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Ephraim Kishon, the iconic filmmaker who foresaw Israel's dark – and ludicrous – chaos

Haaretz - 15:52 Aug 30, 2024

This month, Israel is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Kishon's birth. Also, female queer poetry shines in Hebrew, Yiddish and English, and a Tel Aviv cultural space offers a printing event for hipster print lovers
A rogue prime minister is turning Israel into a rogue state

Haaretz - 15:49 Aug 30, 2024

Going rogue isn't necessarily negative if the idea is to achieve sensible goals, but that's not the case with Netanyahu, who is rogue purely in the sense of being autocratic, dishonest and very often nefarious. Just ask the families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza
Netanyahu's insistence on Israeli control of Philadelphi route jeopardizes hostage deal

Haaretz - 14:32 Aug 30, 2024

In light of Netanyahu's demand for Israeli presence on the Gaza-Egypt border as part of a cease-fire deal, mediators are looking for alternatives in order to provide room for a different long-term arrangement. Defense Chief Gallant chastised Netanyahu, saying that his decisions could "kill all the hostages"

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Report: Shin Bet chief warned Netanyahu of imminent war before Oct. 7; PM: Gaza not mentioned

Haaretz - 11:34 Aug 30, 2024

Ronen Bar, the leader of the Shin Bet security service, warned PM Netanyahu in July 2023 that war was imminent, according to a report by Yedioth Ahronoth daily. Opposition leader Yair Lapid recounted the meeting with the Shin Bet chief to the civilian commission of inquiry into Oct. 7

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Israel to top court: IDF will slightly improve conditions at Sde Teiman detention center

Haaretz - 11:13 Aug 30, 2024

In response to a petition against its operation of the notorious prison facility, the state claimed it would open a new wing next month in which there'd be no need to keep inmates cuffed around the clock, likening the new conditions to those at Ofer Prison
For a bit of air, the Palestinian lawmaker lies down on the floor, by the crack under the cell door

Haaretz - 11:07 Aug 30, 2024

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar was arrested again after the war broke out and has been jailed ever since without charges – now in total isolation, in inhuman conditions

Tags: Palestinian
Iran's 'Ring of Fire' forced to navigate conflicting interests

Haaretz - 10:10 Aug 30, 2024

The militias that make up the 'unity of fronts' are different groups with independent goals, some of which are making it clear that their obedience to Tehran is not automatic and that they may even carry out operations that conflict with Iran's interests. The Houthis, for example, may be the most complex Iranian proxy to control

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Sources: Israeli cabinet approves continued IDF presence on Philadelphi route; Gallant votes against

Haaretz - 06:24 Aug 30, 2024

The defense minister was the only member of the cabinet to vote against the decision, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir abstaining
The hostage talks facade is wearing out, and neither Israel nor Hamas want to budge

Haaretz - 03:00 Aug 30, 2024

All the grim and turbulent events of the last week didn't change a thing: Cease-fire talks are going nowhere because an agreement at this time doesn't serve Netanyahu or Sinwar ■ Netanyahu's government continues to stoop to new lows as the October 7 ceremony debacle keeps rolling on
Netanyahu's lies laid bare: How Israel ignored the roadmap to the October 7 disaster

Haaretz - 03:00 Aug 30, 2024

Opposition leader Yair Lapid's testimony to the civilian inquiry panel paints a frightening picture ■ The prime minister once again revamped his resumé, but unwittingly pleaded guilty ■ No one knows whether he supports Miri Regev's plans for an Oct. 7 memorial ceremony ■ What doesn't Yair Golan understand?
Three Israelis wounded in separate attacks in West Bank; IDF says car exploded at Gush Etzion Junction

Haaretz - 02:49 Aug 30, 2024

IDF says air force struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon ■ IDF says it killed head of Hamas' operations in Jenin and two other terrorists in West Bank ■ Cabinet approves continued Israeli presence along Philadelphi route as condition of possible hostage deal ■ Senior WHO official says Israeli military agreed to humanitarian pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccine campaign

Tags: West Bank
Kamala Harris: I won't change Biden's Israel policy, we have to get cease-fire deal done

Haaretz - 02:04 Aug 30, 2024

In her first interview as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, the Vice President told CNN that she believes that 'Israel has a right to defend itself,' but added that 'how it does so matters'

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Haaretz - 23:49 Aug 29, 2024
Israel's final, fragile bulwark against corruption is about to fall

Haaretz - 22:45 Aug 29, 2024

The last few years have been bad for the war on corruption, and letting Ben-Gvir appoint the next head of the police's investigations department will deal it a death blow. And then there's Netanyahu, who seeks to completely take over the civil service
Trump's top foreign policy advisor warns: Special relationship at risk if U.K. halts arms sales to Israel

Haaretz - 22:29 Aug 29, 2024

Speaking to the London-based Policy Exchange think tank, Robert O'Brien - who is likely to be in Trump's cabinet if he wins in November - said that a British arms embargo 'would really hurt the western alliance and NATO'

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Netanyahu claims he wasn't warned about the concrete danger posed by Hamas. He damn well was

Haaretz - 21:26 Aug 29, 2024
Why a Jewish writer canceled by the progressive left is leaving America

Haaretz - 21:20 Aug 29, 2024

Joshua Leifer, the author of 'Tablets Shattered,' was one of the first members of progressive-Jewish group IfNotNow. But the response of his onetime allies to October 7 proved a life-changing moment for him

Tags: Jewish
Sources: Israeli justice minister threatens to change makeup of key judicial committee

Haaretz - 21:14 Aug 29, 2024

Yariv Levin reportedly told acting chief justice that if his Supreme Court candidate is not approved, he and other ministers will also intensify their efforts to remove Israel's attorney general
Israel's President Herzog is the same as Netanyahu. He's just nicer

Haaretz - 20:42 Aug 29, 2024
In pursuit of revenge, Israel no longer know what it is thinking

Haaretz - 20:35 Aug 29, 2024

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