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Israel believes Hamas leader Sinwar is irrational, making hostage deal more urgent

Haaretz - 04:14 Nov 20, 2023

Though there are still military targets in the northern Gaza Strip, Israel will need to weigh the benefits of a continued ground offensive ■ The U.S. is wary of a direct confrontation with Iran, but increased Houthi attacks could force it to act

Tags: Israel
Students evacuated from the northern border are back in school – in Jerusalem

Haaretz - 03:38 Nov 20, 2023

Schools were established for evacuated preschoolers and elementary school students as soon as the war began – initially by volunteers, before the Education Ministry took over. But for older students, the return to school was delayed
Many Israelis and Palestinians have 'sobered up'. I refuse to do the same

Haaretz - 02:51 Nov 20, 2023
Israel army study: Gaza rocket attacks down since start of ground invasion

Haaretz - 02:48 Nov 20, 2023

The drop is notable because, in contrast to previous operations in the Gaza Strip, in the current fighting IDF has not prioritized locating rockets or stopping attacks
Now even Israel's centrist lawmakers are calling for ‘voluntary’ population transfer

Haaretz - 22:53 Nov 19, 2023
'A different kind of fear': The fragility of Arab-Jewish coexistence after October 7

Haaretz - 21:21 Nov 19, 2023

Over six weeks into the Gaza war, a reprisal of the May 2021 riots between Jewish and Arab citizens did not materialize. What’s behind one of the only glimmers of good in this darkness?
New York mayor blames professors for hateful atmosphere against Jews on city campuses

Haaretz - 20:59 Nov 19, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams told congregants at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue that campuses have 'becomes havens of hate'
Israeli army releases footage of hostages inside Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital on Oct 7

Haaretz - 20:29 Nov 19, 2023

In addition, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the soldier Noa Marciano who was kidnapped and taken into the Gaza Strip, was taken first to a hideout apartment near Al-Shifa Hospital, and was later taken into the hospital where she was murdered, the pathology report confirmed

Tags: Israeli Al-Shifa Hospital
Handing Gaza over to a multinational force in Gaza is just a fantasy

Haaretz - 20:06 Nov 19, 2023

Arab nations have rejected sending troops to Gaza after the war ends, while Netanyahu has ruled out the Palestinian Authority controlling it. But the idea of a non-Arab multinational force taking the reins is pointless

Tags: Gaza
Ex-Israeli diplomats call for an international coalition whose nationals are held hostage by Hamas

Haaretz - 19:57 Nov 19, 2023

Representatives of the group and retired Israeli ambassadors called on the United Nations to appoint a special representative for the hostages, on the Red Cross to be more assertive in its dealings with Hamas

Tags: Hamas
U.S. believes Netanyahu will eventually support Palestinian Authority controlling Gaza

Haaretz - 19:22 Nov 19, 2023

U.S. officials believe that Jerusalem's attitude toward the Palestinian Authority would soften if it agreed to stop acting against Israel in international bodies and ended its highly contentious payment system for convicted murderers in Israeli prisons

Tags: Palestinian Authority
U.S. presses Israel to postpone strikes in south Gaza until displaced Palestinians from north are accounted for

Haaretz - 19:09 Nov 19, 2023

National Security Adviser Jon Finer says there is 'real concern' about Israel shifting operations to the south, where hundreds of thousands have fled at Israel's urging

Tags: Israel
Prehistoric Australians buried their dingoes with the family in the sky

Haaretz - 16:25 Nov 19, 2023

Indigenous Australians kept dingoes for life, possibly over generations, in contrast to reports of wild puppy raids from the island’s colonial era
Netanyahu's evangelical love affair isn't helping cratering U.S. support for Israel

Haaretz - 16:02 Nov 19, 2023

With younger U.S. voters increasingly inclined to favor the Palestinians over Israel, one group remains steadfast in its support of the Jewish state – only contributing to an even-greater schism between Israel and the Democratic Party

Tags: Israel
Head of Canadian sexual assault center fired for questioning accounts of Hamas raping Israeli women

Haaretz - 15:25 Nov 19, 2023

Samantha Pearson, the head of the University of Alberta's sexual assault center, signed a letter referring to 'the repeated and unverified accusation that Palestinians were guilty of sexual violence'
East Jerusalem journalist arrested on suspicion of incitement and encouraging terrorism

Haaretz - 15:11 Nov 19, 2023

Journalist Marwat Al-Azza, a freelancer working for NBC, allegedly mocked the kidnapping of an elderly Israeli woman from a Gaza border community on October 7. The Magistrate’s Court ordered her detention extended by four days
Security officials: 64-year-old Israeli hostage was murdered in Gaza as kidnappers fled from IDF forces

Haaretz - 14:54 Nov 19, 2023

The Israeli army discovered Weiss' body near the Al-Shifa Hospital and returned it to Israel last week. On October 7, Weiss, a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri, was kidnapped into Gaza and her husband Shmulik was murdered

Tags: Gaza
Al-Qaeda held me captive. How can Israel free the hostages held by Hamas?

Haaretz - 13:58 Nov 19, 2023

Like Hamas which named the October 7 assault on Israel, Operation Al-Aksa Flood, my al-Qaeda captors too viewed themselves as part of a globe-altering cataclysm, and every passing hour intensifies danger that Hamas' hostages face. Here's what I'd tell Israeli decision makers

Tags: Israel
As antisemitism spikes in France, some Jews adopt new measures to hide their religion

Haaretz - 13:54 Nov 19, 2023

As French Jews are trying to keep a low profile by, for instance, removing mezuzahs from door frames, community leaders advise against ‘making antisemites feel like they have achieved some success,’ and a Holocaust survivor tells young Jews in Paris: ‘You should not be afraid’

Tags: Jews
The West Bank emerges as a third and troubling front in Israel's war

Haaretz - 12:18 Nov 19, 2023

Israel can continue to crush Gaza under the banner of 'hunting Hamas' and bulldoze the West Bank under the slogan of 'fighting terrorism,' but it must be understood that for every fatality, another generation of young Palestinians will join the struggle against Israel

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