This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A tour guide takes Israeli troops wounded in combat on a challenging trek in India, and a tech worker finds community and belonging through soccer
Years after fleeing war, persecution and torture, asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan are being contacted by African gangs who have abducted their relatives – and often demand an exorbitant ransom for their release
A court ruling issued two months ago, published following a Haaretz request, found that classified intelligence indicated Abu Safiya posed a danger. The judge said he was placed in solitary confinement for a reason 'that cannot be disclosed'
An open letter accusing Sen. Jon Ossoff of betraying Israel has reignited the long-simmering tensions in Georgia's Jewish community. However, his opponent Mike Collins' links to white supremacists and antisemites have made defections difficult
Jerusalem municipal authorities changed locks on a health center and cut off services for tens of thousands of Palestinians, an agency source told Haaretz. Last month, Israeli forces raided an East Jerusalem UNRWA training center, 'confining' staff and students
Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism, said: “Calling Israel’s defensive war against Hamas a ‘genocide’ is not activism; it is a modern blood libel dressed up in academic language.”
Proponents of the measure have defended the text as consistent with the city's values. Conversely, the motion has faced opposition from community leaders and advocacy groups.
In his ruling, US District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston said the Trump administration’s lawsuit, filed in March, had not plausibly shown an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law.
The documentary filmmaker tells Haaretz that Americans 'inherited a bloodless, heroic version of history.' In his new series 10 years in the making, he hopes to bring nuance to war and Washington, because 'nobody wants a superficial story'
The accusation centers on a visual montage in which CIJA allegedly compared her to Adolf Hitler. The montage is no longer searchable online but is included in the lawsuit.
Thursday's fatalities are the first since the U.S. pressed Israel to curb strikes. Last week, Israel's political leadership instructed the military not to carry out strikes in Gaza without the IDF chief's approval, with the exception of 'imminent danger'
Likud's transformation is Israel's transformation: the triumph of a deeply rooted right-wing ideology that dehumanizes Palestinians and will make sharing this land impossible for as long as both remain committed to Jewish supremacy
The order was requested by the Israel Police's anti-corruption and major crime unit. Rumors sent Bank of Jerusalem shares plunging. Police say the mother and daughter likely disappeared voluntarily, with no sign of a criminal incident