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'I don't think a presidential candidate can win a Democratic primary by taking AIPAC money'

Haaretz - 13:48 Jan 29, 2026

Political analyst Michael Lange predicted Zohran Mamdani's historic rise and coined the term 'Commie Corridor' to describe the New York City area inhabited by the young leftists that powered his win. In an interview with Haaretz, Lange discusses how these trends will play out in 2026
Indictment to be filed against 13 suspects involved in smuggling of goods to Gaza

Haaretz - 13:35 Jan 29, 2026

Haaretz requested the gag order be lifted to provide additional details on the affair. The IDF suspects that Israeli civilians and even soldiers at times are taking advantage of lax border security to smuggle equipment into the Gaza Strip
Corals need their beauty sleep like we do, even though they have no brain

Haaretz - 12:58 Jan 29, 2026

Yet while coral slumbers, its symbiotic algae inside stay busy doing their microbial duties
Police expected to question far-right agitator for blocking former Supreme Court President's car

Haaretz - 12:50 Jan 29, 2026

Mordechai David, who has close ties to National Security Minister Ben-Gvir, has been repeatedly questioned by the police and the Shin Bet for harassing and threatening protesters and journalists
Another moment of Arab unity in Israel: Relatives of violent crime victims refuse to remain silent

Haaretz - 12:46 Jan 29, 2026

Bereaved Arab families have long grown accustomed to living under the shadow of pain and fear of criminal violence, but are now beginning to unite in shared protest against the killings in their communities: 'Those who kept quiet weren't immune. We need to be the beginnings of change'
Playful post on Tel Aviv park omits that it was built on ruins of Palestinian neighborhood

Haaretz - 12:37 Jan 29, 2026

The city asked social media followers 'what was Charles Clore Garden meant to hide,' only to later delete the post, saying it was meant to refer to an ecological matter. The park was built on the ruins of Manshiya, whose residents were expelled by Israel in 1948
'The pager operation cost us a billion shekels': a glimpse into the true price of Israel's wars

Haaretz - 12:31 Jan 29, 2026

Brig. Gen. Gil Pinchas, the newly retired financial adviser to the IDF, stresses that in expensive efforts like the beeper operation and Israel's airstrikes on Iran, 'part of the cost is things we invested in 15 to 20 years earlier'

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IDF disbands Hostages and Missing Persons Command after last hostage body was returned

Haaretz - 12:18 Jan 29, 2026

An official who spoke to Haaretz recounted the unbelievable difficulty in attaining and assessing information about hostages during the war, and how the IDF's conduct sometimes put them in more danger
14 years and 255 Gaza hostages later, Netanyahu stalls on adopting an official negotiating policy

Haaretz - 12:02 Jan 29, 2026

The Shamgar committee issued recommendations in 2012 outlining a strict policy limiting prisoners and hostage swaps. While many officials, including Netanyahu, expressed doubts on the policy's efficiency, no cabinet has yet deliberated on it in the past 14 years

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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed during the war

Haaretz - 10:20 Jan 29, 2026

Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now
Far-right Israeli agitator suspected of assaulting West Bank activists pressured into canceling Sting tribute show

Haaretz - 10:08 Jan 29, 2026

Roi Star, a far-right Israeli agitator under police investigations for harassing and assaulting left-wing activists, announced he would cancel two performances by his Sting cover band, after social activist Barak Cohen threatened to protest outside the venues

Tags: Sting
Eleven countries, including France and U.K., condemn Israel's demolition of UNRWA HQ

Haaretz - 09:41 Jan 29, 2026

The countries said Israel's move to demolish the UN agency's East Jerusalem headquarters, the latest in an escalating campaign against UNRWA, was an 'unacceptable attempt to undermine the institution.' The Israeli government has announced plans to build housing units on the site

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Caught between Iran, Lebanon and Israel, Hezbollah's survival is on the line

Haaretz - 09:08 Jan 29, 2026

Hezbollah risks political collapse if it disarms, but growing domestic opposition, Israeli pressure and uncertainty over Iranian backing leave it with few viable options
With phase two of the Gaza cease-fire around the corner, the IDF says plenty of loose ends remain

Haaretz - 08:21 Jan 29, 2026

Netanyahu pledged that Gaza will be demilitarized and that its ruins will not be rebuilt until Hamas lays down its arms. In practice, the Strip is entering a phase of civilian reconstruction at an accelerated pace, and Hamas is managing to preserve its grip on civilian and economic life

Tags: Gaza
Vehicle rams into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn; no injuries reported, driver in custody

Haaretz - 04:34 Jan 29, 2026

While the driver's motive is still unclear, NYPD ramped up security at synagogues across the city. Mayor Mamdani, who visited th scene, called the incident 'deeply alarming'
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Haaretz - 03:26 Jan 29, 2026
Trump: Hamas 'big factor' in retrieving body of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili

Haaretz - 03:10 Jan 29, 2026
Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor

Haaretz - 02:16 Jan 29, 2026

Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was held by Hamas in Gaza for 498 days, was appointed amid increased pressure on Columbia University to diversify the attitudes of faculty teaching about the Middle East
BBC apologizes for failing to mention Jews in Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts

Haaretz - 01:49 Jan 29, 2026

The British state broadcaster, which referred to 'the six million people murdered by the Nazi regime over 80 years ago,' accused of Holocaust distortion by former head of U.K. antisemitism watchdog
Gazan hospital reports bacterial meningitis outbreak among kids

Haaretz - 23:55 Jan 28, 2026

The head of the pediatric department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis told Haaretz that six children have been diagnosed with the disease in the last 48 hours, compared to an average of two cases a year before the war. He notes several factors contributing to the spread of the disease: sanitation issues, poor nutrition and the cold, which weakens the immune system

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