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Report: Trump administration detained student over op-ed critical of Israel's war in Gaza

Haaretz - 21:51 Jan 25, 2026

Rümeysa Öztürk was detained after co-authoring an op-ed urging her university to 'acknowledge the Palestinian genocide' and divest from Israel-linked companies. Newly unsealed documents show Marco Rubio recommended deporting five foreign students over Gaza war activism despite free speech concerns

Tags: Gaza
Israeli army loses control over Gaza border as smuggled goods pour into Strip, officials warn

Haaretz - 21:27 Jan 25, 2026

Mobile phones, vehicles and weapons have recently been seen in Gaza, with the military acknowledging most originate in Israel. As markets overflow with smuggled goods and financial channels go unchecked, IDF officials warn: 'We may end up funding Hamas' rebuilding, truck after truck'

Tags: Gaza
Israel is sabotaging the fight against antisemitism by embracing Europe's Jew-hating legacies

Haaretz - 20:43 Jan 25, 2026

Israel's inclusion of European parties with openly antisemitic pasts in an international antisemitism conference in Jerusalem this week grants them symbolic rehabilitation. But a deeper danger lies in this calculated move
Israel is sabotaging the fight against antisemitism by embracing Europe's Jew-hating legacies

Haaretz - 20:43 Jan 25, 2026

Israel's inclusion of European parties with openly antisemitic pasts in an international antisemitism conference in Jerusalem this week grants them symbolic rehabilitation. But a deeper danger lies in this calculated move
How do you talk to children about death? A new Israeli book offers an unusual answer

Haaretz - 19:12 Jan 25, 2026

A daring new children's book about mortality leads this week's Israeli culture highlights, alongside a major memoir release and an Israeli film festival in Los Angeles

Tags: Israeli
This beautiful new Israeli book helps children confront the fear of death

Haaretz - 19:12 Jan 25, 2026

In 'Nevermore,' out this month, a granddaughter embarks on a journey to spare her grandmother from death. Meanwhile, 'Upside-Down Love: A Memoir in Two Voices,' by Sari Bashi is out in English and the 37th Israeli Film Festival in Los Angeles takes place at theaters across the city
Top police officer takes Ben-Gvir to court over political motives in blocking promotion

Haaretz - 18:23 Jan 25, 2026

A senior investigator, Rinat Saban, who testified in the Netanyahu corruption trials, petitioned against the far-right minister's refusal to promote her, warning that the move is a 'threat come true' and sends a message to investigators: 'If you handle certain cases, this is the price you must pay'
'It was a surprise for all of us': A Serbian woman's search for the family that saved hers in the Holocaust

Haaretz - 18:09 Jan 25, 2026

An acquaintance's unresolved questions led a writer across the Balkans to understand who saved – and betrayed – a Jewish family from Sarajevo. The fruitful journey has led to a new quest: obtaining official recognition from Yad Vashem for the Righteous Among the Nations
IDF conducting 'large-scale' search for body of last remaining hostage Ran Gvili in northern Gaza

Haaretz - 17:43 Jan 25, 2026

Gvili, the last Israeli hostage still held in Gaza, was killed on October 7. According to Netanyahu's office, Israel launched a large-scale operation over the weekend, centered on a cemetery in Gaza City's Tuffah neighborhood

Tags: Gaza
Violence in Arab communities should scare every Israeli who relies on police for protection

Haaretz - 17:36 Jan 25, 2026

Some Jewish Israelis see the gun violence in the Arab community – an issue the police are unable or unwilling to address – as a 'them' problem. It is, however, a problem for all Israelis

Tags: Arab
Israeli fire kills 3 in Gaza as Witkoff touts 'constructive' talks with Netanyahu on cease-fire

Haaretz - 16:56 Jan 25, 2026

Three Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents, as medics said four were wounded by an Israeli drone. Top U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Netanyahu on Saturday in Jerusalem to advance phase two of Trump's 20-point plan

Tags: Israeli Netanyahu
F-15s, aircraft carrier and destroyers: What U.S. has deployed in Mideast amid potential Iran strikes

Haaretz - 16:40 Jan 25, 2026

While open-source tracking shows several fighter jets deployed to protect Israel from Iranian strikes have landed in Jordan, and a heavily equipped aircraft carrier strike group is expected near Iran, the current U.S. deployment appears, for now, smaller than in previous rounds of conflict

Tags: Iran
A West Bank bus trip through 'the best documented ethnic cleansing in history'

Haaretz - 16:26 Jan 25, 2026

Government-sponsored violence by Israeli settlers, 'apartheid roads' and Palestinians being displaced from their homes. Peace Now provides a somber day trip in the occupied West Bank

Tags: West Bank
Who are you calling a Nazi? In Israel, this word can get you sued

Haaretz - 16:17 Jan 25, 2026

David Ben-Gurion called Ze'ev Jabotinsky 'Vladimir Hitler,' a journalist called Itamar Ben-Gvir a 'dirty Nazi,' and Yair Golan implied that the whole country was going Nazi. Now a settler and a law professor are keeping the quarrel going

Tags: Nazi
Controversial Israeli comedian Guy Hochman's LA show canceled after refusing to condemn Gaza 'genocide'

Haaretz - 16:02 Jan 25, 2026

Hochman, who has filmed several satirical videos of himself as an Israeli reservist fighting in the Gaza Strip during the war, was set to perform in Los Angeles on Monday, but the venue manager canceled the show and later apologized for the decision
Netanyahu's chief of staff hinders police access to phone, asks to narrow search warrant

Haaretz - 15:59 Jan 25, 2026

Braverman is suspected of obstructing the investigation into the leak of classified information in 2024, and says that the search warrant granted by the court, allowing police to read correspondence with three contacts on certain dates and search dozens of keywords, is disproportionate
Father of released Gaza hostage says he hid his Arab-Israeli identity to protect son

Haaretz - 15:39 Jan 25, 2026

More than two years after his son Liam Or was freed from Gaza captivity, Ramzy Nassar said he chose not to disclose his Arab identity to protect him. 'It's not something that Hamas would take well,' he said, warning his son could have been seen as 'a traitor, the son of a traitor'

Tags: Gaza
A dirty little habit: Kissing in Ancient Rome

Haaretz - 14:43 Jan 25, 2026

Kissing has never been just about kissing, nor has it ever been free of risk. In ancient Rome, it was a social tool expressing everything from loyalty to hierarchy to legal agreement, and, of course, politics

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AG: Netanyahu government proposal to push bills without legal counsel is 'unlawful'

Haaretz - 14:40 Jan 25, 2026

Discussion of the proposal, slated for a vote at Sunday's cabinet meeting, was postponed to next week. The attorney general's office said the proposal touches on issues central to the government's failed effort to dismiss Baharav-Miara and therefore conflicts with the High Court ruling that annulled her ouster
State probe: Netanyahu gov't approval to sell German submarines to Egypt endangered Israel's national security

Haaretz - 14:02 Jan 25, 2026

The panel found systemic failures in force-build-up and defense procurement decision-making, saying the government failed to set a clear, binding policy on security risks. It said it published the report now due to the urgency of drawing lessons ahead of key decisions

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