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• High Court unanimously strikes down Israeli cabinet decision to close Army Radio

  Haaretz - 18:35 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The ruling said Israel's cabinet decision to close the station was based on 'an extraneous and improper consideration.' The court upheld the government's authority to make such a decision, though, were it based on objective factors

• Banner calling for peace and a Palestinian state hung in Tel Aviv mall swiftly taken down

  Haaretz - 18:27 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The banner, reading 'One day, a Palestinian state will be established, and there will be peace here,' was hung in Dizengoff Center by Israeli peace activists from Standing Together and A Land for Us All

  Tags: Palestinian

• Australia, don't be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the time

  Haaretz - 18:11 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The IDF's decision not to open a criminal investigation into the deaths of eight aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including an Australian citizen, drew strong condemnation. But for Palestinians, this has simply become the norm

  Tags: Palestinians

• France, Germany, Italy, U.K. condemn Israel's construction tender for West Bank E1 settlement project

  Haaretz - 18:05 Aug 20, 2026
  

• West Ham asks fans to stop Manor Solomon chant over 'hates Palestine' lyric

  Haaretz - 17:02 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The British football club said it wants all fans to feel safe and respected after the song was heard during the away match against Burnley

• Israeli ministers lash out at U.K. FM over E1 row, invoke 'Islamic caliphate' in London

  Haaretz - 16:13 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Israel's foreign minister Britain of damaging ties with Israel and fueling antisemitism after the U.K. condemned plans for 1,200 homes in the highly contentious E1 area in the West Bank

• Germany found its Israeli villain. Will it continue to ignore the reality that produced him?

  Haaretz - 15:53 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Sanctioning Israel's ultranationalist national security minister will not change Israel. In fact, it may do the opposite: empower Itamar Ben-Gvir

• Smuggling boom in Gaza fuels black market for goods banned by Israel

  Haaretz - 15:32 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Traders, officials and residents describe a shadow economy supplying everything from cigarettes to medical equipment, with allegations that Israeli soldiers and Hamas authorities profit from the trade

• Is Avigdor Lieberman plotting his own path to replace Netanyahu?

  Haaretz - 15:13 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Secular right-winger Lieberman and Naftali Bennett might have a chance to outplay election front-runner Gadi Eisenkot and lead a coalition without the center-left and Arab parties. Eisenkot would almost certainly join as a junior partner

• Ultra-Orthodox party leaders strike a fragile deal to contain a frowing leadership feud

  Haaretz - 15:12 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Shas Chairman Dery agreed to give Rabbi Yosef greater influence over party decisions after the party's senior spiritual leader urged Israel's ultra-Orthodox not to vote for the party to help bring down Netanyahu – but sources say the reconciliation is unlikely to last

• It's not just violence: Israel is crushing the Palestinian economy too

  Haaretz - 15:10 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has been quietly leading a campaign to bring the Palestinian Authority and the West Bank economy to their knees

• It's not just violence: Israel is crushing the Palestinian economy too

  Haaretz - 15:10 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has been quietly leading a campaign to bring the Palestinian Authority and the West Bank economy to their knees

• A peeping damselfly beats all in ecology photo competition

  Haaretz - 15:09 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The carnivorous insect peering through a leaf triumphed over battling cuttlefish exchanging violent displays of color, a bridge between islands and a baby turtle in this year's BMC photo contest

• Could Brazil's election day force Jews to choose between religion and the ballot?

  Haaretz - 12:39 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Brazil's October 4 election will take place on the holiday of Simchat Torah, during which observant Jews cannot vote. A Jewish candidate for Sao Paulo's state assembly is asking the country's top electoral court to extend voting hours

  Tags: Jews

• A 1,600-year-old village, a dazzling mosaic and a new story of ancient Judaism

  Haaretz - 12:05 Aug 20, 2026
  

  An exhibition near the Sea of Galilee offers a glimpse of Huqoq, the ancient village uncovered in 2011 that has archaeology enthusiasts enthralled. What does its spectacular mosaic reveal about Galilean Judaism – and when will the public finally get to see it?

• Trump announces 'economic D-Day' against Iran as Tehran cites 'economic terrorism'

  Haaretz - 11:55 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Iranian Foreign ‌Minister Abbas Araghchi said Trump's economic operation against Iran 'will only bring further defeat' to Washington. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tehran will use 'more destructive' weapons if hostilities resume in the region

  Tags: Iran Tehran

• The IDF is finally probing Hind Rajab's killing. Don't expect accountability

  Haaretz - 11:53 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The IDF is investigating five high-profile cases, including the killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics. But hundreds of other incidents that raise questions about the army's rules of engagement remain unexamined

  Tags: Hind Rajab

• Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport set to shutter amid alleged dispute with workers union

  Haaretz - 11:18 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Beginning at 2 P.M. local time, Israel's primary international gateway will grind to a halt ■ Transportation Minister: Those on strike 'will pay a heavy price'

  Tags: Israel's

• Israel bombed Syria to send Turkey a message ahead of the election. It may end up backfiring

  Haaretz - 10:59 Aug 20, 2026
  

  Israel says it struck to prevent Turkey from establishing a military foothold that could restrict its freedom of action. But the attack risks pushing Damascus closer to Ankara, while officials in Washington, Syria and Turkey suspect Israeli election politics played a role

  Tags: Turkey Israel Syria

• Don't wait for a French-speaking cavalry to end the occupation

  Haaretz - 10:50 Aug 20, 2026
  

  The collapse of democratic Israel and the rise of a brutal Israel arouse not only anxiety, anger and disappointment, but also a measure of unconscious gratification

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