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Meny Godard, killed on Oct. 7 and taken hostage, laid to rest in Israel after body returned from Gaza

Haaretz - 15:17 Nov 17, 2025

Godard was laid to rest at Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border, where he had been killed along with his wife, Ayelet, and kidnapped to Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Tags: Gaza
Ben Gurion's West Bank fears ring true, but Israel's government remains oblivious

Haaretz - 14:18 Nov 17, 2025

Once fueled by euphoria and a pioneering spirit, Israel's settlement enterprise is now marked by decline

Tags: Israel's
MBS' meeting with Trump will open a Pandora's box for Israel and the Middle East

Haaretz - 13:03 Nov 17, 2025

In the shadow of the Epstein files, U.S. President Donald Trump will host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in Washington on Tuesday to discuss a potential U.S.-Saudi defense pact and a weapons sale that Israel opposes

Tags: Israel
'I visited an enemy state': IDF took Israeli tour guide on Lebanon military outpost visit

Haaretz - 12:57 Nov 17, 2025

The footage, which shows the civilian entering Lebanon in a military vehicle and wearing protective gear, was later promoted by Uri Tzafon, a movement that advocates Israeli settlement in Lebanon

Tags: Lebanon Israeli
In rare move, IDF demolishing West Bank outpost; Settler leaders call for mass demonstration

Haaretz - 12:14 Nov 17, 2025

Despite the IDF claiming the move was motivated by security reasons, far-right Finance Minister Smotrich said the demolition would make space for thousands of new housing units for settlers. MK Limor Son Har-Melech and settler leader Daniella Weiss called to halt the demolitions
Levin faces tight court limits in picking supervisor for probe of military prosecutor

Haaretz - 12:04 Nov 17, 2025

The High Court requires the appointee to be a civil servant and a highly qualified jurist, but conflicts of interest, political considerations and candidates' views narrow Levin's options. A retired judge may emerge as the compromise, though that path is also uncertain
Germany to lift partial arms embargo on Israel, citing 'stabilization' of Gaza cease-fire

Haaretz - 11:22 Nov 17, 2025

In early August, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suspended arms exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza, hours after the Israeli government decided to expand its military offensive in the enclave. Germany is said to provide roughly 33 percent of Israel's arms imports

Tags: Gaza Israel Germany
Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with avowed antisemite Nick Fuentes

Haaretz - 10:19 Nov 17, 2025

Carlson has 'said good things about me over the years,' the president said, claiming not to know much about Fuentes, despite hosting him at Mar-a-Lago three years ago
Will Trump's emerging Saudi deal force Israel to clash with its 'greatest friend ever'?

Haaretz - 09:24 Nov 17, 2025

Israel's gravest political and strategic threat now comes from Riyadh – not Tehran or Gaza. Normalization holds little strategic value for Saudi Arabia, and Israel views it similarly if it means recognizing Palestinian statehood – yet Trump wants it more than anyone

Tags: Israel
Released hostage Rom Braslavski says Netanyahu has not reached out since return, amid rehabilitation crowdfunding efforts

Haaretz - 07:34 Nov 17, 2025

Israeli officials were ignoring his pleas for help, Braslavski said, while Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had not contacted him since his release. The released hostage has described the torture he faced in Gaza, and called his current situation 'way worse than PTSD'

Tags: Netanyahu
As Netanyahu's influence on Trump wanes, the Saudis may get their F-35s without normalization with Israel

Haaretz - 04:10 Nov 17, 2025

At the end of his first term, Trump intended to link the Abraham Accords to a deal to sell F-35s to the UAE. But now, the president views the sale as a key element of U.S. foreign policy, contradicting the longstanding U.S. policy of preserving Israel's qualitative military edge in the Middle East

Tags: F-35s Trump
Trump says U.S. will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in defense sale opposed by Israel

Haaretz - 03:00 Nov 17, 2025
High court hands devastating win to Justice Minister Levin

Haaretz - 23:46 Nov 16, 2025
High court hands devastating win to Justice minister levin

Haaretz - 23:46 Nov 16, 2025
Decades later, Ben Gurion's West Bank fears ring true, but Israel's government remains oblivious

Haaretz - 23:38 Nov 16, 2025

Initially defined by euphoria, Israel's settlement enterprise faces a decline, with violence and a lack of interest marking a stark contrast to the past's pioneering spirit

Tags: Israel's
Don't equate someone ready to burn down the country with a gatekeeper who failed

Haaretz - 23:02 Nov 16, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a criminal who represents the end of Israel's democracy, while the Military Advocate General is merely an official who tried to defend this democracy without success
Stateless nations face off as Palestine plays its first soccer game on European soil

Haaretz - 22:03 Nov 16, 2025

In its first soccer game in Europe, the Palestinian national team faced an opponent unrecognized by FIFA, but one that recognizes Palestine: the Basque national team. Palestine lost 3-0, but spectators seemed less focused on the score and more on the message the match conveyed to the world

Tags: Palestine
Sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia endangers Israel, top defense officials warn

Haaretz - 21:37 Nov 16, 2025

Selling the planes could undermine the IDF's unique capabilities developed based on the stealth jet. White House sources told AP that U.S. President Trump is unlikely to sign off on the sale, partly due to concerns about technology leaking to China
An Israeli music festival 'without Palestinian flags, without boycotts, without antisemitism'

Haaretz - 21:18 Nov 16, 2025

Also this week: Italian opera director Stefano Poda brings his version of Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' to Tel Aviv, and a film festival in the south honors a promising producer killed on October 7
Decision to nix state commission of inquiry buys more time for Netanyahu

Haaretz - 21:17 Nov 16, 2025

Sunday's government cabinet meeting concluded that there will not be a state commission of inquiry for October 7, and the head of Israel's still-independent judiciary would not appoint its members. Both decisions spit in the face of families who lost loved ones in the war

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