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• 'Glaring flaws': Israel's top court strikes down law preventing arrest of Haredi draft dodgers

  Haaretz - 20:25 Sep 03, 2026
  

  A panel of nine justices ruled that the considerable flaws in the legislative process rendered the bill unconstitutional. Eight of the justices also noted that the law 'severely infringes on the core of the constitutional right to equality'

• High Court orders ex-Shin Bet officers to reveal names behind petition against Zini's appointment

  Haaretz - 19:32 Sep 03, 2026
  

  Three former Shin Bet directors who petitioned against the appointment of new service director David Zini refused to name the 186 former officers who signed their initials. After Zini appealed to the court, 119 of them revealed their names, but 67 refused

  Tags: Shin

• Tony Blair denies reports he asked to swap 'Palestine' to 'Samaria' in Palestinian schoolbooks

  Haaretz - 19:24 Sep 03, 2026
  

  In a rare rebuke, Blair's institute called the report a 'complete fabrication,' while the Board of Peace said it was 'entirely fabricated' and 'not backed by a shred of evidence.' The report comes as Israel expands use of its curriculum in East Jerusalem schools

• Likud MK Tally Gotliv to run with Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit in the election

  Haaretz - 18:55 Sep 03, 2026
  

  Following Prime Minister Netanyahu's appointments of candidates to reserved slots on the Likud list, Gotliv was pushed down from 12th place, which she won in the party primaries, to 20th. She claimed that she was the victim of a political 'targeted assassination'

  Tags: Likud

• Israel's water authority sprays pesticides to curb algae disabling desalination plants

  Haaretz - 18:39 Sep 03, 2026
  

  According to a report by Channel 13 News, several substances, including copper sulfate, were used near the southern city of Ashkelon during the spraying at doses far exceeding permitted levels

• Netanyahu publishes October 7 morning timeline, says he spoke to IDF chief three hours after initial attack

  Haaretz - 18:31 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The timeline says Netanyahu was first told of the attack at 6:29 A.M. and asked why intelligence failed to reveal it. The prime minister recently said he was 'very worried' that morning that Hamas would 'take hostages' and asked if the Gaza border had been closed

  Tags: Netanyahu

• Pétanque in Malaysia, taekwondo in Spain: Israel's murky sports risk assessment

  Haaretz - 18:23 Sep 03, 2026
  

  Relying on 'the general internal country risk assessment towards Jews and Israelis' rather than a scientific method, a new report by the Diaspora Ministry assesses the risks of sporting events abroad and flags France, Italy and Spain as particularly hostile

  Tags: Spain

• From Israel to Palestine to the U.S., condemnation games need to stop

  Haaretz - 18:20 Sep 03, 2026
  

  From Mansour Abbas to Hasan Piker and even Obama, mob-demands for condemnation (terrorism or otherwise) have gone overboard. They also make forced speech meaningless, populist and even Stalinist

• IDF says it took over strategic Hezbollah stronghold after Iran reportedly threatened strikes

  Haaretz - 18:16 Sep 03, 2026
  

  Earlier this week, Iran reportedly warned the United States that it would respond ‌forcefully to an Israeli offensive on the mountainous Ali Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters

  Tags: Iran Hezbollah

• Israeli settlers turn words into action. So should their opponents

  Haaretz - 17:48 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The Israeli right hates the phrase 'violent settlers' but it loves 'voluntary emigration.' Confronting both will mean adopting the strategy that settlers and Israel's government have perfected

• Police raid Hasidic community in northern Israel, detain 16 over underage marriages

  Haaretz - 17:04 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The 16 are suspected of having recently married illegally or being about to hold such a wedding, after 20 people were detained in a June raid. In recent years, cases of underage marriage have been reported in the Bratslav Hasidic community, which numbers about 500 families

• House passes bill to restrict university boycotts of Israel

  Haaretz - 16:54 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The bill, backed by AIPAC but opposed by J Street and Democratic leaders, treats a total boycott of Israel like a boycott of West Bank companies. House Democratic Leader Jeffries: the bill would allow Trump to 'launch political attacks on our colleges and universities'

  Tags: Israel

• Won't be able to vote: Top court rejects bid by Israeli expats to cast ballot

  Haaretz - 16:23 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The court ruled that the petition had been filed too late, just days before the electoral roll was due to be finalized, and that the timetable did not allow sufficient period to properly consider the applicants' arguments

• Former energy minister says she won't run for reelection in latest Yesh Atid departure

  Haaretz - 15:42 Sep 03, 2026
  

  Karine Elharrar joins a string of Yesh Atid lawmakers who will not run in the upcoming election, though she said she will remain a party member

  Tags: Yesh Atid

• Fear of Muslims, socialists and Tucker Carlson: Behind the scenes at the Republican Jewish Coalition confab

  Haaretz - 15:30 Sep 03, 2026
  

• Netanyahu says Israel released Lebanese civilians in exchange for information on slain Jewish leaders

  Haaretz - 15:15 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The Israeli military has yet to respond to Haaretz's inquiries on how long the civilians, whom Israeli forces captured in occupied parts of Lebanon and who weren't suspected of terrorism, were held in Israeli detention

• Israel to cut gasoline price by 6% after fuel prices hit a record high

  Haaretz - 14:53 Sep 03, 2026
  

  The proposed tax cut would lower the price at the pump by 0.5 shekels per liter after gasoline reached a record 8.25 shekels per liter, or ($2.73) this week

• IDF: Two Palestinians killed after crossing into Israeli-controlled side of Gaza

  Haaretz - 14:13 Sep 03, 2026
  

  According to the IDF, soldiers killed the two after they had crossed the Yellow Line, which separates the occupied parts of the Strip from the rest of the enclave, and approached the troops in a manner that seemed to threaten their lives

• Sea of green: This is the algae shutting down Israel's desalination plants

  Haaretz - 13:26 Sep 03, 2026
  

  It is still unclear if the intense algae bloom is the work of climate change, sewage from Gaza, another environmental cause or a combination

• A Kahanist hate anthem for Netanyahu's self-destructive Israel

  Haaretz - 12:40 Sep 03, 2026
  

  'Zochreini Na' was once associated with Israel's most violent fringe. Now Netanyahu smiles as it is sung in his honor

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