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Growing protest encampment outside Israel's Defense HQ gives hostages' families a 'foothold of hope'

Haaretz - 11:52 Mar 16, 2025

Organizers say they were surprised by the large number of people who joined what they expected to be a short-lived experiment. The sorrow is ever-present, but participants are empowered by songs, solidarity and conversations into the night
Likud MK: Judiciary can't choose Oct. 7 Commission of Inquiry because it too must be investigated

Haaretz - 10:53 Mar 16, 2025

Under Israeli law, the Supreme Court president selects the members of a State Commission of Inquiry. President Herzog suggested that top court president Isaac Amit share the role with conservative Justice Sohlberg to ensure public trust

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The gay Jewish lawyer who made his fellow Germans confront the Holocaust

Haaretz - 10:08 Mar 16, 2025

Jack Fairweather, author of a new book on Fritz Bauer – the Jewish prosecutor instrumental in raising German awareness of Auschwitz in the 1960s – believes Holocaust denial has taken on a disturbing new form in today's Germany

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'The contract between citizens, the gov't and IDF didn't just break on Oct. 7, it shattered'

Haaretz - 09:39 Mar 16, 2025

Seven months passed between Lior Rudaeff's death and the IDF's confirmation that his body was taken into Gaza. Without a grave, the family feels they cannot fully grieve: 'Every psychologist we've spoken to calls it "delayed mourning,"' his son said
Dozens killed in Yemen as Trump launches 'decisive' U.S. campaign against Houthis

Haaretz - 08:16 Mar 16, 2025

The strikes are intended to reopen naval routes after the Houthis resumed attacks on Israeli ships in waters off Yemen, in response to Israel's blockade on Gaza aid

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Gag order imposed on case related to Shin Bet activities against employee in Netanyahu's office

Haaretz - 06:59 Mar 16, 2025

Haaretz has submitted a request to lift the gag order on details of the case involving Shin Bet activities against a senior employee of the Prime Minister's Office

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Nine killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, including journalists, Palestinian medics say

Haaretz - 06:02 Mar 16, 2025

The IDF said it targeted a terrorist cell operating a drone that was threatening Israeli forces, while local media outlets in Gaza reported that the victims were journalists using a drone to film humanitarian aid

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Israeli negotiators discuss Hamas hostage deal with mediators in Cairo, PMO says

Haaretz - 04:51 Mar 16, 2025

HOSTAGE TALKS: U.S. calls latest Hamas cease-fire demands 'unacceptable' ■ GAZA: Israeli airstrikes kill nine, including two journalists, Palestinian medics say ■ LEBANON: Israeli drone strike targeting Hezbollah operative kills two, local media report ■ YEMEN: U.S. launches military campaign against Houthis, Trump announces

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Netanyahu's government must be toppled, but not by using the hostages for political gain

Haaretz - 04:31 Mar 16, 2025
Ex-Shin Bet chief knows Netanyahu's darkest secrets. Threatening to use them crosses a line

Haaretz - 04:23 Mar 16, 2025
Yemen's Houthis renew naval blockade on Israeli ships until Israel unfreezes Gaza aid

Haaretz - 00:49 Mar 12, 2025

SYRIA: Israel prepares for prolonged stay in Syria, setting up new IDF outposts ■ U.S.: Trump says 'we ought to get them the hell out, you can have him' regarding pro-Palestinian activist's arrest ■ Yemen's Houthis renew naval blockade until Israel unfreezes Gaza aid

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'The Houthis, like Iran and Hamas, use us Palestinians as slogans': Gazans fear paying the price for renewed attacks on Israel

Haaretz - 22:27 Mar 11, 2025

Yemen's Houthis have announced that Israel missed the deadline to lift the blockade of Gaza, and that they will target Israeli shipping. But many in the Strip want the Iran-backed group to stop interfering in Palestinian affairs. 'For the Houthis, we're pawns in a larger scheme,' says one

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Likud-backed 'immunity for MKs bill' slightly tweaked, but not enough, legal advisers says

Haaretz - 21:13 Mar 11, 2025

Sources in the legal adviser's office said the updated bill doesn't resolve the fundamental difficulties in the original proposal, and the bill essentially changes the immunity laws in "a manner that would place Knesset members above the law
Despite opposition, Israel's top prosecutor blocks appeal against Jewish terrorist

Haaretz - 20:36 Mar 11, 2025

Inspite of the fact that security camera footage of an arsonist dawning apparel similar to the defendant, a Jerusalem court ruled insufficient evidence. Aisman, against the opinion of senior staff, chose not to appeal, in what some believe is a nod to Israel's right-wing

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Raging, petulant, contradictory: How to interpret Trump's Middle East March madness

Haaretz - 19:22 Mar 11, 2025

Donald Trump's shifting policy announcements, flip-flopping and contradictory statements on Hamas, Gaza and Iran cannot be dismissed as just a lack of clarity or coherence. That's a given. But there's also a deliberate, if destructive, strategy at work
Despite arrests, Iranian channels recruiting Israelis operate unimpeded

Haaretz - 19:08 Mar 11, 2025

In recent cases, recruitment of Israelis for espionage was done through channels on messaging app Telegram. Security sources say that recruitment channels are regularly opened and closed, making removing them difficult, while some continue to disseminate messages

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Israeli army to set up new posts in Syria to prevent new regime military buildup along Israeli border

Haaretz - 19:02 Mar 11, 2025

The Israeli army has been tasked with preventing Syrian forces from gathering within 65 kilometers from the border, while also preparing to build more outposts in order to prevent the regime from deploying long-range weapons south of Damascus
Why so many Israelis are still protesting Netanyahu and the Gaza war, despite the dark sense of despair

Haaretz - 18:43 Mar 11, 2025

Too often, people outside Israel see its catastrophic situation and ask: 'Why aren't Israelis taking to the streets?' But they are, in their thousands and hundreds of thousands, braving abuse and failures, a sustained, multivocal phenomenon. This is why they are refusing to walk away

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Why Trump's sudden discovery of the word 'shalom' is so disturbing

Haaretz - 18:36 Mar 11, 2025

Trump talks to Hamas while celebrating the arrest of what he calls pro-Palestinian 'terrorist sympathizers.' His liberal use of the word 'shalom' to headline these 'achievements' is a grim kind of hypocrisy
Ukraine agrees to accept immediate 30-day cease-fire

Haaretz - 18:24 Mar 11, 2025

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing with Kyiv, a week after imposing the measures to push Zelenskyy to enter talks to end the war with invading Russian forces

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