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Israel Land Authority head blocks show for employees citing religious concerns

Haaretz - 09:15 Aug 22, 2026

Employees see the decision to stop a musical based on a popular Israeli singer's songs as imposing religious standards on a government agency. The agency's acting chief is a settlement movement leader and previously served as a council head in the West Bank
U.S. envoy: Israel risked confrontation with Turkey by 'baiting' Ankara

Haaretz - 08:31 Aug 22, 2026

Barrack said Turkish forces could have scrambled their jets after Israel struck the Syrian airbase without warning. He compared the incident to Turkey's 2015 downing of a Russian fighter near the Syrian border

Tags: Israel
Seeking new opportunities, Israeli Arabs are moving to Jewish cities. Eilat is a case in point

Haaretz - 08:06 Aug 22, 2026

The story of Eilat, where more than 3,000 Arabs from across Israel have already made their home, offers a glimpse of how the fabric of life in Israel is slowly changing

Tags: Eilat
A Palestinian lies paralyzed, while the settler who shot him remains on the hill

Haaretz - 04:46 Aug 22, 2026

Harassment of the Palestinians began immediately after the new outpost sprouted up near the West Bank village of Sa'ir. A nurse seeking to help his neighbors after a settler opened fire was himself shot – and paralyzed for life
An Israeli startup is reinventing salmon farming. It may upend a global industry

Haaretz - 04:16 Aug 22, 2026

Israelis are among the world's leading consumers of salmon, most of it imported. An Israeli startup says it has found a way to raise the cold-water fish locally – without antibiotics or hormones, and with a much smaller environmental footprint

Tags: Israeli
'The devastation was huge. I knew help wouldn't come, and I would have to improvise'

Haaretz - 03:40 Aug 22, 2026

What happens when earthquakes strike an already dysfunctional country? The head of a team of Israeli rescue workers who grappled with the deadly chaos in Venezuela talks about the nightmares he cannot shake
U.S. envoy Barrack says Israeli strike in Syria could have led to war with Turkey

Haaretz - 03:20 Aug 22, 2026
Michigan Jews help form 'Democrats for Mike Rogers,' with little talk of Israel

Haaretz - 02:47 Aug 22, 2026

Avoiding an explicit focus on Israel at Thursday's event, as some Jewish Democrats rally behind Rogers, may be a nod to the fact that U.S. support for Israel is increasingly unpopular among voters across the political spectrum

Tags: Israel
Tehran says war with U.S. must end, as world now recognizes Iran's victory

Haaretz - 22:45 Aug 21, 2026

The Iranian parliament speaker said Tehran must prepare for 'unjust U.S. sanctions.' This came after the U.S. Treasury secretary announced additional sanctions against Iran, which he described as the toughest sanctions imposed to date

Tags: Tehran
'The people can't live like this': Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as U.S. ratchets up economic warfare

Haaretz - 18:34 Aug 21, 2026

Nearly six months into the war, sanctions and a naval blockade are squeezing Iran's economy. 'We have virtually given up on many things,' said a Tehran taxi driver. 'We're simply breathing, surviving and trying to make it from one day to the next'
Eight Muslim-majority countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement plan in West Bank

Haaretz - 18:10 Aug 21, 2026

The countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, said the plan constitutes a 'direct challenge' to peace efforts such as Trump's plan for postwar Gaza, which they say unequivocally rejects 'annexation and forced displacement'
Netanyahu petitions Likud to oust airport workers' union chief from party claiming internal party sabotage

Haaretz - 18:06 Aug 21, 2026

Netanyahu alleged that the shutdown – whose effects were still being felt Friday – was intended to harm Transportation Minister Regev and himself. The strike is estimated to have caused up to $9 million in damages

Tags: Netanyahu
Israeli Artem Dolgopyat takes gold in 2026 European Gymnastics Championships

Haaretz - 17:44 Aug 21, 2026

The 29-year-old Israeli Olympic medalist added another impressive title to his already crowded trophy cabinet after winning the final in Zagreb with a score of 14.466 points
Australia, Belgium join condemnation of Israel's E1 West Bank settlement plans

Haaretz - 16:09 Aug 21, 2026

Sweden and New Zealand also joined over a dozen other countries in objecting to Israel's plan to build in the strategically contested area, stressing that it could jeopardize any two-state solution

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Turkey to seek Interpol to enforce arrest warrant against Netanyahu

Haaretz - 15:07 Aug 21, 2026

Netanyahu's office issued a harsh condemnation of Turkey and its leader, saying that 'Erdoğan's pathetic attempt to intimidate the leaders and soldiers of Israel will go nowhere'

Tags: Turkey
Poland 'very disappointed' after Israel drops probe into killing of Polish citizen

Haaretz - 14:48 Aug 21, 2026

Damian Sobol, a volunteer from Przemysl in southeastern Poland, was among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in the airstrike in central Gaza in April 2024, which caused an international outcry

Tags: Poland
U.K., Australia and Canada say IDF closing probe into deadly Gaza strike that killed aid workers 'shameful'

Haaretz - 13:23 Aug 21, 2026

Australia, Canada, Britain and Poland decried the Israeli military's decision not to open a criminal probe into the 2024 strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers: 'Lessons must be learnt from this tragedy'

Tags: Canada Australia
The New Yorker's David Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'failure to face' Gaza

Haaretz - 12:23 Aug 21, 2026
Man shot dead in northern Israel as 2026 homicide toll reaches 192

Haaretz - 11:51 Aug 21, 2026

A 31-year-old man was killed Friday near Arraba in the Lower Galilee in what police described as a criminal shooting. The killing comes amid a continued wave of violence in Israel's Arab community, with at least 158 Arabs killed since the start of the year
Canada joins other countries in condemning Israel for not probing Gaza strike that killed aid workers

Haaretz - 11:21 Aug 21, 2026

Canada called Israel's decision not to open a criminal probe into the 2024 strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers 'unacceptable'; Australia and Poland summoned Israeli ambassadors over the decision

Tags: Canada

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