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Israel advances to Eurovision finals defying boos and intense boycott calls

Haaretz - 17:37 May 12, 2026

Loud chants of 'Stop the genocide' and boos were heard as Noam Bettan opened his performance of the song 'Michelle;' the Israeli representative is set to perform at Saturday's final in Vienna
Israeli airlines hurt by U.S. aircraft taking airport space amid Iran war readiness, minister says

Haaretz - 15:51 May 12, 2026

With passenger figures in a freefall, Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev admitted that both Ben-Gurion and Ramon Airport in southern Israel had become military bases 'for all intents and purposes ... because we haven't finished the job with Iran'
Israel opts out of OECD financial literacy test to avoid 'embarrassment' after poor past results, officials say

Haaretz - 15:09 May 12, 2026

The Education Ministry confirmed that Israeli students will not take part in the 2029 PISA Financial Literacy Assessment, despite objections from the Bank of Israel. A ministry representative framed the move as a matter of timing, noting that mandatory financial education will be introduced starting next year

Tags: Israel
Knesset advances bill granting sweeping Israeli control over West Bank archaeology sites

Haaretz - 15:06 May 12, 2026

The Likud-backed bill would grant a new government body powers to purchase and expropriate land in the West Bank, with stated plans to potentially expand its authority to Gaza. Archaeologists warn it would use heritage sites to advance annexation

Tags: West Bank
Trump reportedly closer to resuming war with Iran than in recent weeks

Haaretz - 14:48 May 12, 2026

The U.S. president has become impatient with what he says is a lack of serious negotiating from Tehran, aides told CNN. However, it is reportedly unlikely that any major decision will be made before Trump's China trip
Artists of Tel Aviv peace mural accuse Israel of co-opting their work on social media

Haaretz - 14:16 May 12, 2026

The billboard, installed on the Abraham Hostel in Tel Aviv, was shared by Israel's official social media accounts and embassies as 'a message of peace'; artists Mira Awad and Ben Sapirstein said the government had co-opted work created in spite of its policies, not with its support

Tags: Tel Aviv
U.S. ambassador says Israel sent Iron Dome batteries to UAE during Iran war

Haaretz - 13:48 May 12, 2026

Mike Huckabee described Israel's deployment of air defense systems to the UAE as one of the benefits of normalizing diplomatic ties. He also said the IDF may be the only force prepared to disarm Hamas in Gaza, expressing doubt at the capacity of the international stabilization force proposed under Trump's cease-fire plan to do so
Could Israel's participation spell the end of Eurovision? Inside a contest in crisis

Haaretz - 13:40 May 12, 2026

Voting rules have been changed to limit the audience's influence and five countries have withdrawn in protest. Israel's controversial participation is reshaping the Eurovision Song Contest
The son, the deputy and the prisoner: Inside Fatah's battle over the post-Abbas era

Haaretz - 13:11 May 12, 2026

As Gaza lies in ruins and the Palestinian Authority sinks deeper into crisis, Fatah's long-delayed conference is centered on one question: who will rule after Mahmoud Abbas?
Israel's Knesset approves bill to create special tribunal for Hamas October 7 terrorists

Haaretz - 12:40 May 12, 2026

The law, backed by the coalition and most of the opposition, will establish what is effectively a military court for more than 250 Hamas elite Nukhba force terrorists held in Israel since the massacre, which will likely be permitted to depart from procedural and evidentiary rules
Israeli report alleges 'systematic' Hamas sexual violence during Oct. 7 attack, Gaza captivity

Haaretz - 11:25 May 12, 2026

An independent Israeli commission established shortly after October 7 said its two-year investigation was based on more than 10,000 images and videos, as well as over 430 interviews, testimonies and meetings

Tags: Israeli
Top Haredi leader orders coalition collapse after Netanyahu freezes key bill

Haaretz - 11:20 May 12, 2026

Netanyahu informed ultra-Orthodox party leaders he does not intend to advance a military draft law, which would exempt most draft-age Haredi men from mandatory military service, before the upcoming election amid growing dissent within Likud ranks

Tags: Netanyahu
'Political football': How U.K. Jews are caught between Britain's racist far-right and the anti-Zionist far left

Haaretz - 10:47 May 12, 2026
Revealed: Israeli tech exposes users of Musk's Starlink satellite-based internet

Haaretz - 08:29 May 12, 2026

Starlink has made it possible for Ukraine to sink the Russian navy, and assisted Iranian protesters when the regime cut them off from the world. Haaretz reveals two Israeli companies capable of locating Starlink's satellite terminals – and identify who uses them to go online

Tags: Israeli Starlink
With his Iran deterrence squandered, Trump might feel forced to resume war

Haaretz - 03:09 May 12, 2026

Trump's tired cycle of threats and compromise offers convinced Iran it holds the upper hand • In Lebanon, IDF soldiers remain exposed to Hezbollah drones as the U.S. restrains Israel • Netanyahu focuses on another front ahead of the election: the battle over the narrative

Tags: Iran
Hezbollah fires explosive drones at Israel after two medics reported killed in Lebanon

Haaretz - 01:58 May 12, 2026
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Haaretz - 01:23 May 12, 2026
Israel is not yet ready for a leader like Yair Golan

Haaretz - 22:34 May 11, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu's amateurish plan has left Iran weaker but more of a threat

Haaretz - 22:19 May 11, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu's amateurish plan has left Iran weakened - but more of a threat

Haaretz - 22:19 May 11, 2026

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