UK police to get powers to curb repeat protests after pro-Palestinian rally followed deadly synagogue attack.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 12:15 Oct 05, 2025
CAM’s Antisemitism Research Center documented 13,339 incidents worldwide between October 7, 2023, and October 1, 2025.
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Haaretz - 11:58 Oct 05, 2025
Two years after the Hamas attack of October 7, Jewish graduates from New York to Cape Town and Sydney reflect on the war, and how pro-Palestinian protests, rising antisemitism and the Gaza death toll have reshaped their views on Israel and their Jewish identity -
Haaretz - 11:50 Oct 05, 2025
Israeli hostages' relatives hardly got any sleep in light of the recent developments on a Gaza cease-fire, and activists were walking around dreamy-eyed on Saturday's Tel Aviv rally. The two-year-long roller coaster has reached new heights, but everybody knows: The ride isn't over yet -
JPost.com - Real Estate - 11:35 Oct 05, 2025
A couple from France purchased a rare penthouse in the THE 5 project in Bat Yam, spanning an entire floor and featuring two terraces with a private pool and jacuzzi.
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 11:35 Oct 05, 2025