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Venice Biennale: Demands to exclude countries will not be accepted, Israel will participate

Haaretz - 11:14 Feb 29, 2024

Biennale organizers say Israel and Iran will participate as planned in the event, which opens in April, despite petitions calling to block the countries from participating. More than 18,000 artists, curators and cultural figures signed the petition calling to not allow Israel to take part

Tags: Israel
Young Americans now more likely than their elders to believe negative stereotypes about Jews, survey shows

Haaretz - 10:44 Feb 29, 2024

A new ADL survey asked whether the respondents believe Jews are more loyal to Israel than to America, whether they believe Jews are more willing than others to use shady practices to get what they want and whether they believe Jews have too much control on Wall Street

Tags: Jews
CNN: Biden administration is concerned Israel may invade Lebanon in late spring if diplomacy fails

Haaretz - 10:25 Feb 29, 2024

'We are operating in the assumption that an Israeli military operation is in the coming months,' a senior Biden administration official said

Tags: Biden
Hamas says at least 100 Gazans killed waiting for aid; Israeli army: most deaths caused by stampede

Haaretz - 10:18 Feb 29, 2024

Hamas-run Gaza health ministry spokesman said that at least 700 were wounded in the incident; The IDF claims the bulk of deaths is from overcrowding and trampling, while Hamas claims that the Israeli army fired into the crowd

Tags: Israeli Hamas
30,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, authorities say, including 12,500 children and teens

Haaretz - 09:51 Feb 29, 2024

These figures, however, do not mark the total number of fatalities as there are some 8,000 missing people believed to be buried under rubble throughout the Gaza Strip. Doctor Without Borders says, 'the psychological injuries have led to five-year-olds telling us they'd rather die'
Israeli security officials: Ministers' leak of north Gaza aid plan harms hostage talks

Haaretz - 09:35 Feb 29, 2024

The decision to send aid into the northern Gaza Strip could have been used as a bargaining chip in hostage release negotiations, but after public statements by far-right ministers regarding the operation, it may no longer be viable
Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, dies at 76

Haaretz - 09:32 Feb 29, 2024

In a signature joke, he spoke about an uncle who was so depressing that he would sit at home listening to the soundtrack of "The Pawnbroker," the grim 1964 film about a Holocaust survivor
Eying future battles, Israeli liberals keep vigilant in sleepy local elections

Haaretz - 04:00 Feb 29, 2024

There were mixed results for secular, left-leaning Israelis in this week's municipal elections, but now the focus shifts to the next big battles: forcing an early election, the fate of the hostages and the ultra-Orthodox draft
Ben-Gvir slams Shin Bet decision to release dozens of Palestinian detainees to free up space in prisons

Haaretz - 03:08 Feb 29, 2024

Following deadly Gaza incident, Israeli army denies firing on Palestinians seeking aid ■ Two Israelis were shot and killed near the West Bank settlement of Eli ■ Israeli army fires into Gaza crowd during food distribution, citing troops under risk of 'violent crowding' ■ Gaza death toll crosses 30,000 since war began, Hamas authorities report ■ IDF says 10 rockets fired at northern Israel ■ Syria says it thwarted Israeli strike in Damascus ■ U.K. increases security funding for Jewish community
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Haaretz - 00:00 Feb 29, 2024
Far-right Otzma Yehudit falls short of mayoral targets, but gets a foothold on local councils

Haaretz - 23:31 Feb 28, 2024

In right-leaning communities and mixed towns, candidates representing Ben-Gvir's party failed to win votes – and the party's mayoral candidates were marginal figures in the race – but, for the first time, the extremist party now has seats on some local councils
Local election results are a flashing red light for Israel's democratic camp

Haaretz - 22:59 Feb 28, 2024
Israeli military signs order that could turn West Bank outpost into major urban settlement

Haaretz - 21:55 Feb 28, 2024

Order follows a cabinet decision taken last year to authorize 10 West Bank outposts. Peace Now decries 'severe blow to Israel and the two-state solution'

Tags: West Bank
Free the Israeli hostages, establish a Palestinian state

Haaretz - 21:42 Feb 28, 2024
Who'll build a memorial for the Israeli hostages in Gaza?

Haaretz - 21:30 Feb 28, 2024
Israelis beware: Netanyahu's path to tyranny runs through the Shin Bet

Haaretz - 21:25 Feb 28, 2024
Israel Police withhold discussing Jewish terrorism at meetings since Ben-Gvir took office

Haaretz - 21:20 Feb 28, 2024

Weekly meetings on the security situation no longer include a review by the police intelligence division on the subject of nationalist crimes by Jews. Sources say a Shin Bet official who raised the issue was met with reprimands and table-banging by the far-right minister
Israeli calls to 'nuke Gaza' are undermining the nuclear ambiguity doctrine

Haaretz - 21:18 Feb 28, 2024
No one is telling Israelis what a war with Hezbollah would really be like

Haaretz - 21:06 Feb 28, 2024

Devastating attacks on civilian infrastructure, regional spillover, lack of U.S. backing for war – this is the grim reality if a second front opens with Hezbollah

Tags: Hezbollah
Former Israeli Finance Minister Avraham Shochat dies, at 87

Haaretz - 20:52 Feb 28, 2024

The Labor Party politician was mayor of Arad for 22 years and a Knesset member for 14. Shochat was close to Yitzhak Rabin and was responsible for the economic aspects of the Oslo Accords

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