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• Israeli health ministry withholds 'certificate of good standing' from doctor who was detained at protest

  Haaretz - 19:40 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Dr. Daphna Shochat was detained at an anti-government rally in June, and was released without charge. Shochat, who is moving to the U.K., requested the certificate from the health ministry so she could get a job. She was rejected and told she has a criminal record, which the police denies

• An annihilation discourse has taken over Israel

  Haaretz - 19:05 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Calls for Israel to launch a nuclear attack on Iran by historian Benny Morris and many others, including those on the left, is the continuation of a strategy of vengeance that would destroy everything. We must take to the streets and protest, while we still can

  Tags: Israel

• Understanding Israel's story through the country's most iconic photos

  Haaretz - 19:04 Jul 02, 2024
  

  From a devastating terror attack in 1948 to Ben-Gurion doing a headstand, a Tel Aviv museum presents 27 iconic photos that made history

• Kentucky judge rejects Jewish mothers' landmark case against state's abortion ban

  Haaretz - 18:29 Jul 02, 2024
  

  The case brought forward by three women, who came to be known as The Kentucky Three, was unprecedented. Suing the state's attorney general, Daniel Cameron, they argued that the ban infringed upon their religious liberties and posed a direct threat to their health

• Why China, Russia, Iran and Israel's government are gloating after the Biden debate debacle

  Haaretz - 18:02 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Gleeful enemies, anxiety among allies: The supercharged global coverage of Joe Biden's performance and re-election chances reflect the dramatic stakes of November's election – from the future of the American republic to world order itself

• Israel's education minister claims 'many reasons' behind bid to oust Yad Vashem chair, but doesn't cite them

  Haaretz - 17:28 Jul 02, 2024
  

  A Freedom of Information request revealed that Minister Yoav Kisch's office received just one letter of complaint, which made no claims of misconduct or abuse, as the minister had claimed. The complaint was sent by an American organization after Yad Vashem cut ties with it due to a dispute

  Tags: Yad Vashem

• Israel at war, day 270: Hezbollah deputy chief says Gaza truce only path to cease-fire

  Haaretz - 16:55 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Top IDF generals seek cease-fire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power for now, NYT reported ■ Parents of IDF spotters killed and kidnapped on October 7 vow to fight until state commission of inquiry into the events of the massacre is established ■ Netanyahu government picks judge to replace former chief justice Aharon Barak to represent it at ICJ ■ Here's what you need to know 270 days into the war

  Tags: Gaza

• Does Israel actually want to be accused of more war crimes in Gaza?

  Haaretz - 16:38 Jul 02, 2024
  

  In what looks like a competition of criminal intentions, Israeli political figures are insisting on advocating policies to torment Palestinian civilians, as if to prove their commitment to violating international law

• 'It's time to give peace another chance': Thousands gather for Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Tel Aviv

  Haaretz - 16:33 Jul 02, 2024
  

  At an event titled 'Its Time: The Great Peace Conference,' an arena was filled with hope for the future during the darkest of times for Israelis and Palestinians. 'This homeland is bleeding,' one Palestinian speaker said, 'and if we don't stop it now, we'll all be on the way to collective suicide'

• Ben-Gvir and police are failing to stifle crime in Israel's Arab communities

  Haaretz - 16:31 Jul 02, 2024
  

  23 homicides were committed in Israel's Arab community during June, raising the yearly total to 109 ■ Under National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the number of murders in the Arab community has doubled

  Tags: Israel's Arab

• NYT: Israeli Army leaders want cease-fire in Gaza, even with Hamas in power

  Haaretz - 14:12 Jul 02, 2024
  

  According to the New York Times, IDF officials are pushing for an end to the war in Gaza, believing it is the only chance to get the hostages back and to deescalate with Hezbollah. Netanyahu pushed back, saying he didn't know who the sources were, but that this 'will not happen'

  Tags: Gaza

• Knesset to go on three-month recess at the end of July, drawing criticism from hostages' relatives

  Haaretz - 13:21 Jul 02, 2024
  

  National Union Party submitted a bill to cancel the recess, expected to be the longest one ever, but needs cooperation from the coalition to move it forward. 'Bring a deal that would return the 120 hostages, and you'll get the vacation you want,' said relatives

• When did King Hezekiah reign? Controversial artifacts may resolve biblical controversy

  Haaretz - 12:05 Jul 02, 2024
  

  The Bible contradicts itself on the regnal years of the king of Judah who rebelled against Assyria. Study of seal impressions from the antiquities market claims to break the impasse

• Two Israeli soldiers killed in central Gaza combat, IDF says

  Haaretz - 11:35 Jul 02, 2024
  

  30-year-old Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Elchanan Knoller from Jeruslaem and 25-year-old Maj. (res.) Eyal Avnion are the two soldiers who were killed on Monday. Another soldier was wounded in combat

• Israel pledges to establish system to transfer sick Gazans for medical treatment abroad via Egypt

  Haaretz - 11:26 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Israel said it will present updates on the progress of the scheme within a week. The petitioners' lawyers were forced to leave the High Court hearing under guard, because of a right-wing protest against it

  Tags: Israel

• 'Make America greet again': Why immigration matters for U.S. Jewish voters this November

  Haaretz - 10:59 Jul 02, 2024
  

  America's Jewish community has long been associated with immigration advocacy. Now, pro-immigration Jewish activists are calling on community leaders to take a stronger stand, while pushing back against GOP 'misinformation and fearmongering,' ahead of November's presidential election

  Tags: Jewish

• How will the Gaza war change Israeli psychotherapy?

  Haaretz - 10:23 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Freud and his disciples did their utmost to keep political reality from creeping into their talks with patients, a decision that almost brought their movement to an end

• Killer of Israeli pedestrian at a crosswalk sentenced to 16 years in prison

  Haaretz - 09:44 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Adi Mizrahi, who stabbed 52-year-old Yuri Volkov in Holon in 2022, was charged with murder out of indifference in a plea deal. The indictment says evidence made it difficult to determine if Volkov's death was caused by the stabbing, or the medical treatment he received

• Israel reconnects Gaza with electricity for water desalination and sewage plant

  Haaretz - 09:12 Jul 02, 2024
  

  Israeli security officials said that repair of electric wires in Gaza and connecting them to the Israeli grid is carried out as a humanitarian effort to prevent disease outbreaks and contamination in Gaza that may endanger IDF forces in the Strip and Israeli residents

  Tags: Gaza

• Israel's State Prosecutor: Calling United Arab List party lawmakers terrorists constitutes protected speech

  Haaretz - 08:25 Jul 02, 2024
  

  The statement came in response to UAL lawmaker Waleed Alhwashla's request to remove National Missions Minister Orit Strock's immunity in order to file an indictment against her for incitement, after she called his party 'terrorists in a suit and tie and a sweet smile' in May

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