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• An authoritarian solar system is orbiting around Trumpism. We can't take democracy for granted

  Haaretz - 12:18 Mar 25, 2025
  

  Liberal democracy, despite its flaws, has taken hundreds of years to develop and mature. Liberal democrats, from Tel Aviv to Istanbul to Seoul, must unite to protect the embattled system from the coalition of self-ordained 'strongmen'

• 'Unjustified and illegal': Germany condemns Israel's arrest of German journalist in West Bank

  Haaretz - 12:12 Mar 25, 2025
  

  Christian Meier was arrested for allegedly assaulting a settler, despite footage showing settlers blocking him and acting threateningly. 'Such arbitrary actions blur the line between settlers and Israeli security forces,' Germany's foreign ministry said

• This author wants Israelis to confront our Jewish ghosts and demons, not repress them

  Haaretz - 11:07 Mar 25, 2025
  

  Mixing slasher films, haunted house and ancient Jewish myths, the Hebrew Boo! magazine explores how horror can help Israelis understand violence, grief and the boundaries between fiction and reality

  Tags: Israelis Jewish

• Here's the real reason Netanyahu is able to hold on to power in Israel

  Haaretz - 10:24 Mar 25, 2025
  

  Another demonstration and another cry from the families of hostages doesn't seem to help. This is because Israelis currently have no way to formally express dissatisfaction with a sitting government

• Netanyahu gov't tells High Court it has power to fire Shin Bet chief, issue is not for courts

  Haaretz - 09:08 Mar 25, 2025
  

  In response to the High Court's injunction on the Shin Bet chief's dismissal, Netanyahu rejected claims of a conflict of interest, arguing that the court's move infringes on government's national security responsibilities, contrary to the opinion of the attorney general

  Tags: High Court Shin Netanyahu

• Netanyahu ally in gov't appointments panel omits son's work for PM, breaching conflict of interest agreement

  Haaretz - 07:57 Mar 25, 2025
  

  Israel Einhorn, evading questioning on ties between Netanyahu's office and Qatar, failed to report his work with the PM and Likud to the AG, despite his mother's commitment to do so in her agreement. Talia Einhorn may discuss Ronen Bar's dismissal as Shin Bet probes 'Qatargate'

• Israeli defense minister, IDF chief clash over demand to review army probe into suspected security breaches

  Haaretz - 07:56 Mar 25, 2025
  

  After ordering IDF chief Zamir to review a security breach investigation, Zamir criticized the minister's public approach. Katz responded, asserting his right to give orders to subordinates as he sees fit, sparking their first spat

• UN to cut Gaza staff, accuses Israel for killing employee in Red Cross building strike

  Haaretz - 07:14 Mar 25, 2025
  

  The UN will withdraw a third of its 100 international staff from Gaza after blaming Israel for a strike that killed an employee last week. The IDF admitted firing on a Red Cross building, citing a misidentified threat

  Tags: Gaza Red Cross Israel

• 'Gazan people don't want war': Protests against Hamas break out in northern Gaza

  Haaretz - 03:13 Mar 25, 2025
  

  ISRAEL: Hostage families urge decision-makers to restart talks for comprehensive deal at Hostage Square rally ■ GAZA: Medical sources report 37 killed in Israeli strikes; Tribal heads in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia come out against Hamas rule ■ LEBANON: IDF to hold large-scale drill near Lebanon border Wednesday

  Tags: Hamas

• Report: Hamas agreed to release five hostages for a cease-fire. Israel wants 11, an official says

  Haaretz - 21:38 Mar 24, 2025
  

  A new Egyptian cease-fire plan reportedly involves the gradual release of five hostages, including the last living American hostage. Further discussions would take place after the cease-fire goes into effect

• Inciting against Shin Bet chief, Netanyahu and his ministers aim to intimidate Israel's defense chiefs

  Haaretz - 21:12 Mar 24, 2025
  

  Ben-Gvir and Ronen Bar, dismissed by the government as Shin Bet chief but held in his position by a High Court order, reportedly got into a shouting match this week ■ Hostages warn against Israel's airstrikes amid renewed fighting against Hamas, as the escalation in Gaza spills over into other arenas

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• Opposing the war isn't about being left or right – it's what will save the hostages

  Haaretz - 20:47 Mar 24, 2025
  

• EU foreign minister criticizes Israel's policy in Syria during visit: 'military actions must be proportionate'

  Haaretz - 20:45 Mar 24, 2025
  

  During a visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah, the EU's foreign minister said the bloc may lift Syria sanctions and reiterated its call for a cease-fire and humanitarian aid in Gaza

  Tags: Syria

• Netanyahu admits to speaking with media outlet shareholder prior to news story about him

  Haaretz - 20:20 Mar 24, 2025
  

  While Netanyahu denied the prosecution's claims that he knew his wife and son made requests to Walla news, he admitted he spoke with the outlet's controlling shareholder 'that day before Walla published an item' about him

• Education minister disqualifies Prof. Eva Illouz from Israel Prize over Gaza ICC petition

  Haaretz - 20:14 Mar 24, 2025
  

  Illouz is a signatory to a 2021 petition to the ICC that called for an investigation into possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Kisch said he would reconsider if Illouz withdrew her name from the petition

  Tags: Gaza

• Two years in captivity: Elizabeth Tsurkov's family demands her release, alongside U.S. senator

  Haaretz - 19:58 Mar 24, 2025
  

  The family of the Russian-Israeli Princeton researcher held hostage by an Iraqi terror group criticized the Iraqi government's lack of action. NJ Senator Andy Kim also spoke, imploring Trump's administration to prove Tsukov's release is top priority

• Smotrich might deny it, but Israel's right is preparing for civil war

  Haaretz - 19:35 Mar 24, 2025
  

• Next on Netanyahu's autocratic hit list: Israel's democratic Knesset elections

  Haaretz - 19:35 Mar 24, 2025
  

  The sense in recent days is not that we're on the edge of the abyss, but deep within it – perhaps not even at its lowest point. The next blow Netanyahu may deal to democracy could strike its very core

• Netanyahu bypassed ultra-Orthodox MKs, spoke with their rabbis to prevent coalition crisis

  Haaretz - 19:27 Mar 24, 2025
  

  The Israeli prime minister spoke with two leading rabbis and convinced them to defer their ultimatum that a law be passed exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service

  Tags: Orthodox

• Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' attacked by settler mob, arrested by soldiers, Israeli co-director says

  Haaretz - 19:15 Mar 24, 2025
  

  Israeli co-director of the Oscar-winning said Ballal was attacked and wounded by settlers. Israeli soldiers removed him from an ambulance while he was receiving treatment, witnesses said - the army denied the claim

  Tags: Israeli

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