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Hundreds of U.S. rabbis, Jewish celebrities condemn Trump Gaza plan in NYT ad

Haaretz - 19:06 Feb 13, 2025

Signatories of the ad include rabbis from Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, Reconstructionist, Renewal movements working in congregations, campuses, hospitals, rabbinical seminaries, and community organizations in the U.S. and Israel
U.S. sanctions International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan

Haaretz - 18:14 Feb 13, 2025

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Khan's U.S. assets have been frozen and entry into the U.S. may be restricted, after Trump accused him of 'illegitimate and baseless actions,' against the U.S. and Israel
Israeli schools in towns on Lebanese border will resume in March, despite parents' protest

Haaretz - 17:20 Feb 13, 2025

The Kiryat Shmona municipality and the city's parent association are protesting the move, and have appealed the decision to the High Court of Justice
'Even if we win an Oscar, I will go back to my cruel reality in the West Bank'

Haaretz - 17:08 Feb 13, 2025

Basel Adra, co-director of 'No Other Land,' nominated for an Academy Award, hopes his documentary will raise awareness in Israel and abroad of the plight of his beleaguered West Bank community

Tags: West Bank
Bitter-sweet recovery: bakery at kibbutz devastated on October 7 finally reopens

Haaretz - 17:08 Feb 13, 2025

Pastry chef Yaki Sagi is reopening his bakery at Kibbutz Be'eri, where he lost many close friends in the October 7 attack. All he's waiting for now is staff – and customers

Tags: October
Jewish refugee aid group sues Trump administration over refugee ban

Haaretz - 17:00 Feb 13, 2025

The lawsuit marks a return to HIAS' legal strategy from Trump's first term, when the group challenged the 2017 travel ban and temporarily delayed its implementation. The agency's president, Mark Hetfield, called the ban 'illegal and immoral'
Trump's Palestinian plan has triggered a new, united and angry Arab front

Haaretz - 16:42 Feb 13, 2025

'The Palestinians will be a hotbed of trouble throughout the Arab world' said the Syrian Foreign Minister in 1982. Apparently, not much has changed

Tags: Arab
Israel seeks to postpone IDF withdrawal from five outposts in Lebanon along border

Haaretz - 16:11 Feb 13, 2025

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer said that the IDF wouldn't leave Lebanon soon and refused to specify a withdrawal date. The U.S., which mediated the agreement, has yet to decide if it will approve another delay, but has not rejected the request

Tags: Lebanon
State to top court: Issues with 195 gun licenses given out under Ben-Gvir

Haaretz - 15:21 Feb 13, 2025

Under the former national security minister, thousands of gun licenses were given out by clerks who were unauthorized to grant them; the government's response comes after a review of 1,144 such licenses
Hamas commits to continue Gaza cease-fire deal, including release of three Israeli hostages on Saturday

Haaretz - 14:48 Feb 13, 2025

Three days after announcing it would halt the release of hostages due to alleged Israeli truce violations, Palestinian sources say an agreement was made to increase aid into the strip. Israel is yet to respond to Hamas' announcement

Tags: Israeli
'100,000 votes will change everything': Meet the rising Haredi power in World Zionist movement

Haaretz - 13:34 Feb 13, 2025

Eretz Hakodesh won 25,000 votes in 2020's Zionist Congress election and hopes to quadruple its electoral power this year. Online, it boasts of helping constituents obtain Israeli army exemptions and helping secure a right-wing majority in the World Zionist Congress
A visit to the 1899 birthplace of Jewish agriculture in the Galilee

Haaretz - 12:44 Feb 13, 2025

Travel in Israel | In touring the area of Moshav Ilaniya in northern Israel, a giant, 500-year-old cypress tree, ancient wine presses and other archaeological remains testify to the existence of an ancient settlement that once stood there
'A family restored, children hugging their father – that's the real total victory'

Haaretz - 12:41 Feb 13, 2025

For a year, Ofer Kalderon's cousin Eyal, has been running around the Knesset, speaking at committees and meeting MKs. After 484 days, Ofer was reunited with his family, but the struggle is not over for Eyal. 'I think that no Israeli, no Jew, can sit quietly knowing that it could be any one of us'
In first, prime minister and justice minister to boycott swearing-in of Israel's Supreme Court president

Haaretz - 12:23 Feb 13, 2025

Justice Isaac Amit was appointed after over a year of delays caused by Israel's justice minister, who seeks to abolish the seniority precedent and reshape the county's Judicial Appointments Committee in favor of political control

Tags: Israel's
'We had the sea, we had places to go. I miss it': Capturing the spirit of Gaza in a book

Haaretz - 11:53 Feb 13, 2025

Jerusalem bookseller Mahmoud Muna, arrested this week by Israel, is also co-editor of 'Daybreak in Gaza,' a new collection of essays on the Strip's unique culture. 'We had a feeling of urgency, we didn't know if the people we were interviewing would be alive the next day,' he says

Tags: Gaza
How serving in Gaza and Lebanon helps Israeli doctors come up with their next medical innovations

Haaretz - 11:37 Feb 13, 2025

Spending time on the battlefield has confronted Israeli physicians with acute medical needs that lack solutions. Now they are teaming up with cutting-edge Israeli companies and hospitals' innovation centers

Tags: Israeli
This journalist used to joke about being spied on. Then Israeli spyware was found on his phone

Haaretz - 11:14 Feb 13, 2025

Italian journalist Francesco Cancellato wrote investigative pieces on Italy's ruling party's ties to far-right and neo-fascist movements. After his phone was hacked using an Israeli software, he says he is worried for democracy both in Italy and abroad – but still believes in the need for spyware
Yeshiva students in Mitzpe Ramon threaten, push and brandish knife at Bedouin contractor

Haaretz - 09:23 Feb 13, 2025

The man had been contracted to clear dirt from the site of a local yeshiva, was physically confronted by students who said 'This is our dirt,' slashing his car tires. The local council head said the matter was 'complicated' and is under review
Hamas digs its heels in and risks adding fuel to Trump's Gaza expulsion plan

Haaretz - 08:13 Feb 13, 2025

The terror group will have to decide whether to compromise on humanitarian aid to avoid scenes that could strengthen support for the forced evacuation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, or to take an even harder line in negotiations
Israel reportedly planning attack on Iranian nuclear site, seeking Trump's approval

Haaretz - 08:09 Feb 13, 2025

Sources told The Wall Street Journal that Israel aims to exploit Iran's weakness, fearing the window to prevent its nuclear development is closing. The Washington Post reported that the U.S. may assist with two attack plans under consideration

Tags: Israel

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