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Iran drops star striker from national soccer team over photo with Dubai's ruler

Haaretz - 11:39 Mar 20, 2026

Azmoun, 31, is one of the best-known soccer players in Iran, where the sport is a national obsession. State TV pundit Mohammad Misaghi condemned the act as 'childish' and disloyal. Reports say authorities may seize assets of Azmoun and other UAE-based internationals

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IDF says it struck Syrian government sites in response to attacks on Syrian Druze

Haaretz - 11:35 Mar 20, 2026

Israel's army says it hit Syrian bases and weapons in southern Syria in retaliation for attacks on Druze civilians in Suweida. 'We will not allow harm to Druze in Syria and will continue to act to protect them,' the IDF said, with Defense Minister Israel Katz warning of stronger retaliation if needed

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74 killed in 79 days: Man fatally shot in northern Israeli-Arab town

Haaretz - 11:10 Mar 20, 2026

An investigation has been opened into the killing of the 40-year-old man, as officers search for a local resident identified as a suspect, Israel Police said. A man was shot and seriously wounded in a separate incident in Haifa earlier on Thursday
Israeli police arrest Uzbek man for calling people 'rats' in missile alert video

Haaretz - 10:20 Mar 20, 2026

A construction worker in Israel was detained after posting a Tajik-language video during a missile attack in which he said 'everyone is running like rats.' The embassy called the arrest unlawful and intervened, securing his release while police continue their investigation
Israeli reservist charged with leaking Iron Dome secrets to Iran

Haaretz - 08:55 Mar 20, 2026

Investigators said the suspect, a 26-year-old from Jerusalem, had been in contact with Iranian intelligence officials for several months and carried out various security-related tasks at their direction, such as identifying associates of Knesset members and distressed individuals willing to commit murders for Iran

Tags: Iran
Will the Iran war put paid to the Gulf's economic boom?

Haaretz - 08:26 Mar 20, 2026

Even when the fighting ends, their transition to economies based on tourism, tech, finance and logistics could be undone by the geopolitical risk
'I fell head over heels in love with an Israeli. In Iran, they would most likely hang me'

Haaretz - 08:16 Mar 20, 2026

Four Israeli-Iranian couples share their stories of nearly impossible love
Will the Iran war bring Netanyahu a triumph at the polls? | Dahlia Scheindlin on Israeli voters

Haaretz - 07:39 Mar 20, 2026
Memory problems, heart risk, weight gain: the war routine's effects on our body

Haaretz - 07:19 Mar 20, 2026

In addition to fatigue and increased hunger, living with constant sleep deprivation and stress has other effects, some long-term. Experts explain the risks – and how to limit the damage, or at least some of it
In Israel, life happens in the brief intervals between missile sirens and wars

Haaretz - 07:04 Mar 20, 2026

Between Israel's wars there are cease-fires, but you have to be careful not to take them too seriously
Netanyahu's fruits of war: Bashing gatekeepers and wowing the Israeli public

Haaretz - 04:00 Mar 20, 2026

Under the cover of the current war, the government is counting on a double success – its continued assault on gatekeepers and avoiding judgment in the court of public opinion for its misdeeds ■ Benny Gantz continues to be vilified ■ And, what stands behind Netanyahu's embrace of Jonathan Urich?

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The campaign against Iran is becoming a fight for energy resources – and that's a massive gamble

Haaretz - 04:00 Mar 20, 2026

It's unclear whether U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to calm things down or whether he wants to spark an energy war, but Iran is willing to hold out. Either way, it suits Netanyahu

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Netanyahu breathes a sigh of relief as two of his most-trusted aides return to work

Haaretz - 03:56 Mar 20, 2026

Amid investigations and conflicts, people close to the prime minister say that the return of Ron Dermer and Yonatan Urich means that experienced hands are back on the wheel. Dermer will likely handle negotiations with Lebanon, while Urich is expected to manage the election campaign
Iranian missile debris lands near Temple Mount, Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem Old City

Haaretz - 03:15 Mar 20, 2026
IDF data: Over 90 percent of Iranian missiles fired at Israel have been intercepted

Haaretz - 22:57 Mar 19, 2026

Military officials say the dispersion of cluster munitions cannot always be prevented even if the missile itself is intercepted and estimate that Iran still has about 1,000 ballistic missiles
FIFA rejects Palestinians' request to suspend Israel: 'West Bank status not yet decided'

Haaretz - 22:54 Mar 19, 2026

FIFA's Disciplinary Committee rejects the Palestinian Football Association's request to suspend Israel, stating 'the issue is outside the committee's jurisdiction' and adding that the status of the West Bank has not yet been decided. However, it imposed a financial fine on the Israel Football Association

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Israelis push Iran's liberals to down the regime while decrying the left at home

Haaretz - 22:50 Mar 19, 2026
In Israel, few dead Palestinians get a name. The rest are numbers

Haaretz - 22:46 Mar 19, 2026

How can Israelis be genuinely shocked by the death of the Bani Odeh family, and to be apathetic, in the best case, to the many thousands killed in Gaza?
Eisenkot needs to learn from Netanyahu if he's going to defeat him

Haaretz - 22:39 Mar 19, 2026
Do Israelis feel victorious after the police gun down a West Bank family?

Haaretz - 22:35 Mar 19, 2026

Israel is sinking into a dangerous apathy. Who really cares about what's happening in the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Is the Palestinian issue still a decisive question in Israeli politics? Those demanding Palestinian reform as a condition for change must also look inward, at Israeli society

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