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Haaretz - 15:20 May 08, 2026
U.S. Central Command says it is blocking about 70 tankers in the Hormuz Strait amid ongoing U.S.-Iran exchanges of fire and renewed Gulf attacks. U.S. intelligence, cited by the Washington Post, assesses Iran could withstand a naval blockade for several months despite growing pressure on its oil exports -
Haaretz - 14:14 May 08, 2026
Hezbollah drone attacks continue to target Israeli soldiers as Israel carries out strikes in Lebanon. On Friday, Hezbollah rocket sirens were activated in northern Israel's Lebanon-border communities for the first time since the cease-fire -
Haaretz - 13:02 May 08, 2026
The gains by Nigel Farage's Reform U.K. underscored the fragmentation of Britain's two-party system, with Labour losing ground in former strongholds as some lawmakers warned poor results in Scotland and Wales could renew calls for Starmer to step down -
Haaretz - 11:16 May 08, 2026
It's not just that the bill for two-and-a-half years of fighting is so enormous, it's that the prime minister wants to keep on fighting -
Haaretz - 11:06 May 08, 2026
You thought the Kohelet Forum was alarming? The right's new think tank has more radical plans – and the judicial overhaul was just the appetizer -
Haaretz - 11:03 May 08, 2026
Saif Abu Keshek, held in Israel with Thiago Ávila after a Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted in international waters, has refused food and water for over a week, urging prison authorities to allow a doctor visit amid pressure from Spain and Italy -
Haaretz - 10:40 May 08, 2026
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum donated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the city's largest hospital. He previously donated $6 million to the right-wing pro-settler Elad organization, which promotes Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood -
Haaretz - 10:09 May 08, 2026
Three police officers, one of whom lives nearby in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva, entered the apartment without a warrant. The lawyer was hospitalized and underwent surgery for fractures and injuries sustained during the arrest -
Haaretz - 09:04 May 08, 2026
The British documentarian talks to Haaretz about the antisemitism and fascism at the heart of the ecosystem known as the manosphere, and recounts the one time he saw far-right Israeli provocateur Daniella Weiss 'triggered' -
Haaretz - 08:19 May 08, 2026
The agency's opinion may spare the prime minister's aides from a trial and eventual charges over alleged ties to Qatar. One security official says the suspicions against them remain, and 'the only thing that changed was the person at the top of the Shin Bet' -
Haaretz - 07:58 May 08, 2026
Jewish American author Sara Lippmann's 'Hidden River' is her boldest novel yet -
Haaretz - 07:48 May 08, 2026
Israelis on the quest to catch them all are finding something as rare as a Pikachu from 1999: come-as-you-are, politics-free third spaces and community. Plus, with the dollar in flux, rare cards aren't the worst investment -
Haaretz - 07:34 May 08, 2026
Universal focus of attention on Iran is enabling Hamas to tighten its control in Gaza - and Israel has made frequent warnings about the need to resume the war in the Strip and to vanquish Hamas -
Haaretz - 05:39 May 08, 2026
This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: An Israeli reservist sets off on a long-awaited trip in search of inner peace, and an animation student who describes herself as a 'collector of grandmas' -
Haaretz - 04:34 May 08, 2026
In times of spiritual malaise, scholars and leaders turned to Spinoza and his ethic of universal interdependence -
Haaretz - 04:11 May 08, 2026
When I opened my door, I was taken aback to see him there in all his splendor -
Haaretz - 03:08 May 08, 2026
Israel's assassination of the commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force in Beirut is a signal that the war in Lebanon will continue, no matter what transpires in the Gulf -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 03:00 May 08, 2026
The university will examine whether individuals attending the event were targeted based on their Jewish faith, it said in a statement.