Haaretz

Source: https://www.haaretz.com

Found 11764 news

Israeli court orders police to return model tank to protest group after seizing it

Haaretz - 11:59 Jun 28, 2024

The Hadera Magistrates Court judge dismissed police's argument that the foam tank 'spread fear' among the public after it was featured at anti-gov't protests in Caesarea. The model tank belongs to the 'Kippur 73 fighters' protest group
Don't eulogize Jerusalem yet: What demographics don't tell you about the city's future

Haaretz - 11:00 Jun 28, 2024

A gloomy future is often forecast for Jerusalem, due to its demographic situation. But the real story is far more optimistic

Tags: Jerusalem
The outcome of Iran's election will change neither its policy nor its standard of living

Haaretz - 10:43 Jun 28, 2024

Regardless of whether a conservative or a reformist is elected president, supreme leader Ali Khamenei is the one who will determine where the country is headed, and public apathy towards the election signals how Iranians feel about their democratic process
'Severe damage to governance': Far-right MK seeks to change appointment process of Israel's judiciary ombudsman

Haaretz - 09:48 Jun 28, 2024

According to Rothman, the bill intends to prevent judges from choosing an ombudsman tasked with investigating them. The court's legal adviser claims that a political appointment of an ombudsman is likely to lead to the political removal of a judge
Meandering Biden, pathological Trump: The worst possible presidential debate was a sad night for America

Haaretz - 09:20 Jun 28, 2024

Last night, Biden lost. Trump lost. American democracy lost. And although televised presidential debates rarely change the trajectory of an election, for Democrats, the spectacle on CNN was the sum of all their fears

Tags: Trump
Gazan journalists document how Palestinians are resorting to gathering leaves for food

Haaretz - 08:20 Jun 28, 2024

Resorting to eating tree leaves puts Gazans in the same unenviable position as civilians in other Middle East conflict zones and in North Korea, harvesting what were previously considered inedible plants to stave off hunger
Smotrich to cancel decision to freeze Palestinian Authority tax funds over fears of its collapse

Haaretz - 08:19 Jun 28, 2024

The finance minister decided to transfer tax funds that Israel collects on the Palestinian Authority's behalf, after saying last month that he would freeze them 'until further notice'. He is also expected to announce the legalization of five illegal outposts in the West Bank

Tags: Palestinian Authority
Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews don't have a monopoly on the Torah

Haaretz - 03:04 Jun 28, 2024

When Haredi politicians, fulminating against the threat of mandatory military service, declare their yeshiva students alone safeguard Jewish heritage, why don't Israel's other Jewish communities dispute this spurious monopoly?

Tags: Israel's
Netanyahu no longer controls events in Israel - and it's driving him to distraction

Haaretz - 03:03 Jun 28, 2024

The ruling by Israel's top court on the Haredi draft exemption could have reality-changing ramifications ■ If anyone still had any doubt, this week it became even clearer: Netanyahu will not agree to a commission of inquiry in the October 7 debacle ■ Has Israel already adopted the 'French Law,' even though the Knesset still has not passed it? ■ The difference between defeating Hamas and the judicial 'reform'

Tags: Netanyahu
Netanyahu is waging three wars of attrition: Against Hamas, Hezbollah and the Israeli people

Haaretz - 03:02 Jun 28, 2024

The Israeli prime minister wants his people to remain in a fog of uncertainty, making them even more reliant on their dysfunctional government ■ An all-out war with Hezbollah seems less likely than it did just a few days ago – but that doesn't mean hostilities are over ■ The IDF is getting used to the new routine of fighting at fluctuating levels of intensity

Tags: Hezbollah
'When people hear that I'm going to Israel, they get upset'

Haaretz - 02:36 Jun 28, 2024

This week at Ben Gurion Airport: An American Jew travels to Israel for three days to meet members of her team for the first time, and two septuagenarian sisters recall the choices they made with regards to love

Tags: Israel
U.S. removes Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say

Haaretz - 02:23 Jun 28, 2024

Israeli army says three drones, 25 rockets launched from southern Lebanon, no casualties reported ■ IDF says it struck Hezbollah air defense system ■ U.S. shifts assault ship to Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating ■ IDF launches intelligence-based operation in Gaza City's Shujaiya neighborhood; Gazans report 30 killed ■ Smotrich to backtrack on decision to withhold funds from PA ■ U.S. urges citizens to 'strongly reconsider' Lebanon travel
Biden: 'We saved Israel'; Trump: 'He's become like a Palestinian': Disastrous performance vs. constant lies at first presidential debate

Haaretz - 02:05 Jun 28, 2024

Trump was the first to mention Israel, attacking Biden's foreign policy and reiterating his claim that Hamas would have never attacked Israel under his watch. Biden maintained that his administration has stuck by Israel's side, adding that 'We're providing Israel with all the weapons they need, and when they need them'

Tags: Biden Trump
My Tel Aviv neighbor has been nothing but nice to me. Turns out, he's the enemy

Haaretz - 02:04 Jun 28, 2024

One effect of the protracted war is the removal of all the masks of people who thought they could live together. The gap is growing and seems terminal
'Make no mistake, Israel's coup is alive and kicking': A stunning warning by Supreme Court Justice Anat Baron

Haaretz - 01:04 Jun 28, 2024

Justice Anat Baron, who retired from the Supreme Court days after October 7, says that Israel is at its lowest point; in these dramatic times, she doesn't feel she has the privilege to remain silent
Netanyahu's greatest threat is Smotrich's land mine

Haaretz - 21:06 Jun 27, 2024
Opposition leader Lapid must bring Arab citizens into Israel's next government

Haaretz - 20:53 Jun 27, 2024
In its campaign of revenge in Gaza, Israel is digging its own grave

Haaretz - 20:51 Jun 27, 2024
Netanyahu's coalition is a failed experiment in right-wing, ultra-Orthodox government

Haaretz - 20:46 Jun 27, 2024
Time is running out for Israelis to replace Netanyahu's government

Haaretz - 20:44 Jun 27, 2024

11764 items

Haaretz

Popular Tags