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Trump Sent His Envoys to Ensure Netanyahu Doesn't Delay Opening Rafah - Trump Sent Envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Ensure Netanyahu Doesn't Delay Opening Rafah

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Fire breaks out at the recently demolished UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

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Protesters supporting Palestine Action hunger striker arrested after breaching U.K. prison

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Police arrest two, detain three in anti-government protest in Tel Aviv

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Israel Supporting New Gaza Militias Fighting Hamas, Wall Street Journal Reports

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Ben-Gvir Seeks to Install Associate as Top Police Lawyer Overseeing Indictments

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A Rising Palestinian Actor in Israel Says He Can't 'Play the Arab' Anymore

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'Yiddish Is Not a Foreign Language to Us. It's Part of the Revival of Hebrew'

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Gag Order Imposed on Netanyahu Aides' Meeting Tied to Bild Leak, Shin Bet Methods

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How Much Did It Really Cost Israel to Kill Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah?

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Settlement and National Missions Minister: Trump plan was a terrible navigational error; we should control Gaza

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Netanyahu's chief of staff suspension from the PM's Office extended by four days

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Israel supporting new Gaza militias fighting Hamas, Wall Street Journal reports

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MSF: Israel demands staff data or we may halt care in territories

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Palestine Football Association condemns Israeli ban on entry of China-donated soccer turf

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Standing Together protesters blocked major highway in Tel Aviv in protest of the failed handling of crime in Arab society

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Assailants set fire to Palestinian cars, spray paint 'Happy Ramadan,' Star of David, 'Regards' to Shin Bet

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Why Palestinians in Gaza See Trump's Board of Peace as 'Another Form of Occupation'

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California Democrat Scott Wiener on His Controversial U-turn

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AIPAC's Worst Nightmare? Why Netanyahu Said Israel Doesn't Want U.S. Military Aid

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The Cry From Sakhnin

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Israel's Ideal Zionist Is a Stormtrooper. And Its Biggest Threat Is an Arab Lawmaker

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The Rabbis Reveal: Ultra-Orthodox Jews Despise Israel

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Israel's Film Industry Faces Authoritarian Catastrophe. Here's How It Can Resist

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Yair Golan's Democrats Party Will Steal the Show in Israel's Next Election

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Ben-Gvir's License to Kill Israeli Democracy

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A World That Belongs to the Stationary Class Is Dangerous for Jews

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Assailants Torch Palestinian Cars in West Bank, Spray Star of David and 'Happy Ramadan'

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Photos of the Week by Haaretz Photographers

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Netanyahu's 11 Moves Taking Israel From Democracy Toward Authoritarian Rule

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Iran Will Treat Any Attack as 'All-out War Against Us,' Says Senior Iran Official

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'At 75, I Made a Mistake and Went to Prison. What I Saw There Was Haunting'

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AIPAC, the Genocide Test and U.S.-Israel: 2026 Midterm Primary Races to Watch

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Why Unlicensed Nurseries Are So Common in Israel's ultra-Orthodox Community

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Explained: The History and (Fragile) Future of U.S. Military Aid to Israel

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Four Bills and One New Law Undermining Press Freedom and Israel's Judiciary

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From Bondi to Mumbai: How Chabad Has Been Targeted in Antisemitic Attacks Around the World

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U.S. Deports Eight Palestinians to West Bank Using Private Jet

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Three Months Into Gaza Cease-fire: Israel Expands Control and Razes Neighborhoods

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Rare Video Shows Test of Israel's Most Advanced Arrow 4 Missile Interceptor

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Over 100 Rabbis Protest Against ICE in Minnesota

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'Pinch Myself': The Auschwitz Survivor Who Reported on the Nuremberg Trials

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Australia Holds National Day of Mourning for Victims of Bondi Beach Hanukkah Shooting

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UN Probe Condemns Iran Protest Deaths as Regime Provides Conflicting Casualty Reports

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Dutch Airline KLM Cancels Flights to Israel, Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran

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'Maybe We Won't Have to Use It': Trump Says 'Armada' Heading Toward Iran

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Trump's Board of Peace Finds Few Enthusiasts Among Palestinians in Gaza

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'We Saved the Child From Drowning': In Gaza, Winter Storm Makes Displacement Even Deadlier

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In Gaza, IDF Drones Infiltrate Every Moment of Palestinians' Lives

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U.S. Withdraws From World Health Organization; Israel Previously Proposed to Leave

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U.S. Sends Military Assests to Middle East Even as Trump Pulls Back on Iran

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Top GOP Senator Slams Witkoff's Iran Backchanneling: 'You Cannot Do a Deal With Evil'

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Gaza & West Bank

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After Palestinian Shepherd Communities, Forced Displacement Targets a New Frontier

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IDF Reportedly Fatally Shoots Palestinian Farmer in West Bank

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Israel Aims to Allow More Palestinians to Exit Gaza Than Enter via Rafah, Sources Say

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Analysis - | Hamas Welcomes Trump's Gaza Plan, and With Good Reason

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Israel Allocates $160M for Public Transport Security, Most Will Go to West Bank

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Oldest Art in Thrown Back to 67,800 Years Ago, in Indonesia

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The Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals Is Found, in Morocco

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Earliest Cremation in Africa 9,550 Years Ago Discovered in Malawi

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Study Identifies Our Likely Earliest Ancestor After Split From Chimp

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Mikveh Filled With Ash From Roman Destruction Found in Jerusalem

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How Antisemitism Haunts Jews Around the World

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Justice Minister to File Complaint Against Top Court President; AG: Lacks Factual Basis

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Top Court Gives Gov't One Week to Respond to Contempt Claims Over Haredi IDF Draft

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Smotrich's Far-right Party Pulls Out Support for Netanyahu Coalition Bills

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Eight Men Accused of Trying to Establish neo-Nazi Separatist State Go to Trial in Dresden

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Germany, Italy and Spain Join Slate of Countries Rejecting Trump Board of Peace

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Survey Shows Half of Irish Adults Do Not Know 6 Million Jews Were Murdered in Holocaust

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Controversial Israeli Comedian's North America Tour Disrupted After Hind Rajab Complaint

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Dozens of Israeli Environmental Groups Urge FM to Block Withdrawal From Climate Pact

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It's Only a Matter of Time Before the Netanyahu Government Openly Denies Climate Change

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On Climate and Security, Israel Mistakes No Existential Threat for Stability. It's Wrong

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Storm Byron to Hit Israel With Heavy Rain and Flood Risk

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Indian-Israelis Revel in Nostalgia – and Dream About Returning to the Old Country

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'I'm Getting Divorced. I'm Sure We'll Be Best Friends One Day'

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Queer Leftists Supported Palestinians in the '70s, Too. Back Then, They Hijacked Planes

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'Time for Israeli Liberals to Recognize Their True Enemy'

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Fire Breaks Out at Razed UNRWA Compound in East Jerusalem

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Assailants Torch Palestinian Cars in West Bank, Spray Star of David and 'Happy Ramadan'

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U.S. Central Command Head to Meet With Israeli Defense Chiefs Ahead of Possible Iran Hit

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Warner Bros. Discovery Bringing HBO Max to Israel in January

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On Israeli TV, Starving Gazan Babies Aren't a Problem. As Long as There Are No Photos

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New TV Series Revisits the Day Israeli Soldiers Surrendered to Egypt

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Three Films About Gaza War Nominated for Oscars

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I Did a Seven-hour Round Trip to See This Film and It Was Worth It

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'The Thing That Messed Me Up the Most Was Seeing Shoes'

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The First Hebrew City Gets Its First all-English Bookstore

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An Israeli Poet Whose Repetitions Echoed a Life of Pain

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Who Are the Intellectuals Making MAGA's Policies?

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An Opera on Blindness Is the Most Eye-opening Show in Israel Right Now

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Werner Braun's Lens Captured a Romantic Zionist Gaze

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An Arabic-language Music Talent Show Is a Surprise Hit on Israeli TV

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'It Isn't Sexy, Being Ashkenazi. But on the Culinary Level, It Has Much to Offer'

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Can Israel Overtake Australia as the New Land of the Macadamia Nut?

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After Facing Hate and Boycott, Antwerp-based Israeli Food Chain Boker Tov Closes

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The Tel Aviv Eatery That Will Make You Long for Istanbul

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Craving Kugel: The ex-Haredi Serving Up Jewish Comfort Food for Tel Avivians

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Why Is This Green Paradise Next to Tel Aviv Closed to the Public?

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Israel's First Poop Influencer Is Grading What We'd Rather Not Discuss

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Israel Tourism Ticks Up in 2025, Still Far Below Prewar Peak

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How Will the Iran Protests End? Arash Azizi Says 'This Won't Be a Classic Revolution'

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From Tragedy to Solidarity: The Jewish World's Turbulent and Traumatic 2025

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From Trump's Gaza Riviera to the Iran War and Qatargate: Israel's 2025 in Review

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'But No One Came': Untold Heroism, Anguish and Abandonment at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

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Erased: Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

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Two Years of Hell: A Timeline of Key Events in the Israel-Gaza War

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