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• It's not a 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinian detainees sexually abused by IDF soldiers

  Haaretz - 19:19 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Rape is not about sexuality, but about power, whether committed by Hamas on October 7 or by Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman detention center. In Israel, the furore over a leaked video of sexual torture, and its politicization by Netanyahu, is overshadowing what's really at stake

• Zikim crossing, north of Gaza Strip, opens to allow aid for first time since cease-fire

  Haaretz - 18:57 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Opening the northern checkpoint will enable larger quantities of aid to enter the Strip. However, the UN claims that Israel still heavily restricts the entry of aid. On Tuesday, UNICEF said it was denied by Israel from bringing syringes needed for a children's vaccination efforts

• House Democrats release Epstein papers saying Trump 'knew about the girls'

  Haaretz - 18:50 Nov 12, 2025
  

  U.S. President Donald Trump has vehemently and consistently denied knowing about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking. He has said that he and Epstein, who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, were once friends before having a falling out

  Tags: Epstein

• Netanyahu MK says Kahane 'was right about many things,' Likud was wrong to shun him

  Haaretz - 18:23 Nov 12, 2025
  

  At the Knesset, Deputy Speaker Nissim Vaturi praised Rabbi Meir Kahane, who called for expelling Arabs and was later designated a terrorist by Israel and the U.S. When Kahane served in the Knesset, lawmakers across the spectrum, including Likud members, often left the chamber in protest

  Tags: Likud

• Nobody wants this? Netanyahu is gaslighting Israelis over October 7 investigation

  Haaretz - 17:53 Nov 12, 2025
  

  The prime minister is trying to convince the Israeli public that they don't want an independent state commission of inquiry to investigate the events of October 7, when all polls show that they do. Can it work?

  Tags: October

• Violent settlers are 'fringe teens' but attacks on Palestinians can destabilize West Bank, IDF source warns

  Haaretz - 17:39 Nov 12, 2025
  

  The IDF chief said the settler attacks are distracting Israeli soldiers from 'protecting settlements and carrying out offensive operations,' amid the sharpest rise in almost two decades in incidents of settler violence. While the IDF is trying to cope with the violence, it largely places responsibility on the Israel Police

• Israel and Albania strengthen ties as Elbit to provide it with artillery, mortars and drones

  Haaretz - 17:27 Nov 12, 2025
  

  An official document states that the Israeli defense company will help Albania, a member of NATO, establish an independent defense industry. Meanwhile, Haaretz has learned that despite Brazil's pro-Palestinian stance, it extended a multimillion-dollar contract with Elbit Systems

  Tags: Albania

• West Bank barrier and Palestinian homes may be relocated to make room for incineration plant

  Haaretz - 16:53 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Two buildings and 37 acres of Palestinian agricultural land are designated to be expropriated for a planned waste incineration plant expected to reduce the amount of garbage sent to landfills in Israel. 'I worked all my life to build this house,' a resident facing eviction told Haaretz

  Tags: Palestinian

• Under the radar, quiet and persistent population transfer is underway in the West Bank

  Haaretz - 16:35 Nov 12, 2025
  

  While Israeli settlers drive Palestinians from their land through violence, another, quieter expulsion continues through bureaucracy and law

• Ron Dermer, Netanyahu confidant and Trump administration pointman, resigns from Israeli government

  Haaretz - 15:42 Nov 12, 2025
  

  In a letter to Netanyahu, Dermer cited family commitments for his resignation, writing, 'This government will be remembered for the October 7 attack and its handling of the war.' His departure is another sign of the unraveling inner circle around the prime minister as the war ends

  Tags: Netanyahu

• 'Extra brain power': Hebrew Israelite rabbinical body votes to ordain women after more than a decade of debate

  Haaretz - 15:38 Nov 12, 2025
  

  After the vote, Rabbis Malchah Netanyahu and Tamar Manasseh were swiftly welcomed to the movement's board of rabbis in the United States. 'It's a historic decision. I wish it could be celebrated among the wider Jewish community,' says Netanyahu

• Dozens of Israeli settlers set property on fire, attack IDF soldiers in West Bank; only one arrested for arson

  Haaretz - 15:25 Nov 12, 2025
  

  The IDF said after the attacks that it opposes 'all forms of violence that divert commanders' and soldiers' attention,' adding that two suspects who were detained managed to escape

• 'We may have reached the point where settlers try to kill Jews'

  Haaretz - 15:20 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Oded Yedaya was hit by a large stone thrown by a settler in the West Bank. The artist and political activist – who once served alongside Benjamin Netanyahu in an elite military unit – explains what that could mean for solidarity activism

• Archaeologists crack century-old mystery: What were clay cornets used for 6,000 years ago?

  Haaretz - 14:51 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Ceramic 'ice cream cones' were oddly diverse and don't evince much skill, but had to have been of profound importance in Chalcolithic Israel

• Israelis see U.S. as more influential over Israel's security decisions than own government, poll shows

  Haaretz - 14:42 Nov 12, 2025
  

  The survey also found that a plurality of Jewish Israelis support West Bank annexation, while a majority of Arab respondents believe a diplomatic solution is needed. Researchers also noted a 10 percent drop in opposition to the judicial overhaul

• Israeli West Bank settlers raid Palestinians' olive grove with IDF escort; one defiles grave

  Haaretz - 14:16 Nov 12, 2025
  

  A Palestinian who called the Israel Police to report the settlers was detained by the IDF and released later that evening. The soldiers' escort of settlers and their livestock in the grove violates military guidelines requiring troops to protect Palestinians and their property

• 'Zionism is racism'? When Haaretz defended Zionism – and denounced the UN

  Haaretz - 14:05 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Fifty years ago, the UN adopted the controversial resolution. Israel, the U.S. and Haaretz condemned it. UN Ambassador Chaim Herzog tore up a copy on the UN floor. Only Haaretz columnist Yoel Marcus remained unfazed

• U.S. submits new draft proposal to UN Security Council on international Gaza stabilization force

  Haaretz - 13:33 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Main changes from the previous draft include recognition of the Saudi-French initiative on Palestine, mention of an Israeli withdrawal to the security perimeter in Gaza, and a demand to report the International Stabilization Force's operations to the UN

  Tags: Gaza

• Report: IDF destroyed over 1,500 buildings in IDF-controlled parts of Gaza since cease-fire took effect

  Haaretz - 12:04 Nov 12, 2025
  

  An analysis by BBC Verify shows neighborhoods behind the Yellow Line have been destroyed by IDF forces, in an act some say may constitute a violation of the Trump-led cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

• Trump formally asks Israel's president to 'fully pardon' Netanyahu in corruption case

  Haaretz - 10:39 Nov 12, 2025
  

  Calling Netanyahu's trial 'a political, unjustified prosecution,' Trump asked Israel's President Herzog in a formal letter to pardon Netanyahu, who faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three separate criminal cases; Netanyahu responded to Trump: 'You get right to the point and call it like it is'

  Tags: Israel's Trump Netanyahu

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