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I was a West Bank settler. This is why I refused to serve in the IDF

Haaretz - 11:19 Apr 28, 2025

My commanders initially didn't believe me when I told them that I was conscientiously objecting: I didn't fit the expectations of how a refusenik is supposed to look. But I did, and you should too
Not 'last descendants': Finding relatives of Holocaust survivors who died in the 1948 War

Haaretz - 11:04 Apr 28, 2025

Chaim Sznajderman never knew that his brother Lajb survived Auschwitz. Avraham Salzman feared that 'no memory of the Salzman family from Ostroh, Volhynia, will remain.' New research shows they have descendants who are proud of them
Netanyahu says Israel will maintain military control over Gaza

Haaretz - 10:56 Apr 28, 2025

The prime minister praised Donald Trump's plan for the 'voluntary relocation' of Palestinians from Gaza, saying 'many of them want to leave,' while criticizing former President Biden and his administration's opposition to ground operations in Gaza

Tags: Gaza
Invoking never again in Israel, as more children die

Haaretz - 09:35 Apr 28, 2025

I have been engaged in researching the Holocaust for about 40 years. I never imagined in my worst nightmares that the Jewish state would bomb starving children to death
'What's Israel's strategy?': U.S. hostage families call on Trump to negotiate directly with Hamas

Haaretz - 08:43 Apr 28, 2025

At the annual American Jewish Committee gathering, the families criticized the government's refusal to sign a hostage deal that would end the war. Netanyahu isn't expected to speak at the Forum, highlighting a growing ideological rift with the committee
Lies, manipulation, incitement: Netanyahu's affidavit on Shin Bet is pure propaganda

Haaretz - 03:01 Apr 28, 2025

The prime minister's affidavit to the courts on Sunday is more of a press release than a testimony. As is his wont, he uses it for diversion and incitement – by blaming the Shin Bet for October 7

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Egyptian sources: Breakthrough in Gaza cease-fire talks, some issues remain

Haaretz - 02:42 Apr 28, 2025

ISRAEL: Far-right activists attack demonstrators honoring children killed in Gaza ■ GAZA: Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 57 Palestinians, Hamas-run health ministry says ■ ICJ: Foreign Minister Sa'ar calls UNRWA a 'Hamas proxy' ■ YEMEN: Dozens reported dead after U.S. strikes in Saada

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Israel's democracy depends on keeping the Shin Bet independent

Haaretz - 02:30 Apr 28, 2025
Settlers and soldiers unite to deny Palestinians water in the West Bank's Jordan Valley

Haaretz - 02:04 Apr 28, 2025

The West Bank's Jordan Rift area is touted as a tourism hotspot, abundant with springs. Settler sabotage and military checkpoints make it difficult for Palestinians to access water

Tags: Palestinians
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after London Marathon demonstration

Haaretz - 01:52 Apr 28, 2025

Willow Holland and Cristy North, activists from Youth Demand, threw red powder paint on Tower Bridge to protest U.K. arms sales to Israel. While being restrained, North shouted, 'Stop the genocide'
The Israeli center-left's shock over Smotrich reveals deep-rooted denial

Haaretz - 01:37 Apr 28, 2025

The plan is clear and well-known, proceeding by the book. Anyone ignoring it, or taking part in it by remaining silent, is either in denial or harboring delusions that silence will lead to this government's replacement
The mechanism shielding Israeli soldiers from moral dilemmas

Haaretz - 01:15 Apr 28, 2025

Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman argues that violence becomes efficient thanks to a bureaucracy that separates the deployment of force from the moral evaluation of its ends. Israel's air force serves a perfect example
Israel's cruelty toward this Gaza aid worker further erodes its international standing

Haaretz - 23:06 Apr 27, 2025
Israeli soldiers are dying in Gaza for no reason

Haaretz - 21:56 Apr 27, 2025

Instead of crying on Memorial Day, we should rage, because the dead for whom we are crying died for nothing. Tears will merely legitimize the next combat deaths
Israel Police chief warns senior officers not to speak with Ben-Gvir behind his back

Haaretz - 20:22 Apr 27, 2025

Haaretz has learned that in his first meeting with senior police officials in September, Danny Levy instructed that any call from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to them or their subordinates must receive his prior approval
Irish hip-hop group facing police inquiry over pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel messaging

Haaretz - 20:18 Apr 27, 2025

Authorities are reviewing footage from concerts where members of Kneecap seemed to support Hamas and Hezbollah. 'Those attacking us want to silence criticism of a mass slaughter. They weaponize false accusations of antisemitism to provide cover for genocide,' said Band member Mo Chara
Netanyahu just proved he is a threat to every Israeli's security

Haaretz - 19:16 Apr 27, 2025

Israel's prime minister intended his frothing, sneering screed, an affidavit to the High Court strewn with classified information, to counter the Shin Bet chief's recent explosive accusations. Instead, it lays bare his culpability
As Pakistan's top clerics call for jihad against Israel, is South Asia the new hub of radical Islam?

Haaretz - 18:46 Apr 27, 2025

Just before an Islamist terror attack triggered talk of all-out war between India and Pakistan, pro-Palestinian mobs in Karachi attacked KFC branches, killing an employee, pro-Hamas clerics called on Muslim countries to attack Israel, while the violent fervor spread to Bangladesh. But the Gaza war is just a pretext

Tags: Israel
Israel strikes building in southern Beirut, after warning residents to evacuate

Haaretz - 18:19 Apr 27, 2025

The strike on Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold, is Israel's third on Beirut since the November cease-fire; Lebanon's president condemned the attack, warning it could threaten regional stability

Tags: Beirut
Swiss ambassador apologizes after fencing team protests Israeli anthem in gold medal win

Haaretz - 17:25 Apr 27, 2025

At the European U23's championship medal ceremony, the Swiss fencing team did not turn toward the Israeli flag after the Israeli team won gold. The Swiss ambassador apologized to the Foreign Ministry and the Israel Fencing Association

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