All of Israel prepared for heartbreak. Netanyahu prepared an ugly attack
The sickening attack on Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar shows how much pressure Israel's prime minister is feeling from 'Qatar-gate.' Testimonies from returning hostages have done nothing to change opposition in the Gov't to Stage 2 ; a behind-the-scenes look at what happened when the deal collapsed in 2023
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'I do not want Maus to ever be used as a recruiting poster for the Israeli army!'
Legendary comic artists Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco – one created 'Maus,' the other 'Palestine' – have come out together with a short comic on Israel's war in Gaza, called 'Never Again'
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Israel says bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz, to be returned from Gaza
Shiri, nine-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel became symbols of the fight to return Israeli hostages, and of the cruelty of kidnapping children ■ Oded Lifshitz, who turned 84 in captivity, was a lifelong activist who fought for coexistence with Palestinians
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CPAC will showcase pro-Trump sycophancy, laud Israel's 'total victory', but conflicts are brewing
At the U.S. conservative conference, Trump will be praised for freeing hostages and his Gaza takeover plan, while the president rubs elbows with Saudi billionaires at Miami investment confab. Netanyahu's proxy is Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, friend of the European far right, who opposes the next stage of the Gaza cease-fire
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Censored, persecuted and ignored: the fate of Israeli filmmakers who criticize the state
Broadcasters avoid Israeli filmmakers who dare to show uneasy sides of the conflict, cultural institutions evade them, and right-wing activists persecute them. But these documentarians are finding ways to fight back
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Pro-Palestinian protesters, far-right Jewish group clash in ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhood
Betar USA, a militant Zionist group on a campaign to get foreign pro-Palestinian protesters deported from America, urged its followers to bring pitbulls to the counterprotest. Violence erupted when a pro-Palestinian group tried to break through the area designated for its Jewish rivals
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Why are Australian doctors and nurses making death threats against Jews?
Multiple cases of stark antisemitism have cropped up in Sydney and Melbourne's healthcare systems. What makes a doctor or nurse – when they have sworn to 'do no harm' – become a potential killer?
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U.S. pressure led to early hostages return. Now Trump will badger Netanyahu into Stage 2
Hamas' willingness to release some hostages ahead of schedule suggests that it got something in return – perhaps even secret promises about future negotiations. In the meantime, Netanyahu and Katz want to fast-track the Trump Plan, but have run into opposition from the attorney general, who sounded a warning about international law
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Netanyahu's ambiguity serves Israel and Hamas - but the hostages don't have time
The prime minister is looking for a solution that will suit both Hamas' conditions and Smotrich's demands. The coalition is talking about a cease-fire without a timeline and, according to one government source, 'a promise to Smotrich to resume fighting until Hamas is removed from power'
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Israeli military says it struck weapons belonging to ousted Assad regime in southern Syria
GAZA: IDF says its forces in Gaza struck 'suspects who approached forces' in two incidents ■ GAZA CEASE-FIRE TALKS: Netanyahu removes Mossad, Shin Bet chiefs from hostage release negotiating team ■ LEBANON: IDF shoots down own drone to prevent crash in Lebanese territory
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The weird, fraudulent and immoral 'justifications' for Trump's Gaza takeover plan
Whether in Israel or America, right-wing advocates for Trump's plan to gut Gaza of Palestinians are all over the airwaves, trying to justify ethnic cleansing with the language of 'humanitarianism' or with straightforward disinformation. Here are their key arguments – and why they're bereft of facts, logic or basic decency
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Thanks to its regime, Israel is losing the justification for its existence
The abandonment of its citizens in captivity in favor of pursuing the messianic ideology of the radical right, in addition to the rampant repression of government critics, has rendered Israel a failed state
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'Israel's abandonment cut as deep as terrorist's torture': Hostage families confront lawmakers
Relatives of freed hostages and medical experts testified before the Knesset Health Committee, describing the severe impact of, with the uncle of one recently released hostage revealed he lost 25 kilograms in captivity and was fed rotten vegetables
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As lawmakers investigate, Italian intelligence agency is denied use of Israeli firm Paragon's spyware
The Italian counterpart to the Mossad is one of the Israeli offensive cybercompany's two clients in Italy, which has been in turmoil since the hacking of an investigative journalists' phone revealed last month
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500 days into the war, a fractured, polarized Israel actually agrees on one thing
Returning the hostages must be priority number one for the country. It's high time that our leadership internalize this and act on the public's will
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War on Israel's judiciary: Netanyahu's gov't has no respect for the law
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Trump's ultimatum fizzled out, but Netanyahu's interests could still block Gaza deal's second stage
Besides facing an imminent decision regarding Gaza – continuing with the deal, resuming the war or extending the first stage of the present deal – Israel is also arriving at a critical turning point in Lebanon, with the temporary cease-fire set to end on Tuesday
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Israel's Shin Bet is examining connection between Netanyahu's top aides and Qatar
Amid revelations about Netanyahu's advisers' business ties with Qatar – including a campaign to improve its image ahead of the World Cup – and reports on his spokesman connections to Doha, Shin Bet announced a review of classified information security in the prime minister's office
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These are the Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas on Saturday
Yarden Bibas, 35, Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Keith Samuel Siegel, 65, will be released in the next phase of the cease-fire agreement with Hamas on Saturday. Bibas and Kalderon were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Siegel from Kibbutz Kfar Azza
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Violence has always been part of Israel's religious Zionist movement
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