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• Israeli Welfare officials say gov't budget cut would harm massacre survivors

  Haaretz - 21:22 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Welfare ministry sources are concerned that the budget cut will amount to about 8%, describing it as a 'death blow' to assistance for evacuees and vulnerable populations. Leaders of the Arab authorities caution that the estimated cut will significantly impact efforts to decrease crime rates

• Personal information of Israeli civil servants leaked from government database and is held by foreign entity

  Haaretz - 18:46 Jan 10, 2024
  

  A gag order blocking the press from reporting on the leak was issued at the request of the State Prosecutor's Office, ostensibly for purposes of investigating the incident. Such gag orders, however, 'stem mainly from the sense of shame, to cover up their failures,' one expert tells Haaretz

• In Israel, politicians are allowed to talk about genocide only if they support it

  Haaretz - 18:40 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Seventy lawmakers signed a motion to expel left-wing MK Ofer Cassif over his support for South Africa's genocide case against Israel. Meanwhile, senior ministers' statements are actively undermining Israel's war effort

  Tags: Israel

• Israeli demolitions of Palestinian East Jerusalem homes spike amid war; Negev bulldozing renewed

  Haaretz - 18:24 Jan 10, 2024
  

  During previous Gaza wars, authorities refrained from demolitions in East Jerusalem to ease tensions. However, the pace increased since October, with a 60% surge in demolished homes reported in 2023. Wednesday also marked the first demolitions in unrecognized Bedouin villages since the war began

• Washington Post investigation finds Israeli settlers shot and killed Palestinian teen in West Bank

  Haaretz - 17:29 Jan 10, 2024
  

  The newspaper's investigation, based on documentation and testimonies from the 'deadliest attack by settlers since the war began's, reveals that a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back by Israeli settlers, likely while running away

  Tags: Israeli

• Gaza genocide case against Israel: The key legal questions facing the International Court of Justice

  Haaretz - 17:06 Jan 10, 2024
  

  South Africa's case against Israel is not the first time the world court is being asked to rule on potential genocide. Previous decisions will give hope to both the Palestinians and Israel, but may ultimately highlight the limitations of international law

  Tags: Israel

• This Israeli model is revealing her secret past – as the daughter of a Jewish terrorist

  Haaretz - 16:38 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Clara Teitel describes the moment police arrested her father in their family home; an American-born Israeli with a laundry list of attempted and successful terrorist attacks, on both Palestinians and Jews

• Israeli army names soldier killed in central Gaza Strip fighting

  Haaretz - 16:21 Jan 10, 2024
  

  520 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the start of the war against Hamas on October 7, according to the IDF

  Tags: Israeli

• Concern about Palestinian and Israeli human rights is not a 'blood libel'

  Haaretz - 16:02 Jan 10, 2024
  

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk: Antisemitism is a dangerous scourge. But, despite the claims by some Israeli officials, it is not antisemitic to urge Israel to respect international humanitarian law or to condemn gross violations against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. To discredit human rights is a disservice to Israel's people

  Tags: Israeli

• Israel and South Africa trade barbs on eve of genocide case at UN's top court

  Haaretz - 15:35 Jan 10, 2024
  

  In politically-charged hearings that will take place over two days, the International Court of Justice will weigh South Africa's claims of genocide; Israeli government spokesperson calls the petition a 'blood libel'

  Tags: South Africa

• Are Russia or Iran behind foreign campaign sweeping Israeli social media to sow internal division?

  Haaretz - 15:24 Jan 10, 2024
  

  The past couple of weeks have seen the launch of a large-scale campaign to hurt morale and spread divisions in Israel. Some evidence suggests Russians or Iranians – or perhaps both – are the culprits

• Unlike South Africa's ANC, Hamas is not waging a just war for liberation

  Haaretz - 14:27 Jan 10, 2024
  

  As the International Court of Justice begins hearings on South Africa's petition alleging Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, comparisons flourish between Hamas and the ANC during its fight against the apartheid. That is a false, and dangerous, analogy

  Tags: Hamas

• 'Worst crisis ever': Jewish-Muslim partnership groups in U.S. become another victim of Gaza war

  Haaretz - 13:04 Jan 10, 2024
  

  For those who have dedicated their lives to improving Muslim-Jewish relations in America, the impact of the Israel-Hamas war has been devastating. 'I don't believe the recovery can begin until there's an end to the fighting in Gaza,' says one activist. 'There's lots of righteous indignation being expressed, and it's difficult not to join the cacophony,' says another

  Tags: Gaza

• With ICJ trial looming, Israeli lawmakers double down on calls to 'burn Gaza,' relocate Palestinians

  Haaretz - 12:53 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Likud lawmaker Nissim Vaturi defended his own message, saying he has 'no mercy' for Gazans, while Israel's former UN envoy reasserted support for 'voluntary migration'

• Israelis can't understand how they could be accused of genocide

  Haaretz - 11:46 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Faced with the charge of genocide at The Hague, Israelis are deeply defensive, pointing at the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7. But the global list of victims and perpetrators of mass atrocities is long, and neither Israelis nor Palestinians are immune to the accusation

  Tags: Israelis

• France's new 34-year-old prime minister says his Jewish ancestry has shaped him

  Haaretz - 11:25 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a rising star in President Emmanuel Macron's party, says his Jewish father told him 'Perhaps you're Orthodox [Christian], but you'll feel Jewish all your life, mainly because you'll suffer antisemitism'

  Tags: Jewish

• Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir does as he pleases, rattling the Netanyahu government

  Haaretz - 11:23 Jan 10, 2024
  

  Likud sources say Itamar Ben-Gvir is 'on a campaign' that 'is producing strong poll results for him' as the extremist minister emerges as the most viable alternative to Israeli PM Netanyahu

  Tags: Netanyahu

• 'The misconception was that the Palestinians aren't a people. They're willing to kill and be killed for their independence'

  Haaretz - 11:02 Jan 10, 2024
  

  In his first interview since the war in Gaza began in October, former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon calls for the release of all the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti, whom he sees as the only one who can lead the Palestinians after the war ends

  Tags: Palestinians

• Israel charged with genocide in Gaza: Everything You Need to Know about the historic ICJ hearings

  Haaretz - 10:41 Jan 10, 2024
  

  What are the charges against Israel? Who brought the case for genocide in Gaza? And how does Israel plan to defend itself?

  Tags: Gaza Israel

• IDF probe: Israeli tank fire caused blast which killed six soldiers in Gaza

  Haaretz - 09:53 Jan 10, 2024
  

  According to the investigation, a tank shell inadvertently set off explosives that the soldiers planned to use in order to demolish a Hamas tunnel. 'Lessons learned have already been sent to soldiers in the field' IDF spokesperson says

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