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• By tying Lebanon agreement to Gaza truce, Hezbollah obstructs the deal all sides seek

  Haaretz - 03:02 Jun 17, 2024
  

  Nasrallah's decision to tie the war's two fronts together has forced the U.S. to pressure Israel to reach a deal with Hamas in Gaza. But it seems that even the visit by U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein to the region, which begins on Monday, is not expected to lead to a breakthrough

  Tags: Gaza

• Two key Democrats in U.S. Congress approve major arms sale to Israel, Washington Post reports

  Haaretz - 02:53 Jun 17, 2024
  

  Eight arrested, several wounded as Israeli police crack down on anti-government protest ■ Israeli military spokesperson says Hezbollah 'bringing us to brink of escalation' ■ IDF says it intercepted aerial target from Lebanon near Acre in northern Israel ■ IDF announces daily 'tactical pause' in attempt to increase flow of aid into Gaza ■ Protesters against the government block major highways across Israel

  Tags: Israel

• Less corrupt, but more extreme: Israel's right is just as dangerous as Netanyahu

  Haaretz - 21:25 Jun 16, 2024
  

• In a show of weakness, Netanyahu loyalists refuse to fall in line over Haredi draft law

  Haaretz - 21:18 Jun 16, 2024
  

• What Yahya Sinwar's secret communications show about his thinking

  Haaretz - 21:17 Jun 16, 2024
  

• The choice for the new CEO of Israel's Channel 13 raises suspicions of pro-Netanyahu aims

  Haaretz - 21:16 Jun 16, 2024
  

• Israeli police unlawfully holds 11 anti-government protesters in custody for nearly a day

  Haaretz - 21:13 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Police submitted their request to release the protesters with restrictions early Sunday morning, yet by the afternoon only three of them were brought in for their first bail hearing as required by law. Among those arrested and later released was Haaretz photographer Itai Ron

• Israel's coalition re-introduces contentious bill giving gov't power over city rabbi appointments

  Haaretz - 19:33 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Discussions on the bill are set to resume after they were halted in march due to disagreements among members of the coalition. The bill also lets the government appoint and fund some 600 new rabbis

• Children whose fathers converted after birth may get Israeli citizenship, top court rules

  Haaretz - 19:28 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Justices Ronnen and Vogelman say that granting of status is in line with objective purposes of the Citizenship Law to preserve the family unit and ensure child welfare

• 'Pushing boundaries': The ex-yeshiva boy turned drag queen behind New York's 'God-optional' shul

  Haaretz - 19:28 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Twenty-one years in the making, the documentary 'Sabbath Queen,' that premiered last week at Tribeca Film Festival, captures the extraordinary life of Amichai Lau-Lavie, a rabbi like no other - who comes from a dynasty of rabbis dating back a thousand years

• Israeli anti-government groups call for 'Week of Resistance' in joint press conference

  Haaretz - 19:25 Jun 16, 2024
  

  After a tumultuous week, three protest groups are preparing for a week of nationwide protests and shutdowns, calling on all Israelis to join their demand for elections now

• Settlers assault Palestinian shepherds, Israeli activists in West Bank

  Haaretz - 19:20 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Activists said that on two occasions, settlers beat and threw rocks at them and the shepherds they were helping

• Israeli Knesset panel advances move to extend raising exemption age for reservists by a year

  Haaretz - 18:57 Jun 16, 2024
  

  The emergency order regulating the measure is set to expire at the end of June, four months after it came into effect. If the Knesset passes the proposal, soldiers will serve in the reserves to age 41, officers to 46 and reservists in key positions to 50

• Former Israeli MK quotes Hitler while discussing Gaza war

  Haaretz - 18:52 Jun 16, 2024
  

  'As Hitler said,' Moshe Feiglin said to Channel 12 news, 'I can't live if one Jew is left,' we can't live here if one 'Islamo-Nazi' remains in Gaza'

  Tags: Hitler

• A new civilian guard is documenting police brutality at Israel's anti-government protests

  Haaretz - 18:47 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Magen Ezrachi, or 'Civilian Shield, puts volunteers on the ground to record abuses at the protests, where Israel's police, under the rule of Ben-Gvir, has been using force against demonstrators, journalists, and even family members of hostages held in Gaza. 'I'm not supposed to be afraid of the law enforcement organization that protects me,' says one volunteer

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• Netanyahu's cynical rules for observing the Jewish sabbath

  Haaretz - 17:52 Jun 16, 2024
  

  Israeli PMs usually don't put out public messages on Saturday, during the Jewish Sabbath. Since the start of the Gaza war, Netanyahu has broken it twice, in ways that perfectly explain his unparalleled political cynicism

• Israel at war, day 254: IDF rejects claim Netanyahu didn't know about pauses in Rafah

  Haaretz - 16:50 Jun 16, 2024
  

  IDF announces daily 'tactical pauses' in Rafah to allow more aid into Gaza ■ PM Netanyahu, Defense Minister Gallant claim they were unaware of decision ■ Israel's top court orders halt to state comptroller probe into failures of defense establishment on October 7 ■ Hamas politburo chief Haniyeh says group's response to current truce proposal is consistent with principles presented by Biden ■ Here's what you need to know 254 days into the war

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• Caught between antisemites on left and right, French Jews face fateful elections

  Haaretz - 15:51 Jun 16, 2024
  

  With French President Emmanuel Macron's call for snap elections, France's Jewish community are stranded in a diminished political center, facing a campaign populated by vociferous antisemites and their appeasers belonging to both Marine Le Pen's insurgent far right and the mainstream left

• Jewish activists call to boycott Polish museum that held joint event with anti-Israel group

  Haaretz - 15:05 Jun 16, 2024
  

  The activists demand stopping donations to the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, as well discontinuing visits and cooperative projects, after it hosted an event with a local organization who posted anti-Israel content on social media, including claims that it is carrying out ethnic cleansing in Gaza

  Tags: Israel

• President of U.S. university says pro-Palestinian protesters no longer welcome on campus

  Haaretz - 15:01 Jun 16, 2024
  

  'So long as the [Gaza Solidarity] Encampment remained non-violent, I was committed that the university would continue to talk,' California State University President Berenecea Johnson Eanes wrote after a group of activists occupied a university building, causing significant damage and allegedly assaulting three employees and one student

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