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Israel must prevent perilously provocative Jewish march for Temple Mount/Al Aqsa compound

Haaretz - 03:11 Dec 07, 2023

We can't expect Ben-Gvir to show good judgment, nor can we expect this of Netanyahu. But the war cabinet also includes two people – Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot – who can be expected to understand the dangerous implications of this ultranationalist provocation
Yad Vashem 'appalled' by university presidents 'excusing' calls for genocide against Jews

Haaretz - 00:01 Dec 07, 2023

The Holocaust commemorations chairman characterized the testimonies given by presidents of elite U.S. colleges as 'a basic ignorance of history'
White House outraged after college presidents skirt questions on calls for genocide of Jews

Haaretz - 21:50 Dec 06, 2023

House Republicans' intent from the outset was to publicly ridicule the university presidents. Even considering this context, the presidents managed to underwhelm alienate and incense much of the U.S. Jewish community
Israel's updated budget passes in first vote as ministers criticize non-war expenses

Haaretz - 21:43 Dec 06, 2023

Without the support of Likud ministers Nir Barkat and Yoav Gallant, nor Minister Benny Gantz, the Knesset passed an updated version of the budget in the first of three required votes
That's life – and death: Arming Israeli civilians is a terrible security policy

Haaretz - 20:33 Dec 06, 2023

Israel has seen over 250,000 new firearm license applications since the October 7 attack, which is more than the last 20 years combined. The figures show that this will not make the country safer – to the contrary
Looking for a Congressional champion to fight antisemitism? Forget Stefanik

Haaretz - 18:07 Dec 06, 2023

Those concerned about antisemitism would be well-advised to remember their new leading advocate has platformed some of the most vile antisemitic conspiracy theories
The Hanukkah Menorah and its obscure origins and evolution

Haaretz - 18:00 Dec 06, 2023

Ancient Jews also marked Hanukkah with fire, but the menorahs we know today are a modern innovation.
Stuck between Hamas and Hezbollah, Netanyahu's failed government isn't going anywhere

Haaretz - 17:59 Dec 06, 2023

Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition is caught in a cycle, in which lawmakers voice their disapproval but subsequently vote with the PM ■ No one will cross the line until Gantz leaves the coalition, but he won't do so as long as hostages are being held in Gaza
Without equipment, staff, or electricity: Hospitals in southern Gaza Strip overwhelmed by scale of wounded and ill

Haaretz - 15:49 Dec 06, 2023

Doctors from hospitals in Khan Yunis and Rafah tell Haaretz of deteriorating conditions, lack of beds and supplies, and the potential for outbreak of diseases that could cause the death toll to skyrocket. If evacuation looms, doctors ask: 'Where would we go? Where can we evacuate the patients to?'
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip push Palestinians to Egyptian border

Haaretz - 14:45 Dec 06, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of refugees from northern Gaza are now taking shelter in the south ■ Despite Biden's warning Israel to make more of an effort not to harm civilians, there seems to be no significant changes in Israel's operation in Gaza, war experts claim
Massacre doesn't justify massacre: Israel, Gaza and war crimes

Haaretz - 14:16 Dec 06, 2023

The group of historians who attacked my New York Times op-ed offered an embarrassing apologia of Israeli policies - and no condemnation of the enormous Gaza civilian death toll

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'The assumption that conditions in Hamas captivity are reasonable no longer exists'

Haaretz - 13:38 Dec 06, 2023

Prof. Hagai Levine, who leads the medical team of the group representing families of Israelis abducted to Gaza on October 7, has serious concerns about the remaining hostages' condition. 'If Israel's war cabinet thinks hostages have time, it's wrong'
Israel's top satirical TV show mocks UN failure to condemn Hamas’ sexual crimes

Haaretz - 13:16 Dec 06, 2023

In a skit released following the UN’s first special session on the 'premeditated and planned' Hamas sexual violence, Israel’s equivalent of SNL presented two representatives of a UN Women com inquiry addressing an unknown interlocutor with assurances that they 'believe you'

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Israel's Arrow system intercepts fourth Iranian ballistic missile launched from Yemen

Haaretz - 13:06 Dec 06, 2023

Since Gaza war with Hamas began, the Iran-backed Houthis launched numerous missiles and drones at Israel, a distance of over 1,500 kilometers, and hit Israeli-owned vessels in the Red Sea
Biden still supports Israel's Gaza war, but limits its scope

Haaretz - 12:35 Dec 06, 2023

Israel's war cabinet has agreed to American requests, such as allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza, including fuel, and accepting certain restrictions on the scale of IDF actions in the south Gaza Strip. The major point of disagreement concerns the question of the Gaza 'day after' plans

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Growing number of U.S.-based Mideast scholars self-censoring after Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Haaretz - 12:15 Dec 06, 2023

Among those practicing self-censorship since the Israel-Hamas war began, 81 percent said they were withholding criticism of Israel, compared with 11 percent withholding criticism of the Palestinians. Concerns about offending students and pressure from external advocacy groups were cited as the top reasons
The IDF’s confusing, ironic evacuation map for Palestinians in Gaza

Haaretz - 10:47 Dec 06, 2023

The map dividing the Gaza Strip into 623 zones, which is now being used to instruct Palestinians in southern Gaza how to avoid dangerous areas, is a key tool in efforts to minimize civilian casualties, the Israel Defense Forces says. It was first drawn up half a century ago, though

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Now hummus is called to battle in the Israel-Hamas war

Haaretz - 10:38 Dec 06, 2023

A petition going around the U.S. food industry frames Israeli cuisine as one of the primary causes of the conflict. But cultural appropriation is problematic in the culinary field from the outset
Huge craters, dead children, collapsed homes: In Southern Gaza, there's nowhere to flee

Haaretz - 10:22 Dec 06, 2023

The resumption of bombing is pushing Gazans further south towards Rafah, where a million displaced persons live in unbearably crowded conditions. People are fighting each other for insufficient supplies of food and water while the police try to maintain a modicum of order
Israeli army mulls shutting down unit of settler 'hilltop youth' amid violent incidents against Palestinians

Haaretz - 10:20 Dec 06, 2023

Radical settler soldiers recruited to the IDF 'Desert Frontier' unit have attacked and abused Palestinians and left-wing activists as well as conducted unauthorized searches and arrests

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