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Desire for revenge could risk Israel-Hezbollah deal, even if Gaza cease-fire brokered

Haaretz - 11:42 Aug 13, 2024

The equation of responses between Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran has made the cease-fire in Gaza strategically crucial as a tool to prevent all-out regional war, but it has pushed hostage release to the sidelines

Tags: Gaza
Detritus found in drainage channel captures ancient Jerusalem life before its destruction

Haaretz - 11:10 Aug 13, 2024

Pottery finds and a fully intact glass vial exemplify ancient Jerusalemite tableware in the Roman period, the Israel Antiquities Authority says – though its owners may not have enjoyed them for long
Ben-Gvir during inflammatory Temple Mount visit: Our goal is to permit Jewish prayer

Haaretz - 09:58 Aug 13, 2024

Netanyahu's office said that the far-right minister's visit to the holy site violated the status quo there, which remains unchanged. 'There is no personal policy at the Temple Mount - neither that of the national security minister's nor of anyone else's'

Tags: Temple Mount
Why this Israeli director won't rest until a dead Bedouin man's name is cleared

Haaretz - 09:46 Aug 13, 2024

Doron Djerassi has turned the 2017 Umm al-Hiran affair, when math teacher Yakub Abu al-Kiyan was shot by police officers in what they later claimed to be a terror attack, into a gripping documentary packed full of drama and intrigue. He believes the incident foreshadowed the months after October 7
Cocoa variant resistant to drought may have been revealed by Gaza war

Haaretz - 09:40 Aug 13, 2024

Young cocoa trees undergoing research in southern Israel were abandoned when the war broke out on October 7 and were stuck in a closed military zone. But some survived
Canada revokes JNF's tax-exempt status amid complaints about its West Bank activities

Haaretz - 08:39 Aug 13, 2024

Canada's Jewish community claimed that the move is driven by antisemitic motives. JNF Canada is expected to appeal the decision and file a lawsuit. A similar decision was made regarding another prominent Jewish organization in the country, the Ne'eman Foundation
Fitch lowers Israel's credit rating, says 'Gaza war could last well into 2025'

Haaretz - 05:47 Aug 13, 2024

Fitch is the last of the three rating agencies to downgrade Israel's credit rating since the Gaza war began, following Moody's and S&P; Finance Minister Smotrich said the move was 'expected' citing Israel's 'most costly existential war' to date

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Bracing Israel for regional war, Netanyahu and Gallant escalate the battlefront – against each other

Haaretz - 03:03 Aug 13, 2024

Safe in the knowledge he cannot be fired, Gallant fired poisonous barbs at his boss, the Israeli prime minister, calling talk of 'total victory' in Gaza 'nonsense'. One might have expected Netanyahu to show restraint, either ignoring Gallant's remarks or issue a saner statement

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With heavy hearts and zero faith in the state, veteran kibbutzniks return to their Gaza-border homes

Haaretz - 03:02 Aug 13, 2024

Ten months after being evacuated to a hotel in Herzliya, where Mefalsim residents recreated their kibbutz, they are now starting to move back home - despite the war raging less than a mile away
The 'last chance' summit for an Israel-Hamas deal leaves the Mideast on edge

Haaretz - 03:00 Aug 13, 2024

The U.S. is increasing its deployment in the Middle East, while the Israeli military is putting renewed pressure on Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar – as Israel's far right sets its sights on a new target within the IDF
Biden 'expects' Iran to skip Israel attack if Gaza cease-fire reached

Haaretz - 02:28 Aug 13, 2024

U.S. greenlights $18 billion sale of F15 fighter jets to Israel ■ U.S. says Qatar will work to ensure Hamas representation present at deal talks; Iranian sources: Only Gaza cease-fire deal could deter Iran from retaliation ■ IDF calls residents to evacuate two Khan Yunis neighborhoods ahead of operations ■ Upper Galilee Council recommends its residents stay near shelters until further notice ■ IDF confirms two Hezbollah operatives killed in aerial strike on car in southern Lebanon

Tags: Iran Israel
Archaeologists report earliest plant artifact outside Africa

Haaretz - 23:08 Aug 12, 2024

Unnaturally shaped resin block could be an early matchstick and could show early modern humans en route to Australia Sahul
Kamala Harris' campaign taps Jerusalem-born Ilan Goldenberg as liaison to U.S. Jewish community

Haaretz - 22:18 Aug 12, 2024

Appointment comes as vice president faces continued pressure from the left over her approach to the Gaza war and U.S. military aid to Israel and Republicans continue weaponize Democratic divisions on Israel
Families fume over Israel's plans to include living hostages in October 7 memorial events

Haaretz - 21:45 Aug 12, 2024

Relatives of those Israelis who are still being held by Hamas and whose fate is unclear reject the state's plan to 'commemorate' their loves ones on the anniversary of their abduction
Don't buy the lie that Israeli settler violence is the exception. It's the rule

Haaretz - 21:23 Aug 12, 2024
On Saturday, Gazans collected body parts in plastic bags. Israel stayed unbothered

Haaretz - 20:46 Aug 12, 2024
What Theodor Herzl would say about today's Israel

Haaretz - 20:45 Aug 12, 2024
Netanyahu lied to Time magazine, too

Haaretz - 20:40 Aug 12, 2024
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Haaretz - 20:22 Aug 12, 2024
Magritte and Rembrandt masterpieces take shelter as Israel Museum braces for Iranian attack

Haaretz - 19:11 Aug 12, 2024

As it did early in the Gaza war, the Jerusalem institution has placed some of its 'most important' works in protected spaces. Similar measures were taken in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

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