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Wall of Blame: How a New Orleans mural became 'a mirror of the conflict'

Haaretz - 16:22 May 15, 2025

What began as a single confrontation over a Jewish artist's 'All Eyes on Gaza' mural in October 2024 has turned into a cat-and-mouse game playing out through spray cans, paint brushes and Instagram reels
State of contradictions: What we Germans can teach Israelis about the Palestinian Nakba

Haaretz - 16:21 May 15, 2025

Israelis of all kinds need to recognize that an inability to commemorate is holding them back. Trust me, I was raised in the post-Holocaust German education system

Tags: Israelis
Israeli Health Ministry issues measles warning after five unvaccinated children sent to ICU

Haaretz - 16:12 May 15, 2025

There have been 48 reported cases over the past month, with many more believed to be unreported. Given low vaccination rates in the Haredi community, Thursday's mass celebration of Lag Ba'Omer is a cause for concern
Brother of Israeli spy Eli Cohen: 'I don't recall a time in Israel as horrible as this'

Haaretz - 16:02 May 15, 2025

Avraham Cohen believes that Israel could find the location of the grave of his brother, who was executed in Damascus, but stresses that the country should focus first on returning the hostages

Tags: Israel
Ben-Gvir mobbed by extreme Haredi sect, wife slaps female protester as police disperse with stun grenades

Haaretz - 15:47 May 15, 2025

According to Ben-Gvir, the incident began after he noticed Palestinian flags hanging from buildings. After stopping his vehicle, dozens of members of the extremist Neturei Karta sect gathered until police used stun grenades to disperse crowds

Tags: Ben-Gvir
U.S.-backed Gaza aid fund gets Israel's approval and will begin operations this month

Haaretz - 15:43 May 15, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Fund expects to distribute more than 300 million meals in its first 90 days "directly, and only to those in need." Private companies will secure the transport of the aid rather than the IDF
Once outliers, now indistinguishable: How Netanyahu brought Kahanist politics into Israel's mainstream

Haaretz - 15:28 May 15, 2025

Under Netanyahu's leadership, moderate Likud figures have been pushed out, replaced by nationalist, racist or inflammatory figures. The competition with Kahane's Kach ideological heir, Otzma Yehudit, only reinforced the shift, adopting the ideas and tactics of radical populist right-wing parties
Claw-marks on primordial soil: Reptiles arose much earlier than thought

Haaretz - 15:16 May 15, 2025

Trackway discovered in Australia from 360 million years ago blows up theory of life on land, which developed a lot faster than had been assumed
No hope, not even for the children: Why Gaza is the 'perfect storm of a disaster'

Haaretz - 14:47 May 15, 2025

Humanitarian aid always contends with politics and interests. In Gaza, it has also faced the absence of almost any infrastructure to depend on. Dr. Einav Levy, who's active in humanitarian organizations and studies their behavior, was well placed to observe the situation when he fought in the Gaza Strip
Following the money: Where does Qatargate stand?

Haaretz - 14:21 May 15, 2025

A former Mossad official, a businessman-turned-conduit, an Israeli-owned British firm, and a World Cup marketing campaign: all the routes through which Qatar tried to influence Israel's top office
'We will always feel his absence': A Bedouin town honors a Jewish neighbor murdered on October 7

Haaretz - 14:11 May 15, 2025

Dr. Hayim Katsman helped create community gardens in Rahat and build ties across communities. A new sustainability center in his name launches its crowdfunding campaign on Sunday.
Does the Israeli Army Chief truly believe Hamas can be defeated solely through military means?

Haaretz - 13:50 May 15, 2025

As political leaders push for endless war, the military's top brass must answer whether destroying Hamas is truly achievable, or just another illusion

Tags: Hamas
'I'm not trying to get involved in any conflicts': Israel's Eurovision singer just wants to win

Haaretz - 13:26 May 15, 2025

Unfazed by the boos that might rain down, feeling safe despite a threatening gesture made against her, 24-year-old survivor of the Nova festival massacre, Yuval Raphael, is poised to do well. 'My desire, my intention, my direction – it's all aimed at the highest achievement. I'm not aiming for anything less than first place,' she tells Haaretz
Gaza, Syria, Iran: Israel leaves itself out in the cold as Trump redefines the Middle East

Haaretz - 12:14 May 15, 2025

Once a key player in the anti-Iranian regional defense, Israel is now diplomatically unprepared for an Iran nuclear deal and lacks a Gaza strategy. On Syria, Trump ignored Israel's objections to lifting sanctions, siding with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar

Tags: Gaza Iran Israel Syria Trump
Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli snubbed by major World Jewish Congress confab over far-right ties

Haaretz - 11:27 May 15, 2025

Amichai Chikli was not invited to the event due to his indifference to complaints about his close ties with far-right politicians, which are seen as harming Jews in the Diaspora. Prime Minister Netanyahu was invited but has not confirmed his participation
'Fueling antisemitism instead of combating it': Half of U.S. Jewish voters say Trump is antisemitic, poll shows

Haaretz - 10:06 May 15, 2025

The survey also found that the share of U.S. Jews who said they were very or somewhat attached to Israel declined from 82 percent before Hamas' October 7 attack and the Gaza war to 69 percent today
'We were married four days before the war started. During the first two months, we didn't even see each other.'

Haaretz - 09:35 May 15, 2025

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: a retiree who loves extreme sports, and a paramedic and combat soldier who are juggling marriage – and reserve duty
'As close as we can get to our child': Israeli parents' fight to use the sperm of sons killed in Gaza

Haaretz - 09:28 May 15, 2025

During the war in Gaza, sperm has been retrieved from 219 fallen soldiers, a practice that raises moral questions about the deceased's wishes and the child's well-being. In the end, the Supreme Court might decide

Tags: Gaza
Why Israelis need to accept that for Palestinians, the Nakba is ongoing

Haaretz - 09:07 May 15, 2025

For many Palestinians, myself included, the trauma of 1948 is not over – it continues in Gaza, in the West Bank and in Israel. It shapes how we see the present, how we live and how we grieve

Tags: Palestinians
Trump says U.S. is 'very close' to Iran nuclear deal, Tehran 'sort of' agreed to terms

Haaretz - 07:22 May 15, 2025

Iran said this week that a recent round of talks with the U.S. had been fruitful, but Washington's imposition of further sanctions was not compatible with the negotiations

Tags: Iran

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