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Rep. Haley Stevens was quick to offer her support for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, despite a brutal primary contest between them. The reason is simple: handing Trump two more years of Senate control is just too dangerous
An Israeli man accused Arab Israeli hospital staff of mistreating his nephew, a soldier wounded in Lebanon. The allegations should be investigated, but an impartial probe is a far cry from the campaign of vilification and incitement now underway
A source said the U.S. and Israel had rejected expanding the existing 'pilot zones' in southern Lebanon until progress is made in the two existing designated areas. So far, the Lebanese army has only taken over the northern zone
Former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz' decision to join the United Arab List breaks down two walls: one between Israelis and Arabs and the other the fear of cooperation, a wall that Netanyahu has been seeking to raise
Israel cannot hold both ends of the stick – you can't continue the current policy in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, while promising an Abraham Accords expansion and Israel's integration into the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
The Kan public television poll projects Likud gaining one seat to become the largest party, while the Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu each win 10. The United Arab List and Religious Zionism also gain ground, while Otzma Yehudit loses a seat
Netanyahu is trying to navigate between Trump's demands to rehabilitate Gaza and pressure from his right-wing partners to make no concessions. With the election approaching, his strategy seems to be biding time with the hope international pressure eases
Hadash and Balad backed the proposal, while talks between the three parties continued in an effort to keep the Arab alliance from falling apart ahead of the general election in October
Israel treats Gaza as a war, the West Bank as a security dispute, and the weeks-long withholding of a Palestinian body as a procedural issue, compartmentalizing Palestinians in ways that obscure the broader project connecting them
The Wall Street Journal reported Trump was willing to forgo signing a nuclear deal, instead relying on U.S. military readiness to respond should Iran violate the cease-fire
Historian Raz Segal tells Haaretz the university was pressured by donors when it rescinded the job offer that would make him head of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 'They are dividing between "good Jews" and "bad Jews," who criticize Israel,' he says
A Canadian federal government report found antisemitism to be a widespread endemic, as many Jewish students shared that they find themselves in a state of 'constant calculation' of whether to speak in class, display visible Jewish identity, or file a complaint
Three stores are initially set to be opened in central Israel in mid-August, with five smaller boutique shops spread across the country. According to reports, only Sephora Collection products will be sold at first, pending the initial trial run's success
Netanyahu stressed Hamas must disarm of all its weapons, including heavy and light arms, which according to the plan, would be subject to Palestinian law. A senior Hamas official said the group remained committed to the roadmap
Sensational headlines and 'percentage among those with an opinion' can mislead, but consistent trends and bloc trajectories reveal genuine shifts. A special guide to reading election polls - in Israel or anywhere
Under the government's draft decision, about $283 million will be diverted, while the Defense Ministry is seeking a total of about $330 million for classified defense procurement
The poll also found that 32 percent of Israelis believe Arab citizens should not be eligible to vote, while nearly three-quarters believe a Palestinian uprising is highly likely
Most of my friends have left Israel over the last decade. But they find themselves emotionally, culturally and sometimes financially dependent on it
In 1976, Rina Mor became the first Israeli to win Miss Universe. On her return to Israel, she was kissed by Menachem Begin, offered a tax break and received a marriage proposal from a Bedouin neighbor
Pro-Palestinian groups charge the association with a failure to speak up for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held in Israel without charge since late 2024
Avraham Hadi, 44 will be charged with property damage and extortion by threats targeting journalists. He will also be charged with involvement in attacks on the Israel Hayom newsroom and the Justice Ministry building
With all due respect to the IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon, 36 politicians will compete next week for just 16 realistic spots in the Likud primaries. Meanwhile, two Likud stalwarts have launched a party without a name – but not without a reason
Yohai Nuriel, a former chef turned blacksmith, meticulously crafts chef's knives one by one, drawing on different traditions and believing that a good tool should serve the cook, not be kept in a cabinet
IDF soldiers who served in the West Bank tell Haaretz how settlers in local army battalions, though formally subordinate to the military, are using IDF operations to actively fuel friction with Palestinians
The company argued that strong public views over the Gaza war could prejudice proceedings and affect its ability to receive a fair hearing. The filing underscored how tensions over the war in Gaza have become in the U.S.
Dozens of protests are planned across Greece against the 'genocide in Palestine,' including at tourist hotspots where Israelis are likely visiting. Israel's Foreign Ministry advised Israelis in the country 'to conceal Israeli and Jewish symbols'
According to The Washington Post, Deputy Defense Secretary Feinberg instructed manufacturers to 'dramatically accelerate' delivery timelines and increase production for systems the department considers critical. Deals were already signed with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin
The Israeli media enjoys reporting on Europe's heat wave and the Old Continent's refusal to install A/C in every home. Behind the smirk is a disturbing truth about war, politics and technology
Deciding to vote in my first election as an Israeli citizen was easy. But deciding who to vote for will be much more complicated, and it will come down to one question: which politician will be brave enough to earn my support
Beirut says it will take months to implement the pilot zones demilitarization program and Israel is not anxious to withdraw its military from the IDF-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon
Turkey said Egypt could join the Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan defense pact after technical issues are resolved, adding the NATO-style alliance does not target Iran unless Tehran attacks a member, and will have a Saudi-based secretariat
Teens visited Austria's Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial last week with slogans calling for the liberation of Palestine. Should the teens be condemned, or rather, the atrocities they cry out against in the shadow of the lessons of the Holocaust?
Gofman's dismissal of two senior Mossad officials has sparked unrest in the agency, with sources accusing him of shielding Netanyahu from blame over Iran regime-change efforts. Others say the new chief is entitled to appoint people he trusts
The new triple-axis doesn't necessarily pose a new military threat, but could reshape the region to their liking: a constrained Trump Middle East policy, a weaker Israel with less influence in Washington, and a new regional stance on Iran
In psychoanalytic terms, 'the day after' becomes a utopian fetish, obscuring what can't yet be faced. An election may change Israel's political map, but it can't, on its own, bring about a complete repair and restore what the people of this land have lost
For secular Israelis who came to support Jerusalem's Basimta café for the fifth consecutive week against escalating ultra-Orthodox protests, the dispute is about much more than a cup of coffee
The protesters rallied against the coalition's allocation of millions of shekels in coalition funds earmarked for ultra-Orthodox institutions and West Bank settlements. In northern Israel, protesters demonstrated against ultra-Orthodox who block cars during the Sabbath
As Trump searches for a way out of the Strait of Hormuz standoff, Netanyahu – trying to please his extreme-right partners in the run-up to the election – is hoping that the U.S. president lacks the will to see the Gaza or Lebanon conflicts end
Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer who has served as acting attorney general since April, agreed to narrow the tax-immunity deal and end the 'anti-weaponization payments' that critics have described as a fund for the president's allies
The former president is set to publish a memoir, 'Promise Me, America,' after the midterm elections
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that reopening the strait depends on other conditions, including U.S. compensation to Iran. Meanwhile, the UAE said Iran attacked an Emirati vessel that attempted to cross the waterway
The prime minister has asked that the funds be added to a planned $117 billion addition to Israel's defense spending over the next 13 years, after it had already received repeated boosts since war broke out on October 7, 2023
Jerusalem is struggling to retain its secular population, and Mobileye illustrates the scale of the challenge: The flagship of the city's tech sector is struggling to retain employees, many of whom prefer to work in central Israel
'There's a fetishistic element to the whole obsession of serving in the army': The heroine of 'Cuz You're Ugly' refuses to fit in. Director Sharon Angelhart discusses belonging in Israeli society – and why fat bodies onscreen are still expected to justify their presence
Yoav Horowitz, the Prime Minister's former Chief of Staff and PMO director-general described the staff as 'obsessive' to the Netanyahu family, and said Netanyahu's wife Sara and son Yair were 'aggressively involved' in decision-making processes
The Saudi Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan defense pact holds significant economic-political importance and won't likely yield military action against Iran, but sources in Jerusalem see it as mostly negative for Israel as relations with Ankara continue to sour
Canada's government has developed a rapacious appetite for oil and minerals. Activist Shirley Barnea has had enough
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters gathered near Café Basimta, which in past weeks has turned into the center of a growing dispute over businesses operating on the Jewish day of observance, as hundreds of secular counter-protesters rallied in support
Gen. Dan Caine has raised his concerns with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, two sources told CNN
My father broke his hip. With Tel Hashomer's rehabilitation ward filled with wounded soldiers, we ended up in a Bnei Brak nursing facility, where elderly Jews are cared for by Israeli Arab and immigrant staff from across the globe
For decades, Avishai Margalit was the intellectual who explained Israel to the world. At 87, one of the country's greatest philosophers reflects on justice, the price of freedom, nationalism and the uncertain trajectory the Zionist project
As demonstrations against Café Basimta grow, one Haredi leader said that the owner has a 'right to open on Shabbat, and we have the right to protest against it. There are plenty of secular neighborhoods in the city – let them open there'
A Lebanese official declined to identify any of the countries on the shortlist or say how many there were. A U.S.-brokered deal signed in June links Israel's progressive withdrawal of troops from Lebanon to the disarmament of Hezbollah, which would be 'verified' by a third party
The Iranian-Omani deal on tap for the waterway would give Tehran power it didn't have before the war. The Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, have set the boundaries of U.S. military action, so Trump will enter any talks lacking leverage on nuclear issues
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement treats an attack on any member as an attack on all and is described as open to other regional countries
Khaled Hassan, a 34-year-old father of three, was killed during a police operation in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah in 2025. His family said footage showed officers made no attempt to arrest him before opening fire
The former deputy minister could become the United Arab List's candidate for national security minister as it seeks to broaden its appeal beyond its traditional base
The Palestinian Authority said 51 people were treated for injuries during the operation and accused Israel of seeking to 'establish military control' in the area. Israel said the raid targeted 'terrorist elements' and weapons trafficking
This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A young Israeli who learned to let his guard down after moving to Australia, and a couple who left law to start over in the business and art worlds
With more than 200,000 newcomers over the past five years, opposition leaders like Bennett, Golan and Eisenkot are targeting a community partially written off by Netanyahu's governing coalition
Industry sources said U.S. sanctions and insurance restrictions would make it difficult to implement any agreement that allowed Iran to charge or oversee commercial shipping through the strategic waterway
The Likud primary is shaking the party like a super El Niño • Likud defector Gilad Erdan is playing the bad boy • There's a new name on the far right's target list • Does Avigdor Lieberman plan to maneuver Eisenkot into a rotation agreement as prime minister?
Iran may reap the greatest rewards from the region's emerging order, while Israel faces the consequences • Defense Minister Israel Katz's failed bid to oust a top general came at a broader cost • Netanyahu's government has bigger problems than foreign influence campaigns
The party, which has made extensive use of the app, which one campaign source claimed won it an additional 3-5 Knesset seats in the last election, said that the decision constitutes a 'change in the rules of the game.'
Less faith and more reason – that's what Israelis need in confusing times like these, when war has become the default mode, and peace is an illusory hope that deserves our contempt
Discussing opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, the pro-Netanyahu channel achieved the identity-politics singularity: ethnicity is no longer inherited but determined at the ballot box. All you need to do is ask how someone votes. Bibi? You're Mizrahi. Anti-Bibi? Mazel tov, you're Ashkenazi
Doctors and high-tech are overrepresented in migration data while emigration rates among lower-income groups hasn't changed, Tax Authority research shows
Grapevines left uncultivated on Israel's coastal plain tell a forgotten story in the history of local farming, and offer a key to coping with the climate crisis
They flouted the law, failed to pay for treatments not covered by the national health basket and used fake names. The Netanyahu family's seeds of misrule were sown as early as the 1990s
Eldar Dayan, 23, was last seen 19 days ago. Police suspected that he was hiding following his alleged involvement in a fight between friends and had listed him as wanted for questioning. A court extended the detention of the suspects, two of his friends, by seven days
Mossad chief Gofman reportedly removed the heads of the agency's Intelligence Directorate and Iran Division following the failure. One source criticized Gofman's decision to dismiss the two senior officials, saying that he was a key supporter of regime change
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and ex-MK Gilad Erdan launched a right-wing alternative aimed at voters who support Netanyahu's coalition but oppose Haredi draft exemptions and seek a 'national' probe into the failures that led to the Oct. 7 attack
Backed by Republicans who have been burned by President Trump, the former Fox News host appears to be ready to launch a new party. Such a move could usher in a new political dynamic, in which antisemitism is normalized
The Israeli burger came out near the top of The Economist's Big Mac index, but that says more about the value of the shekel than the cost of living
A U.K. charity regulator has opened a probe into funding for West Bank settlements after allegations that dozens of nonprofits transferred large sums to communities considered illegal under international law
According to the ministry, ten cases have been diagnosed since the start of the summer, and three of those patients remain hospitalized. Meanwhile, mosquitoes carrying the virus have been reportedly detected in several communities in central Israel
The IDF began its raid on the Qalandiyah refugee camp north of Jerusalem early Wednesday, seizing homes and converting them into military positions. After months of calm, residents questioned the timing of the operation, accusing the government of political motives
An exhibition at Liebling Haus – the White City Center looks into the past for clues about the city's future. Also this week: An Israeli musicial duo offers hope in dark times and movie about a troubled family wins record nominations for Israel's Oscars
Prosecutors said the two, an Israeli man and a Ukrainian woman, received cryptocurrency worth about $4,470 for carrying out assignments for an Iranian handler. A planned $1,500 mission was thwarted after their arrest
The warning envisaged attacks on the energy facilities, oil fields, refineries, electricity grids, water infrastructure, transport networks and other strategic assets of Washington's closest Arab allies, according to a senior Iranian official
The IDF said it struck weapons storage facilities and a command center following the killing of two IDF soldiers by an explosive device. Meanwhile, the third day of talks in Rome concluded, with reportedly no progress on pilot zones
For more than 50 years, the Hula painted frog, a species unique to the Hula Valley in northern Israel, was considered extinct. This week, the breeding program marked an exciting milestone
This cold Italian pasta salad consists of a mix of tomatoes, basil and some leftover cheeses
After helping direct artillery fire that claimed civilian lives in Gaza, former Israeli combat medic Yael is struggling with debilitating trauma and remorse. Her long wait for treatment highlights the military's failure to care for soldiers scarred by war
In Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, residents say they are barred from leaving their homes and are being detained and interrogated by Israeli forces, as the Red Crescent says ten people were treated for wounds caused by Israeli military violence
Ben Tzur and Ori were among six cubs rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in 2025 and spent the past year at a northern Israeli zoo before being moved to a big cat sanctuary
In Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox extremists are targeting a café that opens on Shabbat. In Ramat Gan businesses have been torched or vandalized. The battle is not only over the Jewish day of rest, but over Israel's identity
While the headlines this week focused on Michigan's Senate primary, a proud supporter of Israel and a critic of its far-right government won a key Congressional race in the state. Jeremy Moss' victory tells a more complicated story about Israel and the Democratic Party
Settler activist Yinon Levi was charged with reckless homicide for the killing of Umm al-Kheir resident Awdah Hathaleen. An Israeli rights group found that only three percent of cases opened over Israelis' violence against Palestinians led to conviction
U.S.-brokered talks on an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon depend on preventing Hezbollah from dictating terms on the ground. But as regional powers shape the postwar order, Israel risks being shut out
'The hips have a great future': In 1962, a Haaretz reporter went hunting for the dance craze gripping Hebrew youth. It led him to a Tel Aviv ballroom school whose family story now stretches from Thessaloniki to Elvis's Graceland