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Three Israelis missing since October 7 were kidnapped to Gaza, IDF Says

Haaretz - 19:45 Jan 04, 2024

The three kidnapped Israelis were identified as 56-year-old Ilan Weiss, 42-year-old Hanan Yablonka from Tel Aviv and 28-year-old Idan Shtivi
You won't free Palestine by denying Hamas raped Israelis

Haaretz - 19:13 Jan 04, 2024

You can pick apart every witness' testimony, handwave every video of stripped bodies and tell everyone who'll listen that Hamas just wouldn't do that. But it won't erase what the victims endured in their last moments, nor will it free Palestine

Tags: Hamas Palestine
Israeli army raids West Bank refugee camp, interrogates hundreds of Palestinians

Haaretz - 18:32 Jan 04, 2024

This is the longest IDF operation at the Nur al-Shams refugee camp, which has seen increased military activity since the start of the war. Two Israel soldiers and several Palestinians were reportedly wounded during the operation

Tags: Palestinians
Israeli defense minister: Palestinians will be responsible for post-war Gaza

Haaretz - 18:19 Jan 04, 2024

'There will be no civil presence by Israel in the Gaza Strip after the war's goals are achieved,' said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ahead of the first discussion by Israel's war cabinet over 'day after' plans for the Palestinian enclave
Amid Israeli destruction in Gaza, a new crime against humanity emerges: Domicide

Haaretz - 18:13 Jan 04, 2024

Observers of Israel's fierce bombing campaign in Gaza are invoking the term 'domicide.' Will the deliberate and systematic destruction of homes and basic infrastructure soon be legally defined as a crime against humanity – and where does this leave Israel?

Tags: Gaza
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attacks near tomb of Iranian Guards' Soleimani

Haaretz - 17:41 Jan 04, 2024

According to an 'informed source' cited by Iranian state media, two suicide bombers carried out the attack on behalf of the unnamed Islamic State group. The Sunni extremist group recently also called for global attacks against Jews and Christians in retaliation for Israel's war in Gaza

Tags: Islamic State
'Too raw right now': How October 7 is impacting Jewish cultural life in America

Haaretz - 16:59 Jan 04, 2024

In normal times, the directors of these U.S. cultural centers and festivals create programs celebrating and examining Jewish and Israeli life. The Black Saturday massacre and subsequent war in Gaza is presenting them with unique challenges

Tags: Jewish
Iran's nukes, October 7 and Netanyahu: A reckless legacy

Haaretz - 16:21 Jan 04, 2024

Just as Israel's prime minister refuses to take responsibility for his recklessness that led to Hamas' massacre, he refuses to take responsibility for abandoning the issue that he himself considered his life's mission
Supreme Court orders government ministers to abandon Israel Post chairman firing

Haaretz - 16:18 Jan 04, 2024

Two Likud lawmakers insist on firing Israel Post Chairman Mishael Vaknin during the war, despite evidence that the postal service was improving under his command. Vaknin and the Post argue that the attempt to overthrow him is political
'It wasn't even a thought until now': After October 7, these U.S. Jews are buying guns

Haaretz - 15:47 Jan 04, 2024

A third of U.S. adults say they own a gun, but relatively few gun owners used to be Jewish – until the landscape changed with the Israel-Hamas war and a huge spike in antisemitic incidents in America. 'It's a scary place out there,' says one Jewish gun shop owner
Arab and Muslim Americans weren't happy with Biden before Gaza war. Now they're enraged

Haaretz - 15:03 Jan 04, 2024

Arab and Muslim Americans, especially in the swing state of Michigan, were key to Biden's victory in 2020. But now they blame the president for supporting Israel's destruction of Gaza. Can these voters be persuaded not to ditch the Democrats in 2024?

Tags: Gaza Muslim Americans Arab
Charging Israel with genocide at the ICJ: The petition, the precedents and the punishment

Haaretz - 14:59 Jan 04, 2024

Why did South Africa file the petition against Israel for its conduct in Gaza at the International Court of Justice in The Hague? Why is Israel interested in cooperating with the proceedings? What are the possible outcomes?
Grossman, Zizek among public figures sign letter against 'the dehumanization of Palestinians and Israelis'

Haaretz - 14:33 Jan 04, 2024

'The pro-human camp coalition' opposes the 'atrocities committed on October 7' and also stands against identifying all Gazans with Hamas 'used by them to rationalize indiscriminate killing and denial of humanitarian aid'
Freed Israeli hostages return to the scenes that changed their lives on October 7

Haaretz - 13:54 Jan 04, 2024

In this unusual tour of Kibbutz Be'eri, which was destroyed by Hamas three months ago, the visitors are also the main victims: 'This is my first time at Be'eri since October 7. It's difficult for me to be here after everything we've been through'

Tags: October
Gaza genocide case at the ICJ has an unwitting ally: Israeli politicians

Haaretz - 13:52 Jan 04, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have asked his ministers to shut up and stop saying stupid things about Gaza. Instead, he ignored and even encouraged them. He welcomes the frivolous South African request to the ICJ because it vindicates his 'The world is against us and it's not my fault' narrative

Tags: Gaza
No spike in suicide rates since Oct 7 attack, Israeli Health Ministry says

Haaretz - 12:23 Jan 04, 2024

According to the ministry's statement which is based on partial data gathered by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, there are indications that the number of suicides in the past three months is even lower than usual
Stay inside: Hebron residents face restrictions like never before, unable to leave their homes or neighborhood

Haaretz - 12:20 Jan 04, 2024

Restrictions imposed by Israel since the start of the war have prevented Hebron residents living in the Israeli-controlled part of the West Bank city from getting to their workplaces and even buying food. The army claims there is no curfew in Hebron, but the reality tells a different story

Tags: Hebron
Israeli magazine runs cartoon depicting ex-top court president stepping on soldier's back in Gaza

Haaretz - 11:58 Jan 04, 2024

The magazine, read predominantly by a religious-Zionist audience, received a strongly-worded letter from the Courts Administration legal adviser, arguing it may amount to 'incitement to violence'
'Much harder for Children': Severe hunger is spreading in Gaza. Four voices from a human catastrophe

Haaretz - 10:56 Jan 04, 2024

The impossible reality of Gaza: Mothers who are too malnourished to breastfeed, searches for food under the threat of bombings and aid organizations collapsing under the strain

Tags: Gaza
Netanyahu's paranoia-induced law is on its way to history's dumpster

Haaretz - 10:35 Jan 04, 2024

The attorney general will retain her ability to declare Prime Minister Netanyahu unfit for office, but the High Court judges refrained from clarifying under what circumstances she could do so. Public opinion of Netanyahu's government in post-October 7 Israel makes it seem unlikely she ever will

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