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On Israeli TV, you're an antisemite if you dare mention the occupation

Haaretz - 17:27 Feb 26, 2024

Israeli documentarian Yuval Abraham's acceptance speech at the Berlin International Film Festival for 'No Other Land' on Saturday has been branded as antisemitic by the Kan public broadcaster. Anyone who refers to the facts is seen as a Jew-hater these days

Tags: Israeli
Israeli intelligence agencies detected Israeli SIM cards activated by Hamas hours before Oct 7 assault

Haaretz - 16:26 Feb 26, 2024

This was a sign of unusual activity, which triggered a meeting of top defense officials during early hours ■ The prevailing assessment said it was a Hamas exercise ■ Netanyahu's office says the prime minister 'was not aware of this until now,' IDF says those SIM cards were activated in past incidents

Tags: Hamas
U.S. soldier fatally set himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in protest of American support of Gaza war

Haaretz - 15:55 Feb 26, 2024

In an act of protest against U.S. support for Israel's war in Gaza, the 25-year-old soldier said he 'will no longer be complicit in genocide,' before self-immolating. He later died from his wounds

Tags: Gaza
Palestinian prime minister resigns; will head transitional government

Haaretz - 15:50 Feb 26, 2024

President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted Mohammed Shtayyeh's resignation, automatically bringing about the resignation of his entire cabinet. Sources say Abbas will use the act to pressure the United States, Israel and Hamas
Israel files report to ICJ detailing actions in Gaza Strip do not constitute genocide

Haaretz - 15:23 Feb 26, 2024

Sources have told Haaretz that the Israeli report deals mainly with evidence that Israel is fulfilling its humanitarian obligations to Gazans and is complying with the provisional measures ordered by the court in its interim decision

Tags: Israel
The case for a tuberculosis vaccine to prevent dementia

Haaretz - 15:01 Feb 26, 2024

The BCG vaccine has been in use since 1921. Now two new papers survey the vaccine and explain how it may protect not only our lungs but our minds
When violence dominates local Arab-Israeli elections, democracy loses

Haaretz - 14:56 Feb 26, 2024

Arab-Israeli public officials are being increasingly targeted by criminals, hoping to get their way through threats, extortion and force ahead of Tuesday's local elections. Running for office shouldn't cost people their lives

Tags: Arab-Israeli
The shrewdest ruler in the Middle East: What to know about the emir of Qatar

Haaretz - 14:08 Feb 26, 2024

The emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has transformed his tiny emirate into an international powerhouse. His British education comes in handy in the West when he's not busy reconciling with his Gulf neighbors and financing Hamas

Tags: Qatar
Coffee is in danger. Could salvation for caffeine addicts come from the lab?

Haaretz - 13:32 Feb 26, 2024

Americans alone drink 400 million cups of coffee a day. But with climate change wreaking havoc on crops, scientists are starting to produce coffee from cell cultures grown in a bioreactor – which they believe does amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world
Barbra Streisand shines a subtle light on antisemitism in award acceptance speech

Haaretz - 12:18 Feb 26, 2024

Responses to Streisand's speech on social media were mixed, with some praising her courage to address the issue and others saying she hadn't gone far enough
By nixing Israel Prize, Netanyahu's loyalist education minister showed contempt for much more

Haaretz - 12:10 Feb 26, 2024

Education Minister Yoav Kisch cancelled most of this year's categories because one of the recipients led anti-government protests, turning the Israel Prize into his own private enterprise

Tags: Israel Prize
Bans, backlash and sales: Books on Israel and Palestine are flying off the shelves

Haaretz - 10:09 Feb 26, 2024

A book on a Palestinian boy which was removed from the curriculum of a New Jersey school district and an Israel-Palestine corner in a NY bookshop that got world attention are just two examples of how books on Israel and Palestine are shaking up the publishing world and bringing new conversations to the surface since October 7

Tags: Israel Palestine
Gaza and Israel, a new word association game

Haaretz - 09:55 Feb 26, 2024

Here lie their dead in the square. Impressive tactical achievements. Today we killed dozens of terrorists. The army killed police officers securing aid trucks from looters. And it goes on and on
Israeli High court orders state to clarify why it doesn't enlist yeshiva students into IDF service

Haaretz - 09:18 Feb 26, 2024

Former Mossad head, who joined the petitions calling for the ultra-Orthodox sector to be enlisted to serve, says 'no country can exist without sharing the burden'
As Israel waits for Hamas response, Netanyahu hardens his stance again

Haaretz - 03:56 Feb 26, 2024

Positive signs from Hamas on the progress of the hostage negotiations may indicate effects of Israel's military pressure, as well as that a deal could lead to the end of the war ■ Israel Police behave as if they're the Ben-Gvir Police, and not only in Tel Aviv

Tags: Hamas
Biden sets March 4 target for Gaza truce; Mossad chief: Delaying north Gaza aid will jeopardize hostage deal

Haaretz - 03:49 Feb 26, 2024

Israeli delegation in Qatar for hostage deal talks ■ Palestinian PM submits resignation, will head transitional PA government ■ IDF confirms it assassinated head of Hezbollah's eastern command; Hezbollah says it fired 60 rockets in response to strikes ■ Israeli war cabinet to allow aid directly into north Gaza

Tags: Gaza
Netflix needs new heroes: Israel's 'Fauda' glorifies killing Palestinians

Haaretz - 22:31 Feb 25, 2024
Israel police must not become Ben-Gvir's private militia

Haaretz - 22:30 Feb 25, 2024
Hezbollah needs a hostage deal to dictate its policies in Lebanon

Haaretz - 22:13 Feb 25, 2024

The growing opposition to Nasrallah's policy of tying the border conflict with Israel to the war in Gaza means the Hezbollah leader may need to focus much more on regaining full control over Lebanon's political processes, and prepare for the truly important campaign – the one over appointing a president who will preserve the group's status and its arms

Tags: Hezbollah
Israeli police officer questioned for beating a protester two days after war in Gaza began

Haaretz - 21:25 Feb 25, 2024

In a video recording taken at the demonstration, Superintendent Meir Suissa is seen shoving protesters outside the Kirya complex in Tel Aviv, including an elderly protester who he pushed to the ground

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