Haaretz

Source: https://www.haaretz.com

Found 17077 news

IDF authorizes plans to withdraw troops from areas in Gaza amid hostage talks

Haaretz - 19:29 Jan 11, 2025

The military examined several options for withdrawing troops from Gaza, including through the Netzarim corridor, which divides the territory into two

Tags: Gaza
Sydney synagogue sprayed with antisemitic graffiti in latest attack on Australian Jews

Haaretz - 18:26 Jan 11, 2025

Australia has seen a series of antisemitic incidents in the last year, including graffiti on buildings and cars in Sydney, as well as an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne that police have ruled as terrorism

Tags: Sydney
Columbia law professor who vilified Israeli students says she was forced into early retirement

Haaretz - 18:22 Jan 11, 2025

The dismissal follows a Columbia investigation into the law professor's comments after a campus protest last year, where two Israeli students were accused of spraying pro-Palestine protesters with a foul-smelling substance

Tags: Israeli Columbia
Israel at war, day 463: Israeli delegation set to travel to Qatar for hostage deal talks

Haaretz - 18:00 Jan 11, 2025

Report: Hamas proposed to postpone decisions on disputed points of cease-fire/hostage deal to future stages of the agreement ■ Netanyahu met with Trump's Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff ■ IDF: Forces in north Gaza killed three assailants who emerged from tunnel; IDF launched airstrike on Hamas command compound that formerly served as a school ■ Firefighting and rescue teams in Gaza: At least half of firefighting vehicles out of service ■ U.S. reportedly secured schedule outlining IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon; Israeli official says Israel will withdraw its forces if the terms of cease-fire deal with Hezbollah are kept ■ Here's what you need to know 463 days into the war

Tags: Israeli Israel
Protesters across Israel call for hostage deal after two bodies recovered from Gaza

Haaretz - 17:16 Jan 11, 2025

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Jack Lew addressed crowds in Tel Aviv, reaffirming the U.S. commitment to bringing all the hostages home ■ Police arrested two demonstrators at a Tel Aviv rally after declaring the protest 'illegal'
'We've grown accustomed to living in a shocking reality. Our role is to make sure we don't get used to it'

Haaretz - 17:12 Jan 11, 2025

Relatives of hostages joined Israeli youth in Jerusalem for an all-night event to create social media content raising awareness about those still held in Gaza: 'That age group is not sufficiently aware, they're mostly focused on school'
Netanyahu meets Trump's designated Mideast envoy amid reported progress in cease-fire talks

Haaretz - 15:38 Jan 11, 2025

A Hamas source reportedly said that the group has proposed postponing decisions on contentious issues to later stages of the Gaza cease-fire deal while implementing the initial phases consecutively and without interruption
Key witness in Netanyahu's corruption trial says she felt Herzog tried to influence her in 2017 visit

Haaretz - 11:55 Jan 11, 2025

Hadas Klein, a former aide to Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan, also said that the prime minister's wife called her and said, 'I will kill myself and write a letter saying it's because of you and Arnon'
In the fraught debate over antisemitism in Germany, Jews are just a pawn in a larger battle

Haaretz - 05:49 Jan 11, 2025

The argument over what constitutes antisemitism in Germany is not directly connected to the security and future well-being of the Jewish and Israeli communities there. Yet Israel's government is determined to intervene

Tags: Germany
President-elect Trump's Mideast envoy heads back to Qatar after meeting Netanyahu

Haaretz - 04:34 Jan 11, 2025

ISRAEL: Netanyahu dispatches Mossad chief to Doha for hostage talks; meets with incoming U.S. Mideast envoy ■ LEBANON: U.S. guarantees a full IDF withdrawal from Lebanon by end of month, Al Akhbar reports ■ GAZA: IDF approves rapid evacuation of large areas of Gaza amid progress in hostage talks ■ YEMEN: IDF struck Houthi targets in northern, central Yemen

Tags: Mideast Netanyahu
Senior police officer refused to seize BibiLeaks suspect's phone; attorney general had to intervene

Haaretz - 04:13 Jan 11, 2025

Investigation divisions chief Boaz Balat opposed seizing the second phone of Yonatan Urich, suspected of leaking military documents for Netanyahu. A Haaretz investigation has also revealed that the prime minister knew the documents' source, despite claiming otherwise
Researchers say study shows Gaza death toll far exceeds official figures

Haaretz - 00:18 Jan 11, 2025

A study published in The Lancet estimates the death toll from 'traumatic injury' may be around 70,000, with 60% being women and children – far higher than Hamas' Health Ministry reports and without counting deaths from starvation, disease or cold
IDF deputy chief asks to resign: 'The war has died down'

Haaretz - 23:11 Jan 10, 2025

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Amir Baram says he had agreed to extend his tenure because of the war in Gaza. He now asks to leave his position, saying that the intensity of fighting has died down: 'My ability to contribute is limited'
My Bedouin village was destroyed so that Israel can build a Jewish village in its place

Haaretz - 21:53 Jan 10, 2025

The history of Umm al-Hiran, whose Bedouin residents' expulsion became final late last year, so that a new Jewish town could be built on the ruins of their village, is a seven-decade trail of broken promises and injustice. And for them, there is no compensation

Tags: Bedouin Jewish
She's a Syrian refugee, he's a disabled Israeli army veteran. They're in love. There's just one problem

Haaretz - 21:30 Jan 10, 2025

Nur was never a typical young Syrian: Her liberal friends listened to Israeli music and watched Israeli films. Yet no one expected her to fall for Yair, a disabled IDF veteran, and to marry him. The two are determined to live in Israel – but will the country accept them?

Tags: Israeli Syrian
Could Trump's sharing of a scathing video offer a glimpse into his relationship with Netanyahu?

Haaretz - 20:54 Jan 10, 2025

Columbia economist Jeffrey Sachs, a vocal critic of Israel, has basically told the incoming president: Careful, Netanyahu will try to manipulate you into a war with Iran. But this doesn't mean the prime minister has dragged America into 'endless wars,' as Sachs claims, or that a pro-Israel lobby has taken over U.S. foreign policy

Tags: Netanyahu
Bomb Iran? Await a Trump nuclear deal? Topple the regime? Israel weighs its options

Haaretz - 18:52 Jan 10, 2025

Officials are worried because the North Korean model is popular in Tehran: Declare that you have the bomb, carry out weapons tests – and craft your own insurance policy ■ A new way to cultivate tech wizards for the military, Shin Bet and Mossad
'We've been afraid to be interviewed. No one tells you that if you shout publicly, it will help'

Haaretz - 18:13 Jan 10, 2025

On the morning of the October 7 Hamas attack, Segev Kalfon's family were sure he was at a party far away from the Gaza border. Only later did they find out that he was at Nova – and that he had been taken hostage to Gaza
Lebanon may have elected a president, but its turbulent political outlook is still beholden to Hezbollah

Haaretz - 16:29 Jan 10, 2025

After intense political wrangling and foreign pressure, General Aoun was elected Lebanon's president. But with a fractured government, looming economic reforms, and Hezbollah's influence, he now navigates a political minefield
Blame Trudeau for antisemitism in Canada? There's a problem with that

Haaretz - 16:26 Jan 10, 2025

Like many countries, Canada has a problem with racism – but not only against Jews, and not because of Justin Trudeau. The notion that his likely successor as prime minister, Pierre Poilievre, will be 'good for Israel and the Jews' stems from right-wing talking points and a wrong reading of history

Tags: Canada

17077 items

Haaretz

Popular Tags