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The absent dialogue: Noam Chomsky and ChatGPT

Haaretz - 17:28 Jun 30, 2026

There is hardly any discussion between thinkers, scientists and techies. It doesn't take a genius to understand that dialogue might harbor hope for joint progress
103 nails on the map: How Israel's government is burying the two-state solution

Haaretz - 17:00 Jun 30, 2026

During its term, Israel's government has approved the establishment and legalization of dozens of strategically placed settlements across the West Bank. The goal: to create irreversible facts on the ground that could make any future political settlement nearly impossible. Even if a future coalition tries to reverse course, experts say, it will be extremely difficult to do so
Israeli government failed to act on Dead Sea receding water level, report says

Haaretz - 16:27 Jun 30, 2026

The Dead Sea's water level has been receding since the 1960s at an average rate of more than one meter a year. According to the Israeli state comptroller's report, the government missed a 2020 deadline to tackle the issue

Tags: Israeli
Most opposition voters back some role for Arab parties in upcoming government, poll finds

Haaretz - 16:03 Jun 30, 2026

The poll found 74% of opposition bloc voters support Arab parties joining or backing a coalition in some capacity, while 77% of Netanyahu bloc voters oppose any role for them

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Knesset advances contentious bill giving Jewish religious studies special status

Haaretz - 15:20 Jun 30, 2026

The bill originally equated study of the Jewish Torah with military service, which could be used to justify ultra-Orthodox men's exclusion from mandatory enlistment. The relevant clause was removed, however, leaving the bill's legal rationale in dispute and its scope undefined
Eisenkot, what will you do about settler terror?

Haaretz - 15:16 Jun 30, 2026

As the opposition's leading hope, Gadi Eisenkot should answer the questions others avoid: Will he return displaced Palestinians to their homes? Will he order the army to stop shielding violent Jewish settlers?
Shin Bet moves to recruit anti-government activists citing 'de-escalation' effort

Haaretz - 14:46 Jun 30, 2026

Activists told Haaretz that while Shin Bet recruiters initially asked them to 'keep an eye on right-wing activists,' they believe the security service was ultimately seeking to recruit them as informants in an effort to gather information on protests and other activists

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Standing Together is stronger as a movement than a party

Haaretz - 14:24 Jun 30, 2026

The founders of Standing Together built one of the most impressive Jewish-Arab spaces created here in the past generation. It would be a pity to trade so rare a political asset for a small party

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'Classic antisemitic trope': Scott Wiener addresses trans rally ouster, Israel and Netanyahu

Haaretz - 12:21 Jun 30, 2026

After being chased from a trans rights rally in San Francisco on Sunday over Gaza, California congressional candidate Scott Wiener told CBS News that Israel's government is 'an abomination' and described PM Netanyahu as an 'abusive' leader

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Israel's Armenian genocide recognition: a right move, for very wrong reasons

Haaretz - 11:58 Jun 30, 2026
Netanyahu, Haredi lawmakers slam Bnei Brak rabbi for harshly cursing IDF chief

Haaretz - 11:23 Jun 30, 2026

At a Bnei Brak rally, Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi used a phrase traditionally reserved for particularly hostile figures in Jewish history to refer to IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, prompting condemnation from Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Shas party

Tags: Bnei Brak
Smotrich: Israel ready to build three settlements in Gaza 'immediately'

Haaretz - 11:19 Jun 30, 2026

Touring the Gaza border, the far-right finance minister said the plan is awaiting PM Netanyahu's approval. 'We must establish a belt of Jewish settlements that will serve as a security buffer for Israeli communities'

Tags: Gaza
IDF expands Gaza occupation, displacing more Palestinians to less territory

Haaretz - 10:44 Jun 30, 2026

With the movement of concrete barriers and advancing tanks, the IDF is deepening its control in the Gaza Strip, forcing residents to evacuate their homes. The UN says dozens of humanitarian facilities and essential infrastructure remain outside the army's controlled area
As the IDF tightens its grip on southern Syria, locals describe an unbearable reality

Haaretz - 09:10 Jun 30, 2026

Residents who spoke with Haaretz describe repeated IDF incursions into their villages in the Daraa and Quneitra governorates to conduct searches and set up roadblocks, with hundreds of raids reported in recent months. Locals say the pattern has intensified since 2024
U.S. and Iran negotiators head to Doha, as high-level talks remain uncertain

Haaretz - 07:09 Jun 30, 2026

Iran is sending a technical delegation to Qatar this week, yet the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this had 'no relation' to Trump sending his son-in-law, Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, and denied the two sides will meet

Tags: Iran
IDF, Shin Bet say Hamas battalion commander killed in Gaza

Haaretz - 02:13 Jun 30, 2026
Knesset rejects Red Cross prison ban as Haredi parties squabble over coalition votes

Haaretz - 23:25 Jun 29, 2026

Internal fighting among ultra-Orthodox coalition partners doomed the controversial legislation to bar international monitors from Israeli detention facilities after a boycott left National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir short on votes
The police have lost control of Israel's streets

Haaretz - 22:34 Jun 29, 2026
Israeli recognition of Armenian Genocide is the right move - even as retaliation

Haaretz - 22:20 Jun 29, 2026

Israel-Turkey relations have plunged to an unprecedented low but Ankara views official recognition of the massacre as an unforgivable act. Will Erdoğan finally decide to break all remaining diplomatic ties?
Netanyahu's graft trial has been an inglorious failure. Blame the judges

Haaretz - 22:09 Jun 29, 2026

The judges surrendered unconditionally to the defendant/prime minister and allowed him to buy time, which he used to take revenge on the law enforcement system and pursue absolute rule. It turns out that putting a popular and unrestrained leader on trial is simply too much for Israel to handle

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