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Ken Burns thinks America's complicated history is exactly what can unite it

Haaretz - 19:17 Aug 13, 2026

The documentary filmmaker tells Haaretz that Americans 'inherited a bloodless, heroic version of history.' In his new series 10 years in the making, he hopes to bring nuance to war and Washington, because 'nobody wants a superficial story'
Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza, medics say; IDF says Hamas militant targeted

Haaretz - 19:02 Aug 13, 2026

Thursday's fatalities are the first since the U.S. pressed Israel to curb strikes. Last week, Israel's political leadership instructed the military not to carry out strikes in Gaza without the IDF chief's approval, with the exception of 'imminent danger'

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Israel's largest political party isn't enabling the far right. It is the far right

Haaretz - 18:22 Aug 13, 2026

Likud's transformation is Israel's transformation: the triumph of a deeply rooted right-wing ideology that dehumanizes Palestinians and will make sharing this land impossible for as long as both remain committed to Jewish supremacy

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Gag order issued on investigation of missing Israeli mother and daughter in Vienna

Haaretz - 18:10 Aug 13, 2026

The order was requested by the Israel Police's anti-corruption and major crime unit. Rumors sent Bank of Jerusalem shares plunging. Police say the mother and daughter likely disappeared voluntarily, with no sign of a criminal incident
Delaware firm behind Israeli Instagram page pushing pro-Netanyahu content

Haaretz - 17:57 Aug 13, 2026

The NVP production firm began publishing podcasts by pro-government media personalities, as well as Netanyahu's brother, after an American company with unknown owners acquired most of its shares
Production company employed by Likud publishes Netanyahu supporters' podcasts

Haaretz - 17:57 Aug 13, 2026

The NVP production firm began publishing podcasts by pro-government media personalities, as well as Netanyahu's brother, after an American company with unknown owners acquired most of its shares
AIPAC lashes out at NYT's Friedman for urging Michigan's El-Sayed to 'stick it' to pro-Israel lobby

Haaretz - 17:33 Aug 13, 2026

After the Times columnist Thomas Friedman urged the Michigan Democrat to embrace his pro-Palestinian roots and challenge AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby accused him of amplifying 'lies' and ignoring what they see as El-Sayed's opposition to Israel as a Jewish state

Tags: Israel AIPAC
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students

Haaretz - 17:22 Aug 13, 2026

The federal judge dismissed the lawsuit against the university, saying the alleged incidents were 'too isolated and episodic' to support a claim of ongoing civil rights violations against Jewish and Israeli students

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Israel continues to violate top court ruling, barring Red Cross visits to jailed Palestinians

Haaretz - 17:11 Aug 13, 2026

Two months after the High Court judges unanimously ruled that the state must reinstate the organization's visits to security prisoners, Israel has not done so. The Association for Civil Rights described the situation as contempt of court

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IDF punishes soldiers who filmed Palestinian detainee they tied to bed

Haaretz - 16:25 Aug 13, 2026

The IDF said the detainee was restrained after attempting to harm himself, but determined that the way he was treated, photographed and that his image spread online, violated military values. Five soldiers were punished following the incident
Up to 100 meteors an hour expected as Perseid shower peaks over Israel's skies

Haaretz - 15:36 Aug 13, 2026

The Perseids, a trail of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, are expected to peak around 5:00–6:00 A.M., with up to 100 meteors an hour visible under favorable conditions. Dr. Yigal Pat-El said the desert offers the best viewing conditions, and that no telescope is needed – only patience and a dark sky
Israeli Judo medalist and coach Oren Smadja joins Gilad Erdan's new party

Haaretz - 15:04 Aug 13, 2026

After saying he wanted to avoid the 'noise' and hatred of politics, Olympic medalist Oren Smadja enters the race with a new right-wing party that polls suggest is unlikely to cross the electoral threshold

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'We're not Nazis. This isn't an extermination machine such as existed during the Holocaust'

Haaretz - 14:26 Aug 13, 2026

Israeli artist Yael Atzmony researched the horrors of Sobibor, the death camp where her father was imprisoned as a teenager – and transformed them into porcelain
Right-wing Israeli think tank hires lobbyists to push U.S. withdrawal from UN

Haaretz - 14:24 Aug 13, 2026

Misgav Institute hired major lobbying firm to disseminate a critical report co-authored by a fellow at the Heritage Foundation and Israel's former UN ambassador: 'Nowhere are the UN's double standards clearer than in its treatment of Israel, a 'model ally' of the United States'
Netanyahu's new election ploy smells of desperation and Elon Musk

Haaretz - 13:47 Aug 13, 2026

Stuck in the polls, Netanyahu is trying to scrape every possible vote, even if it means strongarming a Silicon Valley chickpea entrepreneur who called Trump a 'piece of shit' into the Likud candidate list
Once a safe haven, Christian Palestinians say they 'have no future' in this village

Haaretz - 12:30 Aug 13, 2026

Residents of the West Bank village describe constant harassment by Israeli settlers, threats, damage to vehicles and arson. Fifteen families have left, along with dozens of young people. Since October 7, they say, 'everything has changed'
Israel sees a drop in teacher quality and retention, statistics bureau says

Haaretz - 12:12 Aug 13, 2026

Prospective teachers' average university admission test scores are continuing to plummet, while up to a quarter of new teachers leave within three years. Those entering the profession are also increasingly less likely to complete their training or make it into the classroom
IDF evicts Palestinian families as settlers resist army operation to end siege

Haaretz - 11:16 Aug 13, 2026

Families whose homes were surrounded by settlers were ordered to leave despite refusing to go, while the army said it was deploying forces to protect residents and 'prevent the continuation of the serious incidents'
Ex-German ambassador urges measures against Israel over settlements

Haaretz - 10:45 Aug 13, 2026

Steffen Seibert ended his tenure in Israel this summer amid harsh criticism from Netanyahu's government. He said settler violence aims at the 'displacement' of Palestinians and revealed he discreetly joined protective presence in the West Bank

Tags: Israel
Israeli settlers move back to northern West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005

Haaretz - 10:40 Aug 13, 2026

Ganim is the third of four northern West Bank settlements cleared in the 2005 disengagement to be reestablished. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called the return part of a campaign to 'erase the disgrace' of the evacuation

Tags: West Bank

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