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The hostage deal survived another week, but its future relies on Trump

Haaretz - 13:41 Feb 15, 2025

As Netanyahu bows to pressure from extremists to resume the war, Trump must decide whether he risks becoming the president who oversaw the collapse of existing peace agreements between Israel, Egypt and Jordan

Tags: Trump
Israeli army operations drive 30,000 Palestinians from West Bank refugee camps

Haaretz - 12:54 Feb 15, 2025

While the IDF says that the army allows residents who wish to leave to do so safely, eyewitness accounts indicate that the Israeli army is intentionally causing a mass exodus and prolonged displacement – unlike in past operations

Tags: Israeli
Israel releases 369 Palestinian prisoners as part of Hamas hostage deal; most detained during Gaza war

Haaretz - 11:23 Feb 15, 2025

Thirty-six of the prisoners released on Saturday were serving life sentences, and of them, 24 will be deported to a third country. Among the released prisoners is the former head of Fatah's military wing in Ramallah, Ahmed Barghouti
Freed hostages Alexander Troufanov, Iair Horn and Sagui Dekel Chen return to Israel after 498 days of Gaza captivity

Haaretz - 10:12 Feb 15, 2025

Hostage Iair Horn was made to hold up an hourglass with writing under it that read, 'Time is running out,' featuring images of hostage Matan Zangauker and his mother Einav, a prominent activist, as he was handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas militants
Israeli scholar Hani Zubida has a question for Mizrahim: 'When will you realize you're Arabs?'

Haaretz - 07:54 Feb 15, 2025

Scholar and social activist Hani Zubida refuses to accept stereotypes of Mizrahim and enjoys playing with the dual identity his name suggests while seeking to promote a new Israeli ethnic discourse

Tags: Israeli Mizrahim Hani Zubida
Netanyahu, security chiefs discuss Israel-Hamas hostage deal, second-stage talks

Haaretz - 03:52 Feb 15, 2025

■GAZA: Released hostages Alexander Troufanov, Iair Horn and Sagui Dekel Chen are back in Israel ■ ISRAEL: Shin Bet is examining connection between Netanyahu's top aides and Qatar ■ LEBANON: Two killed three injured in IDF strike in south, Lebanese media says ■ WEST BANK: Six Palestinians wounded in settler attack
Nine days before German election, U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets far-right leader

Haaretz - 21:32 Feb 14, 2025

Vance met with co-leader anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party after lecturing European leaders about the state of democracy

Tags: Vance
The rift between Trump and his allies in Egypt and Jordan is playing in Hamas' favor

Haaretz - 21:25 Feb 14, 2025

Israel and the U.S. see Gaza as a tactical problem that will disappear with Hamas's destruction – or through the mass expulsion of its residents to make way for a Riviera. Arab states, however, view eliminating Hamas as little more than a fantasy
Replacing the irreplaceable: Judaica drive 'restores some joy' for families hit by Los Angeles fires

Haaretz - 18:05 Feb 14, 2025

To help the more than 500 Jewish families who lost their homes in California's wildfires, a group of women launched Rebuilding Judaica, hoping to replace precious Jewish objects, many of them passed in families for generations. 'It just makes you feel like you can start to move forward,' one recipient says
Parents of soldier killed in Lebanon while guarding civilian meet with Israeli army chief

Haaretz - 17:44 Feb 14, 2025

Ron and Maayan Kehati, whose son Gur was killed in November, met with Herzl Halevi at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, where the latter took responsibility for the fatal incident
Netanyahu plans to attack Iran and is plotting to lure Trump into the war

Haaretz - 17:37 Feb 14, 2025

By attacking Iran, with or without the United States, Israel's prime minister seeks to turn the October 7 calamity into an epic strategic triumph. Will the Saudis help Trump avert this?

Tags: Iran Trump
Tamir Yadai chosen as Israeli army's next deputy chief of staff

Haaretz - 16:15 Feb 14, 2025

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that Yadai, a former Ground Forces Command and Central Command chief, will serve as Eyal Zamir's deputy
'I don't know how I go on, but I try to be strong for him'

Haaretz - 15:10 Feb 14, 2025

Rom Braslavski worked as a guard at the Nova music festival – eyewitnesses say he could have saved himself, but stayed to help others. His family hasn't received signs of life of the 21-year-old from former hostages
These are the three Israeli hostages expected to be released on Saturday

Haaretz - 13:10 Feb 14, 2025

Sagui Dekel Chen, Iair Horn and Alexander 'Sasha' Troufanov, all Nir Oz residents, have been announced as the hostages to be released in the next weekly phase of the cease-fire deal
New IDF chief needs to stop Israel's army from becoming 'God's Revenge Forces'

Haaretz - 12:49 Feb 14, 2025

As one battalion commander says about the Gaza war, 'If a child or an old man enters a forbidden area and isn't directly endangering you, morally you're not allowed to shoot them. Here the IDF needs a very large correction'
Israeli ministers set to back bill blocking courts from hearing cases involving foreign-funded NGOs

Haaretz - 12:36 Feb 14, 2025

The bill would also impose an 80-percent tax on donations from foreign state entities, with one NGO official saying the criteria are designed to target government critics
With crucial evidence missing, Sara Netanyahu's investigation 'could end in nothing'

Haaretz - 10:41 Feb 14, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is elated after a successful Washington visit. As he admires Trump's consolidation of power, he can also be glad that the investigation into his wife Sara on suspicion of harassing a witness is stalled over a missing phone
The Palestinian father begged the Israeli troops to postpone the demolition due to the cold, to no avail

Haaretz - 10:07 Feb 14, 2025

While the creators of 'No Other Land,' a documentary about the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta, prepare for the Oscars, Israeli authorities carry a large and cruel demolition operation there. 'Masafer Yatta is disappearing before my eyes,' wrote the film's co-director Basel Adra

Tags: Israeli
Since October 7, Israeli dreams have turned into nightmares. Literally

Haaretz - 09:11 Feb 14, 2025

Ever since October 7, many Israelis have been unable to sleep. But even when they do manage to drift off, their dreams often center around the Hamas massacre, the fighting and the hostages languishing in Gaza. Experts explain
As Netanyahu maneuvers, hostages are left out and war is on the mind

Haaretz - 04:01 Feb 14, 2025

As the hostage deal narrowly clings to life, its completion remains uncertain. Netanyahu continues to maneuver against it, placing legacy and grand strategy top of his priorities. However, unlikely heroes of the hostage return movement have emerged and are the only things standing in the way of Israel's right and their call for war

Tags: Netanyahu

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