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• Jewish groups denounce fatal shooting at San Diego mosque, call for security funding

  Haaretz - 17:31 May 19, 2026
  

  Jewish groups are linking the San Diego mosque shooting to broader attacks on houses of worship and renewing calls for $1 billion federal security funding after the Michigan synagogue attack, with Temple Israel saying it is 'all too familiar to us'

  Tags: San Diego Jewish

• They were children during the Nakba. This is what they remember 78 years later

  Haaretz - 17:30 May 19, 2026
  

  'We thought we'd return after two days': Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948

• Painting in limbo: The people who manage to make art without having a place to call home

  Haaretz - 17:27 May 19, 2026
  

  Dana International releases a cover of "Oseh Shalom Bimromav," featuring a video with Jews and Arabs calling for peace, and an English-language screening of the independent 2025 documentary "Am I a Killer?" plays in Jerusalem

• Trump says Iran wants deal with U.S., but threatens 'another big hit'

  Haaretz - 17:12 May 19, 2026
  

  Speaking to reporters at the White House a day after saying he had paused a planned resumption of attacks following a new peace proposal by Tehran, Trump said that Iran's leaders ‌are begging to make a deal, but that a new U.S. attack would happen in the coming days if one was not reached

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• Why is Israel so scared of small civilian sailboats bound for Gaza?

  Haaretz - 17:11 May 19, 2026
  

  The flotilla's significance has never rested on its practical ability to deliver aid. The power lies in the ability to force attention toward Gaza at a moment when governments increasingly seem invested in turning catastrophe into routine

  Tags: Gaza

• IDF data shows sharp rise in sexual assault reports from soldiers since October 7

  Haaretz - 16:53 May 19, 2026
  

  The number of sexual assault cases reported by soldiers rose by almost 40 percent between 2022 and 2025. The rise can be attributed to the extensive recruitment of reservists without prior screening and a deterioration of military discipline

• 'We are here precisely because it is difficult': Hundreds join annual interfaith march in Jerusalem

  Haaretz - 16:52 May 19, 2026
  

  Less than a week after the far-right Flag March terrorized Arabs in Jerusalem's Old City, hundreds of interfaith activists marched to Jaffa Gate as a 'spiritual and moral response' to the event, as well as recent attacks on Christian clergy and symbols

• Hezbollah drone wounds two in Israel as IDF strikes leave five dead in Lebanon

  Haaretz - 16:37 May 19, 2026
  

  Israeli fire has killed 3,042 people since March, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, wounding 9,301 others. The IDF also ordered the evacuation of 12 villages in Lebanon across several districts, including the Bekaa Valley

  Tags: Lebanon

• Pro-Israel groups pour record sums into bid to defeat GOP rebel Thomas Massie in Kentucky primary

  Haaretz - 15:57 May 19, 2026
  

  Rep. Thomas Massie, a vocal critic of U.S. support for Israel who has drawn accusations of antisemitism, is facing Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein in Tuesday's tightly contested primary, now the most expensive in American history

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• Right-wing TV host violates IDF censorship on Iran strike plans on air, prompting backlash

  Haaretz - 14:56 May 19, 2026
  

  Lawmakers and opposition figures said right-wing TV host Shimon Riklin's comments on air about possible strikes in Iran could have caused damage to Israel's national security and its relationship with the United States, saying the leak must have come from a government source

  Tags: Iran

• Israel indicts Likud lawmaker Gotliv for disclosing Shin Bet officer's identity

  Haaretz - 12:45 May 19, 2026
  

  Israel's attorney general says Tali Gotliv exposed classified Shin Bet personnel details in a social media post about the partner of protest leader Shikma Bressler. The indictment follows months of delays over required security clearance

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• FIFA mulls banning Iranian opposition flag from 2026 World Cup, New York Times reports

  Haaretz - 12:16 May 19, 2026
  

  Iran is set to participate in the World Cup in the United States, with its team expected to play two games in Los Angeles, which is home to the world's largest Iranian expatriate community. The White House reportedly declined to comment on FIFA's expected ban

  Tags: Iranian World

• Israel's U.S. ambassador Leiter calls J Street a 'cancer within Jewish community'

  Haaretz - 10:19 May 19, 2026
  

  Ambassador Yechiel Leiter accused the liberal pro-Israel group of being 'duplicitous' over its calls to phase out U.S. military aid to Israel; J Street's president said Leiter should engage instead of 'calling us names'

  Tags: Leiter

• Three delicious cheesecake recipes for Shavuot: biscuit, Lotus and brownie

  Haaretz - 10:18 May 19, 2026
  

  Cheesecake brownies, biscuit cake and Lotus cake: three low-stress recipes by Babka Bakery's Shir Goren, including tips for guaranteed success.

  Tags: Lotus

• New York Mayor Mamdani hosts Jewish holiday event amid Nakba video backlash

  Haaretz - 10:01 May 19, 2026
  

  Some 150 Jewish leaders attended the event, held in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month ahead of the Shavuot holiday. Mostly progressive Jewish groups attended, while other community leaders snubbed the event over Mamdani's views on Israel

  Tags: Jewish

• Israeli officials say new West Bank archaeology authority raises legal issues

  Haaretz - 09:40 May 19, 2026
  

  The bill would transfer control over West Bank antiquities from the military-run Civil Administration to a new body under a far-right minister, with powers extending into Palestinian-controlled areas, prompting warnings from legal experts and archaeologists of de facto annexation

  Tags: West Bank

• Back to full-on war with Iran? Amos Harel on Trump's dilemma and Netanyahu's desire

  Haaretz - 08:57 May 19, 2026
  

• Sister of Irish president among 6 Irish citizens detained by Israel on Gaza flotilla, local media reports

  Haaretz - 08:47 May 19, 2026
  

  In footage recorded before her detention, Margaret Connolly said she had been 'kidnapped,' and was 'being held illegally in an Israeli prison.' Speaking to reporters in London, Irish President Catherine Connolly said she was 'very worried' for her sister

• Unmoved by Trump's ticking clock, Iran forms a new reality in the Persian Gulf

  Haaretz - 03:00 May 19, 2026
  

  Expanding overland transport routes alongside collecting massive fees from tankers in the Strait of Hormuz provides the Islamic Republic with more breathing room than the West expected

• Israeli police monitor foreign journalists critical of Israel to bar their entry

  Haaretz - 03:00 May 19, 2026
  

  A police document obtained by Haaretz contains an overview of dozens articles and photographs published by Italian journalist Alessandro Stefanelli, who was denied entry into Israel last year. 'I find it difficult to understand how a police officer writes such things in a democracy,' he tells Haaretz

  Tags: Israel

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