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Netanyahu hopes Trump will help him oust Hamas as cease-fire negotiations continue Monday

Haaretz - 22:08 Feb 02, 2025

Sources say Israel is unwilling to withdraw from the Gaza Strip as long as Hamas remains in power, and while Netanyahu hopes Trump will support the organization's removal, the White House's stance remains unclear

Tags: Hamas Netanyahu Trump
Israel's Education Ministry is rewriting the Yom Kippur War's history

Haaretz - 22:00 Feb 02, 2025
This is Israel's driest winter in a century, officials say, matched only by 2009

Haaretz - 20:57 Feb 02, 2025

Israel is grappling with its second-driest winter in a century, with negligible increases in water levels in key areas. Despite expected rainfall, Israel's Water Authority warns it won't offset the drought

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IDF razes homes in West Bank's Jenin to ease troops' movement through the camp

Haaretz - 20:22 Feb 02, 2025

A senior military source says the IDF razed buildings with the political echelon's approval, as roads in the camp are too narrow for military vehicles. Previously, the IDF claimed the buildings had housed terrorist infrastructure
How an Emirati sewage project in Gaza set off pungent conspiracy theories online

Haaretz - 20:11 Feb 02, 2025

A seemingly mundane infrastructure announcement by the UAE has set off a storm on Arabic-language social media, with pundits accusing Abu Dhabi of seeking to dig up militants' tunnels and plant Israeli spy devices. Palestinians in Gaza pushed back: 'Hamas mouthpieces,' one wrote

Tags: Gaza
As gym sex tape scandal sparks fiery debate, Israeli women rally for right to privacy

Haaretz - 19:50 Feb 02, 2025

Activists from Bonot Alternativa protested in central Israel's Yavne, in support of women featured in explicit viral videos, stressing the illegality and psychological harm in distributing the footage: 'This isn't gossip, it's a crime'
Satellite images reportedly show Israeli army bases in Syrian Golan, pointing to long term stay

Haaretz - 19:33 Feb 02, 2025

The area near Israel's border is supposed to be demilitarized under the Israel-Syria cease-fire agreement, but in December, Israel declared it considers it void following the fall of the Assad regime
Better to live in rubble than in the south? Gazans already back to poking fun at their regional differences

Haaretz - 17:44 Feb 02, 2025

For displaced Palestinians returning to northern Gaza, a humorous revival of historical feuds between residents of the 'civilized' north and the 'tribal' south serves as a coping mechanism amidst devastation
Netanyahu comes to Washington to kill Trump's Gaza deal. Will the president let him?

Haaretz - 17:24 Feb 02, 2025

In order to get the remaining hostages to their families, Trump will have to do something difficult: To reject a planeload of lies, excuses, false promises and shiny distractions from Netanyahu and his right-hand man, Ron Dermer

Tags: Netanyahu
Syria's interim president visits Saudi Arabia in first trip abroad, a likely signal to Iran

Haaretz - 16:41 Feb 02, 2025

In his first trip abroad since Assad's ouster, Ahmad al-Sharaa met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince in an attempt to lift sanctions on Syria, and signal his distance from the country's former allies

Tags: Saudi Arabia
'September 5': Less turns out to be more in Munich massacre masterpiece

Haaretz - 16:08 Feb 02, 2025

Tim Fehlbaum's 'September 5' is a gripping account of the 1972 Olympic Games slaying of 11 Israeli athletes in Munich. So good, it's worth watching twice – just like fellow German filmmaker Edward Berger's 'Conclave'

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How religious Zionism took over the Israeli book world in 2024

Haaretz - 16:05 Feb 02, 2025

There was an absence of big names among this year's Sapir Prize winners – but one expert thinks that might be a good thing. Plus, Israeli movie theaters pay homage to the late, great David Lynch

Tags: Israeli
From warm embraces to 'Fuck him': How the Trump-Netanyahu bromance soured

Haaretz - 15:42 Feb 02, 2025

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday, their complicated relationship will return to the spotlight. It has been anything but smooth sailing over the past eight years
Flight attendant killed in DC plane crash was Jewish youth group alum

Haaretz - 15:16 Feb 02, 2025

Ian Epstein, a flight attendant who died in the plane crash on Thursday, was remembered by BBYO, the Jewish youth group. After his death, a clip of him delivering one-liners during in-flight announcements went viral

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73-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli army fire in Jenin, Palestinian Health Ministry says

Haaretz - 15:13 Feb 02, 2025

The incident, on which the army has yet to issue a comment, occurred as the IDF continued its extensive operation in Jenin, expanding it overnight to the West Bank city of Tammun, north of Nablus

Tags: Jenin
Multinational alliance pushing for legal, diplomatic and economic sanctions against Israel

Haaretz - 13:38 Feb 02, 2025

Government ministers from nine African and South American countries announced the group's launch on Friday, saying, 'When future generations inquire about our contribution to Palestine's right to self-determination, our response must be, we took concrete measures'
Israel's State Prosecutor's Office: Criminal investigation opened into Sara Netanyahu

Haaretz - 13:26 Feb 02, 2025

The announcement comes after investigative news show 'Uvda' aired correspondence between Sara Netanyahu and a former head of the PM's office, in which Sara demanded that she attack a key witness in one of the PM's criminal cases

Tags: Sara Netanyahu
This computer game will let you experience the Palestinian Nakba while eluding Zionists

Haaretz - 13:22 Feb 02, 2025

'Dreams on a Pillow' will follow a woman who flees her destroyed village to Lebanon during the 1948 war. Are computer games propaganda or a response to public sentiment?
'It's a crazy roller-coaster. We hoped he was alive, then he was declared as fallen'

Haaretz - 13:11 Feb 02, 2025

The army declared him dead, but police officer Ran Gvili's family believes he is still alive. 'I realize that it doesn't sound logical, but that is the decision that the family, alongside the decision to celebrate and be together,' says his aunt
The architect who almost designed the Third Temple in the old city of Jerusalem

Haaretz - 12:55 Feb 02, 2025

At the age of 86, architect Moshe Safdie reflects on a stellar career, including designing Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum and Sheldon Adelson's resort in Singapore. He also explains why he fears President Trump, and how in the 1960s he almost designed a city for Palestinian refugees in Egypt

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