Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 09:54 Mar 18, 2025
Israel's renewed operation in Gaza is framed as a way to break the deadlock in hostage talks and defeat Hamas – but Netanyahu's real aim is a series of urgent political goals: restoring Ben-Gvir to the government, passing the budget and shoring up his coalition -
Haaretz - 09:09 Mar 18, 2025
'All released hostages said their greatest fear was IDF bombings. I am terrified,' the father of one hostage told Haaretz ■ Ben-Gvir welcomed the return to fighting, while Smotrich said the operation had been planned for weeks, since the new IDF chief took office -
Haaretz - 03:12 Mar 18, 2025
GAZA: Hamas says over 400 killed in renewed Israeli strikes across Gaza; IDF calls for evacuations of several Gaza neighborhoods ■ ISRAEL: Hostages' families call for Israeli public to protest collapse of cease-fire ■ YEMEN: Houthis vow to retaliate against U.S. strikes as Pentagon says it will use lethal force to achieve objectives -
Haaretz - 01:27 Mar 18, 2025
The Israeli offensive comes after talks regarding the second stage of the cease-fire have not made significant progress. Hamas: 'Netanyahu's government endangers the fate of the hostages' -
Haaretz - 23:46 Mar 17, 2025
Netanyahu vehemently argued that he did not talk about regulating media company Bezeq with former director general Shlomo Filber ■ The prime minister's convoy was greeted by demonstrators protesting the dismissal of Shin Bet chief -
Haaretz - 22:02 Mar 17, 2025
Iran, already attacked by Israel, does not need the U.S. operation in Yemen to be convinced of the validity of Trump's threats. However, it's unlikely that even a heavy U.S. bombing campaign will topple the Houthis, who have survived a very brutal seven-year civil war -
Haaretz - 21:01 Mar 17, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of abusing her authority and opening a long series of investigations to strip authority from elected officials -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 20:14 Mar 17, 2025
"Our report explicitly calls on those responsible at universities and in politics to take measures to ensure that universities are safe places for everyone again," said the JSUD president.
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Haaretz - 19:40 Mar 17, 2025
The doctor was detained upon arrival in the country on Thursday after visiting Lebanon and forced to return, in defiance of a federal judge's order requiring 48 hours' notice -
Haaretz - 18:56 Mar 17, 2025
When Ronen Bar, the head of Israel's powerful domestic security agency, refused to bend to Netanyahu's autocratic demand for his dismissal, it was his bravest act of his public career – and he knows how much is at stake -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 18:47 Mar 17, 2025
The arrested man, a 20-year-old, had made statements online about his interest in “political and revenge-driven” mass casualty events, drawing inspiration from the 2018 Tree of Life attack.
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Haaretz - 18:29 Mar 17, 2025
A forum of former senior security officials decried the firing of the Shin Bet director during an emergency press conference held on Monday, calling it an attempt to amass unprecedented power and demand loyalty from an organization meant to remain politically neutral -
Haaretz - 17:48 Mar 17, 2025
Amid budget cuts to government ministries, the coalition approved the allocation of hundreds of millions of shekels to the Settlements and National Missions Ministry. 'No government has ever carried out such extortion of the serving public and workers,' an opposition lawmaker said Monday -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 17:40 Mar 17, 2025
Criticism grows over Chikli’s decision to host far-right European politicians at antisemitism conference. European Jewish Congress president calls it ‘a stab in the back.’
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Haaretz - 17:23 Mar 17, 2025
'We're speaking, quietly and humbly, with the people who are managing these matters. We look them in the eye and tell them they have no privilege to do anything other than bring back the hostages,' says the father of senior IDF commander Asaf Hamami whose body is still held in Gaza by Hamas -
Haaretz - 16:16 Mar 17, 2025
'A public servant in the truest sense, she was guided by the Jewish core value of "Tikkun Olam," repairing the world,' the family of Nita Lowey who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years, said in a statement -
Haaretz - 16:13 Mar 17, 2025
Itay Kashti, an Israeli music producer living in London, was the target of an attack 'motivated by events taking place elsewhere in the world,' said the presiding judge. 'Mr. Kashti was targeted due to his Jewish heritage,' she added -
Haaretz - 15:29 Mar 17, 2025
The army said forces shot at two suspects – one, a Bedouin man who was killed – who posed a threat to them, though they were unarmed. Just as in two incidents in 2024 in which Bedouin civilians were shot dead near the border, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit did not issue a statement -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 15:26 Mar 17, 2025
In a wide-ranging NYT interview, Chuck Schumer discussed rising antisemitism, Israel’s war in Gaza, the 2024 election, and the future of the Democratic Party.
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Haaretz - 15:14 Mar 17, 2025
This incident is the latest in a series of daily assaults and harassment by Israeli settlers against Palestinian residents in the South Hebron Hills, which escalated in recent weeks