The very release of Palestinian prisoners was considered an achievement by Hamas in past deals, but this time, it's insisting on the release of prisoners serving life sentences as part of its strategy for survival and influence
Slow progress in negotiations for a hostage release deal may be motivated for Netanyahu by fear of angering the far right, leading the defense minister to call his own meeting over the weekend in defiance of the PM's foot-dragging
IDF says 80 suspects detained during raid on Gaza City medical complex, 20 militants killed ■ Israeli team for hostage talks lands in Qatar ■ UN-backed report says Gaza will face famine soon ■ IDF strikes Hezbollah building and operatives in southern Lebanon ■ Israel believes Hamas' number three in Gaza either killed or seriously wounded in airstrike
The Diaspora Affairs Minister and MK decried what he saw as the university's alarming shift from Zionist values towards antisemitism, especially in light of a professor's controversial comments.
Noam Lemish's career started out in Tel Aviv, and continued through the jazz clubs of the San Francisco Bay Area and even the kingdom of Bhutan, where he composed music in honor of the king's birthday. Now, his new album 'Twelve' is nominated for a Juno award – Canada's highest musical honor
Rama Burshtein-Shai, whose 2022 series 'Fire Dance' is now streaming in North America, tells Haaretz how when you suppress an unrequited love, you suppress life – in the ultra-Orthodox community too
The far-right minister aims to appoint a resident of the hardline settlement of Yitzhar as deputy head of the civil administration, and shifting current policy so that regional IDF officers will need to justify decisions of demolitions of settler outposts in front of him, and not to the IDF's top commander
Noam Tibon, a retired IDF general, drove south on October 7 to rescue his son, Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon from his home in kibbutz Nahal Oz. 'It was the mission of my life,' he says, before adding: 'We will not win the war without bringing back the hostages'
Peretz, 22, made Aliya with his family from South Africa nine years ago. He was the commander of Sgt. Itay Chen, who was confirmed last week to have also been killed on Oct. 7 and taken to Gaza
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has made his stance on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist cabinet ministers very clear, and does not mince words at the Haaretz-UCLA conference either. 'I would not let this Israeli cabinet be waiters at my grandson's bar mitzvah,' he says
The two highest ranking Labor Party MKs announced thier support for Yair Golan, a former IDF deputy chief of staff and Meretz lawmaker, who looks unify Israel's left wing factions and 'establish a new political framework' to lead the country
Israel's war cabinet is set to discuss departure of Israeli delegation to Qatar ■ Trucks of flour reportedly reach areas of northern Gaza that have had no aid in four months ■ German Chancellor Schulz meets PM Netanyahu, says 'we cannot stand by and watch Palestinians starve' ■ Netanyahu slams Senator Schumer's call for early elections in Israel as 'totally inappropriate' ■ Here's what you need to know 163 days into the war
The 2024 Republican presidential candidate told Fox News that Biden 'dumped Israel' after seeing protests, and that 'The Democrats are very bad for Israel.' Netanyahu also gave an interview on Fox News, saying, 'I appreciate President Trump's tremendous support for Israel'
As I said then, placing Hitler into context is like placing cancer into context instead of realizing cancer for what it really is: a horrible, deadly disease.
Rational arguments can hold little sway in the face of this totalizing ideology. Many of those fervently demonstrating for Gaza have no understanding of what “from the river to the sea” means.
Amichai Chikli denounces the alleged exclusion of Jewish students from Sciences Po University. France grapples with antisemitism amid escalating tensions.