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Fear, censorship and repression are keeping Israelis in the dark about Gaza

Haaretz - 01:56 May 12, 2025
For many, the democracy Israelis fear losing never existed in the first place

Haaretz - 01:49 May 12, 2025
250 years after its first Revolutionary War, America is gaining independence from Israel

Haaretz - 01:39 May 12, 2025
The Haredi are holding an unloaded gun, but Netanyahu is too scared to call their bluff

Haaretz - 01:22 May 12, 2025
Relations between Ben-Gvir and the chief of police hit crisis level

Haaretz - 01:10 May 12, 2025

Sources said the National Security Minister is disappointed with the conduct of the police and with some of Levy vocal support for a hostage deal, while Levy is mad at Ben-Gvir for presenting himself as the one who approves promotions

Tags: Ben-Gvir
MKs confront senior officer, swear at detainees during visit to detention center

Haaretz - 23:39 May 11, 2025

During a 'field trip' to Sde Teiman, a detention center for Hamas members and Palestinian civilians from Gaza, a few MKs were barred from the area where Gazans are held because they refused to wear body armor
Knesset committee backs bill to rein in High Court president, automatize justice panel selection

Haaretz - 22:46 May 11, 2025

The draft law specifies that panels be determined by computer. Officials in the Courts Administration warned that the change could slow the court's workflow
Qatar paid Netanyahu's aides for World Cup campaign via U.K. firm

Haaretz - 22:04 May 11, 2025

The contract signed by Einhorn's Perception in 2021 was with a company owned by a former senior IDF officer and a former Mossad officer. Perception couldn't contract with Qatar directly, so it worked through a British subsidiary

Tags: Qatar
Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza captivity

Haaretz - 19:37 May 11, 2025

Hours after reports of direct U.S. talks, Hamas said it plans to release Alexander to signal its willingness to end the war. The White House said it requested the return of the bodies of four other American-Israeli hostages still in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Hamas
'My films are a love letter to the Israel that I believe in, the Israel I want to see'

Haaretz - 18:50 May 11, 2025

As streaming platform Izzy showcases Dani Menkin's 10 films through mid-June, the Israeli filmmaker steps back to ruminate on pivoting between genres, the universal appeal of sports stories and why he's not making an October 7 film any time soon
At the 'apolitical' Lehi Museum, Israel's most controversial pre-state militia lives on

Haaretz - 18:19 May 11, 2025

In most parts of Israel, Lehi is remembered for championing violence and assassinating British authorities. The two-story Lehi Museum in Tel Aviv memorializes the militia and recounts its thorny history from the perspective of its former fighters

Tags: Lehi Museum
Hamas in talks with U.S. over Gaza cease-fire and entry of aid, Palestinian official says

Haaretz - 18:09 May 11, 2025

'If an agreement is reached on current proposals, it is likely to be announced within 48 hours,' a Hamas official told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper

Tags: Hamas
Israeli Eurovision delegation met with pro-Palestinian protest and threats at opening event

Haaretz - 17:48 May 11, 2025

As protesters called to boycott Israel, one demonstrator threatened singer Yuval Raphael at the turquoise carpet event, prompting a police complaint
Trump may announce Gaza cease-fire plan during Mideast visit, Gulf sources say

Haaretz - 17:27 May 11, 2025

President Trump is frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent policies in Gaza, NBC reported. Netanyahu has taken issue with the new Houthi deal and public statements on Iran's nuclear program

Tags: Gaza
Forget the frantic rumors. Here's what really matters ahead of Trump's Mideast trip

Haaretz - 17:20 May 11, 2025

The more important thing to pay attention to is the undeniable rift between Israel and the Gulf states, who were not long ago considered the Jewish state's real strategic allies in the Middle East. This represents a real, growing frustration with Netanyahu and his extremist government
Why is America's Antebellum South being celebrated in Jerusalem?

Haaretz - 16:54 May 11, 2025

A rare collection of original sketches, storyboards and costume designs from "Gone With the Wind" are on display at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Plus, an exhibition on the horrors of the war in Gaza opens at Cairo Photo Week, by way of Nablus and Virginia
For this historian, Israel's abandonment of the hostages echoes the Holocaust

Haaretz - 16:32 May 11, 2025

Chana Yablonka, a historian and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, looks at the country and laments the loss of mutual responsibility on which she was raised. 'Dreams about what happens to the hostages when the IDF enters Gaza wake me up at night'

Tags: Holocaust
'The abyss is deep,' but the People's Peace Summit proved Israel has a peace camp

Haaretz - 16:01 May 11, 2025

At the Jerusalem Peace Summit this weekend, most speakers did not shy away from the vastly higher Palestinian death toll of the Gaza war, as over 5,000 Israelis and Palestinians came together demanding an end to the bloodshed
Israeli ultra-Orthodox parties vow to continue gov't bills boycott, citing delay in draft exemption bill

Haaretz - 15:50 May 11, 2025

The move follows the Israeli army's announcement that it needs 12,000 additional soldiers, including 7,000 combat troops. Haredi parties began to understand that Netanyahu had no solution, sources told Haaretz

Tags: Israeli
Yeshiva University rescinds recognition of LGBTQ student club

Haaretz - 15:15 May 11, 2025

The decision to derecognize Hareni, the LGBTQ student club at the flagship Modern Orthodox university, follows years of litigation over LGBTQ inclusion. University President Rabbi Ari Berman said such a club is 'antithetical' to the school's values

Tags: LGBTQ

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