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Israeli Civil Servants Are Aiding and Abetting the Netanyahu Government's Regime Coup

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It's Time for a True Binational Party in Israel

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IDF Reservist, Civilian Charged With Using Classified Information for Polymarket Bets

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

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This Is How Israeli Settlers Burned Down a Bedouin Community in Four Minutes

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Israel's Space Program Is Falling Behind – Just as the Global Space Race Accelerates

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U.K. Jewish Anti-occupation Activists Crash Event by Far-right Leader Nigel Farage

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A New Museum in Rural Lithuania Brings the Shtetl Back to Life

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

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Trump and Netanyahu Prioritize a United Front Over Rocking the Boat on Iran

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Top Senate Democrats Urge Trump to Oppose Recent Israeli West Bank Moves

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A Fungus Which Feeds Plants Can Save the Planet

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Gaza & West Bank

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Israeli Woman Was Stuck in Gaza Throughout the War. Now Israel Won't Grant Her Residency

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Israel Won't Return Arab Israeli's Body, Despite Doubting 'Whether He Was a Terrorist'

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IDF Orders Soldiers to Prevent Palestinians From Plowing Their Land in West Bank

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'Tectonic': Israeli Annexation of the West Bank Is Now a Legal Reality

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Photos of the Week

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Photos of the Week by Haaretz Photographers

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A Jewish Painting's Rescue Mission: From War-torn Amsterdam to Mandatory Palestine

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

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