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After rare critique, Biden dispatches top adviser to Israel for talks on Gaza war timetable

Haaretz - 11:03 Dec 13, 2023

Israeli officials are concerned that the U.S. national security advisor's arrival in Israel will set an American deadline of just a few weeks to end the Gaza war. Other visiting senior U.S. officials have also had the impression that Netanyahu seeks a public confrontation with Biden over 'the day after' in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Biden Israel
Renewed Israeli-Hamas hostage deal distant despite initial talks for terms, sources say

Haaretz - 09:40 Dec 13, 2023

An Israeli official estimates that Hamas might attempt to promote a renewed deal to gain additional relief from setbacks in IDF battles. While Hamas aims to advance a deal of 'everyone for everyone,' Israel reportedly prefers to pursue an agreement rooted in humanitarian principles
Behind the battle that claimed nine Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza Strip

Haaretz - 07:12 Dec 13, 2023

The soldiers killed in Shujaiyeh fell victim to a coordinated ambush that began when terrorist militants fired on an IDF force operating in the area. Once concern arose that they might be abducted to nearby tunnels, another force arrived to extract the soldiers and encountered a similar ambush
Israel's military edge over Hamas is blunted in northern Gaza's crowded urban areas

Haaretz - 04:00 Dec 13, 2023

The IDF has still not taken control of Shujaiyeh, but is encountering less resistance in the Jabalya refugee camp ■ Despite the dire condition of the hostages, it seems that the Israeli government is in no hurry to make another deal ■ There are no indications that Hamas thinks its negotiating position has deteriorated

Tags: Hamas
Israeli thought to be held hostage by Hamas was murdered; Netanyahu: No int'l pressure will stop war

Haaretz - 03:19 Dec 13, 2023

Nine IDF soldiers were ambushed and killed in the Shujaiyeh area of northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, one was killed in a separate incident nearby ■ Israel starts flooding Hamas' tunnels with seawater, Wall Street Journal reports ■ Bodies of two Israeli hostages repatriated from Gaza ■ Biden: Netanyahu 'has to change with his government,' Israel losing support over indiscriminate Gaza bombings ■ IDF updates number of soldiers wounded in war to 1,645 ■ At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 138 hostages still held in Gaza ■ Hamas-run health ministry claims 18,608 killed, 50,594 wounded

Tags: Israeli Netanyahu
Rutgers joins growing list of universities clamping down on pro-Palestinian student group

Haaretz - 02:17 Dec 13, 2023

Students for Justice in Palestine was notified on Monday that its Rutgers-New Brunswick chapter had been suspended because of multiple complaints alleging it disrupted classes, a program, meals and students studying
Morbidity in Gaza endangers the hostages, and possibly Israel

Haaretz - 01:01 Dec 13, 2023

'I estimate that within a few weeks, we'll begin to feel it in Israel,' says Prof. Dorit Nitzan

Tags: Israel
Experts: Amendment to surveillance law would give Israeli PM great power without oversight

Haaretz - 00:30 Dec 13, 2023

The Israeli government wants to let the Shin Bet secretly search cellphones and computers using spyware and to access databases with information it 'needs to do it job'
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Haaretz - 00:17 Dec 13, 2023
Israel's defense minister is aiming to be Netanyahu's successor

Haaretz - 22:03 Dec 12, 2023
Netanyahu, the failed 'guardian of Israel's security,' must resign today

Haaretz - 21:57 Dec 12, 2023
Netanyahu the inciter is back and looking for someone to blame

Haaretz - 21:51 Dec 12, 2023
Ben-Gvir calls on uncertified national service-women to handle gun permit issuing

Haaretz - 21:05 Dec 12, 2023

Ben-Gvir approved ads for the role, before receiving legal approval for it, as sources say that the far-right minister did so to gain political points. Licensing clerks are supposed to scrutinize applicants, ensuring that they meet the mental and physical health requirements for gun ownership

Tags: Ben-Gvir
Israel's police chief appoints senior Ben-Gvir staffer to West Bank police

Haaretz - 20:09 Dec 12, 2023

Sources say more suitable candidates for the position were rejected, and one says Ben-Gvir 'wanted to assign one of his own' to one of Israel's most sensitive police districts

Tags: Israel's Ben-Gvir
Israel is at war, and Netanyahu just launched his re-election campaign

Haaretz - 19:43 Dec 12, 2023

Trailing heavily in the polls and in the midst of a bloody conflict with Hamas in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to take Israelis' trauma and anger in the wake of October 7 and mold it to his electoral needs
Biden says Israel losing int'l support over Gaza bombings, Netanyahu must 'change'

Haaretz - 19:36 Dec 12, 2023

Israel cannot say no to a Palestinian state, said the U.S. president, in a further sign of growing American concern at Israel's bombing in Gaza. Earlier on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that Israel and the U.S. differ over 'day after Hamas' plans

Tags: Gaza Israel Netanyahu
Forget U.S. college heads, we should worry about their Jewish students

Haaretz - 19:18 Dec 12, 2023

When calls for violence become 'conduct,' it is far too late. How can Jewish students in America live like this, in constant concern for their well-being? How can they constantly be on their guard?

Tags: Jewish
Far-right Polish lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah menorah in antisemitic incident in parliament

Haaretz - 18:05 Dec 12, 2023

Grzegorz Braun, a pro-Russian member of the Confederation party, has previously alleged a conspiracy to turn Poland into a 'Jewish state.' New Prime Minister Tusk called the incident a disgrace, as Israel's ambassador to Poland called 'to banish the darkness, now!'
Israeli army says 13 soldiers killed in Gaza were mistakenly identified as Hamas members

Haaretz - 16:07 Dec 12, 2023

The Israeli army adds that an additional seven soldiers were killed in other operational accidents during the war. So far, 105 soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ground operation began

Tags: Gaza
Archaeologists bewildered by monumental moat that split biblical Jerusalem in two

Haaretz - 15:52 Dec 12, 2023

Israeli archaeologists have found a huge ditch carved into the rock that may have split ancient Jerusalem in two 3,000 years ago, with the elites on one side and the rest on the other. Why is another question

Tags: Jerusalem

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