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Smotrich's bid for political survival relies on bribing Israeli settlers

Haaretz - 21:01 May 27, 2026

The finance minister is pushing tailor-made tax breaks for West Bank settlers as his party hovers near the electoral threshold
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Haaretz - 20:14 May 27, 2026
Officer from Israel Police's anti-corruption unit suspected of spying for Iran

Haaretz - 19:58 May 27, 2026

Lahav 433, the Israel Police's anti-corruption and major crime unit, has previously handled investigations into suspected Iranian espionage in Israel. In April, an Israeli court lifted the gag order that the unit was probing a suspected spy cell manufacturing explosives

Tags: Israel Police
Bill subordinating police internal affairs unit to justice minister advances in Knesset

Haaretz - 19:52 May 27, 2026

Under the proposal, the unit's head would be appointed by a politically appointed committee. Opposition lawmaker Gilad Kariv said the legislation was designed to protect 'corrupt politicians' and vowed to repeal it
With a Jewish wife and Nazi jokes, Mario Adrion's comedy was made for Tel Aviv

Haaretz - 19:40 May 27, 2026

German Youtuber, model and comedian Mario Adrion is back with his stand-up routine in Tel Aviv. 'I'm not positioning myself as pro-Israel – which I'm not,' he tells Haaretz

Tags: Mario Adrion Tel Aviv
IDF says U.S. limits on Lebanon strikes will hurt efforts to stop Hezbollah drones

Haaretz - 19:19 May 27, 2026

Military officials doubt the expanding ground operation will eliminate Hezbollah's explosive drone threat and admit Israel still lacks an effective operational response: 'This caught us unprepared'
An Israeli frog species comes back from the dead at a Jerusalem zoo

Haaretz - 18:49 May 27, 2026

For over half a century the Hula painted frog was considered extinct, but they've been turning up for 15 years and now 20 specimen are at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo, where tadpoles are noshing on mosquito larvae
Israel cuts security budgets for Gaza, Lebanon border communities despite ongoing war

Haaretz - 18:42 May 27, 2026

One regional council head said local leaders were 'surprised to discover' the decision while meeting with security officials. 'Instead of strengthening the confrontation line and residents' sense of security, we are once again being expected to make do with the bare minimum,' another mayor said
Trump: Not sure Iran deal possible unless Saudis, Qatar join Abraham Accords

Haaretz - 17:54 May 27, 2026

The White House dismissed Iranian reports of a draft agreement as a 'complete fabrication,' while Trump said Washington would not lift sanctions in exchange for Tehran giving up its nuclear material

Tags: Trump
U.S. may need years to rebuild weapons stockpiles depleted in Iran war, report says

Haaretz - 17:42 May 27, 2026

A new CSIS analysis warned that replenishing key missile systems used in the conflict could take at least three years, raising concerns about U.S. readiness for a potential conflict with China
Haredi party leader orders boycott of Israel Police over arrests of draft evaders

Haaretz - 17:35 May 27, 2026

The chairman of United Torah Judaism instructed party officials to halt cooperation with police after the force reversed an earlier policy and began assisting the military in detaining ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers
Knesset panel debates bill to strip former IDF officials of ranks over 'anti-state' speech

Haaretz - 17:31 May 27, 2026

If legislated, the bill would grant the prime minister, defense minister or national security minister, strip former senior security officials of their ranks, pensions and other benefits
Netanyahu won't stop spitting in American Jews' faces

Haaretz - 16:58 May 27, 2026

At an unprecedentedly fragile time in relations between many U.S. Jews and Israel, Netanyahu's desire to appoint an eye-poppingly far-right conspiracy theorist and annexationist as consul general in New York is truly sadistic
Election year economics: How the Netanyahu government is sneaking through settlement tax breaks

Haaretz - 15:39 May 27, 2026

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is focused on tax breaks for Israeli settlers living deep in the West Bank, a Likud MK is arming allies with bribe money and the Knesset speaker is leading an expensive delegation to New York
Pentagon leaks signal growing U.S. effort to blame Israel for risks of renewed Iran war

Haaretz - 15:27 May 27, 2026

Reports in Trump-friendly U.S. media highlighted the extent of Washington's role defending Israel during the war while exposing growing concern over depleted missile stockpiles and America's ability to sustain another confrontation with Iran

Tags: Iran Israel
IDF says entire south Lebanon 'combat zone,' urges residents to evacuate

Haaretz - 14:47 May 27, 2026

Earlier in the day, the IDF launched a wave of strikes on the Lebanese city of Tyre and its surroundings, two hours after telling the 200,000 residents of the city and neighboring refugee camps to evacuate
9-year-old allegedly shot dead accidentally by father during family feud in Arab-Israeli town

Haaretz - 14:28 May 27, 2026

'Children should not be dying from gunshots in the street,' said the CEO of Israel's National Council for the Child. Violent crime has taken the lives of 131 people in Israel since the start of this year, including 112 in the country's Arab society.
Defying war, boycotts and threats of government censorship, Docaviv 2026 to open in Tel Aviv

Haaretz - 14:00 May 27, 2026

Israel's largest documentary film festival is back with an array of local and international films, including many from countries that have experienced war and oppressive regimes themselves. 'No matter what you do, you can't stop creation,' says artistic director Michal Weits
Saudi Arabia, Qatar hesitant about joining Abraham Accords with Israel, Gulf sources say

Haaretz - 12:50 May 27, 2026

The two countries have not yet formally responded to Trump's request that they join normalize relations with Israel, but sources who spoke to Haaretz said they will not establish relations with Israel without a pathway toward the establishment of a Palestinian state

Tags: Israel
Ben-Gvir blocking state inspectors from Israeli prisons, preventing oversight

Haaretz - 12:23 May 27, 2026

Israel Prison Service laws require National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to approve the entry of state inspectors to examine detention facilities. However, the list of names has been on his desk for more than half a year, and he has refrained from signing it

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