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Despite credit rating downgrade, Israeli FM Smotrich chooses not to meet with top treasury staff

Haaretz - 22:13 Feb 11, 2024

The finance minister instead joined a tour of the army's Julis base. Netanyahu has so far made no announcement about any plans to hold any discussion on the ratings action
Netanyahu coalition to advance controversial army draft bill

Haaretz - 22:05 Feb 11, 2024

The bill, which could be approved in the Knesset in about two weeks, seeks to extend mandatory and reserve military service and raise the exemption age for reservists, but makes no changes to exemptions given to Ultra-Orthodox Haredi men
Israel's settler government seeks to quietly take over East Jerusalem as war rages in Gaza

Haaretz - 22:00 Feb 11, 2024
My mother, Vivian Silver, is gone. Who carries her flag?

Haaretz - 21:56 Feb 11, 2024
The world will not be able to say 'we didn't know' about what Israel will do in Rafah

Haaretz - 21:48 Feb 11, 2024
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Haaretz - 21:31 Feb 11, 2024
Biden urges Netanyahu for 'credible' plan to protect Palestinians in Rafah before Israeli offensive

Haaretz - 21:24 Feb 11, 2024

Netanyahu has directed the Israeli army to draft plans to evacuate the nearly 1 million Palestinian civilians who currently seek shelter in Rafah ahead of a military incursion. The two leaders also discussed ongoing efforts to reach a hostage deal with Hamas

Tags: Israeli Netanyahu Rafah
Gantz holds wide lead over Netanyahu in polls; current coalition faces losing majority

Haaretz - 21:20 Feb 11, 2024

Gantz's National Unity Party polled with 37 seats and Netanyahu's Likud with 18 in two polls conducted by Israeli news outlets
Court convicts pipeline company in plea deal for polluting Israeli nature reserve

Haaretz - 19:58 Feb 11, 2024

The company and two company officials were convicted of responsibility for the oil leak that caused 'one of the largest ecological disasters in the country's history.' The offenses could have carried a sentence of up to three years in prison, but the agreement calls for monetary fines alone
Israeli High Court rejects petition to allow eating chametz on IDF bases, rules infringement of rights 'fairly minor'

Haaretz - 19:29 Feb 11, 2024

The justices decided against intervening in IDF orders; Petitioners 'comforted' by the ruling's emphasis on the army's commitment not to search soldiers' kits. 'These arrangements, which the IDF denies exist, were the main motive for the petition,' they said
Russia launches massive drone attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv continues war cabinet reshuffle

Haaretz - 18:58 Feb 11, 2024

The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 40 of the Iranian-made Shahed drones. Ukrainian President Volodimit Zelenskyy continues his shakeup of military commanders in a bid to maintain momentum against attacking Russian forces
High stakes: Moroccan hashish dealers reportedly boycott Israel, cite Palestinian suffering

Haaretz - 18:56 Feb 11, 2024

Although exporting Hashish to Israel was incredibly lucrative to dealers in Morocco, they are no longer willing to sell to Israeli dealers: 'Why Should Israelis be able to make a living selling Moroccan hashish when our Palestinian brothers are suffering from hunger?'

Tags: Israel Moroccan Palestinian
Biden had a week to forget, but there's something Netanyahu should remember about him

Haaretz - 18:42 Feb 11, 2024

The U.S. media ignores Donald Trump's gaffes and ignorance while fixating on Biden's age and mistakes. So when the U.S. president referred to Israel's military operation in Gaza as 'over the top,' many people were quick to label it as another blunder. But Biden said exactly what he was thinking
Israel at war: What you need to know – day 128

Haaretz - 17:47 Feb 11, 2024

Egypt reportedly warns Hamas it has two weeks to seal cease-fire deal with Israel before IDF Rafah, but also threatens to suspend peace treaty with Israel if it launches ground offensive there ■ Senior Hamas official: Any attack on Rafah will end talks for a hostage release agreement ■ Palestinian President Abbas flies to Qatar to discuss scenarios for post-war Gaza with PM Al Thani ■ Here's what you need to know 128 days into the war

Tags: Israel
Families of Israeli hostages lodge claim against Hamas leaders to Int'l Criminal Court

Haaretz - 17:15 Feb 11, 2024

Hostages who have been released and relatives of those still in captivity in Gaza will fly to The Hague to provide testimony in the case at the International Criminal Court, which in part seeks arrest warrants against Hamas' leaders
Israeli settlers erect West Bank outpost; others attack Palestinians in separate incident

Haaretz - 16:25 Feb 11, 2024

Israeli defense sources doubt that the government will evacuate the outpost, which was built on state-controlled land ■ A group of about 15 Israelis attacked Palestinians in the northern West Bank

Tags: Palestinians Israeli West Bank
Israeli AG: Gov't decisions on domestic issues were illegally passed, must be reconsidered

Haaretz - 16:02 Feb 11, 2024

Several government private sector resolutions were passed without proper professional and legal foundation, and even despite having legal impediments. A letter issued on the Attorney General's behalf orders the government to reconsider them in additional deliberations
Palestinians in the West Bank fear UNRWA closure after Israel's allegations of Hamas ties

Haaretz - 15:50 Feb 11, 2024

The UN agency serves around 870,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, running 96 schools and 43 primary healthcare facilities. Palestinians are worried about what will happen if the agency's funding is not restored

Tags: Palestinians West Bank
Celebrating Hamas, targeting Jews: In Erdogan's Turkey, the Gaza war sets a dangerous mood

Haaretz - 15:49 Feb 11, 2024

Since the Oct. 7 massacre, Turkey has seen a series of anti-Israel protests and incidents that sometimes defy logic, but are clearly inspired by the messaging of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Tags: Turkey
U.K. university rabbi who served in Israeli army during Gaza war faces death threats against him and family

Haaretz - 15:30 Feb 11, 2024

Local police advised Rabbi Deutsch to move to a safe location after death threats followed a petition for him removal, amassing 10,000 signatures. The building which hosts the school's Jewish activities with also vandalized

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