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• Israeli officers, reservists prepare another open letter against war in Gaza

  Haaretz - 16:03 May 27, 2025
  

  The letter, which already has 1,200 signatures, was authored by Air Force personnel who issued a similar statement last month, calling for the return of the hostages and ending the war. This letter argues that the war no longer serves Israel's national security

• Israeli Jewish-Arab gay rugby team barred from European tournament amid political controversy

  Haaretz - 15:34 May 27, 2025
  

  Tel Aviv Ibex, a gay men's team with Jewish, Arab and foreign players, says its removal from the 2025 Union Cup in Norway is political discrimination. The host team, Oslo Raballder, stated it 'could not and will not participate' if the Israelis remained in the games

• Gaza's 'youngest humanitarian influencer' killed in Israeli strike

  Haaretz - 15:04 May 27, 2025
  

  Only 11-years-old and living through the humanitarian crisis herself, Yaqeen Hammad gained a following from sharing videos of her volunteering in Gaza relief efforts

• 'I don't think he ever escaped his demons': Revisiting the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel

  Haaretz - 14:43 May 27, 2025
  

  Nearly a decade after Elie Wiesel's death, Oren Rudavsky's new film unearths rare recordings and unseen footage to offer an 'opportunity for perspective' on the world's most famous Holocaust survivor. 'Soul on Fire' premiers this week at DocAviv

  Tags: Elie Wiesel

• Syria and Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say

  Haaretz - 14:20 May 27, 2025
  

  While the direct talks are currently focused on joint security, such as preventing conflict and reducing Israeli incursions into Syrian border villages, two of the sources said they may help pave the way for broader political understandings

• 'Traitor': Protesters heckle center-left party head Yair Golan's speech over his Gaza war criticism

  Haaretz - 14:05 May 27, 2025
  

  Golan, a former IDF deputy chief who rescued survivors of the Nova massacre on October 7, told hecklers: 'While you were hiding in shelters, I was saving lives.' Moments later, far-right minister Ben-Gvir took the stage and said, 'Yes, he is a traitor'

• Trump is frustrated, but he's still letting Netanyahu set the terms on Gaza

  Haaretz - 13:24 May 27, 2025
  

  This groundhog-day cycle of unverified leaks and negotiation stagnation, mimicking the Israel-U.S. dynamic of the Biden days, won't end as long as Trump and Witkoff allow Netanyahu and Dermer hold on to their demand for a partial deal

  Tags: Trump Netanyahu

• Why can't Israel and the U.S. defeat Yemen's Houthis?

  Haaretz - 13:23 May 27, 2025
  

  Geography, experience, and mindset: The Houthis have become a force exceedingly difficult to stop, despite repeated airstrikes by both the U.S. and Israel. Even an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is unlikely to prompt their disarmament

  Tags: Israel

• East Jerusalem is changing profoundly, led by Palestinian women

  Haaretz - 13:05 May 27, 2025
  

  East Jerusalem sees shrinking families, rising middle class, and more students in Israeli universities - trends now threatened by war and government policies

  Tags: East Jerusalem

• A film about the maker of Holocaust comic 'Maus' gains new relevance in the age of Trump

  Haaretz - 13:01 May 27, 2025
  

  'Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse' is showing in Israel at the DocAviv International Film Festival. In an interview, co-director Philip Dolin reflects on his subject's conflicted relationship with his iconic work

• 'No longer comprehensible': Germany steps up criticism of Israel's Gaza offensive amid calls to halt arms exports

  Haaretz - 12:52 May 27, 2025
  

  Amid growing criticism from Germany's conservative chancellor, his foreign minister warned Israel of 'further steps' over Gaza, as Social Democrat coalition partners urged a halt to arms exports to avoid complicity in war crimes

  Tags: Gaza

• 'It's crazy U.S. Jews need metal detectors and SWAT teams to feel safe': AJC head Ted Deutch on the D.C. shooting

  Haaretz - 12:46 May 27, 2025
  

• Netanyahu may use loophole to name next Shin Bet chief after AG deemed his involvement 'illegal'

  Haaretz - 12:34 May 27, 2025
  

  It's unfortunate that the attorney general's office is enabling a process to name one of Israel's spy chiefs that invites manipulation, disguising a rigged appointment as a legitimate one, fully aware of how Netanyahu operates

  Tags: Netanyahu

• 'In 50 years of psychotrauma work, I've never seen anything like what Israeli hostages' families face'

  Haaretz - 12:17 May 27, 2025
  

  Prof. Mooli Lahad believes that even if the Israeli government has no good news for the hostage families right now, it can still help reduce their psychological distress by changing its approach

  Tags: Israeli

• Israeli prison guards intimidate, threaten detained anti-Gaza war protester

  Haaretz - 11:07 May 27, 2025
  

  Itamar Greenberg was forced by prison guards to wear a shirt reading 'Am Yisrael Chai' and bearing a Star of David, and threatened that the next time he is arrested, they would 'tattoo a Star of David on his face'

• Unable to justify their army killing children in Gaza, Israelis retreat into deep denial

  Haaretz - 10:53 May 27, 2025
  

  Israeli mainstream media has amplified doubts about the IDF strike that killed nine siblings in Gaza. It reflects a public eager for news that denies the bitter truth, as no Israeli or foreign journalists are allowed into Gaza to cover it

  Tags: Gaza

• Will Trump's ties to his 'incredible' Arab allies decide the fate of an Israel-Hamas deal?

  Haaretz - 09:49 May 27, 2025
  

  Israel needs to impress Trump, who has expressed strong concern over Gaza's suffering, not just on humanitarian grounds but likely also due to diplomatic commitments to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to end the war and secure hostage releases

• How a local security squad saved Kibbutz Mefalsim from massacre as IDF failed on Oct. 7, army probe finds

  Haaretz - 08:54 May 27, 2025
  

  An alert civilian security coordinator, 77 killed on the highway, and a 'heroic' special forces battle: The Israeli army's probe into the Mefalsim area reveals a massacre that was thwarted inside the kibbutz, even as another raged outside, and a fight that saved 12 foreign workers from being abducted into Gaza

• Israeli army intercepts two missiles launched from Yemen on Tuesday

  Haaretz - 08:34 May 27, 2025
  

  The missiles were intercepted hours apart on Tuesday morning. Palestinian media reported that shrapnel fell in the area of Imreish village, south of Lebanon, marking the sixth launch this week

  Tags: Tuesday

• Jerusalem Day flag march reached a new low: mocking the dead children of Gaza

  Haaretz - 07:57 May 27, 2025
  

  The annual pogrom in Jerusalem's Old City included assaults on Palestinians, property destruction, and racist chants. Even when police intervened for a change, the incitement was met with silence

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