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Since the war began, entire areas of the West Bank have been emptied of their communities

Haaretz - 19:33 May 02, 2024

October 7 brought settler violence to a head in the West Bank: 18 Palestinian herding communities have since been uprooted from their homes, with the residents now living in makeshift dwellings on the outskirts of other villages, impoverished and anxious for the future

Tags: West Bank
Why a group of French-Jewish lawyers wants this rising political star prosecuted

Haaretz - 19:19 May 02, 2024

Leading members of the far-left French Unbowed party are facing police questioning over their messaging in regard to the October 7 Hamas attack. 'This is a threat to free speech,' says its prospective European lawmaker Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-French lawyer
Turkey reportedly halts all trade with Israel amid war in Gaza

Haaretz - 18:38 May 02, 2024

Turkey hasn't yet formally announced the move, which comes amid a straining of relations between the two countries amid the war in Gaza, but Israeli importers have already complained about delayed shipments

Tags: Gaza Turkey
Anti-Israel campus activists aren't Nazis. But they're complicit with Trump's fascism

Haaretz - 18:03 May 02, 2024

When Netanyahu ridiculously compares pro-Palestinian students to Nazis he is only making it easier for the tiny, privileged minority to insist they're not the antisemites they truly are, just 'anti-Zionists'

Tags: Nazis
Israel at war, day 209: Turkey reportedly halts all trade with Israel

Haaretz - 16:52 May 02, 2024

Hamas delegation is due in Cairo to continue truce negotiations ■ When asked about PM Netanyahu's promise that Israel would enter Rafah with or without a hostage release deal, Blinken says 'people say things; let's focus on what they're doing' ■ Turkey reportedly halts all exports and imports with Israel ■ Israel's National Security Council issues new travel warning for Malmö ■ Here's what you need to know 209 days into the war

Tags: Turkey Israel
AIPAC halts campaign fundraising for Republicans who voted against emergency Israel aid

Haaretz - 16:21 May 02, 2024

AIPAC, the powerful and divisive Israel-U.S. lobby group, pulled funding for 15 Republican lawmakers' reelection campaigns after they refused to vote for the recent $14 billion Israel aid bill, though the halt is unlikely to affect the politicians' reelection chances

Tags: Israel AIPAC
Biden: No place for antisemitism on any campus or anywhere in America

Haaretz - 15:34 May 02, 2024

In an unscheduled address delivered from the White House, Biden called for those taking part in university protests to respect the rule of law while exercising their freedom of speech

Tags: Biden
Three major Israeli food manufacturers announce price hikes on dairy products

Haaretz - 14:52 May 02, 2024

Food giants Tnuva, Strauss and Tara announced they were raising prices on non-controlled dairy products such as yogurt and cheese, as well as other staple foods like frozen vegetables and poultry. The companies blame the price hikes on the war's effect on raw material supplies
Israeli police officer indicted for assaulting anti-judicial coup protester

Haaretz - 14:17 May 02, 2024

The indictment states that the mounted policeman repeatedly assaulted the protester, Yael Reuveni, while on horseback during a protest in 2023. This is the first indictment filed against a police officer for use of force during the anti-judicial coup protests
Ultra-Orthodox leaders must do a mitzvah – and fight for the hostages' release

Haaretz - 13:59 May 02, 2024
Bereaved families ask Israeli ministers, MKs not to speak in Memorial Day ceremonies

Haaretz - 13:31 May 02, 2024

Israel's Knesset published an attendance list of Memorial Day ceremonies. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is set to appear in the Kfar Saba cemetery, where Roni Eshel, an Israeli soldier who was killed on October 7, is buried. 'I feel as if they are deliberately hurting us more,' her father says

Tags: Israeli Memorial
Iconic Tel Aviv bar shuts down on Saturdays in support of protests

Haaretz - 13:26 May 02, 2024

'We hope you all will also take to the streets. We cannot allow this failure of a government to get the sense that any of us are okay with the current situation', read a message on the bar's Instagram account notifying a halt to Saturday night events
The limits of tolerance: What Karl Popper would say about campus pro-Palestinian protests

Haaretz - 12:29 May 02, 2024

Popper, who fled Nazi Europe and coined the term the 'Open Society,' warned of the dangers of both tolerance – and intolerance. At what point would the philosopher, in his own words, have considered pro-Hamas slogans and police violence on U.S. campuses as 'criminal incitement to intolerance and persecution'?
The best books of Paul Auster: Legacy of a writer haunted by death

Haaretz - 12:24 May 02, 2024

Paul Auster, who died this week at 77, was one of the most successful and popular American authors of his generation. His life never stopped providing material for his writing, and through his books, he sought to understand it better

Tags: Paul Auster
Hundreds of protesters arrested at UCLA following overnight standoff

Haaretz - 12:02 May 02, 2024

Video shows officers wearing California Highway Patrol vests from its special operations unit holding onto protective umbrellas as they pushed through the barricades that were erected at UCLA and began detaining protesters

Tags: UCLA
Anything before 'Bros': Netflix's first fully Israeli show is a baffling experience

Haaretz - 11:08 May 02, 2024

Is Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon's new series a comedy? A thriller? A sports drama with very little sports? It also inspires a bigger question: who exactly is this Netflix show for?
Investigation: Israeli surveillance technology and spyware sold to Indonesia

Haaretz - 10:58 May 02, 2024

A joint investigation by Amnesty International and Haaretz has revealed that Indonesia, which has no diplomatic ties with Israel, imported Israeli spy tech. Then Singapore found out about it

Tags: Israeli Indonesia
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols

Haaretz - 10:39 May 02, 2024

Michelle Roverelli, the head of communications for the European Broadcasting Union that runs the show each year, said ticket buyers are only allowed to bring and display flags that represent countries that take part in the event, as well as the rainbow-colored flag
Ben-Gvir's driver who ran red light says he 'crept' into intersection before car crash

Haaretz - 09:28 May 02, 2024

The driver was questioned by police after the accident, which left Israel's national security minister lightly injured. 'Driving under an operational permit does not grant immunity for traffic offenses,' says a lawyer representing the other driver involved in the accident
A surprising conversation with Paul Auster: 'I've thought about death every day'

Haaretz - 09:21 May 02, 2024

They say you should never meet your cultural heroes, but my fears dissipated from the handshake outside author Paul Auster's Brooklyn home

Tags: Paul Auster

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