Trump's had enough of Israel's war in Gaza. Can he stop Netanyahu from getting in the way?
After a one-week hiatus, reports began to emerge again of an imminent breakthrough in the Gaza cease-fire negotiations – as well as progress in talks between the United States and Iran. In the meantime, Netanyahu contradictory comments have infuriated the hostages' families
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Thousands to take part in far-right, state-funded Jerusalem Day march through Muslim Quarter
Ministers, MKs, and youths will march in this year's Religious Zionism Flag Dance for Jerusalem Day. Following last year's anti-Arab violence and racist chants, some groups call for change, while police urge participants to avoid all violence
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British minister: 'Thousands of children are on the verge of starvation. Israel has a choice'
Jenny Chapman, Britain's minister for international development, tells Haaretz during a visit to Israel that the U.K. fears that Israel's Gaza aid plan is unlikely to meet the needs of Palestinians, and is designed to move them around
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Israeli strike kills 20 people in Gaza school housing displaced people, authorities say
GAZA: Health officials say 38 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes on Sunday ■ ISRAEL: IDF chief says Gaza war is 'not an eternal war,' army will 'work to shorten it, while fulfilling its goals'; Israel raises travel warning for Canada over terrorist threat
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Marking International Children's Day in Tel Aviv while Israel is killing children in Gaza
Say Their Names, an event at Tel Aviv's Radical Idea House, spotlights the nexus between children and wartime language, testimonies and international law. Plus, Jacques Lacan is having a moment in Israel – and in Hebrew
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While trucks arrived and bakeries opened, UN says Gaza aid just a drop in the ocean
After 80 days of siege, aid began reaching Gazans on Thursday. Distribution sites mostly in the south received flour, baby food and medical products, but the UN says many Gazans wouldn't feel any improvement anytime soon
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Do Israelis really want to board Netanyahu's 'Pariah Express'?
Ever since it broke the cease-fire with Hamas, the cruel zealotry of Netanyahu's government has swollen to gross extremes – but now even Israel's closest allies are calling to end the madness
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Trump puts the brakes on Bibi in Gaza and leaves Israel to worry about the hostages
Israel's problem is not what its leaders are saying, but what its army is doing – killing more civilians in Gaza than ever before ■ Neither the IDF nor the government seems to understand the depth of the looming international crisis ■ Yair Golan's criticism of the Gaza even resonates within the army
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Netanyahu was at his diabolical best in his latest conspiratorial horror show
From conspiracy theories to endless lies, the Israeli prime minister proved again this week that there is no falsehood that does not justify the means ■ The murder of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington is playing into the hands of government ministers
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Netanyahu won't let Israel's top court stop him from taking control of the Shin Bet
The High Court's ruling against the dismissal of Ronen Bar is an impressive victory – in principle – for those fighting for democracy, but its practical implications are limited. Netanyahu will continue to look for a way to ride roughshod over the rule of law, while creating an alternative reality and continuing to promise that 'total victory' is imminent
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IDF intercepts missile launched by Yemen's Houthi's toward Israel
GAZA AID: IDF says 100 aid trucks entered Gaza over past day ■ ISRAEL: IDF intercepts rocket fired at Israel from northern Gaza ■ GAZA: 82 killed in past day, Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says ■ LEBANON: Hezbollah commander in elite Radwan Force killed in southern Lebanon, army says
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Trump has to decide: End Israel's war on Gaza or let Smotrich have his way
Though Trump can force a cease-fire – and wants a deal – he's sitting on the fence, in the hope that Israel and Hamas will reach an understanding on their own. In his place, other countries are joining forces and considering sanctions
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Netanyahu capitulated – but still alienated Trump and infuriated the entire enlightened world
The question of humanitarian aid to Gaza highlights the negligence of the government, which has hurtled headlong into a diplomatic catastrophe – while continuing to squander the achievements of the security agencies
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Israel and Hamas cease-fire negotiators struggle to find a formula for compliance
'Netanyahu doesn't have a reputation as someone whose word can be trusted,' a source tells Haaretz. A series of broken promises by Hamas, like failing to send hostage Shiri Bibas' body, leaves Israeli officials suspicious too
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'I've met families of missing soldiers from 1948 – the wound never heals'
Gur Alroey, a historian and reservist who spent years solving cases of missing soldiers, understands the importance of laying people to rest. 'Without bringing home the remaining hostages, our society will not be able to recover'
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Spain's prime minister calls for Eurovision to ban Israel, the first European leader to do so
Pedro Sánchez, who called Israel a 'genocide state,' joined his country's broadcaster in demanding a discussion on its participation in the contest. This marks him as the first European leader to call for Israel's removal
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'We're destroying Gaza': Netanyahu, Smotrich rush to soothe right's fears over aid renewal
Facing right-wing backlash over aid to Gaza, Netanyahu said the move responds to international pressure to 'avoid famine for practical and diplomatic reasons.' Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared Israel is 'destroying everything left in the Gaza Strip'
Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
In 2022, Biden made it his administration's priority to halve the cancer death rate over the next 25 years, as a continuation of his work as vice president to address a disease that had killed his older son, Beau, who died from brain cancer in 2015
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IDF orders Gazans to move south ahead of renewed expansion of ground offensive
There has been a significant increase in the number of fatalities in the Gaza Strip due to IDF fire in the past week, according to reports from medical sources and the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, with Friday's death toll reportedly exceeding 100
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Israel strikes Yemen port cities in reported bid to impose maritime siege on Houthis
The defense establishment said the Hodeidah and Al-Salif ports in Yemen were used to transport Iranian weapons. Following the strikes, Netanyahu and Israel's defense minister threatened the Houthis' leaders
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I don't want to be on the side that remains silent and does nothing
Darkness isn't just standing with those who pull the trigger, it's standing with those who refuse to see the suffering of others.
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Trump: 'Gazans are starving – we'll help them get food, Hamas is taking everything'
ISRAEL: Official: Netanyahu said Gaza plan involves 'occupation of territory and sustained Israeli presence' ■ GAZA: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 15, Al Mayadeen reports ■ SYRIA: IDF planes deliver humanitarian aid to Druze residents of southern Syria ■ YEMEN: Houthis say U.S. attacking for first time since Ben-Gurion Airport missile
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'What's Israel's strategy?': U.S. hostage families call on Trump to negotiate directly with Hamas
At the annual American Jewish Committee gathering, the families criticized the government's refusal to sign a hostage deal that would end the war. Netanyahu isn't expected to speak at the Forum, highlighting a growing ideological rift with the committee
Vienna grapples with monument honoring antisemitic former mayor admired by Hitler
The Karl Lueger monument and the Austrian capital's efforts to reconcile with its antisemitic past have generated controversy for over a decade. Unlike previous Viennese elections, the statue isn't towering over Sunday's ballot
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Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package, sources say
GAZA WAR: IDF: Reservist killed in northern Gaza, two soldiers seriously wounded ■ ISRAEL: House arrest of Qatargate suspect extended by two weeks; Israeli Mossad chief to meet Qatari PM for hostage talks ■ GAZA: 61 reportedly killed since Thursday morning; IDF chief said operations in Gaza will expand if no progress in hostage returns seen ■ IRAN: Foreign Mister ready to meet E3 countries for talks, following U.S. momentum
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Israeli settlers torched homes, goat pen, shot at Palestinian residents in West Bank
Residents of Bardala village said that settlers entered the village, followed by IDF soldiers, who then arrested five locals suspected of throwing rocks. 'We ran from home and took nothing, everything's gone,' says one villager
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