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In Haifa, liberalism is alive and well, whatever Haaretz's populist headlines may say

Haaretz - 21:28 Dec 09, 2025
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Haaretz - 21:07 Dec 09, 2025
Shin Bet chief on October 7 says state inquiry is the 'only way' to probe Hamas attack

Haaretz - 20:56 Dec 09, 2025

Ronen Bar, who led the domestic intelligence agency until being ousted by Netanyahu earlier this year, said that, 'It was on our watch, therefore, it's our responsibility'
State watchdog warns of rising threat of foreign interference in Israel's 2026 elections

Haaretz - 20:53 Dec 09, 2025

Comptroller Matanyahu Englman said, 'Significant defects have been found in Israel's preparedness for foreign influence on next November's elections.' He added, 'The threat is intensifying and could undermine public trust, create chaos on election day and distort results'

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Israeli forces raid two Palestinian universities in the West Bank, reports say

Haaretz - 20:26 Dec 09, 2025

According to Birzeit University, north of Ramallah, forces forcefully entered the campus with armored personnel carriers and jeeps around 5.30 A.M. and handcuffed security personnel. Palestinian outlets reported that Israeli forces arrested five of the guards and closed all the campus entrances

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Five minutes from Israel's border: Inside the Gaza tunnel that held Hadar Goldin's body

Haaretz - 20:04 Dec 09, 2025

The Israeli officer killed in the 2014 Gaza war and held in the enclave until last month; in an IDF tour for journalists, army officials tried to frame his return as a military achievement, even though it was secured through an agreement with Hamas

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Leaked Assad tapes trashing Syrians bolster mass one-year celebrations of the regime's fall

Haaretz - 19:35 Dec 09, 2025

Newly published footage shows Bashar Assad mocking impoverished Syrians, loyal soldiers and even Vladimir Putin's appearance. Citizens who outlived the regime weren't surprised: 'Anyone who still thinks he cared about Syria should watch those clips'

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'He hoped to build a better life': Body of last foreign Gaza hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak returns home

Haaretz - 19:23 Dec 09, 2025

A crowd of Thai nationals and Israelis stood and paid their final respects to Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose body was held in captivity for 789 days and who is being returned now to Thailand. 'I've lived this story for two and a half years,' said his friend. 'I'm sad and heartbroken,' said another

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'To sabotage, shutter, intimidate': Emergency conference of Israeli journalists sounds alarm on government threats to press freedom

Haaretz - 18:55 Dec 09, 2025

Hundreds gather for conference entitled 'Without Free Media, There is No Democracy,' where speakers warn of a government intent on 'silencing, shutting people up, drafting laws that shut down media outlets.'
The perverse twisting of a symbol of hope and freedom into one of darkness and death

Haaretz - 18:38 Dec 09, 2025

In sporting a noose pin, closely resembling that of the hostages' ribbon, Ben-Gvir is as blatant in his disregard for Jewish lives as he is for Palestinian lives
Most Israelis believe war with Iran or Hezbollah likely within next year, poll finds

Haaretz - 18:32 Dec 09, 2025

According to a new Israel Democracy Institute poll, Israelis are also concerned about the security situation in the West Bank, with nearly 60 percent believing another intifada is possible. Half of all respondents, 50 percent, do not want Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon PM Netanyahu
IDF says troops fired on Syrian protesters approaching them; three reportedly wounded

Haaretz - 18:22 Dec 09, 2025

The Syrian news agency said that the army set up a temporary checkpoint between two villages in Syria's Quneitra province, leading to protests by locals. The IDF says the soldiers fired to drive the protesters away, and when they didn't, they fired at their lower bodies
Nanny in France accused of trying to poison Jewish family, reports say

Haaretz - 18:15 Dec 09, 2025

Prosecutors say the woman used a false identity and tainted food and drinks with household chemicals; she claims it was a dispute over pay, not antisemitism
Why this historian thinks how we define antisemitism right now is destructive

Haaretz - 18:10 Dec 09, 2025

After watching the Gaza encampments transform into a national spectacle, Columbia University historian Mark Mazower sought to understand what is – and isn't – antisemitism by comparing its usages through time and place
Israel to open Jordan-West Bank border crossing to humanitarian aid under U.S. pressure

Haaretz - 17:14 Dec 09, 2025

The crossing was closed in September after a Jordanian truck driver delivering aid to Gaza killed two IDF soldiers. A day after Netanyahu met with the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, a defense official said it will be reopened and allow the transit of aid between Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza
Don't give 'Bible land to radical Islam Jew-haters': Huge Evangelical mission to Israel lectures Trump

Haaretz - 17:02 Dec 09, 2025

An estimated 1,000 pastors and Christian influencers spent a week in Israel on an all-expenses-paid trip financed by the Foreign Ministry. Their itinerary included a communal prayer with the Western Wall rabbi and a warning delivered to the U.S. administration to lay off the settlements

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'You'll pay in blood': Israeli journalist behind video of severe abuse of Palestinian detainee talks

Haaretz - 16:54 Dec 09, 2025

Israel's Channel 12 News journalist Guy Peleg faces escalating threats and harassment since he published a video - handed over to him by the former Military Advocate General - of the extreme abuse at Sde Teiman
Netanyahu's rare moment of truth exposes his sinister plan to destroy Israel's rule of law

Haaretz - 16:34 Dec 09, 2025

Monday's Knesset debates were carried out in the image of the prime minister, who let the truth slip: he won't give up advancing the judicial coup in exchange for a pardon, and if he falls, his right-wing coalition falls with him
Tanzanian family of Gaza hostage sues Israeli foreign ministry over airing murder video

Haaretz - 16:24 Dec 09, 2025

A video posted on the Foreign Ministry's X page in December 2023 for public diplomacy did not blur the face of Joshua Loitu Mollel, an agricultural student from a kibbutz who was killed and abducted to Gaza on October 7. His family has sued the state for roughly $84,000, citing privacy violations

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A star of Tel Aviv's upscale restaurants tries his luck amid the goats and sheep of Israel's south

Haaretz - 16:10 Dec 09, 2025

In Mitzpeh Ramon, former sous-chef Tal Ashkenasi and a partner have opened Botz Dining, whose tasting menu is based on the local culture, where a campfire is still an integral part of life

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