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• Does Israel's future truly rest on getting ultra-Orthodox Jews to fight and die in Gaza?

  Haaretz - 20:27 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Integration and education will be the real Haredi revolution, and many in Israel's ultra-Orthodox community want it. Drafting large numbers of Haredim into the army, on the other hand, is a red herring

• Israeli soldier killed in clash with gunmen in West Bank city of Jenin, IDF announces

  Haaretz - 19:40 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Staff Sgt. Liam Hazi was the 13th Israeli soldier to be killed in the West Bank since the war began in October 2023. One other soldier was seriously wounded in the incident, alongside three other soldiers who were moderately wounded

  Tags: Israeli West Bank

• 'No innocents in Gaza'? It's possible to decry a loss of humanity without losing your own

  Haaretz - 19:39 Jan 30, 2025
  

  I'll be honest, as I watched a mob engulf hostages Gadi Moses and Arbel Yehoud, my own rage threatened to boil over into sweeping thoughts of hatred and revenge. But then I remembered what 'no innocents in Gaza' really means

  Tags: Gaza'

• This religious ritual is creeping into schools in central Israel, with boys being bullied to take part

  Haaretz - 19:25 Jan 30, 2025
  

  The fight over the nonsectarian nature of Israeli public schools is ramping up. (Spoiler alert: Secular Israelis are losing)

• When Israeli and Palestinian health care professionals get together to solve problems

  Haaretz - 18:39 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Medical professionals, from Israel, the West Bank and even Gaza joined forces to develop innovative medical apps. What emerged simultaneously were some very special bonds

• 'We will find you, and we will deport you': Why Trump's executive order on antisemitism is so dangerous

  Haaretz - 18:00 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Trump's executive order promises to fight 'post-October 7 campus antisemitism.' But what it really does is to establish an authoritarian army of informers targeting Muslims, foreign students and the left under the guise of combating hate

• 'They're on their feet': Israelis rejoice watching their loved ones released after a year in Gaza captivity

  Haaretz - 17:44 Jan 30, 2025
  

  In central Israel, friends were glued to the TV to watch the release of IDF spotter Agam Berger, while in their temporary home in Kiryat Gat, the Nir Oz community saw Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses return. 'Our hope is to finally breathe air into our lungs,' one of them said

• The IDF fired over 20 bullets at the Asous family's West Bank homes. One of them killed two-year-old Laila

  Haaretz - 17:00 Jan 30, 2025
  

  When describing the incident four days after the shooting, tears well in Laila Al-Khatib's grandfather's eyes. The house still looks like a battleground, with bullet marks in multiple rooms. 'I asked the soldiers – why did you kill her?' he said. 'The soldier was surprised and said – I'm sorry'

• Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by U.S. special forces veterans hired by private security firm

  Haaretz - 16:38 Jan 30, 2025
  

  The deployment of armed U.S. contractors in Gaza is unprecedented and poses the risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting, as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to keep the Israel-Gaza war from reigniting

  Tags: Gaza

• 'Army of militias': Reservist's explosive book on Gaza exposes Israel's war machine from within

  Haaretz - 16:21 Jan 30, 2025
  

  An ethos of revenge, and dysfunction: An Israeli lieutenant colonel in the reserves – and an anthropologist by profession – based his new book on his war diary, where he talks about an atmosphere of general collapse in the army and Israeli society as a result of Hamas' onslaught

• New Zealand to require Israelis to detail IDF service as part of visa application process

  Haaretz - 16:01 Jan 30, 2025
  

  New Zealand will now require every Israeli to provide details of their military service to receive a visitor visa. A 'genocide hotline' has also been set up by a local pro-Palestinian group, and Kiwis can now report on IDF troops visiting the country

  Tags: New Zealand

• If Trump is so concerned about Gazans, why doesn't he bring them to America?

  Haaretz - 15:57 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Trump loves business deals, and he examines the Middle East with the eye of a real estate man, which is why he can't understand the unequivocal rejection his plan to 'clean out' Gaza has received, from Jordan, Egypt, and above all, the Palestinians themselves

  Tags: Trump

• In the AI war, Israel should be rooting for China this time

  Haaretz - 14:04 Jan 30, 2025
  

  The Chinese startup DeepSeek's low-cost AI model may be just the thing Israeli firms need to become real players in artificial intelligence

• After 482 days, Agam Berger, Gadi Moses, Arbel Yehoud and five Thai hostages released from Gaza captivity

  Haaretz - 13:53 Jan 30, 2025
  

  IDF spotter Agam Berger was released in north Gaza's Jabalya, while Moses, Yehoud and five Thai nationals were released in southern Khan Yunis. This phase of the release was unplanned and added after Israel and Hamas exchanged accusations of cease-fire violations

  Tags: Agam Berger Thai

• Ancient papyrus found in desert describes Roman case against Jewish crooks

  Haaretz - 13:06 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Almost 2,000 years ago in Judea or maybe Arabia, two men allegedly sold a slave and didn't pay taxes to Rome. The papyrus makes the case against them

• 'Trump's people told us they would see to it that this deal reaches the finish line'

  Haaretz - 12:59 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Based on the most recent information, twins Gali and Ziv, who were abducted from Kfar Azza, were separated in captivity. 'They always did everything together. We hope they've met up at some point because we know how strong they are together,' said their older brother Liran

• Israeli drag queens proved they still rule, even with 'the most homophobic government we've known'

  Haaretz - 10:17 Jan 30, 2025
  

  Last week, a major drag festival in central Tel Aviv attracted thousands of attendees. Despite the absence of international performers and a lack of support from gay politicians, the drag queens and kings remained undeterred and raised awareness of HIV

• After chaotic Gaza scenes, Netanyahu says mediators to ensure safe exit for future hostages

  Haaretz - 03:35 Jan 30, 2025
  

  ISRAEL: U.S. Middle East Envoy Witkoff speaks to families at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv ■ LEBANON: IDF intercepts drone launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon, in first since cease-fire began ■ GAZA: Trump envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visits Gaza ■ WEST BANK: IDF deploys added forces across West Bank; arrests instigators from last week's prisoner release demonstrations

  Tags: Gaza

• Among Palestinians slated for release: Fatah leader in Jenin, mastermind of bus bombings

  Haaretz - 23:20 Jan 29, 2025
  

  In exchange for three Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, Israel will free 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, including Zakaria Zubeidi, a leader of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades in Jenin, and Mohammad Abu Warda, who orchestrated two terror attacks in which 45 Israeli were killed

  Tags: Jenin

• Hardline Haredi faction fails to dampen spirits at gathering of ultra-Orthodox IDF recruits

  Haaretz - 23:04 Jan 29, 2025
  

  'The demonstration outside only strengthens my decision to enlist,' said a young Bnei Brak man about the hundreds of protestors who tried to disrupt the conference, where Ultra-Orthodox men from all factions, including Gur Hassidim, learned about different IDF programs

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