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'I've met families of missing soldiers from 1948 – the wound never heals'

Haaretz - 17:00 May 19, 2025

Gur Alroey, a historian and reservist who spent years solving cases of missing soldiers, understands the importance of laying people to rest. 'Without bringing home the remaining hostages, our society will not be able to recover'
Spain's prime minister calls for Eurovision to ban Israel, the first European leader to do so

Haaretz - 16:56 May 19, 2025

Pedro Sánchez, who called Israel a 'genocide state,' joined his country's broadcaster in demanding a discussion on its participation in the contest. This marks him as the first European leader to call for Israel's removal

Tags: Israel European
The far-right German party AfD says it has nothing against Jews. This book proves otherwise

Haaretz - 16:42 May 19, 2025

In 'Antisemitism and the AfD,' Stefan Dietl lays out evidence showing how Germany's far-right party is infested with Jew haters. In an interview with Haaretz, he argues that antisemitism is 'central to their ideology'
Asked to burn forest, recruit friends: Israeli teen charged with aiding Iranian agent for payment

Haaretz - 15:08 May 19, 2025

Israel's State Prosecution says a teen from southern Israel was recruited via Telegram by an Iranian agent and charged with printing inciting posters, sharing crypto ATM locations, and tracking sites countywide

Tags: Iranian
World Jewish Congress president applauds Trump for withholding funds from elite U.S. universities

Haaretz - 15:03 May 19, 2025

The World Jewish Congress president, lauding Trump's 'courage' in threatening funding to U.S. universities, struck a completely different tone from the American Jewish Committee, which earlier this month warned of the dangers of the administration's policy
Netanyahu and his government gambled on Romania's antisemitic far right and lost big time

Haaretz - 14:45 May 19, 2025

Likud ministers Eli Cohen and Amichai Chikli were both accused of interfering in Romania's internal affairs by bolstering the country's far-right party, which has a history of Holocaust denial, but was defeated in Sunday's presidential election

Tags: Romania's
Israel's army is calling up PTSD patients for reserve duty in Gaza. At least two have killed themselves

Haaretz - 14:08 May 19, 2025

Sources say the Israeli military is loath to test soldiers' mental state, fearing that there will be no one left to fight Hamas. 'From the outside, I seem 100 percent okay, but I'm mentally amputated,' one reservist says
Ryanair CEO says airline is 'losing patience' with Israel, may cut Tel Aviv routes

Haaretz - 14:06 May 19, 2025

Ryanair halted flights to Ben Gurion Airport after the Houthi missile strike. In a call with analysts, the CEO said: 'If these security disruptions continue, we'd be better off sending our aircraft elsewhere in Europe'

Tags: Ryanair
BBC's Gary Lineker to step down after apology for sharing antisemitic content

Haaretz - 12:49 May 19, 2025

The long-time host faced accusations of antisemitism after sharing an Instagram story on Zionism that included an image of a rat. 'I take full responsibility for the mistake,' Lineker said. "I would never knowingly share anything antisemitic'
'Blood on your hands': Detailing captivity horrors, freed hostage Arbel Yehoud urges Israeli lawmakers to end Gaza war

Haaretz - 11:27 May 19, 2025

Yehoud, freed after 482 days in captivity, called her Knesset appearance an 'act of desperation.' She said she was beaten and isolated after her captors' relatives died in Israeli strikes. Her partner Ariel Cunio and his brother David remain in Gaza

Tags: Gaza Israeli
'We're destroying Gaza': Netanyahu, Smotrich rush to soothe right's fears over aid renewal

Haaretz - 11:22 May 19, 2025

Facing right-wing backlash over aid to Gaza, Netanyahu said the move responds to international pressure to 'avoid famine for practical and diplomatic reasons.' Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared Israel is 'destroying everything left in the Gaza Strip'

Tags: Netanyahu
'Turning point?' Why those pinning hopes on Israel's killing of Hamas Gaza leaders may be mistaken

Haaretz - 10:48 May 19, 2025

The reported death of Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, brother of Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, may be symbolic, but experience shows otherwise. Meanwhile, Israeli hostages risk paying the price of their country's major offensive

Tags: Hamas Gaza
Rift between Ben-Gvir and police commissioner paralyzes police spokesmanship

Haaretz - 10:10 May 19, 2025

Disputes between the two include the appointment of a director for the Police Spokesperson's Unit. 'It's a key position, and they realize what it might mean to appoint someone close to them,' one officer said
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Haaretz - 09:47 May 19, 2025
'Heartless, and has a 'Jewish' gait': Surveillance files on Menachem Begin are made public

Haaretz - 09:46 May 19, 2025

'Whatever his attire, his clothes are never neat, and his hair is never combed. He is very sloppy in this regard': An investigation issued by the Haganah's intelligence service offers a peek into how the Irgun underground commander was perceived before becoming Israel's Prime Minister
Ministers close to Netanyahu believe Israel-Hamas hostage deal won't fracture coalition, despite far-right backlash

Haaretz - 08:40 May 19, 2025

As Netanyahu sends mixed signals on hostage talks, Gaza aid, and ending the war – under heavy Trump administration pressure – his far-right ministers stay vague, while an ex-Israeli negotiator warns against missing a rare chance for a deal as talks progress in Doha

Tags: Netanyahu
If you are a Jewish Israeli, you are complicit in the killing of 53,000 Palestinians

Haaretz - 03:23 May 19, 2025
Qatargate scandal: Deleted posts reveal Israeli pro-Qatar campaign continued despite Hamas attack

Haaretz - 03:00 May 19, 2025

Haaretz Exposé ■ Project Lighthouse, an influence campaign crafted by Netanyahu's spin doctors, lies at the heart of the Qatargate investigation. Haaretz reveals how it pushed Qatar's interests alongside the war ■ These pieces of evidence were erased just before Haaretz published its initial report

Tags: Qatargate
Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Haaretz - 02:55 May 19, 2025

In 2022, Biden made it his administration's priority to halve the cancer death rate over the next 25 years, as a continuation of his work as vice president to address a disease that had killed his older son, Beau, who died from brain cancer in 2015
Stop calling it a Gaza 'war', stop being part of Netanyahu's genocidal legacy

Haaretz - 02:32 May 19, 2025

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