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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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Tibetans created a super-yak 2,500 years ago

Haaretz - 10:06 Jan 04, 2024

Wild yaks happily thrive as high as 6,000 meters above sea level, reveling in freezing, low-oxygen, high-solar radiation conditions, a new paper explains. Cows do not. The hybrid yak-cow, though, is hardy and productive – which means both in meat and milk – at medium elevations
Israelis should want to stop the war for their own sake, if not for Gaza's

Haaretz - 09:56 Jan 04, 2024

Swamped mental health services, a semi-functioning education system, economic decline, collapsing businesses, troubling gun accidents and a rise in crime. Even if most Israelis won't oppose the war for the sake of Gazans, they better start looking at the huge toll it is taking on their own lives

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Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family's Holocaust history on PBS

Haaretz - 09:39 Jan 04, 2024

'I think I found out that I was Jewish in my late 20s. I didn't know,' told the singer who was raised Catholic and is now a practicing Buddhist during a PBS interview
High Court's new ruling: The sum of all fears for Netanyahu family

Haaretz - 04:01 Jan 04, 2024

Two days after blocking the abolition of the reasonableness standard, Israel's top court also quashed the law meant to deprive the AG of the legal option of declaring the prime minister unfit for office. At least for the duration of the war, Netanyahu's planned putsch against Israeli democracy has been stopped thanks to the liberal majority on the bench
Under U.S. pressure, Israel weighs opening Erez Crossing for Gaza humanitarian aid

Haaretz - 04:00 Jan 04, 2024

This would provide aid directly to residents of northern Gaza, which has not received nearly as much aid as the south. The IDF has control over the majority of northern Gaza, and could ensure that, unlike in the south, Hamas cannot hijack the aid trucks and keep the supplies ofr themselves

Tags: Gaza
Beirut assassination ties Nasrallah's hands as Hezbollah hopes to avoid all-out war

Haaretz - 04:00 Jan 04, 2024

The targeted killing of Hamas' Arouri and six terrorists in Dahiyeh signals to Hezbollah and Iran that Israel is convinced it is sufficiently prepared for a war in Lebanon. This is not an insignificant risk, which was also influenced by the fighting in Gaza

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Israeli army establishes team to investigate Hamas' October 7 attacks

Haaretz - 03:52 Jan 04, 2024

Israeli army says three civilians missing since October 7 were kidnapped to Gaza ■ Israeli defense minister: Palestinians, not Israelis, will be responsible for post-war Gaza ■ Blinken will depart for his fourth trip to the Middle East since Oct. 7 on Thursday ■ At least 1,300 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; at least 133 hostages held in Gaza ■ Hamas-run Health Ministry: 22,313 killed, 57,296 wounded in Gaza

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Haaretz - 23:01 Jan 03, 2024
U.S. steadily boosts efforts against Houthis in Red Sea as Middle East tensions near boil

Haaretz - 22:27 Jan 03, 2024

Biden administration has been criticized by some former U.S. officials and members of Congress for failing to respond with adequate force to the Houthi aggression
Genocide charge against Israel must serve as a wake-up call

Haaretz - 21:54 Jan 03, 2024
The road to The Hague is paved with Israeli calls for genocide of Gazans

Haaretz - 21:47 Jan 03, 2024
No Israeli soldiers have stood up and refused to participate in this evil war

Haaretz - 21:46 Jan 03, 2024
Top Israeli official 'optimistic' about hostage deal talks despite Hamas leader's assassination

Haaretz - 20:34 Jan 03, 2024

The senior source also says recent remarks by Israeli ministers urging 'voluntary migration' of Palestinians from Gaza Strip are 'delusions,' and that Israel is preparing for the hearing at the International Court for Justice and considers petitioning against Iran, South Africa and Hezbollah
A day after Harvard's president quits, Jewish alum launch campaign to force MIT's hand

Haaretz - 19:55 Jan 03, 2024

Campaign organizers are urging Jewish graduates and their allies to reduce their annual gift to MIT to a token $1, in response to what they describe as 'continued inaction following numerous antisemitic incidents on campus'

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Number of Gazans detained in Israel jumps by 150% in a month; Witness: Soldiers abuse detainees in military facility

Haaretz - 19:36 Jan 03, 2024

661 Gazans are detained in Israeli prisons, in addition to unknown numbers that are held in military facility in Sde Teiman base. A source familiar with conditions there said soldiers are beating detainees and handcuff them to the fence

Tags: Gazans
Israeli man arrested for sexual assault, allegedly used gun he obtained through lax firearm regulations

Haaretz - 19:17 Jan 03, 2024

Since the beginning of the war, some 300,000 applications and 50,000 licenses have been granted for firearm ownership through loose regulations set by Ben Gvir's ministry. Haaretz reported that 14,000 of those licenses were issued unlawfully
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah says Israeli deterrence 'collapsed' after Oct. 7, killing of Hamas official in Beirut 'will not go unpunished'

Haaretz - 18:58 Jan 03, 2024

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a lengthy speech on the state and effects of Israel's war in Gaza, and threatened Israel following Tuesday's killing of a senior Hamas leader in a southern suburb of Beirut

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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted 'Israel-bound' container ship, no damage reported

Haaretz - 18:08 Jan 03, 2024

French shipping firm CMA CGM told Reuters the vessel was unharmed and had suffered no incident. The company also said the ship had been headed for Egypt, not Israel
Families of hostages held by Hamas aren't celebrating the Beirut assassination

Haaretz - 17:35 Jan 03, 2024

For family members of hostages, the killing of senior Hamas figure Saleh al-Arouri represents anything but a victory photo. While they may not be grieving his loss, they are mourning the spark of hope his assassination extinguished

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