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Standing Together director, six others released to house arrest after anti-war protest

Haaretz - 17:09 May 20, 2025

Israel Police said they are suspected of assaulting a police officer, participating in an illegal gathering, behavior likely to breach public peace and blocking a public road. Despite the arrests, another march is scheduled for this upcoming Friday
Netanyahu is watching the American train leave without him

Haaretz - 17:08 May 20, 2025

As the Middle East undergoes a historic realignment driven by economic pragmatism and American strategic interests, the Israeli PM clings to a collapsing political order

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Ukrainian-American Sasha Vasilyuk wins top Jewish literary prize for novel on the hidden costs of war

Haaretz - 16:27 May 20, 2025

The 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature awarded its first-plane honor to Vasiluk's 'Your Presence Is Mandatory,' which explores the generational impacts of war and secrecy
Exit from Africa: Hominins could have been leaving for 8 million years

Haaretz - 16:11 May 20, 2025

New research proves the Sahara and Arabia had green cycles for million of years, during which African and Asian animals met on the peninsula. Why not archaic humans too?
Tel Aviv University tells faculty to avoid expressing political opinions in classes, campus events

Haaretz - 16:06 May 20, 2025

A student activist was suspended over an anti-war protest at a defense and security-related job fair. Meanwhile, the university's rector instructed staff to 'express positions grounded in public consensus' and avoid calls for 'controversial political action'
U.K. says it will pause free trade talks with Israel, summons ambassador over Gaza war

Haaretz - 15:40 May 20, 2025

The Israeli foreign ministry said that the suspension of talks was due to 'anti-Israel obsession and domestic political considerations.' Among the settlers sanctioned is veteran activist Daniella Weiss, head of the Nachala movement ■ Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely summoned by U.K. gov't

Tags: Israel
At protests and on social media, Gazans raise a white flag

Haaretz - 15:14 May 20, 2025

Palestinians are posting messages of surrender online, with many emphasizing they only seek 'survival, peace and freedom.' Similar sentiments were shared on Monday in Khan Yunis as Gazans protested Hamas

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'The fact that Omri is in Gaza affects my recovery; I feel responsible for his abduction'

Haaretz - 15:04 May 20, 2025

On October 7, 2023, Nissan Dekalo patrolled Kibbutz Nahal Oz for hours and held off dozens of Hamas terrorists. Dekalo's heroism saved hundreds of lives, but the captivity of one kibbutz member is affecting his recovery from that day
Two more Israelis arrested for allegedly spying for Iran near Defense Minister's home

Haaretz - 14:33 May 20, 2025

The two were arrested in late April after they had been in constant contact with Iranian agents for several months. Authorities said that the two acted 'with full awareness that they were operating under Iranian direction'
Increase in breaches at Israel-Jordan border raises fears of another October 7 attack

Haaretz - 14:24 May 20, 2025

The IDF has been promising to reinforce the eastern border for years, but rusty barbed wire remains the only obstacle between the countries. 'I won't tell my residents that it'll be okay, because it's not,' said the security officer of one moshav
72 percent of U.S. Jews say Trump is dangerous. So why don't Israelis see it?

Haaretz - 13:56 May 20, 2025

Four months into his second term, it's time to lift the façade: U.S. President Donald Trump isn't good for the Jews and isn't good for Israel

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How Israel got its hands on Syria's most prized archive: Executed Mossad spy Eli Cohen's secret files

Haaretz - 13:55 May 20, 2025

Decades of failed attempts, shifting alliances, and a collapsing regime: New clues reveal how the Mossad finally secured a trove of documents and possessions belonging to Eli Cohen – and how Ahmed al-Sharaa may have been involved

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'Occupation from Within': Legal scholar's book calls for the razing of Israel's Jewish supremacy regime

Haaretz - 12:58 May 20, 2025

The thrust of Michael Sfard's fourth book, subtitled 'A Journey to the Roots of the Constitutional Coup,' lies in its challenge to anyone who claims to oppose Benjamin Netanyahu's policies
Settlers build outpost adjacent to a Palestinian village and are harassing its residents

Haaretz - 12:32 May 20, 2025

The new outpost, adjacent to a village near Ramallah in the West Bank, stands between one of the residents' and his sheep enclosure. Authorities haven't expelled the settlers despite stop-work orders being issued. The IDF: 'The area does not invade the area where the Bedouins reside'
Lufthansa extends Israel flight suspension, Delta resumes Tel Aviv–New York route

Haaretz - 12:20 May 20, 2025

The Lufthansa Group has once again pushed back its return to Israel. U.S. airline Delta announced it would resume service on the popular Tel Aviv–New York route starting Tuesday. Air France and Transavia have yet to announce when they plan to resume flights

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When entire families in Gaza are wiped out, it doesn't matter if you call it genocide or not

Haaretz - 12:19 May 20, 2025

When hospitals and universities in Gaza are systematically destroyed, when children are buried beneath rubble, when millions are bombed, starved, and displaced – this is not a semantic issue. It's a moral one

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On Israeli TV, starving Gazan babies aren't a problem. As long as there are no photos of them

Haaretz - 11:56 May 20, 2025

Israeli far-right Channel 14's coverage of humanitarian aid to Gaza reveals a disturbing moral calculus: starvation is acceptable, as long as no one sees it

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Netanyahu's Gaza aid U-turn isn't about compassion – it's about keeping the war going

Haaretz - 11:47 May 20, 2025

Despite Netanyahu's approval of limited aid to Gaza under U.S. pressure, the plan's execution is raising alarms – from fears of forced displacement and clan-led boycotts to logistical failures and security risks surrounding the American firm tasked with distributing food

Tags: Gaza
Disaster zone volunteer surgeon says 'Nothing compares to what is happening in Gaza'

Haaretz - 11:41 May 20, 2025

Dr. Tomo Potokar has been to several war zones, including South Sudan and Ukraine. He says that the targeting of civilian infrastructure by Israeli forces is unparalleled: 'Here, it's a different scenario'
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Huckabee: 'I'm asking if there must be a separate Palestinian state'

Haaretz - 11:27 May 20, 2025

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, said the United States can't guarantee that the U.S.-supplied aid won't reach Hamas, and that a Palestinian state doesn't necessarily have to be within Israeli-controlled territory

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