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Israel believes it's fighting a holy war in Gaza, and dissenters are deemed heretics

Haaretz - 20:35 May 06, 2025
Netanyahu wants endless terror

Haaretz - 20:33 May 06, 2025
Israel will pay a heavy price if it continues its campaign of death in Gaza

Haaretz - 20:25 May 06, 2025
The Houthis are no superpower but they hit Israel where it really hurts

Haaretz - 19:52 May 06, 2025

Within a tension-filled powder keg of war, there's one thing Israelis still need: to know they can get out if they want to. The Houthis just put that in doubt

Tags: The Houthis
Israeli-British musical duo slam organizers for cancelling show after BDS pressure

Haaretz - 19:13 May 06, 2025

Longtime collaborators Dudu Tassa and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood said they fear the cancellation, celebrated 'by some progressives,' will be 'weaponized by reactionaries'
Smotrich says gov't set to approve construction plans that would divide West Bank in half

Haaretz - 18:43 May 06, 2025

'This is how you bring in a million residents': Far-right minister Smotrich said that the government is 'already working on it,' and that 'God willing, there'll be [Israeli] sovereignty [in the West Bank] during this term'

Tags: Smotrich West Bank
Oman says it mediated cease-fire between Houthis and U.S. as Trump says group 'capitulated'

Haaretz - 18:24 May 06, 2025

The Houthis later clarified that it would not stop attacks on Israel ■ Trump also teased a 'very important' decision to be announced before his Middle East trip later this month

Tags: Trump
'Yemen treats our blood as if it matters': Houthi attack on Israel strikes a chord in the Arab world

Haaretz - 18:04 May 06, 2025

After missile successfully strikes Ben-Gurion Airport, Yemen is hailed as Gaza's lone defender - while Arab states face growing criticism. 'We can't even open a crossing to Gaza while Yemen shut down the enemy's air and sea,' wrote an Egyptian analyst

Tags: Arab Yemen
Report: U.S. proposes Gaza truce and hostage release ahead of Trump's May Mideast visit

Haaretz - 18:03 May 06, 2025

Responding to the report by Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, a senior Israeli official said no new proposal had been received. Per the source, the cease-fire would include a limited release of hostages, including American-Israeli Edan Alexander
'Only peace can prevent another October 7. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will come to an end'

Haaretz - 17:30 May 06, 2025

With Gaza in flames and extremism on the rise, three women are leading a coalition to bring peace back to the center of Israeli public life, starting with a mega event in Jerusalem this week
Ben-Gvir defies deal with AG, vows continued involvement in Israel Police appointments

Haaretz - 16:47 May 06, 2025

The far-right MK said he would have the final say in all police promotions. Last week, Ben-Gvir agreed not to interfere, as part of a deal with the attorney general meant to ward off threats to his position as national security minister

Tags: Ben-Gvir
Why U.S. Jews and Israel's D.C. allies are going cold on Steve Witkoff, Trump's Mideast envoy

Haaretz - 16:23 May 06, 2025

As long as the U.S. finds itself emboldening crises of Israel's own creation, Witkoff's base of support in the Jewish community will keep shrinking

Tags: Israel's
Likud ministers say right-wing media personality, Netanyahu ally is blackmailing them

Haaretz - 15:53 May 06, 2025

Justice Minister Yariv Levin said Netanyahu confidant Jacob Bardugo 'is an aggressive hack trying to run the country per his own personal interests.' Ministers Shlomo Karhi and Miki Zohar joined him against Bardugo, saying 'they won't stop because of one Bardugo'

Tags: Netanyahu
Human rights groups in West Bank, East J'lem, Gaza condemn 'politicized' Israeli NGO bill

Haaretz - 15:24 May 06, 2025

55 aid organizations including OXFAM and Save the Children urged the international community to intervene, saying the bill further entrenches Israeli 'de facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory'

Tags: Israeli
Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany's chancellor, after first round defeat

Haaretz - 15:17 May 06, 2025

Friedrich Merz only received 310 votes out of 316 majority votes needed in the first round of voting in a secret ballot. It might never be known who had defected from Merz's camp

Tags: Friedrich Merz
IDF says it destroyed Houthi infrastructure at Sanaa int'l airport, causing shutdown

Haaretz - 15:01 May 06, 2025

The strikes reportedly struck civilian aircraft and shut down the airport, after the IDF issued an urgent evacuation order for the area. Israel also hit power plants and a concrete factory in the attack, a response to Sunday's Houthi strike on Ben-Gurion Airport

Tags: Houthi
'Synagogues abroad need protection from antisemitic threats. In Israel, we were assaulted by Jews'

Haaretz - 13:45 May 06, 2025
Vocal Israel critic Kehlani sees NYC concert canceled over 'security concerns'

Haaretz - 13:00 May 06, 2025

This is the singer's second recent cancellation; last week, Cornell dropped her show after students accused her of promoting antisemitic and anti-Israeli rhetoric in her pro-Palestinian statements
'Let the IDF mow them down!': In Israel, violence saturates everyday life

Haaretz - 12:59 May 06, 2025

What does it say about a society that sells eclairs inciting IDF destruction in Gaza while Palestinian children wait in lines at community kitchens, unable to enjoy even one cookie?
When the clinic's wall collapses: Israeli therapists share insights from treating October 7 survivors

Haaretz - 12:02 May 06, 2025

In a new book, therapists who volunteered after Hamas' massacre try to process the trauma – so that they don't fall victim to it themselves

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