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UN says total number of Gaza deaths unchanged after halving toll of children killed

Haaretz - 21:04 May 13, 2024

United Nations' humanitarian office says that a recent change in its tally of women and children killed in Gaza was based on an update from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry

Tags: Gaza
Hostages' families hold alternative Independence Day ceremony

Haaretz - 17:52 May 13, 2024

Relatives extinguished flames to represent the abandonment they felt, contrasting with the torch-lighting at the official ceremony they refused to attend
Hamas accuses Israel of killing two UN workers in vehicle strike; IDF investigating incident

Haaretz - 16:58 May 13, 2024

Hamas claimed that Israel had killed two people 'who were traveling in a UN flag and identification marks'

Tags: Hamas Israel
Israel at war, day 220: Israeli protesters damage aid trucks en route to Gaza

Haaretz - 16:46 May 13, 2024

Israeli tanks push further into Jabalya, cross key highway on outskirts of Rafah, Gazans report ■ Sinwar most likely never left tunnels under Khan Yunis, NYT reports ■ Nothing has fundamentally changed in U.S.-Israel relations, U.S. envoy to Israel says ■ Five soldiers, Defense Ministry employee were seriously wounded in combat incidents in Gaza since Saturday, IDF says ■ Here's what you need to know 220 days into the war

Tags: Gaza Israeli Israel
Gazans aim to restart learning as war shatters education system

Haaretz - 15:56 May 13, 2024

After schools and universities have been closed, damaged, or destroyed in the war, Gazans are working to let studies resume

Tags: Gazans
Released Israeli hostage describes how Hamas videos were made in TV interview

Haaretz - 15:36 May 13, 2024

Meirav Tal told Channel 12 News that hours of footage was filmed, most of it unreleased, when she was held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group along with others
German court rules to uphold classification of far-right AfD party as potentially extremist

Haaretz - 14:43 May 13, 2024

The federal office tasked with protecting German democracy now retains the right to surveil the far-right party, which has been classified as potentially extremist since 2021

Tags: German
56 years ago, an Israeli submarine disappeared. On board was my neighbor Arik

Haaretz - 14:05 May 13, 2024

My neighbor Arik Feingold was only 22 years old when he vanished together with the rest of the Dakar crew. A journey between Israel's monuments for fallen soldiers reveals the way we perceive death, memory and bereavement
This Independence Day, Israel has split into two incompatible Jewish states

Haaretz - 12:45 May 13, 2024

The confluence of the catastrophe of October 7 and Israel's 76th anniversary may blunt the political debate for a while, but it cannot hide the reality: There are now two states here – Israel and Judea – with contrasting visions of what the nation should be

Tags: Israel
In first, Israel police refuse to permit Nakba Day event at gate of Tel Aviv University

Haaretz - 12:05 May 13, 2024

The event organizers were verbally informed of the decision without receiving an official reason. 'They offered for us to hold the demonstration in a closed hall or in an Arab city,' an organizer said
Israel's rift with Egypt could create a future for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza

Haaretz - 11:55 May 13, 2024

Egypt's decision to stop coordinating with Israel after its takeover of the Rafah crossing signals Cairo's willingness to take drastic measures. But to secure a 'day after' plan involving the PA in Gaza, Israel must take the keys from Smotrich and confront the necessary political change

Tags: Gaza
Trump ramps up campus protests over Israel-Palestine as key campaign issue against Biden

Haaretz - 11:47 May 13, 2024

At a campaign rally, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee vowed to deport pro-Palestinian protesters currently in the U.S. on student visas; Trump falsely alleged that protesters were being funded by pro-Biden political donors

Tags: Biden Trump
Kibbutzim were once the future of Israel. After October 7 they could be once again

Haaretz - 11:45 May 13, 2024

After Hamas' attack, the kibbutz, which for years was a national punching bag and became a symbol of disconnect and privilege, is returning to the center of Israel's cultural discourse
Someone lived here until 1948: Palestinian lives in Haifa, before Israel was established

Haaretz - 10:28 May 13, 2024

Israeli northern city Haifa has long been touted as an Arab-Jewish mixed city. But tours following the lives of Palestinians living there before the establishment of Israel tell a more detailed reality. 'Oral testimonies reveal things that are not reported in the news'

Tags: Israel Haifa
Majority of Jewish students in U.S. say they feel less safe due to campus Gaza protests

Haaretz - 07:01 May 13, 2024

A survey commissioned by Hillel, the Jewish campus life organization, also finds that a small minority of Jewish students are 'happy' about pro-Palestinians activism on campus. Two-thirds said protesters used language that was 'antisemitic, threatening or derogatory to Jewish people'

Tags: Jewish
Families rage against Netanyahu gov't as Israel marks an unprecedented Memorial Day

Haaretz - 06:03 May 13, 2024

Bereaved families and families of hostages are holding separate events and protests, some attempting to block government ministers from entering ceremonies. At 8 P.M., Memorial Day will conclude, and Independence Day events will begin

Tags: Memorial
Deep in the camp of pariahs, Israelis continue to pay a tremendous price for a war with no end in sight

Haaretz - 03:00 May 13, 2024

The longest war of attrition Israel has ever known continues, and without a conscious policy decision, it could gradually establish a military government in Gaza, all while Netanyahu's insistence on a Rafah operation deteriorates its international standing
Will Israel survive to celebrate 100 years? Only if Netanyahu resigns

Haaretz - 02:13 May 13, 2024
No celebrations. There is only one way to observe Israel's Independence Day

Haaretz - 02:13 May 13, 2024

As long as Israel has not brought back the hostages, any engagement with 'independence' is self-deception
What will happen when the Holocaust no longer prevents the world from seeing Israel as it is?

Haaretz - 02:13 May 13, 2024

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