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Rebranding the Shtetl: New book uncovers bustling Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Eastern Europe

Haaretz - 09:28 Oct 03, 2024

Shalom Boguslavsky's new stereotype-busting study shows that the history of Eastern European Jewry is not just a story of pogroms and backwardness, but one of prosperity that could even be called a golden age
Report: major attacks carried out in Beirut were targeting Hezbollah bunker used by senior officials

Haaretz - 02:51 Oct 03, 2024

Hamas commander killed in West Bank airstrike that left 18 dead, IDF says ■ Hezbollah rockets target Haifa port, northern Israel ■ Israeli army officer killed in south Lebanon fighting ■ Over 230 rockets fired from Lebanon, IDF says as it orders evacuation of 25 villages in southern Lebanon ■ IDF intercepts drone over southern Israel; Iran-backed Iraqi militias claims responsibility

Tags: Hezbollah
For years, Netanyahu peddled an ideology of power. Then it backfired

Haaretz - 02:21 Oct 03, 2024

In Gaza and Lebanon, this is what war looks like when carried out by a government that placed the ideology of power and authoritarianism at the heart of its politics, and then discovered that it had been profoundly humiliated
Lieberman is positioning himself as the alternative to Netanyahu. Some leftists are here for it

Haaretz - 22:27 Oct 02, 2024

An Tel Aviv events venue popular with the center-left recently hosted a rally of Avigdor Lieberman's hard-right Yisrael Beiteinu. Though many in the audience were anti-Netanyahu leftists, they weren't there to protest

Tags: Netanyahu
Jordan's foreign minister told Israelis an inconvenient truth

Haaretz - 17:19 Oct 02, 2024

'Ask any Israeli official what is their plan for peace – you'll get nothing,' Ayman Safadi said. One thing Israelis hate is Arabs who really want peace

Tags: Israelis
Israeli army confirms: Several air force bases damaged in Iranian missile attack

Haaretz - 16:19 Oct 02, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces says no combat equipment, soldiers or aircraft were hit. About 100 homes were damaged in Hod Hasharon and a Gedera school sustained a direct hit. Home front damage was 'only light' and air defenses 'operated with high levels of interceptions'
Sources reject Israeli minister Ben-Gvir's suggestion that Jaffa mosque connected to attack

Haaretz - 15:56 Oct 02, 2024

Israel's national security minister raised the possibility of the mosque being connected to the deadly shooting attack without providing any evidence, while eyewitnesses say the attackers threatened worshipers with their weapons
In U.S. election, Israel might be the ultimate October surprise

Haaretz - 15:03 Oct 02, 2024

For the first time, there's a real chance that Israel may help sway the race. Election Day is 34 days away. Undoubtedly, many more surprises are in store, and none of them are likely to be pleasant

Tags: Israel
'Safe, but not like a bunker': Synagogue renovations breathing new life into Diaspora communities

Haaretz - 14:25 Oct 02, 2024

Architects such as Esther Sperber and Julian de Metz are drawing on their Jewish heritage to revitalize outmoded synagogues and, they hope, contribute to to communal regeneration
Danish police detain three people after blasts near Israel embassy

Haaretz - 14:11 Oct 02, 2024

Police said two suspects were detained in Copenhagen's main train station, while a third was arrested elsewhere
U.S., Jordan, U.K. and France help Israel repel Iranian missile attack

Haaretz - 14:04 Oct 02, 2024

Israeli officials say the U.S. Navy and Air Force provided the most important assistance, with one official saying other Middle Eastern countries also helped, but 'not everyone wants to talk about it'
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon ground offensive

Haaretz - 13:52 Oct 02, 2024

The Israeli army released the names of the fallen soldiers on Wednesday, two days after a 'limited' ground operation began
War, grief and ideological divides to dominate as U.S. rabbis prepare High Holy Days sermons

Haaretz - 13:34 Oct 02, 2024

Six New York rabbis reveal what they plan to tell their congregants with October 7, the Israel-Gaza war and rising antisemitism at the forefront of everyone's mind
Israel and Iran are in a spiraling escalation amid the fragmentation of the international order

Haaretz - 13:23 Oct 02, 2024

After a ballistic-missile barrage on Israel, Iran is probably reconsidering its outsourcing of regional policy to the likes of Hezbollah and the Houthis, while the U.S. and Israel are rethinking the myth of 'controlling escalation'

Tags: Iran Israel
Israel weighs attacks on strategic Iranian site in response to missile barrage, calls for sanctions

Haaretz - 12:42 Oct 02, 2024

Israel told other countries following the attack that 'Iran must pay a very heavy price .. Israel will respond harshly and defend its citizens.' It is now demanding the world further isolate Tehran and declare IRGC a terrorist organization

Tags: Israel
Iran fires over 180 missiles at Israel; Netanyahu vows 'it will pay' for 'big mistake'

Haaretz - 12:24 Oct 02, 2024

Israelis were instructed by the IDF to enter shelters and remain there, as sirens blared and loud explosions sounded across the country. 'Should the Zionist regime dare to respond, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue,' said Iran's mission to the UN
The secret commercial ties between Yair Netanyahu and far-right social network Parler

Haaretz - 10:09 Oct 02, 2024

Documents reveal the prime minister's son was a contractor of Parlement Technologies, the former parent company of Parler. The network was taken down after spreading conspiracy theories and fueling the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Tags: Parler
Seven killed in shooting attack in Jaffa, central Israel, 16 wounded

Haaretz - 07:54 Oct 02, 2024

Two Palestinian assailants opened fire toward a light rail station on Jaffa's Jerusalem Boulevard, and were shot. Police and army forces ruled out further threats after searching the area. Six of those wounded are in serious condition
After an unprecedented Iranian attack, Israel is in a regional war

Haaretz - 04:32 Oct 02, 2024

The latest escalation relegates Israel's war with Hamas and even with Hezbollah to second place after the Israeli-Iranian conflict. The U.S., less than five weeks away from the presidential elections, is likely to be drawn into the confrontation, against its will
Where is Israel heading, when the only horizon its leaders offer is war?

Haaretz - 04:24 Oct 02, 2024

Under thoughtless leadership, Israel is taking giant steps towards a regional war, while the world keeps asking itself: What does it want?

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