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 2023-01-19 10:41 

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Israel's Jewish fundamentalists are in power: A conversation with Tomer Persico...

Tomer Persico, a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute and a Senior Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies, joins Haaretz editor Amir Tibon to discuss Israel's most right-wing government and the possible consequences of...

 2023-01-19 10:28 

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Arye Dery's political future is hanging by a thread. Here's what could happen next...

Israel's High Court of Justice stated several grounds to disqualify the Shas party leader as interior and health minister, meaning that it would be difficult for Netanyahu's government to bypass the ruling through legislation...

 2023-01-19 09:59 

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Detailed building plan for Netanyahu's seaside villa was available online...

Drawings of the house's floors, entrances, and emergency suits appear in a 2003 plan for added security installations. After Haaretz inquiry, the plans were taken offline...

 2023-01-19 09:50 

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Israeli migration inspectors arrest two toddlers inside nursery school...

The inspectors came to the Unitaf center an NGO operating preschools for migrant children in the city for the municipality and did not wait outside as is customary in similar cases, but entered the preschool compound, according to one of the children'...

 2023-01-19 09:29 

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AG tells Netanyahu to dismiss loyalist Dery after High Court ruling...

Israel's High Court barred Arye Dery from serving as interior and health minister on Wednesday due to his criminal convictions...

 2023-01-19 09:17 

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Neighbors of Israel's justice minister attack protesters outside his home...

Demonstrators announced that they are setting up a permanent protest camp in front of the justice minister's home, in opposition to his plan to weaken the justice system...

 2023-01-19 09:11 

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Embattled U.S. Rep. Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, say associates...

Two acquaintances of U.S. Representative George Santos said on Wednesday the openly gay Republican congressman competed as a drag queen 15 years ago...

 2023-01-19 09:02 

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U.S. National Security Adviser Sullivan meeting with Netanyahu in Israel...

Sullivan's visit is intended to refresh relations with Israel's new government against the backdrop of the extreme positions of its senior officials...

 2023-01-19 07:17 

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Ben-Gvir orders Israel Police to prevent celebrations for release of security prisoner...

Maher Younis and his cousin Karim, who was released two weeks ago, kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avi Bromberg in 1980...

 2023-01-19 04:03 

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The UAE is going local. But will anyone show up?...

The UAE hopes that massive investment and incentives will transform its middle class into a globally competitive high-tech work force. Their success depends on whether international companies will buy into the government's vision...

 2023-01-19 04:01 

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Arming Ukraine puts Iran on the backburner; Tensions rise at Temple Mount ahead of Ramadan...

Washington supplied Ukraine with weapons from the emergency stockpile in Israel sending a signal that Iran is not a priority The recent personnel changes at the top of Israel's defense establishment increase the instability that already exists with th...

 2023-01-19 03:33 

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Palestinians: Israeli forces kill two Islamic Jihad members during West Bank arrest raid...
 2023-01-18 23:54 

Haaretz Daily

Netanyahu will pay the price for Dery's sins...

Once again, a coalition in Israel less than three weeks old has found itself in dire straits that could escalate into an unprecedented constitutional crisis...

 2023-01-18 23:42 

Haaretz Daily

Netanyahu gets a political crisis - and a personal message - from the High Court...

By insisting he will not resign his ministry, Arye Dery has rolled a live grenade at the feet of the prime minister...

 2023-01-18 23:24 

Haaretz Daily

The will of the people or the will of the prime minister?...

An override law would thwart the only body that has oversight of the coalition and pave the way to legitimizing any arbitrary or corrupt act...

 2023-01-18 22:55 

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Dery, go home...
 2023-01-18 22:47 

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Liberal Israelis can't make peace with the Army of Bibistan...
 2023-01-18 22:28 

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The education minister just taught female students a lesson...
 2023-01-18 22:16 

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U.S. 'continues opposing' any change of status quo on Temple Mount, envoy tells UN...

Session focused on sanctions Israel imposed on the Palestinian Authority by confiscating their tax revenue - in response to the PA's recent successful UN initiative asking the International Court of Justice at The Hague...

 2023-01-18 22:03 

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The dirge for Dery...
 2023-01-18 18:51 

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Herzog meets with U.S. National Security Advisor during Mideast tour...

According to the Israeli president's office, the two discussed 'the strong partnership between Israel and the U.S., beyond parties and governments'...

 2023-01-18 18:09 

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Opposition leader Yair Lapid vows to show up to next anti-gov't protest...

On the heels of a key High Court decision that could put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in jeopardy, Yair Lapid said he will join the protests on Saturday after not attending the previous rounds...

 2023-01-18 17:32 

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Netanyahu's plan for regime change ridicules the idea of 'shared values' with America...

Who can still talk about 'shared values' as the core tenet of the U.S.-Israel relationship when Netanyahu and his far-right government are waging war on Israeli democracy?...

 2023-01-18 17:22 

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Trump compares 'Marxist thugs' FBI to Gestapo, Germany's Nazi-era secret police...

The former president added that 'it's also possible that the Trump Hating Marxist Thugs in charge will 'plant' documents while they're in possession of the material,' referencing the raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in which the FBI s...

 2023-01-18 16:20 

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New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman urges Biden to 'nudge' Israel into proper path...

In a recent interview with Israel's public broadcaster, U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides declined to express an opinion on Yariv Levin's judicial reform package...

 2023-01-18 16:07 

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There's a time bomb now ticking on Netanyahu's desk...

The High Court ruling barring Netanyahu's close ally Arye Dery from serving as a minister means a showdown between the rule of law and an enraged governing coalition and the prime minister has no easy way out...

 2023-01-18 15:25 

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Guided by his Jewish faith, Josh Shapiro sworn in as Pennsylvania governor...

Shapiro took the oath of office on a stack of three Bibles, including one that was rescued from the deadly attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018...

 2023-01-18 14:38 

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'If Israel's high-tech sector is hurt, we'll see an exodus to Palo Alto'...

Many in the Israeli high-tech industry fear that the country's leading business sector will be devastated by the effects of Netanyahu's coalition. Yoel Cheshin, chairman and founder of a venture capital firm, explains what could "spell the beg...

 2023-01-18 14:26 

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'Court has annulled the elections:' Shas hits back after leader barred...

'The court has thrown away 400,000 votes:' Israel's Shas party, whose leader Dery was barred from serving as a minister, hits back after bombshell ruling...

 2023-01-18 14:00 

Haaretz Daily

Bombshell ruling by Israel's top court bars key Netanyahu ally from serving as minister...

Israel's High Court disqualified Shas chairman Arye Dery from serving as health and interior minister, a move that could jeopardize the coalition's chance of survival...

 2023-01-18 13:50 

Haaretz Daily

LISTEN: Israel's Jewish fundamentalists are in power. Here's what you should know...

With the far-right Religious Zionism party holding unprecedented power in Netanyahu's new government, Israel is about to change dramatically. Tomer Persico, an expert on Jewish religion and identity, joins the podcast to explain their rise and plans...

 2023-01-18 12:57 

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Rising magma beneath undersea volcano in Aegean poses regional risk — but how much?...

Geologists discover quake swarms and growing lava chamber beneath Greece's Kolumbo volcano, which last blew in 1650, devastating Greek islands and blowing ash across Turkey...

 2023-01-18 12:18 

Haaretz Daily

East Jerusalem settlement meeting postponed a day before senior U.S. official arrives...

This is the second time a meeting on the controversial Jewish enclave in Jabel Mukaber has been postponed...

 2023-01-18 11:48 

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Lavrov accuses west of seeking 'final solution of the Russian question'...

Lavrov —who drew fierce condemnation from Israel after accusing Ukraine's Jewish President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Nazism last summer— said Washington was using the same tactic as Napoleon and the Nazis...

 2023-01-18 11:22 

Haaretz Daily

Netanyahu claims foreigners funding TA protests, but he received foreign money himself...

In the race against Gideon Saar for Likud leadership, Netanyahu raised 1.6 million shekels ($473,800) from foreign donors. More recently, the High Court ordered him to return 2 million shekels ($600,000) he received from overseas to pay for his legal defe...

 2023-01-18 10:06 

Haaretz Daily

Amid concerns over far-right coalition, U.S. National Security Advisor visits Israel...

According to Jake Sullivan, Iran is on the agenda, but right now the JCPOA is 'not the top priority, neither at this time nor in this context'...

 2023-01-18 09:07 

Haaretz Daily

Levin's overhaul is also terrible for what it lacks solutions to real problems...
 2023-01-18 08:25 

Haaretz Daily

16 killed, including Ukrainian Interior Minister, in helicopter crash near Kyiv...

The governor of the Kyiv region said that the helicopter crashed near a nursery and a residential building earlier on Wednesday...

 2023-01-18 08:15 

Haaretz Daily

U.S. using stockpile in Israel to supply weapons to Ukraine...

Hard-pressed to keep up a steady supply of artillery shells to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, the U.S. requested that Israel allow the pentagon to tap into its stockpile of weapons in local reserves...

 2023-01-18 07:16 

Haaretz Daily

Jerusalem censored her art, then denied it. 'Soon they'll say there was never an exhibit'...

After the Jerusalem Municipality told Israeli artist Sara Benninga it would not display her art, which includes nude figures, in a municipal gallery, they denied censoring her. Now she wants to warn against shutting these conversations down...

 2023-01-18 07:15 

Haaretz Daily

'Netanyahu knows there will be no gov't' if Dery disqualified, Shas minister warns...

On Tuesday, senior coalition officials said Dery will ultimately step down from his ministerial position if the High Court disqualifies his appointment, despite his earlier declarations that he would not quit...

 2023-01-18 07:15 

Haaretz Daily

Hezbollah literary award aims to make 'resistance literature' mainstream...

Arab critics warn that the group, which is fighting for its social and cultural status in Lebanon, is trying to redefine which subjects can be written about...

 2023-01-18 04:00 

Haaretz Daily

U.S. message to Turkey: Fighter jets depend on human rights...

Anyone who views Washington's position on Turkey as a message to Israel obviously does so at their own risk - but it is a calculated risk...

 2023-01-18 03:17 

Haaretz Daily

Palestinians report clashes with Israeli army after Jewish worshippers enter Joseph's Tomb...
 2023-01-17 23:10 

Haaretz Daily

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 2023-01-17 22:25 

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Netanyahu is also guilty of lack of good faith...
 2023-01-17 21:57 

Haaretz Daily

Learning to censor from Turkey and Egypt...
 2023-01-17 21:33 

Haaretz Daily

Israel's far-right government has started censoring reality...
 2023-01-17 21:27 

Haaretz Daily

Declare a general strike now, while it's still possible...
 2023-01-17 20:47 

Haaretz Daily

Israel deports Italian activist arrested in West Bank raid...

Italian media described Stefania Costantini as an advocate for Palestinian rights, while Israel's Shin Bet security service said she was arrested on suspicion of belonging to, and transferring funds to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine...

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