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Israel's top court to freeze any move to fire AG pending judicial review

Haaretz - 14:57 Jul 18, 2025

The Israeli Supreme Court's decision comes after sources told Haaretz on Thursday that the ministerial committee holding hearings on ousting the attorney general wants the cabinet to vote on her dismissal next week – before the High Court of Justice can intervene
'It's a form of boycott': Why these Palestinian citizens of Israel are cutting Hebrew out of their everyday lives

Haaretz - 14:00 Jul 18, 2025

Despite earning degrees or working in Hebrew, a deepening sense of alienation from the Israeli state and Jewish Israelis has led some Arabic speakers who are Israeli citizens to forgo Hebrew entirely, especially during the Gaza war: 'I'm speaking a language whose native speakers, many times, don't even accept my existence'

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Netanyahu discusses Gaza Catholic church strike with Pope as medics say 25 Palestinians killed in Friday attacks

Haaretz - 13:37 Jul 18, 2025

Several strikes were reported throughout Friday across Gaza's north, south, east and coastal regions. Meanwhile, PM Netanyahu and Pope Leo discussed Thursday's strike on the sole Catholic church in Gaza, and religious officials were allowed entry into the Strip to deliver aid

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Likud minister suspected of misusing funds from nonprofit she founded

Haaretz - 12:47 Jul 18, 2025

Golan is expected to be investigated for bribery and fraud after a TV exposé alleged she used a nonprofit to enrich allies and herself. She denies wrongdoing, calling the report 'AI-generated lies'
Support for Druze in Syria and Lebanon may slow disarming of Kurdish militias and Hezbollah

Haaretz - 12:09 Jul 18, 2025

If the Druze in Syria's Sweida province are allowed to keep their weapons, this could set an example and block the regional framework the Trump administration wants after it withdraws U.S. forces from Syria

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Israel to allow temporary deployment of Syrian forces in Sweida amid renewed clashes, official says

Haaretz - 10:18 Jul 18, 2025

Clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes resumed Thursday, ending a fragile cease-fire. Allowing Syrian forces into the restive region would mark a shift from earlier Israeli policy rejecting government forces' involvement
Actress Gal Gadot, producer Lawrence Bender receive a warm Israeli welcome and awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival

Haaretz - 09:33 Jul 18, 2025

Israeli-born Hollywood star Gal Gadot called for the return of the hostages and the end of the war in Gaza, while top film producer Lawrence Bender criticized Hollywood for turning its back on him following Hamas' October 7 attack

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Balloons, beer, and performances: Only the hostage Nimrod Cohen was missing from his birthday party

Haaretz - 09:14 Jul 18, 2025

Hundreds attended a birthday party for hostage Nimrod Cohen in Tel Aviv while he remains held in Gaza. 'The speeches on Saturday, the demonstrations, the birthday parties are important to achieve the goal: ending the war and a hostage deal', said Cohen's brother

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Israeli housing minister fires ultra-Orthodox chief of staff who spoke out against Netanyahu

Haaretz - 06:30 Jul 18, 2025

Housing Ministry Chief of Staff Moti Babchik was appointed by the current housing minister's predecessor. He blamed the prime minister for the government's inability to pass a bill granting Haredi men an exemption from mandatory military service
First, settlers attacked the Palestinian home. Then the IDF joined in

Haaretz - 06:04 Jul 18, 2025

Joint attacks by soldiers and settlers are taking an increasingly deadly toll on West Bank Palestinians. These acts of terror – including a recent one in the village of Surif – are barely reported in Israel, and no one is blamed for them
The next generation of Republicans is turning away from Israel

Haaretz - 05:30 Jul 18, 2025

Netanyahu spent years undermining Israel's ties with the Democrats. Now he appears to have sparked a seismic shift among Republicans too

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Abandoning Morag Corridor reveals Israel's far-right as true obstacle to Gaza hostage deal

Haaretz - 03:01 Jul 18, 2025

Assuming Trump is finally serious about pushing Netanyahu into a hostage deal, all we can do is nervously await the usual threats from the coalition's two right-wing thugs Brutes ■ And: What turned Aryeh Dery from mighty lion to scaredy-cat?
Hoping to hasten a Gaza truce, Trump showers Netanyahu with love and understanding

Haaretz - 03:00 Jul 18, 2025

The Israeli prime minister continues to spout separate, even contradictory, messages ■ Is there any truth to claims from senior IDF officers that interim Syrian president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, is directly involved in the acts of massacre?
IDF intercepts missile launched from Yemen after sirens triggered in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

Haaretz - 02:22 Jul 18, 2025
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Haaretz - 22:16 Jul 17, 2025
Israel's protest movement failed to break through Netanyahu's glass ceiling

Haaretz - 21:48 Jul 17, 2025
Helping the Druze cannot be a substitute for freeing Israeli hostages in Gaza

Haaretz - 21:19 Jul 17, 2025
Netanyahu expresses 'deep regret' after Israeli strike hits Gaza's Catholic church, killing three

Haaretz - 21:08 Jul 17, 2025

Netanyahu's rare admission followed Trump's call demanding Israel explain the deadly strike on Gaza's Holy Family Church

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Israel is ethnically cleansing the West Bank, too

Haaretz - 21:01 Jul 17, 2025
One of Israel's most powerful groups believes the war heralds the Messiah's coming

Haaretz - 20:46 Jul 17, 2025

Leaders of the nationalist ultra-Orthodox community see the wars in Gaza and with Iran as divine intervention that expedites the era of redemption. The security discourse has given way to talk of miracles, and prominent rabbis are anointing Netanyahu as a messenger of God

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