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She fled Gaza for Israel with her daughter. Now she's fighting to get her other children out

Haaretz - 16:13 Mar 15, 2024

An abused wife and mother of children born with a devastating genetic disorder, Fathan Hassan has been deprived of autonomy over her own body and her own life. Now she's facing another struggle: Rescuing her two young children, who were left alone in Gaza after their father was killed in Israeli shelling

Tags: Gaza
Schumer clears path for Democrats to disavow Netanyahu. Will Biden follow?

Haaretz - 14:41 Mar 15, 2024

Schumer's landmark speech, calling on Israelis to shake off Netanyahu and find a new direction, made major waves in both U.S. and Israeli politics. Now those waves could turn into a tsunami if Biden and the rest of the pro-Israel U.S. left follow suit

Tags: Netanyahu
Appointment of new Palestinian PM reveals stagnation. The government's test will be its survival

Haaretz - 13:58 Mar 15, 2024

Mohammad Mustafa will try to assemble a government of experts to manage West Bank affairs and Gaza's rebuilding. But with the lack of public legitimacy and Israel's opposition, he is unlikely to succeed. If he can arrange elections, that could change
Before the war, Fuad worked in Israeli tech. His laptop is now under the rubble

Haaretz - 11:30 Mar 15, 2024

A software engineer from the Gaza Strip thought that high-tech could help bring peace between Palestinians and Israelis. In a conversation from inside Gaza he tells of the pain and sufferings all around him. 'People here are beginning to believe that this isn't a war against Hamas, but against the Palestinians in general'
First Arab-Israeli Supreme Court justice, Salim Joubran, dies at 76

Haaretz - 11:20 Mar 15, 2024

Joubran served in a permanent Supreme Court appointment and chaired the Elections Committee. He described the appointment as 'an important turning point,' and was in the minority in numerous cases on relations with Arab society. He will be buried in Haifa on Sunday
Hamas presents truce deal detailing exchange of hostages, prisoners to mediators

Haaretz - 09:48 Mar 15, 2024

The initial release of Israelis would include women, children, elderly and ill hostages in exchange for the release of 700-1000 Palestinian prisoners. In the second stage, all detainees from both sides would be released. Israel says plan based on 'unrealistic demands'
Israeli army denies Hamas reports that 21 Palestinians killed by IDF fire while awaiting aid

Haaretz - 08:23 Mar 15, 2024

The Hamas-run ministry says eight additional people were killed in a strike on an aid distribution center in a separate incident on Thursday. Israeli army calls reports of intentional targeting 'false,' says soldiers did not fire at crowds

Tags: Israeli
Netanyahu's sole strategy is survival and isolated Israel faces a diplomatic disaster

Haaretz - 04:00 Mar 15, 2024

The prime minister's actions, and especially his failures, have caused a diplomatic catastrophe – especially between Washington and Jerusalem ■ Gideon Sa'ar's real test will come when Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot decide to bolt Netanyahu's emergency wartime government

Tags: Netanyahu's
Netanyahu approves plans for Rafah operation, sends delegation to Qatar

Haaretz - 03:15 Mar 15, 2024

Palestinian factions say they object to establishing new Palestinian gov't ■ IDF says it struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon ■ Aid supply ship from Cyprus reaches Gaza coast ■ Hamas truce proposal calls for release of all 'detainees' on both sides ■ IDF: four soldiers were wounded in past 24 hours ■ Egypt's President warns against Israeli operation in Gaza
'I was living the good life in New York. Next thing I know I'm back in Israel and I've got a weapon'

Haaretz - 01:01 Mar 15, 2024

This week at Ben-Gurion airport: A young Israeli man who returned to Israel after October 7 to enlist in the reserves, and two young Israeli women who attended an agricultural boarding school

Tags: Israel
Money time: Israel is facing a liberal vs. religious demographic crisis. This is how we can save the future

Haaretz - 00:22 Mar 15, 2024

Israel is hurtling toward a collision between its liberal pluralistic society and its increasingly powerful religious groups. Tough educational and budgetary reforms are needed immediately to avoid the crash

Tags: Israel
The Gaza war could be a game-changer for Israeli women in combat

Haaretz - 23:33 Mar 14, 2024

After October 7 the IDF's combat ranks thinned out. With attention focused on the controversy over enlisting the ultra-Orthodox, the army is overlooking a proven and eager source of recruits: women who want to be fighters
'Dehumanizing': French cartoonist under fire for caricature satirizing Ramadan in Gaza

Haaretz - 22:51 Mar 14, 2024

The cartoon of a man trying to catch a rat during Ramadan in war-torn Gaza, published in the newspaper Liberation, stirred controversy on social media, with some calling attention to the paper's Israeli editor-in-chief and its French-Israeli owner. The cartoonist, Corinne Rey, is a survivor of the Charlie Hebdo massacre

Tags: Gaza Ramadan
As the war and hostage talks with Hamas stall, Israel busies itself with scandals

Haaretz - 22:20 Mar 14, 2024

In the midst of the rumble of war, the IDF chief of staff is finding it difficult to control everything that happens below him ■ Hostage talks with Hamas did not make significant progress this week, but the issue is not totally deadlocked ■ Netanyahu's repeated threats to send IDF into Rafah serve a dual purpose

Tags: Hamas
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Haaretz - 22:14 Mar 14, 2024
Israel is on the brink of the abyss

Haaretz - 22:12 Mar 14, 2024
Biden is working off of flawed assumptions about Israel and American Jews

Haaretz - 21:59 Mar 14, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden and his team are still confident they know Netanyahu and understand Jewish voters. They should get a serious briefing on American Jewish positions and trends from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
Netanyahu must resist the messianic bullies and avert a Third Lebanon War

Haaretz - 21:50 Mar 14, 2024
Go ahead and blow up a university in Gaza, but follow procedure!

Haaretz - 21:43 Mar 14, 2024
Netanyahu is biting the American hand that feeds him

Haaretz - 21:31 Mar 14, 2024

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