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Iceland joins Slovenia and Spain in opposing Israel's Eurovision participation

Haaretz - 23:16 Apr 25, 2025

Citing Gaza war crimes, Iceland's foreign minister said Israel's inclusion in Eurovision was 'strange and unnatural,' stopping short of calling for a boycott. Spain and Slovenia have also urged a union-wide debate

Tags: Eurovision Slovenia Israel's Spain
Israel's Gaza war reprise is reaping the army's first casualties

Haaretz - 19:23 Apr 25, 2025

In his visits to Gaza, new IDF chief Eyal Zamir has found a worn-down army, with Hamas now trying to attack Israeli weak points. A stab at 'total victory' means soldiers' deaths, a threat to the remaining hostages, the extensive killing of Palestinian civilians and rising criticism abroad

Tags: Gaza
Israel's fire chief is finally telling the truth about global warming

Haaretz - 16:30 Apr 25, 2025

No, there is no 'arson intifada' by mysterious Palestinian sleeper cells. Still, it's very likely that in the next few years we'll suffer a blaze lasting a week or more, and fire chief Eyal Caspi is preparing
Trump: Netanyahu may go into a war with Iran, but the U.S. won't be dragged in

Haaretz - 16:15 Apr 25, 2025

In an interview with Time Magazine, Trump said he 'didn't stop' Israel from attacking Iran, adding that the U.S. wouldn't be dragged in to war, but rather 'may go in very willingly if we can't get a deal'

Tags: Iran Trump
World Food Program says it has run out of food stocks in Gaza due to closing of crossings

Haaretz - 16:04 Apr 25, 2025

The UN organization said it had run out of both humanitarian and commercial supplies since all crossings in to the Gaza Strip have been closed for nearly two months
'In the name of what ideology do we sacrifice the hostages?'

Haaretz - 13:52 Apr 25, 2025

Eyal Gur, who leads the Jerusalem protest for the return of the hostages, says the rallies aim to bring in religious and right-wingers alienated by the Tel Aviv protest. 'The hostages were being abandoned, and there was a disregard for responsibility and life. Our country needs us now more than ever'
Intensifying rifts vs. deeper affinity: How Netanyahu and the Gaza war have convulsed relations between Diaspora Jews and Israel

Haaretz - 12:37 Apr 25, 2025

A striking number of Diaspora Jews fundamentally disagree with Israelis on the Gaza war, the policies of Netanyahu and Trump. But the events of October 7 and since have also heightened many Diaspora Jews' connection to Israel. Where is this crucial relationship heading?

Tags: Gaza Diaspora Jews Israel
IDF left Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak to fight dozens of Hamas terrorists alone, Oct. 7 probe finds

Haaretz - 11:38 Apr 25, 2025

Kibbutz members who tried to contact the IDF received no response due to a breakdown in the Southern Brigade's chain of command ■ Six security squad members were killed and five residents were taken hostage ■ 'Investigations are a band-aid on a bleeding, open wound,' hostage relatives say
Catholics distressed by Israel's muted response to pope's death

Haaretz - 10:33 Apr 25, 2025

'I can imagine there's dissatisfaction with the pope's criticism of the war in Gaza,' an adviser to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said. 'But criticism is legitimate. It has been heard from almost every country in the world'
'We'll die whether from hunger or the bombing': Gaza faces critical food shortage

Haaretz - 10:15 Apr 25, 2025

Eight weeks have passed since Israel stopped allowing aid into the enclave. As one Gazan puts it, 'the expectation is that the situation will get worse'
Netanyahu meets bereaved families on hunger strike demanding Shin Bet chief's removal

Haaretz - 09:18 Apr 25, 2025

A video recording of the meeting with Netanyahu shows one of the families' representatives, a right-wing activist, harshly attacking the Shin Bet chief. The group also demands the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry into Oct. 7 rather than one 'led by the High Court'

Tags: Shin Netanyahu
Hebrew University ordered to hand over student info as police search for anti-gov't protester

Haaretz - 07:52 Apr 25, 2025

On his first day as a judge, Ariel Erlich – whose nomination was supported by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the leader of the coalition's judicial coup – ordered the university to provide investigators with the personal information of hundreds of students
Over 900 civilians murdered in terrorist acts since October 7 Hamas attack, data shows

Haaretz - 07:38 Apr 25, 2025

Official statistics released ahead of Memorial Day show that 4,503 civilians have been killed since the founding of Israel, including 934 since the October 7 Hamas attack in 2023

Tags: October Hamas
Two shot dead, one seriously wounded, in suspected criminal dispute in Israeli Arab city

Haaretz - 06:12 Apr 25, 2025

According to Haaretz's figures, 77 people have been murdered in Israel's Arab community since the start of the year – a significant spike in comparison to previous years
'I learned I had Jewish roots at 30. That was a secret kept from the Nazis'

Haaretz - 05:26 Apr 25, 2025

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A German woman who has been denied aliyah despite her connection to Judaism, and an Israeli saz musician who is all about Israeli-Turkish relations
Beyond Jewish suffering: Israel's Holocaust education finally includes other victims of the Nazis

Haaretz - 04:37 Apr 25, 2025

For the first time, the Education Ministry has approved a curriculum about the non-Jewish groups targeted by the Nazis, from gays they considered reeducating to the people sent for sterilization and those who were the first victims of the gas chambers

Tags: Nazis
A new Hebrew edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf was nixed. What did it actually say?

Haaretz - 03:05 Apr 25, 2025

Why did the Hebrew University shut down a revised edition of excerpts of Hitler's work? It depends on whom you ask

Tags: Hitler's
Israel's depressing déjà vu: Directionless war and sacrificing hostages for power

Haaretz - 03:01 Apr 25, 2025

At a time when Netanyahu is again ready to sacrifice the hostages for the sake of the coalition, Smotrich has become the most powerful figure in Israel ■ What was the imperial family doing on Holocaust Remembrance Day? ■ After Bar's affidavit, who believes the prime minister's version of events
The moral abyss engulfing Netanyahu can't be masked by attacking the Shin Bet chief

Haaretz - 03:01 Apr 25, 2025

From U.S. President Trump to Education Minister Yoav Kisch, those responsible for the fate of the 59 hostages still in Gaza do not seem to care ■ Even for Holocaust Remembrance Day, Netanyahu did not pause his smear hate campaign against Shin Bet director Ronen Bar

Tags: Shin Netanyahu
Missile launched from Yemen intercepted outside Israeli territory, IDF says

Haaretz - 02:34 Apr 25, 2025

ISRAEL: IDF releases name of reservist killed in northern Gaza ■ WEST BANK: Police say they arrested Islamic Jihad operative planning to carry out attack ■ IRAN: Trump says in Time's interview if deal can't be reached, he'd be 'leading the pack' in attack on Iranian nuclear sites

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