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Trump mulls preliminary limited strike on Iran to force nuclear deal, report says

Haaretz - 02:51 Feb 19, 2026
Israeli Border Police officer quizzed after fatally shooting motorcyclist who failed to stop

Haaretz - 01:40 Feb 19, 2026

Far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir rushed to defend the officer, drawing allegations of 'racism.' Elsewhere, three men were killed in separate incidents across Israel on Wednesday
Israeli Border Police officer probed after fatally shooting motorcyclist who failed to stop

Haaretz - 01:40 Feb 19, 2026

Far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir rushed to defend the officer, drawing allegations of 'racism.' Elsewhere, three men were killed in separate incidents across Israel on Wednesday
Israel refuses to release body of ex-soldier who died in administrative detention

Haaretz - 01:12 Feb 19, 2026

Hassan Kashallah, a resident of Rahat, was arrested after the Shin Bet claimed he was a member of ISIS – an allegation he denied. He was held in detention despite warnings that he was in danger due to being a discharged soldier imprisoned with security prisoners and that he was not receiving required medical treatment. The state is also refusing to release his body for burial
Israeli justice minister says challenge to his boycott of High Court president is 'undemocratic'

Haaretz - 00:52 Feb 19, 2026

Yariv Levin asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to dismiss outright a petition demanding that he be forced to cooperate with the president of the Supreme Court, Justice Isaac Amit
Protests aren't enough: Israel needs a complete constitution, now

Haaretz - 00:33 Feb 19, 2026
Fifty shades of gray: Israel's anodyne opposition reaches new nadirs of ineptitude

Haaretz - 00:00 Feb 19, 2026
Trump won't bring peace to the Middle East by ignoring the West Bank

Haaretz - 22:29 Feb 18, 2026
U.S. tells Board of Peace members to disclose financial commitment to rebuilding Gaza

Haaretz - 21:45 Feb 18, 2026

The draft resolution expected to be signed Thursday says 'the reconstruction and rehabilitation activities of the Board shall be dedicated solely to those who regard Gaza as their home and place of residence' in a nod to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera' statement

Tags: Gaza Board
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Haaretz - 21:35 Feb 18, 2026
Police extend morning visiting hours for non-Muslims on Al Aqsa compound/Temple Mount during Ramadan, violating status quo

Haaretz - 21:04 Feb 18, 2026

Jewish activists have demanded for years that they receive some compensation for the closing of the Temple Mount during the Muslim holy month, with police now acceding. The Palestinian Authority has expressed concern that the change would become permanent after Ramadan

Tags: Ramadan Temple Mount
Arab Israelis hope that Ramadan can stop the wave of homicides

Haaretz - 20:55 Feb 18, 2026

Homicide rates doubled a year after far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir became national security minister. Reconciliation groups and local activists see Ramadan, which began on Wednesday, as an opportunity for social pressure that might bring a respite and hope for a long-term solution

Tags: Ramadan
Israel denies detaining Tucker Carlson after whistle-stop interview with Ambassador Huckabee

Haaretz - 20:19 Feb 18, 2026

The trip follows a public clash between the two, after Carlson suggested on his show that Huckabee had not done enough to confront what he described as Israel's 'shocking' treatment of Christians. The pundit claimed he was detained by airport security before leaving the country
'Visit the mohels of Antwerp': Belgian circumcision probe sparks diplomatic row with Israel

Haaretz - 19:30 Feb 18, 2026

The U.S. ambassador accused Belgium of 'harassment of the Jewish community' over a year-old investigation into suspected illegal circumcisions. Belgium rejected antisemitism accusations, with its foreign minister saying Jewish Belgians 'do not deserve to be used as leverage'
White House: Some progress made in talks, but 'many arguments for Iran strike'

Haaretz - 19:27 Feb 18, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has been 'very clear with respect to Iran, or any country, that diplomacy is always his first option,' Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, adding that 'Iran would be very wise to make a deal with this administration'

Tags: Iran
Redated skulls in China suggest Homo erectus spread faster or earlier than thought

Haaretz - 19:00 Feb 18, 2026

Crania found in Yuxian, thought to be at most a million years old, are redated to 1.77 million years, throwing back the occupation of Asia by Homo erectus

Tags: Homo
15 Democrats urge Rubio to hold Israel accountable for Palestinian-American minor's 9-month detention

Haaretz - 18:16 Feb 18, 2026

The lawmakers accused Israeli soldiers of conducting physical and psychological abuse against the 15-year-old Palestinian-American Mohammed Ibrahim. 'this type of abuse, which has become commonplace in the West Bank and Israeli prison facilities, must stop,' the congressional democrats wrote
Israeli labor federation declares labor dispute over government plan to approve Wizz Air hub in Tel Aviv

Haaretz - 17:53 Feb 18, 2026

The Histadrut labor federation said the government's plan to to allow Wizz Air to open a hub in Ben-Gurion airport was done without direct consultation with workers and 'directly harms their employment security and the stability of the entire aviation sector'

Tags: Wizz
The least Jewish thing about the Western Wall is how Israel's government treats women

Haaretz - 17:52 Feb 18, 2026

The arrest of two leaders of the Women of the Wall feminist prayer group at the Kotel plaza while reading the Torah is nothing short of desecration
Former hostage's sister slams bid to drop word 'massacre' from October 7 bill as 'embarrassing and shameful'

Haaretz - 17:34 Feb 18, 2026

Ofri Bibas, whose brother was released from Hamas captivity last year, said the proposed change 'distorts reality' and deepens the pain of hostage families and survivors amid the 'battle for the narrative' over how October 7 is remembered and framed

Tags: October

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