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Israel's cabinet meets to weigh Gaza takeover as thousands protest for hostage deal

Haaretz - 18:41 Aug 07, 2025

Thousands, including released hostages, protested across Israel as Netanyahu convened his security cabinet to discuss plans to occupy Gaza – despite IDF opposition to the plan amid concerns for hostages. Police arrested 10 in Tel Aviv

Tags: Gaza
A Netanyahu minister declared an unprecedented war on the rule of law. It must now defeat him

Haaretz - 18:36 Aug 07, 2025

In a functioning democracy, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi would have been removed from office. But in Israel's current political climate, ministers are dismissed not for violating the law, but for adhering to it
Russia says Israeli settlers attacked its diplomats in West Bank with no IDF intervention

Haaretz - 17:54 Aug 07, 2025

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, settlers damaged a diplomatic vehicle and threatened the personnel inside. The ministry's spokeswoman called the incident a 'gross violation of the Vienna Convention'
'Death to Arabs' and planting trees in a settlement: Just another week in the West Bank

Haaretz - 17:50 Aug 07, 2025

The tree planted by House Speaker Mike Johnson this week in the West Bank is not a symbol of peace or solidarity, and marks the deepening roots of violence, dispossession, and authoritarianism stretching across both sides of the Green Line

Tags: West Bank
CNN's Jeremy Diamond: 'Israelis deserve a full picture of what is happening inside Gaza'

Haaretz - 16:57 Aug 07, 2025

CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond is one of hundreds of journalists battling Israel to enter Gaza and report independently. He explains why without press freedom there is no democracy and recounts his recent encounter with violent settlers

Tags: Jeremy Diamond
Zohran Mamdani holds lead among Jewish voters for New York mayor, new polls show

Haaretz - 16:40 Aug 07, 2025

Despite a majority of New York Jews opposing Zohran Mamdani as a candidate for mayor, he receives the lion's share of Jewish votes compared to other candidates, recent polls show

Tags: Zohran Mamdani Jewish
Even some of Netanyahu's backers warn: His new Gaza offensive will kill Israeli hostages

Haaretz - 16:37 Aug 07, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to take complete control of the Gaza Strip could doom the fate of the Israeli hostages who are still alive. The proposed military campaign disregards families' pleas, IDF warnings, public sentiment, and the lessons of past failures

Tags: Israeli
IDF chief vows to 'fearlessly' voice concerns that expanded Gaza offensive risks hostages

Haaretz - 16:10 Aug 07, 2025

'We're not dealing in theory, but with matters concerning life and death and protecting the state,' the Israeli army chief said before Netanyahu convened the security cabinet to discuss plans to take over Gaza

Tags: Gaza
Israel's High Court to hear petitions on Netanyahu gov't vote to dismiss AG in expanded panel

Haaretz - 15:56 Aug 07, 2025

The firing won't take effect until the High Court issues a ruling. Six organizations argue the attorney general's dismissal was unlawful, and legal experts expect the court to likely overturn it

Tags: High Court
'Stop the destruction': 300 Israeli architects and planners sign Gaza petition

Haaretz - 14:50 Aug 07, 2025

'This is destruction on a scale not seen since World War II – not just in numbers, but in the erasure of entire living spaces and thousands of years of human and cultural heritage,' the petition states
Top Jewish philanthropists, advocates say Netanyahu's government is causing 'lasting damage' to world Jewry

Haaretz - 14:32 Aug 07, 2025

The signatories include well-known Israel advocates as well as Jews who have held senior government positions in their respective countries. They urge the prime minister to take a stand against members of his own government whose hateful rhetoric threatens Jews worldwide
British ambassador to Israel: Expanding the war in Gaza would be 'a huge mistake'

Haaretz - 14:17 Aug 07, 2025

Ahead of Israel's security cabinet meeting on Gaza, Ambassador Simon Walters warned that further IDF operations would be ineffective and urged Israel to meet its aid obligations. He also rejected Israeli claims that U.K. recognition of a Palestinian state would reward Hamas

Tags: Gaza Israel
I thought Israeli doctors would be aghast at the starvation in Gaza. I was wrong

Haaretz - 14:13 Aug 07, 2025

I truly believed that hundreds of reports on intentional starvation and two thick Israeli reports calling the war genocide would force our health leaders to take steps to stop the war and send mass aid into Gaza

Tags: Gaza Israeli
UN says over 12,000 children in Gaza malnourished, including 2,562 severely, as public order collapses

Haaretz - 14:08 Aug 07, 2025

Since Israel eased restrictions on humanitarian aid, IDF approval rates for UN and aid groups have improved. Still, UN data shows severe acute malnutrition among Gaza's children has risen to 18 percent – up from 12 percent in spring – as aid deliveries remain disrupted by looting
What the next Israel-Iran missile war will look like

Haaretz - 14:00 Aug 07, 2025

As Iran rebuilds its ballistic arsenal and Israel develops cutting-edge missile defenses, both sides are locked in a strategic arms race. The outcome may determine the shape – and cost – of the next major conflict
Paris office of Israeli airline El Al vandalized with 'Free Palestine' graffiti

Haaretz - 12:52 Aug 07, 2025

The phrases 'genocide airline' and 'free Palestine' were painted on the office's door, drawing condemnation from French and Israeli officials. Israel's Foreign Ministry said that 'antisemitic attacks in France must be dealt with the utmost severity'

Tags: Israeli
Lebanon officially backs U.S. plan for Hezbollah disarmament linked to Israeli pullout

Haaretz - 11:48 Aug 07, 2025

The American proposal discussed by Beirut in recent days entails a four-step phased plan, aiming to reach the disarmament of Hezbollah within 120 days, along with an Israeli withdrawal from disputed points along the border

Tags: Israeli Hezbollah
How can we go on knowing that the Gazans are starving and we Israelis are silent?

Haaretz - 10:44 Aug 07, 2025

The question of responsibility concerns not who we are but what we do and our ability to correct it. Israelis can borrow from psychoanalysis and try to take the first step in cultivating compassion

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Anne Frank as a pansexual Latina immigrant: Holocaust hip-hop musical causes a stir in N.Y.C.

Haaretz - 10:30 Aug 07, 2025

'Slam Frank,' which debuts next month Off-Broadway, is already causing a storm for its portrayal of the author of the famous Holocaust diary. But it's more than just a jab at the woke

Tags: Holocaust
Israeli minister Smotrich pictured beside 'Death to Arabs' graffiti during West Bank visit

Haaretz - 10:26 Aug 07, 2025

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who visited a settlement deep in the West Bank alongside other far-right figures advocating for the return of Israelis to settlements evacuated in 2005, said he noticed the graffiti only after the photo was released

Tags: West Bank

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