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• Is the marriage between Haredim and Israeli ultranationalists beginning to break up?

  Haaretz - 17:48 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Three decades ago, the ultra-Orthodox Shas party joined a pro-peace, left-wing government. But then Haredi parties shifted sharply to the political far right, enthroning Netanyahu for decades. But now there are initial signs of a momentous shift

• After BDS blacklisted Justin Bieber and Lana Del Rey, it's 'Zionist' authors' turn to be targeted

  Haaretz - 17:47 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Writers worldwide are blacklisted on a viral list entitled 'Is Your Fav Author a Zionist?' for 'crimes' like attending a Hadassah book club or calling what Hamas did on October 7 'unacceptable.' How effective is the call to boycott their works and who is most hurt by it?

• 'Not something you see in America': What Jewish rapper-comedian Kosha Dillz saw at Israel's anti-government protest

  Haaretz - 17:46 Jun 20, 2024
  

  On his fourth visit to Israel since October 7, Kosha Dillz – aka Rami Even-Esh – performed in a packed club in Tel Aviv, but not before he went to an anti-government protest. After months of attending pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel rallies in America, he believes he has a 'perspective not a lot of people do'

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• Israel at war, day 258: Civil war will erupt in Gaza if PLO doesn't rule it, official says

  Haaretz - 16:55 Jun 20, 2024
  

  There may only be 50 living Israeli hostages in Gaza, WSJ reports ■ Hezbollah launches about 25 rockets at northern Israel ■ Civil war will erupt in Gaza if PLO doesn't control it, senior PLO official says ■ Israel is unprepared for the toll a war with Hezbollah would inflict on its electricity grid, CEO of Israel's electricity management company says ■Here's what you need to know 258 days into the war

  Tags: Gaza Civil Israel

• Germany designates BDS as 'suspected extremist group,' citing antisemitism concerns

  Haaretz - 16:41 Jun 20, 2024
  

  The designation allows German authorities to monitor BDS activists and recruit informants within the organization. Germany cited evidence of extremism the in the BDS charter, which calls for 'the liberation of all Arab lands,' as well as the support it receives from Hamas

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• Israel Police legal adviser: Police officers cannot confiscate signs at protests

  Haaretz - 15:58 Jun 20, 2024
  

  The orders were revealed in the wake of a petition to Israel's High Court of Justice after police officers violently confiscated signs from protesters that contained slogans against the government and the war. Despite this, confiscation of signs continues with no legal authority

• Facing a looming war with Hezbollah, Israel has six tough options

  Haaretz - 15:55 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Israel is navigating an unprecedented situation of ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza and an emboldened Iran while deciding how to react to escalating cross-border fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Its next move must be done in the most calculated and calibrated of ways – there's no room for error

  Tags: Hezbollah Israel

• Small in Japan: Why Israel decided to lower its profile at Expo 2025

  Haaretz - 15:55 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Instead of a luxurious pavilion in a prominent spot at the world fair, a much smaller alternative was chosen on the margins. 'In my opinion, it would have been preferable not to participate,' says architect David Knafo, who submitted one of the original proposals

• 'Israel has two faces': They escaped Russia, only to discover how similar Israel is

  Haaretz - 15:42 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Artists Veronika and Daniel Bernard moved from Russia to Israel following the invasion of Ukraine. Life here is everything they didn't expect it to be: 'We're trying to maintain our sanity and our critical thinking'

  Tags: Israel Russia

• Are investors bailing out of Israel? So far, the numbers say no

  Haaretz - 15:28 Jun 20, 2024
  

  The real threat to continued investment in Israel isn't likely to ever be BDS but the government's economic mismanagement

  Tags: Israel

• Israeli official warns power grid not prepared for war with Hezbollah

  Haaretz - 15:11 Jun 20, 2024
  

  'After 72 hours without power in Israel – it will be uninhabitable,' says CEO of company overseeing electrical systems. Israel Electric Company quick to distance itself from the 'irresponsible' comments

• Netanyahu associate's vision for Israel's Channel 13 News revealed in leaked conversation

  Haaretz - 15:06 Jun 20, 2024
  

  The decision to appoint Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich – a close affiliate of PM Netanyahu with no news experience – as CEO of Israel's Channel 13 was widely protested by station employees. Her vision for the news outlet is revealed here for the first time

  Tags: Channel Israel's Netanyahu

• Settler real estate company allegedly sold land it doesn't own. Israel threatens legal action

  Haaretz - 14:43 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Israel's gov't authority in the West Bank told the company that they were 'marketing housing units on land that is not registered in your name,' and demanded they cease. The company says the land belongs to a Palestinian in Jordan who is willingly selling land he owns

• An Israeli artist who is mythological in scope

  Haaretz - 14:36 Jun 20, 2024
  

  In her exhibition, 'The Trilogy,' now showing in Tel Aviv, Eden Auerbach Ofrat takes ancient archetypes and dresses them in dazzling cinematic majesty, that leaves the viewer agape

• Report: Number of Israeli hostages still alive in Gaza estimated to be as low as 50

  Haaretz - 13:34 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Less than half of the 120 hostages being held in Gaza are estimated to be alive according to a new WSJ investigation that highlights the desperation of family members whose loved ones have been held captive for over 250 days

  Tags: Gaza

• The Palestinian families wiped out by Israel's war in Gaza

  Haaretz - 13:02 Jun 20, 2024
  

  An AP investigation identified at least 60 Palestinian families where at least 25 people were killed in bombings between October and December, the deadliest period of the war

• 'No one recognizes me on the street. But I have gotten death threats for things I wrote'

  Haaretz - 12:00 Jun 20, 2024
  

  This week at Ben-Gurion airport: A writer faces the highs and lows of being a creative in Israel, and a boy who has homes in two countries

• Israel to pay $32,000 in legal fees over ICC's arrest warrant requests for Netanyahu and Gallant

  Haaretz - 10:19 Jun 20, 2024
  

  The State of Israel will pay 120,000 shekels in legal fees to two lawyers, after the International Criminal Court's prosecutor filed a request for arrest warrants against PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant last month over the Gaza war

  Tags: Israel Netanyahu

• Israel's AG won't represent justice minister in bid to appoint his choice of Supreme Court president

  Haaretz - 09:57 Jun 20, 2024
  

  While the architect of Israel's judicial overhaul seeks to abolish the seniority system for the Supreme Court presidency, Israel's AG believes in preserving the system – which guarantees the court's independence and separates politics from the appointments process

  Tags: Supreme Court Israel's

• Israel's attorney general bars Netanyahu from appointing next civil service commissioner

  Haaretz - 08:05 Jun 20, 2024
  

  Amid claims that the current Civil Service commissioner has abused the unit's power to serve Netanyahu and politically purge the civil service, Israel's attorney general ruled that PM Netanyahu cannot directly appoint the next commissioner

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