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Israel gambles with hostage release as Netanyahu delays negotiations on next stage

Haaretz - 19:29 Feb 12, 2025

As part of the deal, the two sides are set for 35 days of indirect talks, but Netanyahu has delayed progress. He is also using Trump's volatile comments to pressure Hamas, a risky move that may backfire

Tags: Netanyahu
Lebanon denies report of agreeing to Israel's delayed withdrawal until April

Haaretz - 18:53 Feb 12, 2025

A Lebanese source and diplomat told Reuters that Israel sought to delay its withdrawal from five southern positions until February 28, but Lebanese officials rejected the request, insisting on a full withdrawal by February 18
Netanyahu claims 'political persecution' in bribery trial, saying he aimed to 'diversify' media

Haaretz - 17:41 Feb 12, 2025

Prime Minister Netanyahu's defense argues that, despite allegations of granting regulatory benefits to Walla's owner for favorable coverage, the site's reporting on him and his family was actually negative
2024 was deadliest year on record for journalists, with most deaths tied to Israel-Hamas war

Haaretz - 17:32 Feb 12, 2025

Killings of journalists rose 22 percent from last year, driven by the Israel-Hamas war, which claimed 85 journalists. 'This is the most dangerous time for journalists in modern history,' says the head of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Tags: Israel-Hamas
'We don't dream of a future anymore': Gazans fear the return of war

Haaretz - 16:40 Feb 12, 2025

Palestinians are counting down the days to Saturday, hoping that the cease-fire with Israel holds despite escalating threats from Netanyahu, Trump and Hamas. 'They talk about cease-fires and aid - and then sign death sentences for our children,' one man tells Haaretz
Former Israeli parliamentarian urges audience to keep up the fight against climate change

Haaretz - 16:27 Feb 12, 2025

Dov Khenin, former Knesset member and chair of the Israeli Climate Forum, warned against underestimating the danger the Trump administration poses to the movement against global warming. Yet, Khenin believes preserving hope is crucial to the effort
Israeli security officials estimate Hamas wants to continue hostage deal, start second stage talks

Haaretz - 16:26 Feb 12, 2025

Israeli security sources assess that Hamas' main concern is mounting internal pressure from Gazans. As a result, Hamas seeks to keep negotiations on track and advance the deal until the war ends

Tags: Israeli Hamas
King Abdullah says no: Why Jordan won't be accepting Gazans any time soon

Haaretz - 16:11 Feb 12, 2025

King Abdullah II became both the first Arab leader to meet with U.S. President Trump, and the first to directly reject his proposal to relocate Gaza's two million Palestinians to Jordan. It was part of a high-stakes negotiation in which the very future of the Hashemite kingdom is on the line

Tags: King Abdullah
Trump's Gaza mirage gave Israel and Hamas the perfect excuse to abandon the cease-fire

Haaretz - 15:59 Feb 12, 2025

The next phase of the hostage release and cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, scheduled for Saturday, should have been the most important thing on the agenda. But Donald Trump's real-estate logic and unworkable plan for a Gaza Riviera has now put it at risk

Tags: Hamas Israel
'The AfD is the future': Hungary's Orban hosts German far-right leader ahead of election

Haaretz - 15:46 Feb 12, 2025

The visit marks a watershed moment for the 11-year-old AfD, now second in the polls ahead of the February 23 vote. The party has been largely shunned by European leaders, including far-right figures like France's Le Pen
'The Zionist dream in essence': The history of the Palestinian transfer debate, explained

Haaretz - 15:33 Feb 12, 2025

Donald Trump has returned to the public debate a word that was once too shocking to say. It turns out that transfer plans for the Palestinians have deep roots in Zionist history
Austrian far-right leader fails to form government as coalition talks collapse

Haaretz - 15:10 Feb 12, 2025

The far-right FPO party received the mandate to form government in January which, if successful, would have been the first far-right government in Austria since WWII. It remains unclear if Austria will head back to elections
Her grandfather broke Henrietta Szold's heart. Now, she's making a film about her

Haaretz - 12:59 Feb 12, 2025

A new documentary shines a light on lesser known chapters in the life of Hadassah founder Henrietta Szold, like the agony that brought her to Ottoman-ruled Palestine in the first place, and the time she helped found a party that championed an Arab-Jewish state

Tags: Henrietta Szold
Report: Egypt's President to skip White House talks if Trump's Gaza plan on agenda

Haaretz - 12:49 Feb 12, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump extended an open invitation to the Egyptian president, but as of now, no date has been set for a visit, according to an American official
More Israeli hostage families report signs of life from Hamas captivity, expressing 'extreme distress'

Haaretz - 12:42 Feb 12, 2025

The Ohana, Angrest and Mor families said they received indications that their sons are alive, while the testimonies of recently returned hostages have left some extremely concerned: 'How can this Holocaust continue under the auspices of the Israeli government?'
Netanyahu works to derail Gaza cease-fire, but Trump's agenda could override his

Haaretz - 12:33 Feb 12, 2025

The Israeli prime minister now finds himself in an ideal situation. If Trump demands the release of all hostages, who is Netanyahu to say no?

Tags: Netanyahu
Only 8% treated: Government watchdog's slams Israel's handling of mental health cases after Oct. 7

Haaretz - 11:46 Feb 12, 2025

State Comptroller's Office cites failure to provide urgent mental care in early stages of the war, especially to children, displaced residents and survivors of the Nova music festival. Israel's Health Ministry called the results 'inaccurate'

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Netanyahu's judges and Israeli law enforcement make mockery of equality before law

Haaretz - 11:13 Feb 12, 2025

In the past two decades, Israel tried and jailed a president, prime minister, finance minister, and a slew of politicians and tycoons. In the current decade, it is a place where corruption has skyrocketed and no one is there to fight it
Survey: 1 in 4 Americans think boycotting Jews is acceptable form of protesting Israel

Haaretz - 11:09 Feb 12, 2025

A new survey, commissioned by the American Jewish Committee, finds that the vast majority of U.S. Jews have not been personally targeted by antisemitism. Still, more than three-quarters feel less safe as Jews in America since the October 7 attack

Tags: Jews
'There's no way Omri won't come home. His wife and daughters need him. We need him'

Haaretz - 11:06 Feb 12, 2025

At a hotel in Eilat, Michal Vardi saw the live broadcast of the abduction on October 7 of her neighbor and close friend, Omri Miran, from his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Since then, she has tried to stand by his family, including his wife, Lishay, whom she says, 'has not stopped working as the wife of a hostage'

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