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After return to Gaza fighting, Ben-Gvir's far-right party agrees to rejoin Netanyahu gov't

Haaretz - 15:31 Mar 18, 2025

The Knesset is set to confirm the party's return on Wednesday. Ben-Gvir is also expected to be appointed to his former position as national security minister, but the AG has made clear to Netanyahu that the High Court of Justice must first hear a petition filed against his appointment

Tags: Netanyahu
This Israeli band wanted to make Turkish music. Not speaking the language didn't get in its way

Haaretz - 15:16 Mar 18, 2025

The Şatellites are touring all over Europe, but in Israel hardly anyone has heard of them. They made their long-awaited Turkey debut on October 7, 2023, as they learned about the attacks unfolding back home
Israel faces wave of international condemnation following renewal of Gaza hostility

Haaretz - 15:05 Mar 18, 2025

Following Israeli strikes on Tuesday, countries including Ireland, Turkey and Saudi Arabia as well as UN bodies shared their disdain to the renewal of hostilities in Gaza, as Israel faces calls to reinstate cease-fire

Tags: Gaza Israel
Two months ago we had hope. Then Trump allowed Netanyahu to destroy the hostage negotiations

Haaretz - 14:46 Mar 18, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff seems to be falling into the same trap that caused Joe Biden's team to fail after the collapse of the first hostage deal: They have let Benjamin Netanyahu set the terms for the negotiations
Nearly 1 million 'Israeli-connected' people live outside Israel, study concludes

Haaretz - 13:43 Mar 18, 2025

A new report by London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research finds that Germany is home to the largest population of Israeli expats in Europe, followed closely by Britain. In Norway, Israeli expats account for nearly half the local Jewish population
Mahmoud Khalil isn't an anomaly. American Jews too were accused of being a threat to national security

Haaretz - 13:40 Mar 18, 2025

Most campus protesters for Gaza aren't 'aligned to Hamas,' just as most Jews in the 1950s weren't aligned with the Soviets
IDF targeting Hamas' civil leadership to undermine its ability to control Gaza

Haaretz - 13:35 Mar 18, 2025

A source familiar with cabinet discussions said Israel believes this strategy will destroy Hamas' governance capabilities. According to the source, Israel's government hopes that armed gangs not loyal to Hamas will take over if its civilian control in the Gaza Strip weakens

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Netanyahu wants endless war in Gaza. But most Israelis don't want to fight anymore

Haaretz - 13:07 Mar 18, 2025

As Israel awakened to the serious possibility of renewed full-scale war in Gaza, will Israelis rally around these plans? Not if recent polls are to be believed. But public opinion and protests have not been enough to break the war machine - or bring down the government

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'In the Knesset, there's indifference to the hostages and evil contempt for their families'

Haaretz - 12:51 Mar 18, 2025

Chana Rubinstein was evacuated from Kibbutz Nirim at the start of the war. She has since then devoted herself to fighting for the hostages' return and to helping their families. 'This is a matter for every Israeli. Our future hangs on the question of if and when they return,' she says
Why a Democratic senator from New Jersey won't look away from Israel, Gaza and the region

Haaretz - 12:35 Mar 18, 2025

First-term Democratic senator Andy Kim sees himself as a 'national security professional trying to keep the partisanship out.' He is convinced that on issues like the hostages and the threat of a nuclear Iran, his fellow Democrats shouldn't be looking 'through a political lens'
Google to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in record deal

Haaretz - 12:16 Mar 18, 2025

The acquisition of the cybersecurity company would mark the biggest deal in Israeli high-tech history and make Wiz a key part of Google's push to strengthen its cloud business

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Netanyahu's office checking possible obstacles to Shin Bet chief's dismissal

Haaretz - 12:06 Mar 18, 2025

Israel's AG is reviewing a 2016 cabinet decision stipulating the necessity of an advisory committee approval for firing an appointment it approved. Several committee members cannot weigh in on the matter due to conflicts of interest, which could delay Bar's ousting
The abandonment of civilians – the core of the October 7 failure – was left out of the Israeli army's probe

Haaretz - 11:32 Mar 18, 2025

The combat forces were busy evacuating soldiers who were killed or wounded before evacuating wounded civilians, which the investigation described as a 'moral failure'
From Gaza to Syria, Israeli conquest fever is back

Haaretz - 11:27 Mar 18, 2025
Israel's renewed Gaza offensive exposes Netanyahu's real goal: Political survival through endless war

Haaretz - 09:54 Mar 18, 2025

Israel's renewed operation in Gaza is framed as a way to break the deadlock in hostage talks and defeat Hamas – but Netanyahu's real aim is a series of urgent political goals: restoring Ben-Gvir to the government, passing the budget and shoring up his coalition

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Hostages' families say Israeli gov't 'gave up on hostages' by resuming Gaza fighting

Haaretz - 09:09 Mar 18, 2025

'All released hostages said their greatest fear was IDF bombings. I am terrified,' the father of one hostage told Haaretz ■ Ben-Gvir welcomed the return to fighting, while Smotrich said the operation had been planned for weeks, since the new IDF chief took office
Netanyahu: Negotiations with Hamas to take place 'only under fire'

Haaretz - 03:12 Mar 18, 2025

GAZA: Hamas says over 400 killed in renewed Israeli strikes across Gaza; IDF calls for evacuations of several Gaza neighborhoods ■ ISRAEL: Hostages' families call for Israeli public to protest collapse of cease-fire ■ YEMEN: Houthis vow to retaliate against U.S. strikes as Pentagon says it will use lethal force to achieve objectives

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Israel renews 'extensive' strikes across Gaza, killing at least 400, Hamas health ministry reports

Haaretz - 01:27 Mar 18, 2025

The Israeli offensive comes after talks regarding the second stage of the cease-fire have not made significant progress. Hamas: 'Netanyahu's government endangers the fate of the hostages'

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Netanyahu denies instructing ministry director general to aid media mogul

Haaretz - 23:46 Mar 17, 2025

Netanyahu vehemently argued that he did not talk about regulating media company Bezeq with former director general Shlomo Filber ■ The prime minister's convoy was greeted by demonstrators protesting the dismissal of Shin Bet chief

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Iran doesn't need the Houthis to receive Trump's threatening 'message'

Haaretz - 22:02 Mar 17, 2025

Iran, already attacked by Israel, does not need the U.S. operation in Yemen to be convinced of the validity of Trump's threats. However, it's unlikely that even a heavy U.S. bombing campaign will topple the Houthis, who have survived a very brutal seven-year civil war

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